Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-09

were augmented by details from Phil adelphia and Washington, resulted in the maintenance of the best of order.
 Dynamite explosions have been con- stant during the fire. The programme adopted of blowing up buildings in an attempt to stay the progress of the flames was continued until the fire was under control. Then the dyna- miters turned their attention to razing tottering walls, which threatened to collapse. The result was almost con stant cannonading, and the detonating was heard in all parts of the city.
 With the fire under control, the black ened waste which lies in the wake of ,1e sea of flames presents view ter rible in it's pyrotechnic grandeur. It can be likened best to oceans of great coke ovens, each shooting out it's thou sand tongues of flame from pyramids of brick, stone and cement Where the fire has died out nothing remains but waste from which rise hundreds of towering. insecure shafts of the same color These are all that Is left of what were once handsome office buildings. storage. wholesale and buei- ness nOl1SeS of all k1ndS
 At the northern limits of the fire, at the head of Eastern avenue half dozen fire companies were fighting from the rear, while other companies were thanking on the Jones' falls and the Liberty street borders. Sandwich es and coffee were served from drays. and coal was fed to the engines from vehicles no larger. Many of the men were almost famished from their long and dangerous detail, and the hot food was a godsend. N iy{g z
 Every bridge over Jones' falls held a score of firemen. and not infrequent Iy they were compelled to turn thei1 attention from the towering pyres to put out flames on the floor between them and deep water. Both banks of Jones' falls were lined with lumber yards, and the piles on one side were blazing constantly and on the other throwing off clouds of steam caused by the water turned on wood heated almost to the point of ignition
 The President street station of the F., w. and s. railroad is used as barracks for the militia, which is enforcing mar tial law. The building caught fire a number of times, and whenever the door. was opened a shower of sparks was carried inside. In front the lum- Der piles furnished finder for the flames which were ever creeping forward, yet the men who had been pacing the streets all night lay In the sleep only brought by exhaustion
 The loss will not be accurately. esti- mated for weeks. Business men pros porous yesterday are poor today. Ex- pressions heard among these men as they peer into their collapsed proper ties reveal an astounding number who were not protected by insurance at all.
 When the advance of flames had been checked the fire companies start cd back over the course of the disaster, attempting to diminish the flaming ru- ins and prevent another outbreak.
 Residents and business men of the east side are not yet fully assured of their safety, and through every win dow may be seen anxious, affrighted faces. Moving vans, push carts and vehicles of all kinds fill. the streets, carting household effects and valua- bles to safe sections for shelter.
 Colonel J. Frank Supplee, compe- tent authority on factory statistics, es- inmates that the number of persons thrown out of employment will reach 50,0oo. Others have estimated the en- forced idleness at greatly more.
 Inspector of Buildings Preston, after making a careful study of the burned district, placed the building loss alone at $150, 100000.
 It is feared that aid must come from adjacent cities or a partial famine will be an added phase of the situation. Restaurants are entirely without food, and the destruction of the commission houses along the wharfs has shut off the means of supply. Hotels are but little better off, and, though they say they will be able to feed their guests, it is admitted the variery will be less ened at once. Preparations are being made to rush supplies from New York in order to avert suffering in homes.
 The cheering news that the confia- grafton had been checked spread rap