Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
The PATERSON PHOENIX
Citizens of the Burned City Have
Full Confidence in Its
Future.
The Situation Is Well in Hand
and Outside Aid Is Not
Needed.
Work OF Clearing the Debris Will
Be Undertaken at
Once.


confidence in the future pervades the
minds of citizens of Paterson today
Mayor Hinchliife has the situation wei
in hand, and to an offer of assistance
which came from Mayor Low, of New
I York, an answer was returned, contain
ing thanks and the assurances tina,
il need. Money and securities said tc
amount to SS,000,o00 We're recovered
from the two huge vaults under the
: ruins of the First National Bank
Books, papers, bullion and paper We're
found uninjured. Guarded by files OF
soldiers with fixed bayonets, the treas
ure was conveyed to the Paterson Saw
iugs Institution in two-horse dray
Buried beneath the ruins of the city
hall We're found the safes which be-
longed to the controllers office, and In
these, Also the papers. legal docu-
ments and public records were found
unframed. The safes of the Passaic
Water Company, under the ruins of the
building which stood at Nos. 107 and
and the only part of their contents re-
covered was $500 in silver. The greatest
tangle in city affairs will be in the tax
office. So far as can be ascertained the
records of the department are de-
Istroyed. There is set of books which
shows the valuation, etc, of each
piece of property in the city, and the
Iassessors have their field books. from
which all this could he duplicated with
out much work. 1t is said, however.
that it is almost certain the records
showing who paid their taxes and who
had not are destroyed, and that there
is not In existence anything from which
the information can be obtained.
| The work of clearing up the burned
district has not begun, but the firemen
We're busy until today with ropes and
dynamite tearing down the shalsy walls
that endangered those who had to be
inside the burned area. So we'll did
| this work progress that in the after
noon, after conference with Mai.
Ross, commanding the militia, the pub
! lie was admitted to the ruins and sem
| tries were posted at every important
point, and the crowd was kept moving
briskly. Thousands passed about the
choked up streets and viewed the ruins
during the two and half hours allowed
them. AT the expiration of that time
the sentries in the center of the section
began moving outward and gathering
up the extra men at each step soon had
the entire district cleared. The conduct
of the soldiers was excellent. There has
been no disorder and the authorities
believe there will be none.
President David Young of the street
railway, in the barns of which the fire
was thought to have started, stated
yesterday that as a result of a careful
investigation he would positively de-
clare that the fire did not originate in
the barns. His search showed him that
the fire started back of the barns in
shed not owned by the trolley company.
A partial list of the properties de-
stroyed follows:
Public buildings-City hall, public IL
brary, old city hall. police station, No.
engine house, patrol stables. high
school. school No. Is.
Churches-First Baptist Second
Presbyterian. Park Avenue Baptist ST.
Marks Episcopal, st. Joseph's Roman
Catholic.
Banks-First National Second Ma
tional partially. Paterson National. Silk
City Trust, Hamilton Trust, Paterson
Trust.
Club houses-Y. NJ. C. A.. knights of
Columbus. Progress Club, st. Josephs
Hail. Hamilton Club.
Office buildings Romano, Katz,
Marshall & Balls, Cohn. Old Town
Clock, Old Kline, Stevenson.
Telegraph ompanies-Western I'm
ion, Postal.
Theater-The Garden
Newspapers-The Evening News,
Sunday Chronicle
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT & Co, dry
goods; Boston. dry goods; Globe. dry
goods; National Clothing Company;
Knets drug store, Kinsalla's drug
store; Muzzys, hardware and general
merchandise: Marshall & Ball, cloth
ers; HARDWOOD, paints; Oberg's grocery,
Wertendykes grocery, p. III. & w. G.
Shields grocery; The Paterson, dry
goods; Jordan's piano store Sauter &
Co, pianos; FEEDER & McNair shoes;
Sendlers confectionery: c. f.. Beach,
automobiles; Morehead & Son, cloth
ers; Paterson Gas and Electric Com
pany. Skye's drug store, Mackintosh's
drug store.
The number of dwellings and apart
ment houses burned is estimated at 500
and the families without shelter at
1000.
The great torch of flame rose high in
the Jersey City, Hoboken & Paterson
Traction Company. 1t commenced in a
car shed and was burning fiercely when
an employee detected it. 1t was Gaping
thru the roof and a gale was lifting
it in swirls when the fire apparatus ar
rived The firemen tried to hem 1t In, |
but it speedily crossed Van Houten
street In one direction, Main in another,
and. gaining vigor. burned unchecked
into the business district The entire |
department was called out. but the fire
and gale We're masters.
The great tofch of flame rose high in |
the air, lighting up the country for
many miles and carrying a threat and
warning to the people and property in
its path. Efforts were made to rescue
furniture and stock. but the speed of |
the fire gave the rescuers little time
Property was often moved to a place
presumed to be safe, only to be eventu-
ally destroyed. The warning to many
was brief, and they We're forced to flee,
scantily clad, into the streets, glazed |
with ice and swept by a keen wind
Main street was soon arched over with
a canopy of fire for block then two