The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-02-11
ity Of the fre, guarding property ana


keeping order.
Fortunately thus far the confasra
tion has not reached the residence por.
tion Of the city. but fires are breaking
out In East Baltimore and the indica.
tions are that the residence streets are
doomed to be invaded.
The indications are that not a single
morning newspaper. will be able to
get out an issue Monday 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 railroad Of
flee building has been destroyed and
so has the Maryland institute Of art
building.
Though every bit of fire fighting ap
paratus in the city was called Into
requisition, as the flames continued to
spread. the firemen realized that they
had task before them which was too
great for them to combat. kilograms
for fire engines we're sent to Washing
ton and Philadelphia and about
o'clock six engines arrived from Wash.
ington and four from Philadelphia and
Joined in the battle with the flames.
Engines from stations in Baltimore.
Howard. Anne Arundel and Hartford
counties also arrived as soon as pos.
sible. some Of the apparatus travelling
distance Of 30 miles and more.
Water plugs in every section within
a radius Of half a mile from the Are
were in use, and II is roughly estimat-
ed that there were $50 hose all play.
ing at one time upon different parts
OF the confiagration.
Owing to the great congestion Of
fire apparatus, the crowds Of people
and the general confusion, many Of
the engines from out Of town were un.
able to find a place where they would
be of any service.
Washington, Feb. "a dispatch re.
ceived from Baltimore at 2 o'clock
Monday morning says the hre was
still raging fiercely. The post Office
building is burning. also the 100000
courthouse. The Holiday street thea.
ter has been blown up with dynamite
and the United States express ofnces
and central Offices of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroads are burned. A report
was received that both the Sun build
ing and American, directly across the
street, had been dynamited.
A telephone message from Baltimore
over the Baltimore & Ohio wires at
2:15 o'clock says the fire has reached
Jones Falls. the stream that divides
Baltimore and East Baltimore. and
that n high wind is blowing. The East
Baltimore section consists Of small
residential houses.
The burned area at this time is
three-quarters of a mile long and from
two to eight blocks wide.
The entire staff of the Baltimore
Sun was transferred to Washington at
II o'clock Sunday night and that paper
will be issued by the use Of the plant
of the Evening Star.
Estimates of the area burned made
by the Sun staff place it at between
90 and "a blocks, all of which is in the
business section of the city.
Baltimore, Feb. Sat 4 a. m. the
fire continued to spread in an easterly
direction and continued beyond the
control of the multitude of fremen.
The news that II fire engines and
equipment had left New York city to
reinforce the local department was
hailed with delight by the weary men.
Moving wagons are busily at this
hour removing the household goods of
the residences being threatened by the
rapidly extending flames. !.
Baltimore, Feb. Sat O'Clock
Monday morning the fire continued to
burn furiously but has not yet extend.
ed beyond Jones Falls. 4 number of
engine companies have just arrived
and hogan to throw streams OF
water upon the burning buildings. sev.
eral of which have been dynamited to
prevent the spread of the flames. The
city is practically under martial law,
the Fourth and Fifth regiments Mary.
land militia, together with a company
OF regular artillery men from Fort Nc.
Henry, reinforcing the local police
force to keep the crowds in check.