The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-12
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city OF imposing grandeur Is Is 20 70.
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city OF imposing grandeur y 20 'se - 80
tie ruins of the old. Z, !, I, !, !,
~ CLEARING AWAY DEBRIS
The progress which has been mace 70
dnv' In, the work Of clearing the DEBRIS
4$SrGm;, The streets in the burned district
seems almost magical pa fillmore street. tI
which at sunrise was q confused mass OF
ruhbish is practically clean, ana n llt,'
wise South street. ono of the gfeat D Si "
,n,- thoroughfares. Hanover Street, near
Z here the fire started, was made passa-
bio for. wagons, and Pratt Street, iotis
avenue Of trade is clear OF encum orances
all the way through. The ely IN
a,neer,s Recruitment, the Building 1nspec-
tor and the Street Cleaning Department
nj worked in conjunction. No attempt
vas made to do more than 70 clear ire
streets from curb to curb, the DEBRIS DC,
inp piled high on the Sidewalks ahd
buck Of the building line.
PULL DOWN WALLS.
MANY dangerous walls. which over
hang the streets, were pulled down. I % nc
most ambitious attempts at razing walls
we're on Liberty and Lombard Stteet s.
Z At each of these places there are MOST
Slnu engines with wire cables, Whlcn !, al -
z fustened3 to d section Of the topping
walls, and then wound up on the !, sp y e,N
sThe Hurst building, In which the l Ire
started, was pulled down. 8 y, .
All through the financial dlstrlctfprep'
erations are being made to open sal es
and vaults Those Of the German B ank
END the German Fire Insurance Company
ere opened and the cash ana books
taken ol,t uninJured. The vault OF the
Marine Bank was opened this afternoon
md found intact, In no instance have
the contents Of any5vnult been seriously
damaged. g. !.
q The d Chamber Of Commerce rhas been q,
exceedingly active K to-day In senalng
broadcast Ia every center Of trade IN this
country and Europe the assurance that
Baltimore Is even now in condition 10
transact all shipping, grain and foreign
trade. and that all other lines OF pusl-
ness will be restored TO their Norman
channels within the next two or three
months, The officials Of the ChampeF
Of Commerce announced that plans arc
already completed for the reoutdlng
OF their 100000 structure.
Many merchants and manufacturers
whose places Of business were swallowed
up In the conflagratlon have signed cen
tracts for rebuilding, and there are on al
sides tho greatest signs of activity In this
respeot, All are simply waiting for w
CITY to clear the street Of debris and gly'
permission to the owners Of the grounc
to take possession.
MAY NOT ACCEPT,
The matter OF accepting aid from othel
cities, has not yet been finally decided
|upon, according to Mayor McLane, Iht
fire did not reach the residential sertleT
of the city, and there is no actual dos
titution at this tlmo, The indications arr
that the citizens OF Baltimore VIII %
fully able to take care OF all cases 9
want that might present themselves. Ihe
Mayor feels grateful for the many
proffers Of aid from the citizens or tll''
country and from foreign lands,
Among the messages Of sympathy, .Fe
ceivod to-day, was a communication IRON
Monsignor Falconio, the apostolic de!c
gate at washington, containing the tol
loving from tho lPope;
Rome. February 10th,
His Holiness, deeply moved py the now
of the great calamity which has recen,'
visited the city of Baltimore desires Scu
Isxccllcncy to convey to the Honorary
Mayor and the people OF Baltimore ~
! sincere sympathy. He prays that they eal
stand the severe loss their city has sur
fered, and that It VIII continue TO pro
| Gress
lslgnedl
CARDINAL MERRY DEL VAL
THE loading saylngs banks In the elt
combined In q public announcement to
night that none Of them have sufferte
y any loss 81 securities by fire. and the