The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-02-12
fillmore FIRE
til[R CONTROL
Inaryland Metropolis Came
II, to Being Wiped Out
81 Two Days ire.
DLz CITY IS y
I;oa Of Horror and Ave
HAS Community Unable
10 Help Itself.
boo MEN r IDLE
,sodous Suffering Must Follow the
observation-disclosures
hoo MEN ARE OLE
.,odous Suffering Must Follow the
4. .,ofion Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Game From Many Cities to
Help Fight Flames.

JJ as sCone From Many Cites 70
M Help Fight Flames.
nd aALTlMoRE's DISASTER.
Odd 4, ~ the fire $too, 100000
s%suiation of ety.. 100000
"a burned over, about
spne.haif mile.
sople left unemployed So,ooo
7aa1 sllJfed .,........ %
{ E.Wholesaie, retail, financial and
kippins interests lose most heav-
Sh,imore, Md, Feb. Baltimore is
raa ,oarine under a fire loss which no
ses hss8 tie senerity to put in figures,
sansh the insurance men think 1t
All nsarely be over 500, 000, 900. The i'm
LAD Nm, commercial district is black
Pa N r,;ns. laid bare by d contlagra-
{ which reigaed without a mo-
ID aary eneek from l1:45 a. IN. sun
en- spntil late Monday afternoon. Late
ill., day the officials again breathed.
end i believed the flames are under con-
t0n They had ragged twenty-eight
Ess in spite OF almost superhnman
its put forth by the best fighting
]. les which more than half a dozen
z II III were able to muster.
" CITY IN GLOOM.
1s heleity Is overcome with gloom. The
riigtns in the burned district are
Aid BE rom the smolder!ng ruins. The
Ii lights in that section which es-
aH M ~ @Sacfr,iptint1 ara ftflffl rfD,f1ap co q
y nps. The stores are closed in nearly
gy street. The darkened avenues
10y full of jostling people talking of
saj y subject. Apparently there is but
.ou cause for gladness and that is that
Re are no homeless. The residence
~ aon OF the city escaped. This phase
the situation relieved the officials
fea hl any thought other than the saving
on tgioperty,
Il throughout the horrible contest in
ah firemen and fire waged for su-
Enacy humanity vas handicapped by
gale which carried burning brands
n n the heads of the workers and be-
q ID the reach of the hundreds Of
NJ cams Of water poured into the rag
furnaces. But for the work of vol
q eteers in seeking out and extingutsh-
these tlmbers. 1t is almost certain
v burned area would have been twice
yer than 1t is. About seventy-fve
aares of lao acres are In ashes, ex-
ID aaalng from Lexington street on the
n ftns 70 Pratt street on the south;
sA Liberty street on the west to
yes Fails Oh the east.
asurance companies have opened
aporary Offices in the Lexington no.
y hDut their representatives decline to
I. innate the loss. The ensve Of one
Y EIEpical CT a1,.
a ssribe it. Make 1t about 500. 0OO, 900.
! asts the best we can do"
Eane same indecision@was true in re-
~ to the estimates concerning in
rance.
Eaae city vas early placed under mar
law, and thus all danger OF looting
ae doomed district was eliminated.
wv was received that General Cor
q New York would be here today
AXE command of 1000 federal
sps which are coming from various
W.. n presence OF three rcgi-
M MS OF militia as an adjunct to the
l az which We're augmented by de-
n from Philadelphia and Washing
4 N resulted In the maintenance OF the
by OF order.
NO ONE DAREs TO GUESS.
~ one dares to guess what would
had the flames jumped
saalis. The struggle has been with
vAe end of continuing the fire to the
~ sue of the muddy stream. That
i Il. I mort was successful is merely the
sMs OF fire burning itself out and
E a IN contact in front with the
E NJ labors OF nearly 100 fire COM
sass' aided by the powerful tug, the
~ Again and again the terrible
=, ut1Ven from the burning distric;
Az Jones falls. ignited buildings
EShiullher piles. Curious hand to hand
~ occurred, which, fortunately fol
M issiaents of East Baltimore, were
sl, the Hremen. Several hours In
Estss ssa'''ef district OF the cast side vol
fsaas, Walched every ember. Bucket
n SaellVe leap Of the flames cross
narrow stream. Had the fire
wv q foothold In the east side lum-
M sarls It Is conceded nothing could
lsnsse,s.opped the onslaught, and the
MI would have been power
,sata, prevent damage as great, IL not
EWu.u' than the Chicago fire. Z
lar1ai me fire under control the
sbaehed waste which Hes in the
My a. OF the sea of flames presents q
a., tg.flble In it's p~yrotechnic gran
TO- y can be likened best to oceans
:. a go coke ovens, each shooting ou
sn91sand tongues of flame from
Enba asos Of brick. stone and cement
katns ,the lire had died out nothing re-
M onl waste fromTwhich rise hun
sass VI towering, insecure shafts OF
4, sane color. Thesesare alIathat is
sil aS what We're handsome office
SssuIEigs, storage, wholesale and bust
&s arhouses OF all kinds.
ETSaNN,o BEFORE LOSS&lS KNOWN
hataa loss Will not be accurately esti:
tSosna lof weeks for. business men
haapp ! yesterday morning, are poor
ssn sy Expressions heard among these
enn NM as they peer into the collapsed
M s ss !, : reveal an astounding mum
e%slrance. pooi =
BortiNW persons explored fully even ,sucl
Solinusns or the burned district as thu
Isnass ruins would permit. The higt
NV made 1t nearly impossible fol
Ekfds"nnaes to pass through the street.
nave Va by crumbling walls withou'
Ebslo aanger to personal safety. The
uosHaass,u masses of wires cross and re.
d f,, me streets, and these were lashet
Aai tSI,lously by the wind that the,
lad 44hhaot have proved more dangeroul
SsSaMey been alive.-
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