The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-09
Flames Checked Che '!;,lI't, Y AfterSa# 4 \
Desperate Battle.
SIXTY BIZ LOCkS \
I. ARE WIPED OuJ
Entire Business, Banking and q
Commercial District Of CITY ~
IS Wiped Out. "
THOUSANDS or MEN sEs55s
WITHOUT EN- PL 0YMEnT' "
Great + Fortunes Wrecked and q
Commercial Prestige ST Bal \
timores Given = Blow Il .ss;s
SS Cannot Recover From ssss
for Years. siS
TREMENDOUS AREA OF 1 III
Sg8s 5i -s53 35s| ~ RlshcKENEn Rims M
TREMENDOUS AREA o Z
u &. LACK ENED RUINS
Only Burnt ais and ~, Piles IN
Debris Marx [;:lr] Spots IS Y Where y
Baltimorc's Proud lest ofS f5Ssa;
Structures Stood lanes 1.
Conqu Sats 'Glock
After Despera ate b B 8
: City 5Und lei . sI35. d.
Martial Law. a sa8s:s 81
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BALTIMORE MD 4. Feb. 8, Stunned
{disheartened and on the verge Of sdespailts
Baltimore drew o deep sigh of relief at
y o'clock tonight when Mayor McLanss
confirmed the report that the jprogress
4 Of the flames had at last been arrested
After thirty hours OF desperate fighting
tie com bined fire forces of a half "a dozens
cities succeeded IN hol ding the flames Sat
the Union a oclss. d
III Two hundred millions Of a Ola arssss wortk5
sot properly ia tlia u 90 i Tine haf been
swept away. This Isl the sconse tive 49,
innate. Sixty business blocks have been
wiped out. More than ono thousandJ
modern structures, many Of them SKYE
scrapers, modern In every aspect and
said to have been 'fireproof, y aer black;
ened ruins. @ 5$4 VA 5ss
Fortunes Wrecked.
The fire area covered a. territory more
than half milo In length and from
three to six blocks in width. Two square
miles are In ruins. The entire business
banking and commercial district Of Ba1-l
tmoro has been obltterated. thousands of
poor workers have been thrown out Of
employment great fortunes have been
wrecked and tho commercial prestige fofa
Baltimore has received q blow from which v
1t cannot recover In many yea. rs. ses
Amid the darkness and the DISSOLUTION
OF tho clarnity that has overtakan thss II
city. there is only one ray OF light,
So far as can be ascertained at thts 3;
hour, only one life has been lost In tlts
tragedy of flame and gale that has pene-SE
trated ono OF the great cities OF the contt.as
nent. 4. " 4 u. "A 4 is
Jacob Ilginfritz. mem Der Of the Laurel
Company. OF York. Pa. one Of the first to-
respond to tho appeal for outside hslrhss
was crushed to death beneath falling
wall early this morning. ri
John NJ. Hood, president of the United
Railways Company, is missing. Scores
Of flremen have been injured and the 4
miraculous escapes from death mount IN
into the hundreds
Martial Law.
Martial law lns been proclaimed. The u
police Of a dozen cities are patrolllng the
streets, aided by national guar rdsmen III
and q thousand regular troops dis N
patched hither by the War Depar rtment. ss
Major.Genera. Henry c. corbin, cons
manding the department OF the east. has 2s w
been ordered to take military command
Of the situation and by morning will sbe
at the. right hand Of Mayor MacLean NJ
to assist in maintaining order and re. @
stralning tho lawless, Looting has be. HI
gun. Bands Of robbers spread over the ssss
city to-day, plundering abandoned prop
erty and prowling about the ruins lnttl s$
stern represslye measures were adopted,
& Orders have been issued to the troops
on guard to shoot down ais persons found rs
engaged In unlawful operations. 81;
Clean of Hope. sl
Not without varying hope and despair An
did Baltimore reach tonight the first
stage In her progress toward recovery
from the calamity. -, -
All through the night the fire ragged.
At dawn tho flames were still sweeping Ssg
resistlessly onward, and II seemed that sS 4,
the entire city must so down In smoul, .Es s5
derIng ruins. Then at u o'clock came aa N as3 Y
CLEAN, OF hope. Tho firemen announced s3ts
that the fire was under control
cry OF thanks went up aud Daltt- IN
more took courage. A hundred fires st!l az
blazed abopt tho destroyed district. i but
the firemen kept back their spread. \
There was feeling that the worst was Sss
over, and then came another blow. As in
O'Clock, despite all ths worn and weary
fighters could q. the narass tsak hsA u