Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-09


 dictated the following to the Associ- ated Press:
 Baltimore will now enter un- daunted into the task of resurrection. A greater and more beautiful city will arise from the ruins and we suall make this calamity future blessing We are staggered by the terrible blow, but We are not discouraged and every energy of the city as municipality and it's citizens as private individuals will be devoted to a rehabilitation that will not only prove the stuff we are made of, but be monument to the American spirits
 Baltimore, Feb 9.-After forty hours of the hardest work by the fire lighters the destructive confagration which has prevailed here since Sunday forenoon was got under control. With the exception of a few buildings, 14O acres are devastated. During the early morning hours several small fires started among the ruins of the burned buildings; only debris. how ever, was left to be destroyed.
 No person is willing to estimate the loss; but the insurance men agree that 1t will reach at least $2O0,OOO, O,0OO.
 1t has been decided that it would not be necessary to send from New York city three battalions of ''regu- lars" to assist in policing the city.
 Throughout the night the streets were quiet and there was little or no commotion anywhere in the city.
 Probably never before has tnere been a fire of such magnitude abso- lutely without loss Of life and so re- markedly free from accidents. The only person seriously injured was Ja~ cob Inglefritz, volunteer fireman of York, Pa. He was unconscious when taken to the Maryland general hos pital. A report arose that he was dead. He soon revived, however, and was reported this morning to be suf- fering only from broken leg and minor injuries. Many firemen were temporarily overcome by the dense smoke in which they were forced to work, but to-day sore and infamed eyes and utter exhaustion of body con stitute their chief disabilities. The police and the Baltimore militiamen are also suffering from the same con tinuous strain, but the arrival last night and to-day of an additional regi- ment of state troops and the rest ob- ta1ned last night by the overworked police force, who were given oppor- t1nity to get some much needed sleep, placed them in fair condition to con- tinue the preservation of order under the abnormal conditions which will prevail in Baltimore for many days to come.
 No disturbance occurred during the night, the first since Saturday in which Baltimore has dared to sleep. Utterly exhausted. the people of Baltimore went to rest feeling assured that the flames were entirely controlled and the full extent of the damage known. Only the fremen, police and guards men remained on duty during the night. In spite of the almost entire absence of spectators the guards were vigilant9 to the uttermost and 1t was almost impossible for even the news paper men to keep watch of the prog ress of the flames. Double sentries on every corner of the long cordon around the fame-swept district challenged sharply every passer and on many posts refused to honor the police fire line permits or even the regulation military passes purporting to be good on all posts and at all hours of the day or night. General Lawrason Riggs, who, as commander-in-chief of the brigade of state troops, who has been in personal command Of the military since the outbreak of the fire, is un- willing to say how long it may be necessary to keep the outside compan- ies here or how soon it will be possi- ble to relieve the home regiments. but it is evident that it will be several days at least before the policing of the city can be entrusted to its reg1l- lar guardians under normal condi- ttons.
 Fears had been entertained that the far spreading fire would be taken ad- vantage of by the disorderly and crim- inal element to attempt to inaugurate a season of loot aud disorder The complete sweep which the flames of the fire area have made left little of value unconsumed for possible plum derers, and the strict police regula- tions have combined to keep law breakers in practically complete re- straint. r.--. .-..
 But one case of theft has been re- ported and that is of minor nature the culprit being arrested while at tempting to make off with a few boxes of cigars which had passed undamag- ed through the flames.
 Tn the midst of the fiame-swept area where the vaults of the many safety deposit companies and the safes Of the dozen or more banks and trust companies, containing rich treasures which needed no guard beyond the heaps of ruins in which they are bur jed and their own flame warned and distorted walls. It is believed that the highly valuable contents of these safes and vaultsS passed undamaged through the flames but in most cases if will be an extremely difficult task to open them and ascertain the con- dition of the contents.
 With the falling of night began the departure of the outside flremen who had responded to the call for assist ance from Baltimore, the flames be ing so completely under control that Fire Chief Horton believed he could safely dispense with the battalions from other towns In order to give the Baltimore firemen an opportunity for little rest before continuing work