Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-11
Immense Silk. Mills and Other Estab
lishments Luckily Out Of Flames
Path.
Fire Rages for Thirty Hours Before
It Is Finally Brought Under
Firemen's Control.


several companies of the local depart
ment have been ordered to their
houses for the rest and refreshment
they SO sorely need. Conservative
opinion is inclined to cut $2,000,000 .
from the aggregate loss of $10,OO0,0OO
agreed upon Sunday and $8,000,OO0
will probably be accepted finally as
the actual cost of the fire. No tabula-
tion of individual losses that can be
accepted as reliable has yet been
made; and it will be several days be-
fore satisfactory figures can be pre-
pared. Equally incomplete is the esti-
mate of insurance. 1t was stated that
the insurance amounted to between
$4,O0O,000 and $5,000,00O, but what
clear. Several of the largest losers
said that they had not yet had an op-
portunity to examine their policies,
and that meantime they could not tell
what amount they carried. Probably
no fire of equal magnitude and wide.
spread Nestructiveness ever produced
an equally small CASUALLY list. Dozens
of 'firemen and lie volunteers who
labored with them were slightly in
jured by falling bricks and timber.
burned by flying firebrands or tenn
porarily overcome by smoke, but only
a few of them neeued either surgical
or medical attention. The small cas-
ualty list is explained by the fact that
the people had ample warning and
time to abandon their homes before
the flames came upon them.
Firemen Completely Exhausted.
The fire made no headway during
the night. Famed by strong wind
it burned up ftfully in places during
the early hours of the morning, but
wherever it showed threatening
strength the 1remen turned streams
on it and beat it down. The fremen
were completely exhausted after more
than 80 hours continuous work, but
remained at their posts.
There was comparatively little suf.
fering on the part Of those rendered
homeless by the fire and the armory,
churches and public shelters opened
their doors to but few applicants dur.
ing the night. Practically every home
that escaped the flames was thrown
open in spirit of broad charity and
nearly every refugee found shelter at
the house of some friend.
I The declaration of Mayor Hinch.
cliffe that the city can care for it's own
is not concurred in by everybody
and there may be an appeal later for
outside help. Those who are organic
ing a plan Of relief will soon be able
to reach a decision of the question OF
asking aid from other communities. =.
With the embers still aglow in the
business district commercial Paterson
planned resumption and restoration.
All of the banks burned out opened
for business in temporary quarters,
and the officials expressed a determi.
nation to do their part in the main.
tenance Of the financial standing and
credit of the city.
The militiamen remained on guard
all day, and will be kept under arms
and on uuty as long as necessity for
their services exists. Much valuable
property is still exposed and the
authorities are determined to prevent
footing or disorder. Saloons that at.
tempted to open after midnight were
promptly closed and the sale of liquor
was prohibited until after daylight.
Principal Industries Escape.
y The fact that the great silk mills
escaped the ravages Of the flames is
most important, as silkmaking is the
principal industry of the CITY, About
half the population depends upon the
silk trade and If their occupation had
been taken away the situation would
have been appalling Another impor.
tant industry Is that of locomotive
building, and 1t was equally fortunate
I that these works escaped the flames,
The great Rogers works and the
American Locomotive works give EN-.
ployment to thousands and these are
running as usual. s@
@ Just before daybreak the militia ar
rested in one haul IL men caught
& looting a building. Companies "A, G
and M of the Fifth regiment; Com
pany A Of Passaic and so deruty sher.
ifs were on guard all night. They had
orders to club any one who did not
obey orders to move on. The Log
members Of Paterson's police force
went on duty at 5 o'clock, relieving
the militiamen. sS
The anarchists who have made this
city their headquarters mourn the loss
OF their favorite meeting place, the
office of La Questions Sociale. The
office Of this newspaper was In Mar.
ket street and it went down In the
path of the flames.
The home OF Miss Ernestine Cravell
NJ y