New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-09
FIRE UNDER CONTROL.
Cont fnued from hrst page.
made 20 rush supplies from New-york n order
20 avert suffering IN homes.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY ACRES or
Rim

The cheering news that the coaharration had
been checked spread rapidly the city. and
the great crowds THAI all Gay had surged against
the fire lines began to turn honeward- Unless
the wind. which now blows briskly from the
is 10 further danger. But the tired hrernen are
taking no chances. All over the burned district
they ere tonight fighting Tire nerce blazes that
stin live in large piles OF ruins. These fires
are not n1enacing. however. for they have moth
ing 10 feed upon outside their present limits
During the afternoon the wall OF fame ate
its way IN a southerly and westerly direction
toward the water. Sporadic fires sprang into
existence and caused the withdrawal OF eP-
paratus and men from the line Of battle Build
ings old and new. large and small stores. shops
and every imaginable class OF business vanished
the Ere swept onward
Az the day wore on the forefront OF the fire
neared Jones's Falls. a small stream that trends
north and south and divides Baltimore from that
portion Of the city known as East Baltimore
This little stream was the last stand. II the
blaze leaped Il, II by flying embers or q rush Of
Its extent could not be to-etold- Tremendous
efforts were made to block It Dynamite was
usee freely The Gre apparatus was centred and
all the skin OF the FIRE fighters eSsi into play
TO defeat the element that had eaten UP millions
OF dollars And human skill and pluck and grit
and unfaIterIng courage won The fire wss
checked But beh'ild it lay great ruined waste
more than 40 acres in extent
MILITARY IN CONTROL
Every street that led 90 the hre was
crowded with swestruck spectators. The crash
OF falling buildings was lost IN the roar Of ex-
ploding Dynamite as 81 used 10 demolish
structures IS yet untouched by fire.
The city was under the str!ctess OF military
control. AL around the burned area was
stretched a Gordon OF soldiers. who held Up all
corners 81 tbs point OF the bayonet Police
brought from the neighborins cities also pa
trollec the district
Ia the early hours this morning the army OF
nrernen fought against overwhelming ocds. and
when dawn broke the flames were raging heroely
along the whsrves and focused about the great
power house OF the United Railways Company,
which furnishes the power for all the street rail-
ways OF the city. Then the flames ate their way
with undiministed force southwark. following
the line Of Jones Falls. and were finally checked
near the waters edge az West Falls-ave. in the
southeast section OF the city. There the flames
continued through tonight but only in spots
and with diminishing ferceresk
SCENE OF COMPLETE DEVASTATION.
The burned area is q scene OF complete devas-
tation Nunberless buildings that were the
pride OF Baltimore were wrecked. and only
smolderfng debris or walls or remnants Of walls
remain TO mark their sites. The Baltimore
American building. one OF the finest, is now
only a smoking ruin. save for remnants OF front
and side walls. Across South-st. where stood
The Baltimore Sun" building. only the pillars
that marked the front remain Entire blocks
Just below there are wiped out without. in some
rases. a wall left standing. From Fayette-st.
down Holliday-st-. as far as German-st. there IS
no building left. except the Corn and Flour
Exchange. at Gerrnan-st- The Exchange build
Ing whose walls tower above the crumbling de-
bris Of what were adjoining structures. was
Quilted. and'she standing walls formed caul-
dron whose flames burst at times through the
windows. but could cause further damage
In numerous other wrecked buildings the flames
played about the debris and threatened to
weaken tie foundations OF even what few walls
were left
Like a tower IN the ruins stand the walls OF
the fifteen story Continental Trust Company
building The walls OF the Baltimore and Ohio
building ere also standing. but the Pennsyl-
vnnia Railroad building. across Celvert-st. IS
RACED. Only the walls remain Of the once stately
Equitable building One wall is all that is left
OF what was the National Hotel at Holiday
and Fayette SITS. No buildings are let standing
as FAR as the eye can down Baltsnore-st
from this point. All along South Gey-st IS the
same picture Of complete destruction. A broken
eign end tottering front wall mark the site
oe the Maryland wornau's Christian Temper
ance Union building Adjoining this was the
building occupied by the Iron Ship Company
and by the British Consulate which Is CON-
plete loss. The building used by the German
Consulate. on tA:s square is also IN ruins.
CUSTOM HOUSE A WRECK.
The costly United States custom house IN
course OF construction ana occupying the TIL
angular block between Lombard and Water sta
and Exchange Place. is said to be a wreck.
The marble blocks are badly damaged. and the
corIices on the north side are ruined The only