The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-10

caution of the authorities there was much confusion in the streets at night
 The destruction of wires left the city in darkness save for the dull glow giv- en off by the acres of embers in the two great fire areas. Hundreds of be- lated visitors crowded around the de- pots and struggled in the dark for places in the overcrowded trains. The street railway system was also severely impaired through the injury to its wires.
 Early in the day the mayor issued an order forbidding the sale of liquor, but it was not obeyed, and there was con- siderable drunkenness.
 The area of destruction foots up roughly twenty-five city blocks From Main street to Paterson street, between Van Houston and Market streets, there is but little left. On the block bounded by Main, Ellison, Washington and Market streets, not single build ing, excepting that of the Paterson Saw ings Institution, stands. All along the west side of Main street, property is wiped out, and on the east side, also, from Market to Van Houten streets. Along the south side of Broadway, between Washington and Church streets, great damage has been done. Van Houten street is reduced to smouldering debris so far as buildings are concerned, for some distance.
 Ellison street suffered from the neighborhood of Prospect street on its north side, as far as Church street. On the south side of this street there is widespread ruin from a short distance west of Main street to the parsonage of the Second Presbyterian church near Paterson street.
 Market street is pile of ruins from Main street to the Market street church
 Nowhere was the scene of devasta- ton more marked than north of the Erie railroad, in the district bounded by Sixteenth avenue and Market street. There is simply nothing but ashes left | to tell that a busy and populous sec- | ton of the city had ever. existed. | On Washington street, between Broad way and Market street there is prac- tically nothing left.
 Church street is wiped out on it's west side between Ellison and Market streets as it is on the east side.
 It was in it's newest and best built portions that Paterson suffered, though some of the property which now lies in blackened heaps had an interest which came with age and usage.
 Neither the home of John w. Griggs, formerly attorney general of the United States, nor that of Mrs. Garret A. Ho- bart, widow of the late Vice President Hobart, was harmed by the fire, both being well outside of the path the flames took.
 The cost of the fire has not yet been counted with any degree of accuracy and 1t will be several days before there can be a definite tabulation of losses and nsur- ance.
 In the confusion of the day and the rigor. ous guarding of the burned districts at night it was impossible to locate q major ity of the heavier sufferers. The estimate of $100O0.000 will probably cover the de- struction broadly and a group of city off cials who went over the city this evening were Inclined to scale that figure down to between $7,500,000 and $S,000,000 for actual property losses.
 DETAILED LIST OF LOSSES.
 Their estimate made no calculation for loss on account of suspension of business A hastily prepared and incomplete list compiled by a business man tonight gives the following estimate losses:
 City hall, $45.000.
 
 Second National bank, $60.000.
 Paterson National bank, $75, ,OOO
 Hamilton club, $150,000.
 Katz buildin, $65,00g.
 Garden tileater $50, ,000
 United States hotel Sf0,0f0. Public library, Sl00, GOO.
 Quackenbush X Co.,, department store building and contents, S50O0O0
 First Baptist church, structure and furni ture. ST5,000 Paterson high school, building and con tents, $35, GOO. Old city hall used for police hcadquar- The Boston department store. Never isn Brothers hers proprietors, building and stock, The Evening News building and n1ont Y. M C. A. building, $15,0 pany, s25, ,000.
 st. Marks church. building and contents s27ooo ~ ~'"'''''' St. Mary's parochial school S10,o0 Park Avenue Baptist church, building and furnishings S40,000. St. Josephs German Catholic church, ! building and furnishings, $55, GOO St. Joseph's rectory and furniture, S15,- | 0oO. T' The National Clothing Store, Levy, Lach- stock, $40, ,000.
 The Paterson department store D. Some. born, proprietor, building and stock 800. 
 schuer x Co.,, grocers, building and stock, $50,000.
 Marshall x Ball, clothiers, building and stock, $60,000
 Globe department store, D. Rohm nro | priet0r, building and stock, $55, GOO Stevenson building, $44,000.
 Rents drug store, S25, GOO.
 kinsella's drug store, S25,000.
 Fluids shoe store,s $15, 900. Muzzy Brothers, hardware, building and contents, $150,000
 Douglas shoe store, S10000.
 Sunday Chronicle, $15,000
 Romaine building, $100,000.
 D, H. Wortendyke & Co.,, grocers, S20,- poo. John Norwood, painter, $75,000 Engine house No. 1, S5,00O.
 oberg's grocery, building and contents, S25 000.
 Estate of Daniel McAteer wholesale liu. lors building and contents, Sj0,0O0. Police patfoy, headquarters, S5.00O l.. D. Michaelson, clothier, stock, $25 GOO. S0rosiS Shoe store, stock $100OO Waldorf shoe store, stock, $10O00. Cogan X Touhey, saloon, S10,00O ]. Bret, saloon, S10,000. Hugo Hunger, saloon and wholesale lu. ?, lors, building and contents, $75,00O. Billy Kane, saloon, S10,000 pr. E. F. Denner residence and furniture '20,000 John Nulls, furniture, stock S15 GOO. Bishop X Irwin, department store stock 15,00O N Bishop X Irwin, department store, stock t5,0O0. : J. A. Vanwinckle X Co.,, hardware, build. i ng and contents, $50,000. 1