Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-09
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| ordered to their quarters at 1 am, the
| newly arrived volunteer visitors remaining
| to assist the weary local men. With the
| exception of few buildings 40 acres of
valuable city property is devastated. Dur
| ing the early morning hours several small
| fires started among the ruins of the burned
| buildings. Only debris, however, was left
| to be destroyed.
First Sleep Since Saturday.
| Not the slightest disturbance occurred
during the long hours of the night, the hrst
since Saturday in which Baltimore has
| dared to sleep. Utterly exhausted by the
| long siege Of watching and worry. when no
| man could say that any portion of the city
| was safe, the people of Baltimore last night
| went to rest feeling assured that the flames
| were entirely controlled and the full extent
| of the damage known-only the firemeD;
| policemen and guardsmen remained on duty
| during the night. In spite of the almost
J entire absence of spectators the guards
| were vigilant to the uttermost, and 1t was
| almost impossible for even the newspaper
| men to keep watch of the progress OF the
| flames. Doubled sentries on every corner
| of the long Gordon around the flame-swept
| district challenged sharply every passer
| and on many posts refused to honor the
| police fire line permits even the reguia-
| ton military passes purporting to be good
! on all posts and at all hours of the day Or
night.
Beginning this morning, the companies OF
| the 1st Regiment, Maryland Guard, which
| had been ordered here yesterday afternoon
| were posted guard The 4th and oth
| Regiments. which, with Troop A. Cavalry
| Baltimore Guardsmen. who had been doing
police duty since the sounding Of the riot
! call Sunday afternoon, were not relieved
| entirely, but were excused, company at a
| time, to go to their homes.
Will Guard for Some Days.
| Gen. Riggs who, as commandments
| of the brigade of state troops, who has
| been in personal command Of the military
| since the outbreak Of the fire, Is unwilling
| to say how long it may be necessary TO
, keep the outside companies here or now
| soon 1t will be possible to relieve the nome
| regiments but 1t Is evident that 1t will DE
! several days at least before the policing OF
| the city can be entrusted to Its regular
| guardians under normal conditions
Outside Firemen Depart for Home.
With the falling of night began the de-
parture of the outside firemen who had re-
| sponded to the call for assistance from
| Baltimore the flames being so completely
| under control that Fire Chief Horton be-
| lieved he could safely dispense with the
| battalions from other towns. The Chester
| and Altoona departments left last night,
| and the other outside firemen departed at
intervals during the day.
Incoming trains during the forenoon
brought sightseers in considerable numbers
from adjacent cities and the nearby coun-
NH toll Inc
| the spectacle of a great city in confusion
and lost in clouds of smoke were disap-
pointed Even to the very edge Of the
burned region there is nothing spectacular.
Strangers alighting from trains at the
large railway stations, particularly those
in the northern section of town, see merely
the normal Baltimore under brilliant win
ter sky
By reason of the cessation Of street car
service there are large crowds the
streets, but the transportation companies
are making brave efforts to resume service.
The suburban lines are maintaining service
and certain tracks in the unaffected parts
of the town also display few cars.
Fire Left Nobody Homeless.
OF the great region swept by the fire, Gu
riously enough, no part was devoted to
residences, so the sheltering Of homeless is
no part of the city'S problem. Ii the fire
area are embraced the financial district,
considerable portion of the wholesale dis
trict an area given over to brokers of va
rtous kinds and a large shipping district
along the wharves. In the wholesale dis
trict, at the northwest corner of the fire
zone, were located many Of the wholesale
dry goods merchants and manufacturers Of
clothing, an important Baltimore industry.
| Adjacent to this was a high-class retail
district. with most of the principal jewelry,
| furniture and piano establishments. Prac-
| tically every office building in the city was
| destroyed along with the banks and trust
companies in the financial district, neatly
| every one of these being consumed. Around
| the stock exchange and chamber of COM
| merce, which early fell before the flames.
were located the offices of many brokers,
and these, with all the foreign steamship
and custom house brokers' offices, were in
| volved in the widespread ruin.
Historic Market Destroyed.
| Another wholesale district destroyed was
| that devoted to groceries and produce, the
| historic old Marsh market going down
| in ruins. Right in the heart Of the burned
district was located the immense central
| power plant of the United Railways and
Electric Company. its four closely grouped
stacks being visible from every side of the
| fame-swept zone and it's fallen walls form
| ing one of the most impressive as well
| as inaccessible ruins.
| To the eastward of the power house, and
| extending to Jones Falls and the harbor,
the eastern and southern boundaries Of the
fire, is a region given up to lumber yards,
| canning and packing factories and ice
| houses. accessible on two sides by water
and making the first real check and far
| thest progress of the flames.
| Today there is a scramble for temporary
| office room on the part of hundreds of
business firms. whose homes are now but
unrecogniZable wreckagc.
Place the Loss at 1926, 100000
| After a meeting of the representatives
| of insurance companies today 1t was an
| nounced that they estimate the loss at