Milford chronicle., 1904-02-12
LOSS PLACED AT s125,oOo,ooo
1t Is Emphatically Denied That easo-
line Explosion Started Fire.

line Explosion Started Fire.
| Baltimore, Md. Feb 10.-As yet no
ngures on loss and insurance that can
pe regarded as Ofic3al are obtainable
| careful canvassof insurance exDerts.
I builders and business men placed 1ha
| loss in round figures at S125. 900. 900 and
The insurance at from $50 1905. 900 10
@Se'OOO,O00. 1t is probable that these
! estimates will stand with slight change
when the final figures are written |
Much valuable property that Law in
Mondays fire path was saved by tae
prompt efforts of merchants. and in
thH1 section the stock losses will ba
lighter than elsewhere.
To-day gave opportunity for a caro-
tu Investigation as no the cause aF
the original fire in the Hurst building
1t WIS first reported Hhat the blaza
started from the explosion of a gaso-
llne engine III the cellar, but this is
given an emphatic denial. ]
Henry S. Hurst, of the firm of John ,
Il. Hurst & Co. said that there was No :
gasoline in the building, and that the Z
IRE .dta not have its origin in an ex- {
pIosion of this liquid iK the Hurst
building This statement was subse- l
quentfy 'corroborated by a signed state s
men issued by IS. w T. HOMER A. t
SUNS insurance agents ami brokers'. !
WHO sald dhat after a careful inspection 3
Dy deputies of their firm and of the A
Fire Underwriters Association. thew s.
we're satisfied that ahere was no gaso- 81
Inc in the building. ~
MT Hurst said that he and Charles NJ
george trusted employe, were the F.
ast persons to leave the building at III III
. p. N. Saturday and that all the Cr
ieetrle lights were turned off by a &
witch 1t is not denied that the fire M
ilslnated IN the Hurst building. but e.
ow 1t started is yet to be learned In
All the military and police passes pre-
issued were revoked. and en'
oops were sent into the desolated lac laS
rritory to clear il of every one found :
rlgldly was the mo pass order en- Ne
reed that a physician, who has two HH00vo
.tients just within the roped.Off sec Ss9922
IN on the eastern side of the fire area. s25
Is refused pass, but was accom- elry
MED by an officer to the homes OF the BOO
* persons. BIo Bro
Work Of Clearing Up Started. S12I
The ruins of the fire territory HAVING 0gO'
lied sufficiently to permit the bane- 9itgt,
OF debris. the work of clearing plum
ne portions Of the burnt district has Susl
n begun. Hundreds of laborers en- % %DtaE
'ed by the department of street Str9
lning were Put to work at the west factl
end OF the ruins clearing the Mfg.
'ets. The task before them is a DEL pe1'
cult one, and the work of removing good
great mass will necessarily be slow $3.50
~ weeks Will elapse before all the OOO;
cts within the fire territory will be eotfo+i,
to traffic. Bricks to the depth of Tode
IeeL large marble and granite r. 81
KS great girders, bent or broken. 10y
networks Of telegraph, telephone tTnnk
electric light wires cover the hardy
ITS. On both sides of the thorough cloth
IN many places are towering walls e',, IO'iii
VIII have to come down before any Pros
apt can be made to clear the streets ! lar c
ose points. Co, S
Dor IS In demand, and the newspa- So,,,7 SU,, !. :
already contain display advertise Winke
S Tor men to begin the work of s125,0
ing the ruins to prepare for re- eeo0; y
s. Co., 81
Sohtents OF Vaults Safe. merry.
reat cloud was lifted whom - mo-, Woody
yered that practically oil 90 S We" ',s $4,000
and strong rooms and safes OF
IauclaI concerns whose buildings Wasl
destroyed, are unhurt. A tremen- ma is
oss in securities had been antici- be resi-
here. and when vault after vault are sal
d up its treasures unharmed the tions
''i0 su"I uIdhs was Doundless. amount
Il One trust company's safes the sen
papeIs ael 70 tne amount of more teurizeC
,IOO'oOO'UUV was recovered. The ing sin
Gu 0ue "hoie city and en- some "
"a lilLleuia1e and thorough in which
.'ion' .Hercnahts and their as apparen
., .; sliOAe-solled and -begrimed insist o.
liow-eyed from anxiety and loss came nc