The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-10
A RECORD OF DEATH AND DISASTER.
Eleven Lives Were Lost Fire ST. Louis; Property Paterson
and Other Places Many Millions Dollars

head by failing beam. and It is doubtful
II he viii recover.
George FliEmaurice. fireman, who had
been acting driver for Fire Chief stagg,
Is also dying He was driving an engine
for Passlac when the horses bolted and,
before Fitsmaurce could get them under
control they brought the apparatus against
an electric pole and Fltzmauricc, who nnd
| not waited TO strap himself ON, was HURLED
upon his head.
! Main street was soon arched over with
n canopy OK Ore for block and then FOR
two blocks The nrenien fought dcsper
uteS, but the flames found new avenues IN
ellison and Market streets and got beyond
uli control.
! calls for relief went out 20 every city In
| this portion or the state. The eth hall,
magnificent structure, surmourtcd 10y a
great clock tower. situated on Washington,
! Ellison aud Market streets, finally caught
1 and with II went all OF the splendid
( business structures that surrounded Il.
! Th,re was series OF explosions and
scores 81 walls fell when the nro left them
strengthlcss. Flying Gre brands carried
the connagraton over some buildings ana
around others and It therefore burned IN an
]
cleared the trucks OF the Erie railroad Anl
| Rlmnpo avenue and. allRhting on Straight
street started smother great area Of dre.
In which the destruction ana desolstion
wrought was nearly MS great AZ Ia tine
other.
This second great Gre started az the angle
cf P0rk avenue aud Washington street and
swept almost unchecked until on these two
. Cav
the righthaud side Of Market street Il en-.
couuiercd Sandy Hill cemetery as a bnr-
rler to check IT, but on the iefthand side
ion CARROLL It claimed ST. Jotephs church
great classic stone building,
The mai aud enc Of toe most desperate
0ghts Of the day occurred In midaeternoon
hack in the Ar't Ore area at the Hamilton
cul, situated at the corner of Church aud
Ellison streets. \ torrent Of water kept
the Gre on Tire premises, lat the interior
was completely burned out.
Paterson rests Ia a valley aud the conda.
grafton was an imposing spectacle from the
rim ot hills that wsli Il In. Tho hre be.
came great popular spectacle that claim
ed patrons ftom New York aud every out.
Wing town IN New Jersey. They crowded
the regui9r trains Of the railways operat
pttchlng OF extra trains They crowdot
around the hrcmon and at times hampere,
them 10 their work Police lines were loo
possible. With the crowd came thfeye;
and looters. bht there was not much plilac
Ing. Under orders from Governor Murphy
who hurried here from Jersey CITY. com
panics A, {, X, and NJ OF the Fifth Infant
ry, National guard, assembled at their ar
: morles and were held NJ e rssoTve force
The police, deputy shcrins, hundreds Of
special watchmcn and Hremen united IN pro
toctipg property during the day and whai
night came an order clearing the streets
was issued. Despite the nrccaution Their,
D was much confusion 10 the streets at night
. he destruction Of wires Jeff the city -
darkness. The street railway system wa,
= also severely impaired through the inJur,
e OF its wires Early In the day the mayo
Issued an order forblddlng the sale OF liguo
q but there WA considerable drunkenness.
% New York, February 9.-There was ,
Z, nasty sssemhiage Of the Are underwrit er
It at Newark today and efforts were mad
o to obtain from Paterson an idea of tn
= losses there. 1t seems that the loss vii
Ir fall largely upon the companies which ar
N foreign 10 the state OF New Jersey. Til
four Newark companies. he Flremen's
e Merchants, Newark, Fire and American o
d Newark, with the aid OF maps OF the city
e this afternoon made up an estimate o
their losses. Their payments will not b
n more than $4,000 In any case, making bu
n comparatively email amount In the al
is gregote
~ Losses arc likely 10 fall largely upon IN
,e Insurance companies Of this city. The ger
N eral expression among underwriters her
a. Is that Insurance carried Ia this city 4
Paterson viii aggregate between S3,OOo,Ot
4, and S35Oo,O00.
,f Trenton, n. j., February 9.--Quarterma
a ter General Donnelly tonight, In responi
m TO an appeal from Mayor Hinchline, sci
n to Paterson by special train a great qua
tlty of tents, blankets and other cam
rt equipments for use to relieve the coud
81 lions caused by the FIRE In that city. o
4. ders were issued from the adiutant sc
"a erals office calling ont the Paterson ha
re TALON Of the National Guard to do patr
an | duty.
=. 1918, a. NJ The wind died out during d
,s night aud the danger Of fresh outbreak
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