The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-02-11

from corporations and from private
citizens, but Baltimore cannot say
whether or not it will be needed or
accepted. That will be decided to-
day
Trade Paralyzed.
While the fire was confined WITHIN .
certain territory OF the city, the erect
Of the confagratiOn will be more or
less national in its scope. wholesale
trade here has been paralyzed Tor
months to come, and southern buyers,
a large number OF whom deal In Bal
timore. will have to go elsewhere TO
purchase their goods. The manufac-
turing centers OF the country Will feel
the effect to more or less extent by
the countermanding OF orders. To
many manufacturers the fire Will
cause a positive loss in that they have
been working on orders for Baltimore
firms which cannot now be accepted
and which will have to be carried by
the manufacturers until they can find
other buyers.
Many Mig Firms Are Losers.
Included in the burned territory were
number Of financial establishments
of national repute. including the build
ings OF Alexander Brown Il Sons, the
Continental Trust company. the Union
Trust company, the Atlantic Trust
COMPANY. the offices OF the Baltimore
a. Ohio, the Pennsylvania Railway
company, the Maryland, Southern
Chesapeake Railroad company. several
steamship companies and number OF
leading hatters, haberdashers, etc.
The main offices Of the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies were
deserted long before midnight and the
buildings which they occupied are
practically destroyed.
What once we're large substantial
structures are now a mass OF smolder-
ing debris, a few walls here and there
standing like sentinels over the ruins.
| Huge piles Of smoldering bricks, tan
| gled networks of electric wires, rev
remnants of walls and here and there
telegraph poles burned and smoldering
are all that remain to mark the prog
ress of the conilagration in that sec
! ton.
HooseveIt Oners Aid.
MAYOR Mclean received the follow
ing telegram from President Roosevelt:
white House, Feb 8, l9O4.-Iion.
| Robert McLane, Mayor Baltimore. Nd.
II share the horror OF our people at
the appalling catastrophe which has be-
! fallen baltimore. II there Is anything
| the federal government can do, pray
call on me.
| (SigucD THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Progress Of the Flames.
During the afternoon the wall OF flame
| ate its way In a southerly and westerly
| direction, toward the water. Sporadic
! fires sprang into existence and caused
| the withdrawal OF apparatus and men
from the line OF battle Buildings old
and new. large and small stores, shops.
very Imaginable class Of business var
! lshcd as the fire swept onward. AS the
| day wore on the forefront OF the hre
near Jones falls, a small stream that
| trends north and south and divides Bal
umorc from that portion OF the city
| stream was the last stand II the con
nagration loaped It. If by flying embers
or rush Of flame the fire could cross
and gain foothold its extent could not
De furctold Tremendous efforts were
made to block It, Dynamite was used
reely The fire apparatus was centered
and all the skill OF the fire fighters called
into play 10 defeat the element that had
| eaten up millions OF dollars worth OF
property And human skin. and pluck,
and grit and uufater ring courage won
! The fire was checked But behind 1t lay
a great Quilted waste OF more than lao
acres In extent
Complete Devastation.
The burned area is a scene OF complete
devastation Numberless buildings that
were the pride Of Baltimore. costly and
! stately and occupied for divers purposes.
were Quilted and only smouldering debris
or walls or remnants Of walls, remain
TO mark The sites The Baltimore Amer
! lean building. one OF the FIRST is now but
smouldering debris save for remnants
Of front and side walls Across South
| street whore stood the Baltimore Sun
building, only the pillars that marked
! he front remain. Entire blocks Just
! below there are wiped out without. In
some cases, a wall left standing From
Fayctte street down Holiday street as
far az German street ther" Is no building
! left save the Corn and Flour exchange
at the corner Of German street.
Like grim tower IN the ruins stands
the walls Of the l5-stOry Continental
Trust company building. The walls Of
the Baltimore Il Ohio building are also
standing, but the Pennsylvania rail-
| way building. directly across Calvert
| street Is RACED Only the walls remain
~ the once stately Equitable building
/ Only remnants Of one wall are left Of
! what was the National hotel. at HOLT
day aud Fayette streets No buildings
are loft standing as far as the eye can
see down Baltimore street from this
! point All along South Gay street there
IL the same picture Of complete d,struc-
! lion a broken sign and tottering
| front wall show where the Mary land
! w G T L building once stood. Ad-
! Joining this was the building occupied