The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-09

ger. Tangled masses of wires, cross and re-cross the streets, and these were Iashed so furiously by the wind tha. they could have proved no more dangerous had they been alive. Some Of these wires are strung from charred wooden poles, which strangely are left standing in a section where buildings supposed to have been destroyed, did not escape and some hang from the side ] walls or corners of what had once been ] office buildings. These ruins could be seen swaying back and forth, appar- l ently ready every minute to collapse. Many did fall in the morning, throwing upward clouds of brick and mortar dust l so dense that even the black smoke was 1 obscured for the moment. Glass, dust and gravel, sparks and embers filled the air. In that fearful district men prom inent in the commercial life were found Many with heat blistered and smoke be- grimed faces had been up all night and as the morning broke were taking their first inventory of losses. And that was only the trail of the fire fiend. The heat and the flames were then raging be- yond extending through ruined square hy scuare until the very waters edge was reached.
 1 THE FIGHT AT JONES FALLS.
 At 12:30 o'clock this morning the lim- it's Of the fire had travelled from Fayette street to Eastern avenue At this point l half a dozen fire companies were fight ing from the rear, while other compan- | ies were anking on the Jones Falls and ] x,+ GHndvUiPhpC |, and coffee were served from drays, and coal was fed to the engines from ve- hicles. Many of the men were almost l famished from their long and dangerous detail and the hot food was a godsend. 4 Every bridge over Joens Falls held a score of firemen, and not infrequently they were obliged to turn their attention from the tottering piles to put out fires
 Of the floor between them and deep l water. Both banks of Jones Falls were : lined with lumber yards, and the piles lst on one side were blazing constantly and l on the other throwing off clouds of } steam caused by the water turned on 5 wood heated almost to the point of ig- 5 milton.
 The President street station of the :. Philadelphia, Washington and Balti- 5 more railroad is used as barracks for
 the militia, which is enforcing martial e law. The building caught fire num- e Der of times, and whenever the door e was opened a shower of sparks fell in s side. In front the lumber piles furnish t ed finder for the flames, which were n ever creeping forward, yet the mer |. who had been pacing the streets al - night lay in the sleep brought by ex l. haustion.
 5. In that district no one knew whether e the sun shone except those who haS 2, come from the northern district Tn, Il clouds of blinding, choking smoke to
 tally obscured the sun, and the wint
 from the northwest carried a spray o
 rainlilxe drops of water from across tn l. Falls When the advance of the flame > had been checked the fire companie j. started back over the course to subdu g the flames and prevent another out l. break.
 E Residents and business men of tn ~ east side are not yet fully assured C their safety, and through every windo' n may be seen affrighted faces Movin le vans, push-carts and vehicles of a 'h kinds fill the streets, carting househol Y effects and valuables to safer sections ed 5O,O00 THROWN OUT OF WORK. h- Colonel J. Frank Supplee, a compe - tent authority on factory statistics, es - inmates that the number of persor Fl thrown out of employment will reac 5000O. Others have estimated the CT
 forced likeness at greatly more.
 Inspector of Buildings Preston, aft
 making careful study of the burne district, placed the building loss alor
 at $150,0O0,O 900.
 Tonight it is feared that aid mu come from adjacent cities, or a parti N famine will be an added phase of u situation. Restaurants are withol
 food, and the destruction of the con
 mission houses along the wharves h;
 shut off the means of supply. Hote
 are little better off, and though the
 say they will be able to feed the
 guests. it is admitted the variety W
 be descended. Preparations are made rush supplies from New York in ord to avert suffering in homes.
 Late this afternoon it became possib E to locate the spot where the march
 the flames was stopped. After u # burning of the Maryland and America
 Ice companies plants, near the Unit docks, few buildings were destroye
 The ice houses held the flames f
 three hours, though in the meantin
 the Norfolk wharf was consumed. III E fireboat Cataract and several Ne York engine companies held this da
 gerous neighborhood, and when the fl
 entered the American Ice company
 coal yards it was kept under contr,
 The next building in line was t
 Damast Packing company's plant, al H this was but little damaged. Wilsor x lumber yards, Denmead Mating COT pany's buildings, the Merchants al
 Miners Transportation company # buildings and a number of others vi M tually were snatched from the flames N Local fire officials extend unstint
 praise to the fire companies from N