Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-03
BIG FIRE LOSS
At ATLANTIC CITY
F SFnes Sweep the Famous
5 .,ard Walk Block Causing
3 100000 Loss.
nalf a Dozen Fine Hotels in
Ashes and Many Cottages
Destroyed.
SIX People Said to Have Lost
Their Lives..Help From
PHILADELPHIA.

Atlantic City, N. j., April s--A great
conf1agration is prevailing. The TWar.
ton hotel is completely destroyed, and
the Windsor, Luray, Berk1ey and STRAIT
ford hotels are now burning. Several
Others are threatened. High winds
makes fighting the flames difficult
philadelphia started three engines II
11:40 to Atlantic City,
The fire is reported to have started
in Brady's bath house on the board
walk near Illinois avenue. In few
minutes it communicated to Smiths
photograph gallery and two small shops
adjoining, Within twenty minutes all
of these himsy structures were de-
stroyed and the Twarton hotel was In
flames. The wind carried the blaze to
fierceiy. It Is believed all the hotels on
the beach front from Illinois to New
York avenues will be destroyed. The
hotels on kentucky and Illinois avert1es
adjoining those on fire have been emp-
tied Of their guests and furniture.
Noon-The fire is still raging The
flames are rapidly spreading along the
beach and are now beyond the control
of the local fire department. Marine
hail.. on Youngs pier, is ablaze and the
entire pier will probably be destroyed.
Fralinger's fine academy of music, New
Thomas Shea is now filling an engage
ment there and all his costumes and
properties were lost. Fralinger's drug
store, Pasridge & Richardson's notion
store, woolworth's stores, Errico Bros
art store and Moore Bros art store, all
on the board walk, between New York
and Kentucky avenues. are burned out.
Hotels Bryn Mawr, Rio Grande and
Marvine, OH New York avenue, are
afire. The board walk has now been
destroyed between New York and Illi-
nois avenues, as well as half dozen
cottages in Westminster avenue, in the
rear Of Hotel Berkley, which has been
totally destroyed. The loss at present
writing is estimated at '$2.000,000. "A
hundred citizens are fighting the
flames. A number of hotel guests have
reported loss of valuable papers, jewel
ry and baggage. Firemen and others
are in danger of shocks from falling
electric wires.
The fire is the most disastrous that
ever visited the city, raging along the
beach for a distance of over three
blocks Nine hotels, Windsor, Berk-
ley, Stratford, Stickney, Luray. Tarl-
ton, New Holland and Evard We're
either partially or entirely destroyed.
So far as known no lives among the,
guests were lost, but it is rumored two
policemen, two firenen, and two musis
clans were burned to death in the
Berkeley hotel.
Three engines arrived from Philadel-
phia at one o'clock and assistance has
been asked from Camden, as the flames
are beyond control. The fire is rapidly
spreading, famed by a strong south
western wind. Practically all the prop
erty on fire is attached to the board
walk. A frame structure forty feet
wide srirting the edge of the ocean and
consists mainly of flimsy wooden stores.
and bath houses. Fortunately the wind
| is carrying the flames away from that
section of the city in which the most
valuable hotels and colleges are lo-'
Gated.
Atlantic City, N. j., April 3.-2.20-
The fire is now under control, the fire.
men having checked it at New YorR
avenue. Estimated loss. $2.00o.000.
Timely assistance from Philadelphia
and Camden aided materially in stop-
ping the sweep of the flames. Hotels
Windsor and Everhard were only par
TALLY destroyed and the New Holland
was saved. The fire will prove great
hardship on many hotel men who had
iust rented and opened for the spring
season. They have lost all they had
with very little insurance, as insurance
companies would not take risks on the
beach front.
Two Big Mortgages.
Minneapolis, April 3.-The Northern