New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-08

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.us YES the large building owned by the WIZ
,sn Koch Importing Company. which was also
quickly Destroyed
1c-o-. tho street the Stanley y Brown Drig
Company building quickly IN ruins. while
fronting n ,fe Baltisno-e-st side OF this block
were tie RoKbary Rye DiEtilling Company me
,-uac,ns occupied by SHERMAN & Toees and
the house q Alien sons. which has hardly been
finished and next TO It the establishment OF NJ
Moses g Co. On the corner was the heaGins &C.
cupssd by Megsrs Sugar & Shear ana several
Other smaller concerns. AL OF these were svFal-
io.-ea u n flame.
At 30 O'Clock MuIlrs's Hotel. seven story
structure st Liberty and Baltimore sts-. Uss In
aames from garnet TO cellar. Enc the great
leigh. and uarrowness acted as lGe. convert
ing The building into a huge and dreadful torch.
AL the guests OF the hotel Lad been ordered out
M the building shortly after the Gre began.
There was no panic or confusion and no oEe
Was injured.
ENGINES FROM OTHER CITIES
Though every BIT O: IRE nghting apparatus
IN the city was called out. the flames con-
-fnued to spread the nrenen realized that they
had a tsrk before them which was too great for
them 20 combat kilograms for FIRE engines
were sent TO Washington and Philadelphia. and
about j o'clock six engines arrived from Wash
sneton and four from Philadelphia. and Joined IN
the battle with the flames Engines from sta
.ioas IN Baltimore. Howard. Anne Arundel and
hartford counties also arrived soon as pos-
sibla some OF the apparatus travelling thirty
miles and more.
Water plugs in every section within g radius
Of half mile from the FIRE were IN use. and
81 4. roughly estimated that there were three
hundred and fifty hose playing az one time
on different parts ~ the conhagration-
Owing to the great congestion Of fire ep-
,psrstus the crowds OF people and the general
confusion. many Of the engines from out
Of town were unable to ma q place where they
would be OF any service.
with LOUD roars wall after wall topplec into
the streets and nrenen for their lives. AL
binds Of wires had 20 be cut TO clear the way
for the Ere fighters. The block bounded by Ger
man, Liberty. Sharp and Baltimore sts. was
rsrly found TO be doomed and the hremen
turned their attention to saving the buildings in
Bsltinore-st east Of sharp-st. The fire was be-
ycnd their control. ana the flames ran from
i,uiicne 20 building IN spite OF the fact that the
nremen had done rhe.r best 10 check the prog
-ess OF the flames by soaking the structures with
water
REQ hot cinde-s ignited the roof Of Front
n
v though that structure would be burned down.
The building is az least a half rufle from the
main ccndagration. and the fact that the roof
caught fire from falling cinders shows 20 what
distance the fiery rain fell The blaze. which
was on the southwes. corner. was extinguished
by the fre-i-n. assisted by citizens.
DOCTORS SAVE CITY HOSPITAL
For time considerable alarm felt at the
City Hospital when the rain Of cinders was at
it's 1e-cest. The Sisters Of Mercy. in charge Of
the institution. were all at their posts. and an
effort was made to keep the fast coming con-
Migration from the patients. a few cinders fell
or the roof Of the hospital but were extin-
guished by the physicians Of the house staff
Eighteen wcnen. two babies and seven nurses
were taken from the Maternity Hospital in
West Lonl5ar6-st-. In police smbulances. and
carried to the City Hospital Among the women
was one who had typhoid fever.
At s O'Clock q tremendous explosion OF about
one hundred ana fifty barrels OF whskey
storec in the upper floors Of No. % Hanover-st
hurled tons OF burning matter across the street
unto the roofs OF the buildings opposite which
the nreruen were drenching with water in a vain
hope OF making Hanover-st the eastern bound
airy OF the conhagration. The flames halted for
q few minutes under the water. but soon ate
into The buildings on the east SIDE. Two trucks
caught fire and were consumed, and an engine
buried oy failing we'll, the nreraen fleeing
To- their lives
The whole city was informed OF the conhagra-
ton by terrific explosion, which occurred
some minutes after II o'clock. A roar
went up with reverberating thunder This was
followed By peculiar whistling noise, like a
shriii wind The churches in tn. central section
of the city were filed with vsorshippers many
Of whom became frightened. and. while nc
panics ensued. hundreds OF men and women left
their seats and went outside see what had
hsV2ened.
In few minutes the streets all over
the city were crowded with excited peo-
pie. Another deafening crash occurred and
dense columns OF cin6ers ana smoke shot up
over the central section OF .he city and in q
huge brown column moved rapidly northeast.
Borne on tie strong southwest wind. the column
CT smoke. blazing cinders and even pieces Of
and rain o. cindc-s fell compelling pedestrians
to dodge redhot ptecet Of wood.
Two more explosions followed, and thousands
~ peonlc hurried 20 ~, scene Of the Gre or all