The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-02-12
AT TERMATH OF The
BIG. BAL LTiMORE FIRE
One Hundred and Fifty Mil
lions Estimated Loss.

lions Estimated Loss.
FIRE HAS BURNED ITSELF OUT.
Grave Questions of Civic and MunicI-
pal Re-Adjustment-ProbIems of Aid
Confront Mayor and His Associates
OF the City eovernment-city Is Or
derIy.
Baltimore, Feb. 9.-With the great
fire, which ate up property variously
estimated at from s25,0O0,000 to $780,
100000, slowly burning itself out, Bal
timore woke up this morning to face
the grave questions Of civic and muni-
cipal rsadjustment.
Confronting the mayor and his as
sociates Of the city government are
the problems of aid, the acceptance or
refusal of generous proffers of as
sistance from every section Of the
country, policing of the vast burned
district where lies buried untold treas
ure in warped vaults and safes and
all the hundred minor things that fol-
low calamity so stupendous that it
is even yet hardly fully realized.
Declared Legal Holidays.
With admirable promptness all the
important phases Of the situation al
ready have been provided for. To
relleVe banks and citizens from the
embarrassment OF financial transac.
tfons, the next seven days have been
declared legal holidays in the common.
wealth of Maryland. Three regiments
OF state militia infantry are on duty
and troop ga" of the state guard also
has been called into service. So
thoroughly is the policing of the city
now systematized that the big force
or federal troops yesterday organized
10 assist the national guard, was not
needed, and after a conference with
Brigadier General Riggs, Major Gener.
al Corbin has returned to New York,
and 1t is not probable that q single
FEDERAL soldier will be retained in Bal.
timore.
City Is Orderly.
The city is orderly. The hours Of
the early morning when vandals and
looters usually rise for their worl.
passed without event. But one man
Is under arrest for offense directly con.
nected with the fire.
PROBABLY never before has there
been fire of such magnitude abso.
lutely without loss Of life and so re.
markably free from accidents. The
only person seriously injured was ia.
COD lnglefritz, volunteer fireman Of
York, Pa,
a careful round of the hospitals re.
veals the fact that by Tar the greater
part or the entries on the books are
simply "a foreign body in the eye."
Bright and early, in spite of the fac,
OF his long hours of duty. Mayor Nc
Lane was at his office holding confer.
ence with the other city and state of.
ncials. Governor Warfield also was
on hand
The cold, however, is not intense
enough to cause suffering among the
police, soldiers and firemen on dutv.
The absence of wind is a God.send for
thousands OF feet of tottering walls
would surely tumble in a strong
breeze and add greatly to the peril of
the men whose duty calls them to the
danger zone.
Not Under Martial Law.
Baltimore is not under martial law.
General Riggs terms the condition
military control" but in no way have
the civil authorities been superseded.
Military and civil authorities are work.
ing together. One-half Of the local
fire companies were ordered to their
quarters at l a. m, the newly arrived
volunteer visitors remaining to assist
the weary local men. With the ex.
ception Of a few buildings, 40 acres
or valuable city property is devastated.
During the early morning hours sew.
eral small fires started among the
ruins of the burned buildings. Only
debris, however, was left to he de.
stroyed.
Beginning this morning the comma.
MES OF the First regiment, Maryland
guard, which has been ordered here.
have been Dosted. The Fourth and
Fifth regiments, which, with troop "a"
cavalry, Baltimore guardsmen, who
had been doing police duty since the
sending of the riot calls Sunday after.
noon, were not relieved entire1v but