Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-13
NUMBER IA.


building, starting eastward on Fayette
street. BY o'clock occupants of the
Daily Herald building, at Fayette and
st. Paul streets, and Of the Record
building. opposite, were compelled to
vacate by the onrushing flames, as
were the occupants of the Calvert and
Equitable structures, two of the most
massive office buildings in Baltimore.
Down Baltimore street a parallel
wave Of roaring, cracking flames
swept, consuming everything In its
course, speedily reaching the Evening
News building, from which the en-
ployes had TO hastily fee. though not
until valuable records had beel re-
moved. Shortly thereafter the Conti-
mental Trust Company's fourteen-story
building took fire. A block below the
American newspaper building was en-
veloped In such clouds of sparks and
burning splinters that the employees
were ordered out.
So 1t is certain that the Herald and
American will not get out issues to-
day. Meanwhile, the Sun had been ar
ranging to print its today's issue in
its Job office, which Is situated at
distant point from the path of tho
fire.
Financial District Doomed.
Tho financial district, including
banking and brokerage firms on South
and German streets, seems to be now
doomed. and scores of the city's lead
ing flnanciers and business men are
scurrying in and out of their offices,
bearing packages or placing valuable5
in conveyances.
During all these hours the pyrotech-
mic display has been magnificent and
imposing beyond the power of painter
to depict Vast columns of seething
flame are Shooting skyward at varying
points Of the compass and the firma-
ment is one vast prismatic ocean OF
golden and silver-hued sparks, Great
multitudes Of people line the streets,
awestruck with the panorama which
is being enacted before their eyes.
Absolutely Beyond Control.
At 1910 o'clock the roof of the
building occupied by the Associated
Press took fire, and the employees were
compelled to vacate, though they had
time to take away with them their
telegraph instruments, typewriters and
other valuable equipment They found
refuge in a branch office of the West
ern Union Company, on Gay street.
The prospect is that this office will
have to be vacated in n few minutes,
as the flames are breaking west and
east and volumes of sparks and blaz-
ing cinders and splinters are flying in
every direction. At this hour the fire
Is absolutely beyond control and all oc.
cupants of buildings in the center Of
the city are rapidly moving their val
uables,
Seventeen Reported Injured.
The city hospital, corner of Calvert
and Pleasant streets, Is removing to
other hospitals as rapidly as possible
the twenty-four patients in that insti
tuition. Seventeen injured were
brought to this hospital, most of them
firemen. They were suffering from
burns, scalds or decorations. Nearly
every physician in the city is in the
fire district So far as known at this
hour no one has been killed.
Mnitin Called Our.
Detachments Of the Fourth and
Fifth regiments have been called out
and patrollng the streets in the vicin-
ity of the fire, guarding property and
keeping order.
Fortunately thus far the conilagra-
ton has not reached the residence por-
ton of the city, but fires are breaking
out in East Baltimore, and the indica-
tions are that the residence streets
are doomed.
baltimore & Ohio Building nurncd.
Indications are that not single
morning newspaper will be able TO get
out an issue this morning, with the
possible exception Of the Sun, which
has an auxiliary plant There are five
morning papers here-three English
and two German.
The Baltimore & Ohio road office
buildng has been destroyed, as has
also the Maryland Institute of Art
building At 11;i5 O'Clock the tempo
rary custom house adjoining the post
office caught fire,
New York to Send Engines
New York, Feb. S.-Fire Commits
sioner Hayes announced at O'Clock
Monday morning that a force of five
engine companies was ready to start
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