The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-11
HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS
For Thirty-six Hours Flames
 Were Raging.
Small Casualty List Explained By the Fact That the People Had
 Ample warning-Amount
 of Insurance Unknown.

Paterson. N. J., Feb. 10.-The ire con- sayration which burned its way through the business center of Paterson ycster- day has completely spent its force ana Is quickly dying out in the ashes and brok- en brick of it's ruin.
 The firemen who hurried from other cities to save the endangered city have gone back to their homes and several cempanies of the local department have been ordered to their houses for rest and refreshments they sorely need.
 Conservative opinions inclined today to cut $2,00e.00o from the aggregate loss Of ten million agreed upon and eight mil lion will probably be accepted finally as ihe cost of the fire.
 No tabling of individual losses that can be accepted as reliable has yet been adopted and 1t will be several days be- fore satisfactory figures can be prepared.
 Equally incomplete is the estimate of insurance. l. was stated here today that the insurance amounted to between $4.0oo,- O00 and $6.O0O,00o but what gave basis to the calculation was not clear. Several of the largest losers said that they had not yet had an opportunity to examine their policies and that meantime they could not  no fire of equal magnitude and wide spread destruction ever produced an equally small list of losers.
 Many of the fire volunteers and the fire men were injured by bricks and timber, burned by.fying fire brands or tempora- rily overcome by smoke but only few of them needed medical attention.
 Tho small casualty list Is explained by hn fn Ct ing and time to abandon their homes be- fore the flames came upon them
 Tho nre made no headway' during the night. Famed by strong wind IL burned up dtfully in places during the early hours of the morning, but wherever 1t . 4&hosEeo 6hreateniug strength thastrefnei
 The firemen were completely exhausted after more than thirty hours continuous work but remained at their posts.
 There was comparatively little suffering upon the part of these rendered homeless by the nre and the armory. churches and public shelters opened their doors to but jew applicants during the night.
 Practically every home that escaped the flames was thrown open in spirit of broad charity and nearly everA refugee found shelter of some friend.
 The declaration Of Mayor Hinchliffe, that the city can care. for it's own is not coucurred in bY everybody and there may be an appeal iater for outside help.
 With the embers stiILablow in the bus iness district, commercial Paterson plan ned resumption and restoration. All of the banks burned out yesterday opened for business in temporary quarters today and the officials of the banks expressed a determination to do their part in the maintenance of the financial standing and credit of the city. The First National bank secured temporary housing in the building of the Paterson Savings Insti- tuition. It received many offers of assist ance.
 The Paterson Safe Deposit and Trust Company rented new quarters at 100 Broadway and thet Paterson National Bank secured rooms in the same building.
 The Hamilton Trust Company made ar rangements for quarters at the building of the Second National Bank and with the rest resumed the business at the usual banking hour. The Hamilton Trust Company announced that 1t would. as soon as the ruins of its old building become cool enough, commence the erec- ton of a new bank building to cost $200- OOO
 All the banks and trust companies announced that their safes had proved strong enough to preserve the securities. moneys and records stocks in them at fhe close of business of Saturday.
 Many of those whose business places and home were destroyed were ruined financially. and must give up, but the majority will be able to start afresh. They are courageous and confident
 The underwriters and adjusters repre- senting the insurance companies that held hundreds of risks affected by the fire are hurrying here and negotiations for 4he adjustment of losses has been com lnenced This morning estimates of the amount of insurance carried on the prop ertv destroyed vary widely.
 The militiamen remained on guard to- day and will be kept under arms and on dutv as long as necessary for their ser Iirrs Much valuable property Is still fvnosed and the authorities are deter mined to prevent the footing or disorder
 Saioons that attempted to open after midnight were promptly closed and the sale of liquor was prohibited until after daylight.
 5ienersed and the city was very quiet and orderlv today. All of the dangerous walls that stand are to be thrown down and the streets now obstructed with fallen brick will be cleaned up.
 Eiftern hundred public school children and several hundred more who attended ct NarY's parochial school found them
 Elves on enforced vacation today, but st inc end of the week they will all be hack at their tasks. The High school ,,l,oils will Civide the quarters Of the N%rn1al school with half day sessions st 4f .t,rt bread and coffee famine tnu @ SyHs !yertei by on+sde aid A Newark Irogd company early this morning started r,,rons loaded with 5000 loaves of bread [,r free distribution in the stricken city Uealthy residents of the city ordered ,,,oe Wra,'"I sIIt plies of coffee and provisions sa5e taaE f,tssaic. Newark and New York Irbo 1t,," Ladies Relief Committee has estab- ,ishad its headquarters in St. Paurs Taiscopal Church on Broadway and will nrovide food to all who may apply TOT |, the hospitals are sixty-three persons ,,,t,,rcJ in the long fight against the flames. Two deaths were due to the ca IatiH nH Tell down stairs in her anxiety to VII VII the fire. The other was a woman HiS" N,S" had just become a mother and who Sind as the result of being removed from H'T Tbn sternest feature which Mayor 1,;,,nbcIifIe and his co-workers find con fronting them today is the necessity y,Gt of PIpH P'as for the destitute. The fact th1t !he n,,li'e groat silk mills escaped the r@v'e. lte ,5r flames is moSt important. ihout half the population depends upon the silk