Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-02-15

would be pleased to. be at once advis
ed in this respect"
Wastes of Ruins.
All about this point portions of walls
mark the sites of some of Baltimore's
most notable business structures
From the site of the National hotel. al
Holiday and Fayette streets, no build
ings are left standing as far as the
eye can zee down Baltimore street
All along South Gay street there i:
the same picture of complete destruc
ton. A broken sign and totterins
front walls show where the Maryland
w. c. T. U. building Cnce stood. AID
joining this were the buildings occu
pied by the British and German consu
lates. They shared the fate of theil
neighbors The costly United State:
custom house, in the course of con
struction, is ruined Westward alons
Pratt street is only debris, and impass
able by reason OF huge piles of mason
~. All the buildings at Dugan's
wharf. nearby, were destroyed
Stretching from here down East and
West Falls avenue were number OF
business establishments. All are gone
Whole Buildings Catch Fire.
Everywhere buildings sprang into
living flames before the fire touched
them and brick, stone and mortar
.crumbled like chalk. The atmosphere
quivered and in it, surrounded by fire
the firemen of this and other cities
fought doggedly. But the fire swept
on and buildings large and small
churches and business houses alike
were swept away, here and there the
walls standing like sentinels in the
great waste.
A District of Ashes
Hundreds of buildings were de-
stroyed. Their complete list would be
but a business directory of the burned
area. The burned district is in the
territory bounded on the west by Lib
erty street, on the north by Lexington
street, east by Jones Falls, south by
the Basin. Within this district were
big structures on Fayette, Gay, LON
bard, Charles. BaldersOn, Ellicot, Hol-
lingsworth and Cheapside streets.
Passing southeast alcng the Basin, the
following large docks were destroyed:
McClure's. PattersOn's, Smiths,
Frederick, Long and the Union. The
small thoroughfares, which do not ex-
tend as far north as Lexington street
and which were in the path of the
flames. are Commerce, Fredericks and
Mill streets.
The district thus swept by fire COM
prised 10 blocks and nearly $500
Remarkably Good Order.
Notwithstanding the magnitude Of
the catastrophe, the absence of disor-
der and confusion was remarkable
The fire district and the territory i'm
mediately surrounding it is under the
military control. Sunday
night detachments of regulars from the
nearby forts were sent to the fire dis
trict and assisted the police in main
tanning order. Besides these 1000
militiamen were on duty and the Mary.
land naval reserves were also called
out.
Troops Keep Out Thieves.
The line of troops is so tightly drawn
that it is impossible for thieves to en-.
ter the fire zone without detection.
This extraordinary precaution was alb
necessary because the finan.
cial district is included in the burned
and there is untold wealth
hidden in the blistered and warped
vaults of banks and safe deposits COM
panies. All requests for pass.
through were referred by the mayor 70
the commander of the military and he
refused to grant any.
Whole Country Responds.
Mayor MacLane last night stated that
he had offers of assistance from every
part of the country, but could not tell
before today what relief measures will
be necessary.
Loss More Than $1oO,o0o, 900.
A member of the board Of insurance