The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-10

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thought to be great. Many persons are
reported 10 be missing. but in The ex-
element and fright most Of these are
supposed 10 be SEPARATED from their
families 8aq friends
Reuben lslib, while serving coffee to
the exhausted firemen. was hit on the
mead by falling beam. ana it IS doubt
fcl #. he viii recover. He WAS carried
away by the fremen az they made their
retreat from the doomed school house.
George Fitzmaurice. a fireman who
mad been acting as driver for Fire
Chief Stagg, is also dying. He was
driving an engine from Passaic when
the horses bolted. and before Fitz-
maurice could get them under control
they brought the apparatus against an
electric pole, AID Fitzma Jrice, who had
not waited to strap himself in, was
hurled out upon mis- mead. There is
no chance Of his living.
Many Are Homeless.
IN estimate made from general
inspection Of the smOuldering ruins
placed the number Of dwelling and
apartment houses destroyed at 500. and
the number Of families left without
shelter at LOCO. A re-estimate after
the confusion is abated may alter those
figures
The ire began its work Of destruc-
ton at the power house of the Jersey
City, HObOken q Paterson Traction
company which fTonted on Broadway
and extended a block to the rear on
Van Houten street.
Business Section Wiped Out.
To check disorder and prevent crime.
Mayor HinohcIiffe and Sheriff Sturr to-
night issued q proclamation that all
persons shall refrain from travelling or
H.aaH IL.
city Of Pas-rson within the limits OF
the burned district after the hour of
o'clock .. m, and any persons refusing
or neglecting to obey this proclamation
shall be subject to arrest and punish
ment.
HOUSEHOLDER and property within
the said district viii b. allowed %
pass upon giving satisfactory refer
ences ard proofs to the officer or Of
hcers who may be assigned to the said
district TO enforce this proclamation"
Three relief meetings were held dur
ing the afternoon, the principal one Of
which was attended by Governor Muir
ply and Mayor Hinchcliffe. IN a Few
moments $500 was handed to the mayor
for immediate use, but the chief mag
istrate said that while the city had
suffered terrible visitation, he was in
a position 70 say that there was very
little distress.
The business section Of the city had
been practically wiped out, nut the
resident portion which suffered was
that in which well-to-do citizens lived.
Among the residences burned are
those of Former Attorney General
Griggs ana the home of the late Vice
President Hobart.
Estimates Of the Losses.
City han, $4,000: First National
bank, $780, 900; Second National bank,
$4,000; Paterson National bank, $751;
600; Hamilton club, S150.000 Katz
building, $4,000; Garden theatre, $50
COO. GIFTED States hotel, $4,000; pub
lie library, $100. 900; Quackenbush &
Co. department store, building and
contents, 100000; First Baptist church,
structure and furniture, $4,000; Pater-
son High school, building and contents,
$4,000; old city hall used for police
headquarters. $4,000; the Boston De-
partment store, Meher Bros, building
and stock. 100000; the Evening News,
building and plant, sCS,000; Y. NJ. G a.
building, $5ON00; -Passaic Gas
& Electric company. $4,000; St Marks
church, building and contents. S27 900;
st. Marks paIochiai school, $4,000;
Park avenue Baptist church. building
and furnishings, $4,000: st. Josephs
ANNA nittA 0dAAtDA1L NtANINLs DululDR anu
furnishings, S65,00C st. Joseph's rec
tory and furnishings. $4,000; The Ma
tional Clothing store, Levi Lachenburck
& Co, prOprietors, building and stock.
S45 1000; the Paterson Department
store d. Somehow, proprietor, build
ing and stock. $4,000; Schuer q Co,
growers, building and stock, $4,000;
Globe Department store d. BONN, pro-
prietor, building and stock, 500 goo;
o.nn mn.
drug store, $4,000: Hinzelia's drug
store. $4,000; fluids shoe store, $1,000;
Muzzy Bros, hardware, building and
contents. $l50.000: Douglas shoe store,
$4,000; Sunday Chronicle, $4,000: RO-
main building, 100000: d. H. Worth
endyke & Co, grocers, $4,000; John
Norwood. paints, $4,000; engine house
No !, $1,000; Oberg's grocery. building
and contents. $4,000; estate of Daniel
McAteer. wholesale liquors, building
and contents, $4,000; police patrol
houses, $1,000; L. d. Michaelson, cloth
Ter. stock. $25. 900: Sorosis shoe store,
stock. $4,000; Waldorf shoe store,
stock. $4,000: Cogan * Taukey, saloon,
$4,000; j. Brett, saloon, $4,000: Hugo
MunzeT. saloon and wholesale liquors,
building and contents. $4,000; Billie
Kane. saloon, $4,000: DR.. Z. F. Dinner.
residence and furniture, S200e0; John
Mullis, furniture, stock, $4,000; Bisnop
& Erwin, department store, stock, 49,
900: J. A. Van Wynckle & Co.. hard
war and car 100000.
The Western Union end Postal Tele-
graph COMPANIES. American District
Telephone company. and the Paterson,
Passaic a. Suburban Telegraph COM
pany were all completely burned out
with all their delicate and expensive
electrical equipments. Losses in many
instances, notably in the case of the
trust companies. viii depend upon how
vaults and safes stood the test of the
FIRE
The area Of destruction foots up
roughly twenty-five city blocks. From
MaiP street TO Paterson between Van
Houten and Market streets there is
little left. on the block bounded by
Main. Ellison, washington and Mar
ket streets not single building except
ing Tx of the Paterson Savings insti-
tuition stands All along the west side
of Main street property is wired out
and on the east side also from Mar
ket To Van Houten streets.
Along the south side of Broadway
between Washington and Church
streets great damage has been done
Van Houten street is reduced to smoul-
dering debris so far as buildings are
concerned for some distance.
Ellison street suffered from the
neishborhood of Prospect street. on its
north side, as far as Church street On
tho sopeh side of this street there is
WIDESPREAD ruin from a short distance
SSest Of, Main street TO the parsonage
of the Second Presbyterian church.
near Paterson street. Market street
is pile OF ruins from Main street to