Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1904-02-10
FIREMEN POWERLESS
ScyscraPers Dynamited in a Frantic En-
deavOr to Check the Progress Of the
Flames. Every Newspaper Office in
Ruins. Thousands Out Of Employ
ment.

Baltimore Md, the Monumental City, was visited Sunday
afternoon by fire which lasted well into Tuesday night entaing
loss estimated be between 5000 900 and 100000 Ex
pe adjusting losses place the real estate loss and damage
at not less than 2 OOO Included the buildings DESTROYED
by the fire which took the main business district of this great
New South city trust company buildings the vaults and
safes of which stored insurance policies reaching the
millions and upon their safety destruction will depend large
estimate of the losses enaed the prospects
of of those damaged BY the awful blaze of recovering
The burned district within the territory bounded on the west
by Liberty the north by Lexington street. on the east
by Jones Falls and the south by the Basin Within this dis
rct the big Faye Gay, Lombard Charles
Baderson Elliott Hongsworh and Cheapsde streets Passing
southeast along the Basin the following large wholesale houses
demolished Paesons Smiths Fredecks the Long and the
Uron The district thus swept by fire comprised rs blocks and
nearly 25OO buildings covering something like l4O acres
When became apparent that the fire department of the City
of Baltimore and the apparatus from the suburbs and outlying
could begin stem the spread of the fire. aid sum-
moned Washington Jersey City, New York and Philadelphia
and all oies responded with aacry is that at one time
300 streams fighting the fierce element Dynamite
quantities used in wecng great skyscrapes desperate
endeavor check the fury of the flames aided by heavy wind
from off shore.
Besides many the largest wholesale houses every newpa
per office in the city, the offices and equipment of the Western
Union and Postal Telegraph companies destroyed The
cated Press obliged twice quarters and finally
all communication with the city and the outside world was empo
arily cut off,
At O'Clock Tuesday night the fire was under control
Miraculous may not life lost and
seriously injured.
Thus there had been disorder and there has been
ooting attempt lootng Baltimore Tuesday night was as
quiet as village and only the hrob of the abong fire engines
and the of the dynamite brought dangerous walls to the
ground, disturbed the quiet.
j. Frank Suppee competent authority factory statistics
estimates that the number of persons thrown will reach
5OOO0 Others have estimated the enforced ieness much
larger figure.
The general assembly of the State of Maryland
binary session Monday night and authorized Governor Wared
declare 10 successive legal holidays if need be in the
stricken city aid property and other losers by the
fire to get their business affairs good shape possible
Lieutenant General Chafee commanding the general staff of
the United States army eegaphc orders Monday afternoon
to Maoenera Corbn commanding the War department of the
East at New York proceed forthwith to Baltimore and take mil
ary command there Nearly 1000 soldiers have been ordered
serve under him.
Baltimore rated the richest city in the United States
The wealth per capita of her half million and inhabitants
about per greater than that of other city of any
portance in the country.
The of 1900 gave the city population of 5O % and it
is conservative and fair estimate to figure increase of
10000 the population during the last three years That part
the city destroyed by the fire contained the portion of Ba
more's largest and most modern buildings
The city of the most important ports of this country
and one of strongest banking cities It's clearing