The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-02-15
BIG FIRE At PATERSON, Nd.
100000 ESTIMATED LOSS.
Destructive PLANE SWEEPS Baniness
Portion of ci1y-OnIy One Death
heported-Iieavy Gale BIess-cify
Win Look After she HemsIess--
Mayor Issues Proclamation.

Paterson, n. j.. Feb. 10.--A grea
hrs swept through Paterson Snnda
and In It's desointe wake are the EN-
beers and ashes OF property valued a
| slO.oOO,OO0. IL burned its way through
the business section Of the city AM
claimed as Its own a majority Of tn,
inner structures devoted 10 CONNER
eial. civic. educational and religious
use. ~ well as scores OF houses. Their,
was only small tribute of life and in
jury 70 the eonfAgraiion. but hun
dreds were left homeless and thou
sands without employment. A relic
movement for the care of those un
sheltered and unproYided for has al
ready been organized aud Mayor JohI
hineheliffe says that Paterson would
De able 10 care for her own without
appealing 10 the charity OF other com
muhities and states. The great manu-
tActnrinE plants OF the place are safe
and the community. only temporarily
dared BY the calamity. has already
commenced the Work OF reorganizA.
ton and restoration.
scores OF persons were hurt and
burned. but the loss OF life is no,
thought TO be great.
Many persons are reported To be
missing, but IN the excitement and
might most Of these are supposed TO
have been separated from their fam.
lilies and friends.
Reuben lsiib. while serving coffee 10
the exhausted hremen. was hI, on the
head by falling beam. and II is douht
Inl " hs will recover. He was carrie s
away by the hremen as they made
their retreat from the doomed school
house.
George FitEmaurice. = fireman, who
has becn acting "a driver for Fire
Chief Stage. Is also dying. He was
driving an engine from PAssaic. when
the horses bolted And before Fgtz
maurice could set them under control
they brought the apparatus against al
electric pole. and FitzmAurice. who
had not waited TO strap himself ia.
vas hurled out ON bis head. There Is
40 chance % bis living.
The nns lasted over twelve hours
Every city and town within reach o.
Patterson sent arcmen and apparatus
10 the aid Of the city. and IL took iheir
united efforts TO win the battle.
A norihcrly gale gave the connAEra.
ton It's impetus and carried its burn
ina brands TO ktndls the blaze afresh
a, other points. The hremeu made
stand after stand before the wall Of
hre. but were repeatedly driven back
and when victory finally came TO them
they were gJtmed and exhausted.
A partial lis; OF the properties de.
Ntruyed follows:
Public buiidings-City hall publ,
library. old city hail. police station
No. engine house. patrol stables
high school. school No. 10.
Churches -- First Baptist. Second
Presbyterian. Park Avenue Baptist. ST
Marks Episcopal. St Josoph's Roman
Catholic.
Baaka-FirSt National. Second Ma
uonal partially. Paterson National.
OIL City Trust. Hamilton Trust, Pater.
son Trust.
CluhhouRea-Y. NJ. c. A.. KNIGHTS OF
Columbus. Progress club. St Joseph's
hall. Hamilton club.
once Romatine building.
KatS building. Marshall & Ball. Cohn
building. Old Town Clock. Kinnc
building, Stevenson building.
Telegraph Postal Tele.
graph. Western Union.
Theaters-The Garden.
Newspapers-The Evening News.
Sunday Chronicle
Stores-A large number.
An estimate made by a general in.
spection OF the smoulderinR ruins
places the number OF residences
burned at 600 and the number OF fam.
lilies left without shelter at 1900
A re-estimAte after the confiagration
Ia abated may alter those figures.
The FIRE began its work Of destruc-
ton at the power house Of the Jersey
City. Hoboken a Paterson Traction
company, which fronted on Broadway
and extended a block 20 the rear OF
Van Houten street II commenced IN
the car shed and was burning flercely
when one Of the employees detected IL.
II was leaping through the floor and
the wind was tanning IL into forks and
swirls when the FIRE apparatus came TO
the scene. The fremen tried to hem
the blaze in. but Il skipped across Van
Houten street in one direction and
Main street in another. and. gaining
vigor as Il went. burned unchecked
down into the business district. Ev.
cry piece OF ire mechanism in the city
was called out, but the Ere and gale
were masters.
A great torch OF fame rose hixh In
the air, lighting up the country for
many miles and carrying a threat and
warning to the people and property in
It's path. There were efforts to rescue
furniture and stock, but the speed
with which the FIRE moved gave the
rescuers little time. Property was
often moved TO a place of presumed
safety, only to be eventually reached
and destroyed. The warning to many
was brief and they were forced to fee.
scantily clad, into streets glazed over
with Ice and swept by the keen wind
Three relief meetings were held dur.
ing the afternoon, the principal one OF
which was attended by Governor Muir
ply and Mayor Hinchclife. Within a
few moments $500 was handed to the
mayor for immediate relief use. Aae
chief magistrate said that while the