The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-20
'LAMES SWEEP THE
 CITY'Of TORONTO. treat Fire Starting Early Last Night Causes Dam age Estimated at SlO,OOO, 900.
I0ICKLY BEYOND CONTROL
ID ASKED FROM ALL THE SUR
 ROUNDING T0WNS.

ROUNDING TOWNS.
 f One Time Thought to be Under Con- trOl but Wind Shifts Suddenly and tlie Flames Are Famed Into Roar-COn- stime Building After Building in the wholesale District Until the Entire section is in Ashes-Fire Burned It. self Out Early This Morning.
 IToronto, Ont, April 19.-Fire swept Trough a section of Toronto's whole He business district tonight, causing a loss which after midnight 1t was es- mated would reach $10.000,O0O. The Ee started in a factory in Wellington reet about g o'clock. In less than an bur the flames had spread from build g to building on both sides of the reet until the whole block was mass flames and the fire was utterly be- . bnd control of the local department. ppeals were sent to every surrounding ty where fire fighting apparatus could OOLdlllCQs 3t4O41tA CeAAs A<OAANASAA' |n and Buffalo at once responded. It was believed at Il o'clock that the e was under control, but sudden fit of the wind again famed the mes into a roar and clouds of sparks burning brands were carried down le streets until three entire blocks sre doomed.
 The fremen were making a gallant Int amid failing walls and mass of ngled wires, but their efforts at ldnight seemed to be sruitless.
 yhief Thompson of the fire depart ent and George Dowkes of Montreal ere cut off by the flames while direct the work of firemen from a roof. lonoson jumped six stories to the pund and escaped with broken leg. IA mass of tangled wires broke his fall ar the ground. Dowkes3 is believed have 2erished.
 Up to midnight the following places been destroyed: Gillespie, Ansley Co.,. hats and furs; Dignum & Mon penny, importers; Comfort Soap orks; Davis & Henderson, wholesale itioners, Jessop Steel company's ilding, occupied by R. B. Hutchinson Co., wholesale woolens; Alcott, Sar- nt & Westwood, fishing tackle; Dodds edicine company; Western Steamship npany; Richard L. Baker company, ents; B. T. Corse & Co.,; c. H. West tod company, fishing tackle; Garland anufacturing company; Rothschild others & Co, manufacturers; c. w. ngard & Co., brokers; Richie & msay company, paper manufacture ;; Thomas Hoskin, manufacturers ent; Kinleith Paper company; An aw Muirhead, wholesale paints; E.
 Gilmour & Brother, silverware; w. Payne ( Co., commission agents; R. Slater & Co.,, wholesale dry goods; 1ernational Brokers, Limited; Gale Manufacturing company; Whitman &s Nown Brothers, wholesale stationers; llph Smith & Go, lithographers; ,orge H. Hess Son & Co.,, window ades; Menzies Manufacturing compa- window shades; H. F. Sharp & Co.,, otograph supplies: Crown hotel; Of 3 Speciality company.
 The Evening Telegram office and ook & Co., warehouse were badly maged
 rom the Currie warehouse on Well gton street. where it originated the spread with astounding rapidity to west, destroying the building oc- pied by the Eckhart Casket company, arwick Brothers and w. J. Gage & ,, and then made clean sweep up ellington street to the Queens hotel. thick fire walls of the hotel and concentrated efforts of the fire nters stopped the flames there, but the meantime the fire had swept 'oss the street and the block of build Is from Bay street west to the Ma nal club was wiped out.
 1t that time the firemen believed that
 fire was under control but the it in the wind sent the flames reach down Bay street, destroying every llding on both sides of the street, m the National club down to Front eet. The principal buildings burned Bay street were those of Wild & ring, Westwood & Co.,, Galley, Bond Co.,, Alderman & Sherwin, Ainsley O., and Sucking & Co.
 The warehouse of w. H. Brock & Co.,,
 
 lgman, Charles Cockshutt & Co.,, Brown Brothers were destroyed
 vothing could resist the force of the mes as they swept down Bay street yards the lake. The firemen fought fk the fire from side streets, conf1n- the fire zone to the one thorough e wherever possible. Several frame ldings which threatened to cause q .ead os the fire were blown up with 1amite.
 It 1:5O this Wednesday, morning y street was on fire from Wellington eet down to the. lake front, but the
 men were meeting with success in fir efforts to prevent a further spread it is believed the fire will burn it. out there.
 he total loss will reach fully $10,OoO,- toronto, April 2o.-1:45 a. m.-The fire burning itself out in Bay street The al loss will reach fully s10.0O0,0O0.