The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-02-13

khllo the city had ouHoroo = ter
visitation. he was In . position "a
thai there was very little distresa
business section Of the city had
practically wiped out. but the
dence portion which suffered wa
In which well-to-do citizens lived
Main street was soon arched over,
canopy Of fire for q block. and
for two blocks, as the flames fast,
themselves upon building after \
ing. The firemen fought with a
resource of their craft and the
pulse OF desperation. but the q
found new avenues In Ellison
Market streets, and got beyen1
control. Calls for relief went d
every city in this portion Of the )
and the jaded hremen labors
through the hopeless hours Of
morning. The city hall. Q magnl
structure. surmounted by a
clock tower, situated on Washi
Ellison and Market streets,
caught fire. and with It all
splendid business structures ths
rounded it. They made a gres
mace of fire that burned with 9
roar.
There was a series of expl
and scores Of walls fell when {!
left them strengthless. FLYNN
brands carried the conflagratiu
some buildings and around otheI
1t therefore burned in an ird
course. These brands finally
the tracks Of the Erie railros
Ramapo avenue, and, alighd
Straight street, started another
area of FIRE, in which the destr
and desolation wrought was ne,
great as in the other.
Second Fire Starts.
This second great fire started
angle OF Park avenue and W
ton street and swept aim
checked until on these two u
fares there was no more fuel
right-hand side Of Market s.
encountered Sandy Hill Cema
a barrier to check It, but on
hand side at Carroll street 1t
st. Joseph's Church, a great
stone building. It was on this
great fire that the volunteer
from the outside cities did thu
heroic and effective work. II
back only when they had to, a
the natural obstacle interpo}
seized the chance and stoH
fire.
The final and one of the d
perate fights of the day ocd
mid-afternoon back in the
area at the Hamilton Club,
at the corner Of Church AM
streets. The handsome eli
caught, and the exhausted
were rallied around 1t. TA
anxious to save the struct
besides, failure meant that
might take new headway Al
properties adjoining the eli
The building was doomed,
but q torrent Of water KEEP
to the premises. The fou- |,
the club house stood, but thu 4,
lapsed and the interior was
burned out. Il
Reuben IIsleib, while
coffee to the exhausted firs
hit on the head by q falling
it is doubtful II he lives. HI Bu
ried away by the firemen kt
Fitzmaurice. a fireman, Is h
He was driving an engine
sale, when the horses boltd
fore Fitzmaurice could get
der control they brought the =
against an electric pole, u
maurice, who had not waita
himself in, was hurled ou pc
head. There is no cha
living. \
A relief movement for !,
those unsheltered and unp
has already been org p
| Mayor John Henchliffe sal G
that Paterson would be
for her own without appe
charity of other comm1
states. The great ND
plants of the place are s.
community, temporarily D "
calamity, has already
the work Of reorganl ia
restoration. be
Paterson rests In val sit
conflagration was an imp I
Gle from the rim Of hills IN,
in. Columns OF flame Gill =.
the air and shed their lls
Hundreds Of persons hun (s
city before daylight to wa Inc
OF destruction at close % >
when the day came thu l.,
! Joined them. With the !,
thieves and looters. but a
much pillaging. Under IL
Governor franklin MUIR lilC
ried here from Jersey Ci me
A. c, X and M. of the p BIT 1
N. J. N. G., assembled es
mories and were held
force. The police, dd 4,
hundreds Of special '
.firemen united In prote' id
during the day. and wit enc
q grim order clearing u Ids
issued by the city an hum
thorities. Ime