Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-04-03
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
GREAr FIRE Ar ATLANTIC CITY.

Atlantic City, April 3-Fire broke
out this morning 10 the Windsor Hotel
at Illinois avenue aud the Broadwalk.
The Lursy adjoining is burning. A great
conhsgration lie feared. Engines from
Philadelphia are on their way here.
The Windsor. Carlton. and Luray Ho-
tells are burning and the entire beach
front from Illinois avenue TO Kentucky
is mensced. The hotels here are
crowded with Easter vacation guests.
The Windsor and Luray are located on
| Illinois avenue. They were typical
sea side hotels and their total destruc-
ton was early evident The frightened
guests rushed to the streets aud beach
snd, as far as could be learned, no one
was injured. The fact That a high wind
was blowing frightened the firemen and
they at once summoned aid from Pbils-
delphia. The flames and sparks were
blown wildly against adjoining hotels
and beach front resorts and fear pre-
vailed that the whole line of buildings
along the beach would fall prey to the
( fire.
The fire spread rapidly along Ken.
II
stafford hotels were in flames. AT
11:30 o'clock the hotels along Kentucky
avenue as far as Pacific avenue had
been vacated by frightened guests.
At lao it was reported that the
Academy OF Music was on fire.
At 1910 eight structures including
three big hotels has been destroyed.
The spread OF the dre at that time was
undated.
At12.26 the loss up to that time was
estimated OF 81, 100000. The fire Is
spreading toward the hotel Denmark,
one OF the biggest hotels here. A
strong galeis blowing up the coast.
The fire OF 1890 was It'll spreading
and about three blocks OF property has
been consumed.
The board walk caught fire from
uumber of burning structures that fro t
it. The blszs started at about lO:l6
o'clock In the Windsor Hotel. The
cause ia not known at this time. Guests
10 the hotels 10 the vicinity OF the three
blocks where the fire ragged became
almost panic stricken. Gathering up
their vsluables thousands rushed to toe
beach to watch t1e fire speot Aole.
lWhen IL became apparent that the lire
I was uncomfortable, many persons TOOK
trains for out of town. The greatest
excitement prevails among the natives
and property holders. The Academy
Of Music is burning fiercely. Firemen
are making desperate effort to save
the building but it will probably be
destroyed az tbs fire had a good start
and the fire fighters are seriously
handicapped.
The property 10 the district where
the raging fire Is, consists of hotels and
stores. There are no cottages In the
Immediate vicinity. Young's pier has
been partially destroyed.
| 1850 D. u. The fire ia still spread
ing, carried along by the high winds
up the beach. The whole beach front
from Illinois avenue to New York
avenue has OF 1856 p. NJ, met destruc'
ton and the wild, uncou trollable
flames are spreading constantly, driV'
log back the fremen at every point
The fire forms wonderful speet icle
for the thousands on the beach. A
large amount OF hose was caught by
the flames and burned and the fire de
oartment ia now distressed for want Of
it. Every moment the fire takes on 6
worse aspect.
| Up to one o'clock no casualties had
been reported. The Academy Of Music
has been destroyed. o. the board
walk, below the scene OF the fire, pee
ole are leaving their homes fearing tha
the whole resort is threatened with
destruction. A crest black clond o
smoke and sparks from the burned
frame structures is blowing up th'
coast. Tho fire has spread to both
sides OF New York avenue. The sit
ualion grows more desperate every To-
statt. The fire engines from Phlladel
phis are beginning to arrive. YounR'i
liue pier Is doomed. Tue flames are
licking up the board walk.
P0iladelphis, April 3.-At O'Clock
telephone message from Atlantic
City said that up to that hour the fol
lowing hotels had been destfoyed, Ii
addition to the Academy Of Music and
Young's pier Lursy, Carlton, Wind
sor, stickney, Bryn Mswr, Stratford
and Berkeley. L. IL said that a number
OF people were imprisoned by the
flames at the end of YouDg's pier, but
whether or not they escaped in boats
Il not known up to this moment.
Atlantic City N. ]. April 3.-An In
significant little blaze that broke out at
1915 O'Clock this morning Ia the roar
of the Windsor Hotel here, spread,
famed by strong breeze, until II
developed into a cophAgration that st
one time threatened ID destroyed the
entire resort
At 1:30, alter fierce and constantly
losing fight of about three hours, the
Htemen seemed to gain q ioctnold,
aided by fremen from Camden, and
Philadelphia, and at that hour the To-
dications were that the wort was over.
The fire spread from the Windsor,
which was prsct cally destroyed, to the
following hotels, leaving them In ashes.
The Lursy, Csrlt)D, 5tickney, Bryn
Mawr, Stratlord, and Berkeley.
10 addition many stores facing the
board walk, apart from the famous walk
itself, the beautiful and costly Academy
OF Music, Youp3's pier, and some bath.
ing houses in the vicinity were wiped
out. Practically all OF the building 6
we're frame structures and though
many were beautiful architeciually
they proved an easy prey to the flames.
At noon it was estimated That the
loss would be in the neighborhood OF
81. SOC, 900.
Up. m.-The fire Is now under con-
troll. The people who were caught at