The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08

~ a,...,sr which now has reached pro- /
portions far I'm excess or the 'nioas' ~
OF 1871, hitherto the creates hre an -"
United states No end can be seen u. ,ne
present writing and TO estimate 'ne 'o'"'
loss Is the merest fony.
PATRoILED BY POLICE AMI
TIA.
1-hs devastated portion OF the city IL
o,asai,, natrolled by the police OF this city
oss,sted hv nolicemen from Phiiadeiphia
ora washinRtan state miliuthneh aho
from companies OF regulars lronl 80
McHenry and no one Is allowoo 70 80
the prohibited lines except by spechi pe,
mission Outside this me, tens -, y, re
sands of eager and anxious peopIo az
conqregated and IN directions there are
moving multitudes OF men ana woihen.
,narIns cp,riously on or vainly seeking TOT
more and definite information ABOUT the
great connagration
WOE AND TERROR EvERYWHEhfo'
Everywhere there is evidence OF a FEEL
| ing OF woe and terror over Wha' ma,
| hannened and OF solemn apprehension OF
etsrt,ng An the Wholesale section the
| Are burned out every wholesale house OF
| note IN the city, swept along throush ths
| baltimore and Fayette street retail SET
| tiou destroyed all the prominent oHice
! buildings lsyelled banks and brokerage
oefices as we'll an the chamber Of com
merce ana stock exchange In the f1nanciai
| section. then sped OIL through the whoie-
| sale and export trade sections centreans
about Exchange place 1t finally brought
up at the Falls, where 1t invaded ths
! lumber district.
WITH FTENDISH FIERCENESS.
This morning the fire Was burning fierce
ly along Front street from Light street,
| 10 a point not yet determinable. IL had
| Uutted the old and new buildings along
| that thoroughfare and on ths wharves
which houses hundreds Of firms DONG
business all over the world IL has swept
away the bridges over Jones fans eno
burned into the great freight terminals
! of the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and
ohio railroads on President street. Mil
lions of feet OF lumber have gone UP In
smoke already and the fire still burning
with the fierceness which has character
lied II since IL started. threatens the Vns'
manufacturing district, following the har-
Dor lines toward Canton.
ONE OF WORLDS GREATEST
To describe in detail the fire of Feb. I
which will 20 down in the history OF th'
,,Aorld as one of the greatest disasters
* an impossibility just as II Is 'mpossioi'
~ this time to give an adequate siucs
of the amount OF the loss, the NUMBER o
buildings destroyed or the firms whlci
have gone out OF business. TheSe al
facts which will not develop for days L
come
CANNOT RECOVER FOR YEARS:
The common remarks of citizens IN una
Baltimore has received do" A'oi" "iN
II cannot recover for years
Mavor McLane is among those VINO ar
ontimistio and today while expressing nj
sorrow and horror over the caiami.'
which has befallen this city, expresse
the hopeful conviction that this city WI
quickly rise like phoenix from IL
, ashes. . .,,r,
her shipping. railroad and financial IN
terests have been destroyed. Notw1tn
standing heroic effort on the part or u
local hremen. reinforced by almost nun
berless firemen from Washington, Phila
delphia, Wilmington. Newark De'
Newark. N j.; Harrisburg and ne
York city. the fire at this hour is rasih
as furiously as IL was an hour after
started in the cellar OF the John Il. Hur
company at Liberty and German street
EQUIPMENT INSUFFICIENT.
Baltimore's equipment OF Is engin
was almost useless Reinforced by fo
comnanies from washington. as mar
more from Philadelphia, two more fro
wilmington and another from Cheste
Pa. Il was still unable 10 check In al
way during the night. the progress OF Z
flames.
This morning a half dozen OF New 70
city's most powerful steamers arrived
special train and their coming gave ne
impetus TO the efforts to check the nam
by putting fresh men into the hght. L
Baltimore fremen, as well as the OF
of-town men who arrived earlier ha
been exhausted by their all-night strugt
against such terrific odds.
&C All electrical power has been destroy
and no street cars are running.
TENEMENT SECTION IN DANGEI
About midnight the wind. which h
been blowing strongly from the sou.
west. with a tendency TO switch 10
westward. began TO come In gale ir'
=. the northwest. At this hour the fan
,he had reached Market Place, and w.
so headed directly for the tenement distr,
his across the Falls, where frightened Il
: a0 eigners were working ike demons 10 90
'''V their household effects.
ooL Temporarily the change in the w
faw saved them. for the flames were dri,
a. toward the water front, and all pul
.ha ings from Baltimore street down TO 1T
~ 4 street soon were roaring mass Vt
act From then on Pratt street became
,he centre Of the fire, which burned oil
INV after block OF business structures
that thoroughfare. from Charles str
= eastward TO the Falls. a. o,,
Nc Roughly speaking, the fire In It's cou
.rge described a half-olrcle on its north
TO and western edge. curving from LomD
the and Liberty streets to Fayette and
Il Paul streets. and then sweeping aro'
'ays toward Market space and Lombard str
city Then the whole effect OF this course
the fire was 10 describe an immense III
city tion mark.
und FIREMAN KILLED.
mes Jacob Ilginfritz of the Laurie Fire c
h'ei pany OF York. Pa, was killed early 10
phia at Baltimore and Frederick streets
fire came to Baltimore last night with
the company, and was at work at the so'
6 he east corner OF Frederick ana Baltin
80, streets, when the wall OF the buil'
men fell Uginfrltz was caught under
wall and was dead when found. he
Is years old and said TO be married.
can sUFFE&&NG AND DESTITUTloN
rea- FOLLOW.
resi- II is anticipated that there may
x OF much suffering and destitution folio
oud upon the heels Of the disastrous vista
as and Mayor McLane and other city oni
the are already discussing the most r
means OF relief. IL - estimated that
take xxSit ha thrown out OF eml