The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-08

within few minutes the seven-story
Mullins hotel like some insatiate mon
ster and rapidly rolling with irresisti-
Bile force both eastward and westward,
cutting down the wholesale and retail
houses, manufactures, shops, jewelry
stores, furniture emporiums and res
taurarts.
At Charles street. the remorseless
tide swept on down Baltimore street,
but also turned into Charles street,
where it quickly engulfed the eleven
story Union Trust building, starting
eastward on Fayette street.
Newspaper Buildings Destroyed.
BY s o'clock the occupants of the
Daily Herald building, at Fayette and
st. Paul streets, and of the Record
building opposite, were compelled to
Vacate by the on-rushing flames, as
We're the occupants of the Calvert and
Equitable structures, two of the most
massive office buildings in Baltimore.
Down Baltimore street a parallel
wave of roaring, cracking flames
swept consuming everything in its
course, speedily reaching the Evening
News building, from which the en-
ployes had to hastily fee, though not
until valuable records had been re-
moved. Shortly thereafter the Con-
tinental Trust company's fourteen
story building took fire. A block below
the American Newspaper building was
enveloped in clouds of sparks and
burning splinters and the employees
were ordered out.
At this hour it is certain that the
Herald and American will not get out
issues tomorrow. The Sun has been ar
ranging to print it's tomorrows issue
in it's job office, which is situated at a
distant point from the path of the fire.
The financial district, including the
chief banking and brokerage firms, on
South and German streets, seems to
be now doomed and scores of the citys
leading financiers and business men
are scurrying in and out of their offices
bearing packages or placing valuables
in conveyances.
Imposing Pyrotechnic Display.
During all these hours the pyrotech-
mic display has been magnificent and
imposing beyond the power of painter
to depict.
At this hour vast columns Of seeth-
ing flames are shooting skyward at
varying points of the compass and the
armament is one vast prismatic ocean
OF golden and silver-hued sparks.
Great multitudes of people line the
streets, awe struck. by the panorama
which is being enacted before their
eyes.
At 1O:4O p. m. the roof of the build
ing occupied by the Associated Press
took fire and the employees were COM
PEELED to vacate, though they had
time to take away with them the
telegraph instruments, typewriters and
other valuable equipment. They found
refuge in a branch office of the West
ern Union company on Gay street.
The prospect is that this office will
have to be vacated in few minutes.
as the flames are breaking west and
east and volumes of sparks and blaz-
ing cinders and splinters are flying
in every direction.
Fire Absolutely Beyond Control.
At this hour the fire is absolutely
beyond control and all occupants of
buildings in the center of the city are
rapidly removing their valuables
The city hospital, corner of Calvert
and Pleasant streets, is removing to
other hospitals as rapidly as possible
the "a patients in that institution.
Seventeen injured were brought to
this hospital, most of them fremen.
They were suffering from burns scalds,
decorations. Nearly every physician of
the city is in the fire district. So far
as is known at this hour, no one has
been killed.
Detachments of the Fourth and Fifth
regiments have been called out and are
patrolling the streets in the vicinity
of the fire, guarding property and
keeping order.
Fortunately thus far the confag
ration has not reached the residence
portion of the city, but fires are break
ing out in East Baltimore and the in
dications are that the residence streets
are doomed to be invaded.
The indications are that not single
morning newspaper will be able to get
out an issue tomorrow morning, with the
possible exception of the Sun, which
has an auxiliary plant. There are
five morning papers here, three Eng
lish and two German.
The Baltimore and Ohio railway
office building has been destroyed and
so has the Maryland Institute of En-
gineering.
AT 11:45 o'clock the temporary GUS
tom house, adjoining the post Office.
caught fire.
One hundred and fifty policemen
from Philadelphia arrived here to as
sist the Baltimore police and military
The fire broke out shortly before
IL o'clock this morning in the
wholesale dry goods store of John
e. Hurst & Co., on Hopkins place.
in the heart of the business district
with series of loud explosions which
were heard in the remote parts of