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influx of patients from the two other hos
pitfalls which were burned.
Long on Babies.
During the afternoon and evening over
6fty unidentified babies who had been
picked up by the police. firemen and citi-
zens were taken to the police station
They ranged in age from two months to
five years. a boy brought in baby less
than six months old that he had picked
ND i'm the gutter. A woman brought
pair of boy twins. not more than year
old. She said that frantic mother had
thrust the babies into her arms as she
stood on the street. saying: Here, hold
these. I've got to get the Others. What
became of the mother had not been ascer-
tanned at an early hour today. Some OF
the derelict infants were taken away dur
ing the night by relatives, but others re-
manned still unclaimed today. Among
the women taken to the hospitals in am
balances were two who became mothers
after the fire started.
The bodies of two women and the man
who were found burned to death in the
street last night remained unidentified
al the North Grove street mOrgue this
morning. No other bodies had been
Drought 10 the mOfSuo AT tndC Tune. ana
as far as the authorities had been in
formed that number represents the total
Of deaths from the fire. 1t was feared.
however. that a search of the ruins by
daylight would result in the discovery
of other bodies.
Saloons Are Closed.
The total taxable property of the city
| tmountel to about $24OOO.OOO and accord
ing to estimates by members of the board
of assessors. the property in the districts
covered by the fire was worth at least
$8,OO0.O0O The burned district included
large number of manufacturing concerns
stores and business houses. many costly
residences and tenement blocks churches
and public buildings
Cash to the amount of several thousand
dollars was removed from the safe in the
city treasurers Office before the city hall
was burned.
The valuables left in the safes in the
burned business houses were guarded
from possible looters by attachments of
marines from the Charlestown navy yard
and companies of infantrymen and artil-
lerymen of the state National Guard. Mill
tary regulations were enforced and no
one, unless provided with a pass. was per-
United to approach the ruined section.
The liquor licenses in East Boston and
that part of Charlestown adjoining
Chelsea were suspended today by order
~
aid to the militia and police in their eff
forts to bring about a condition of order
and safety.
Start the Bread Lines.
AS the dawn broke cold and gray over
the tire-swept city, the fright of the
night previous. which had overcome the
populace. disappeared. Parents roamed
| the streets searching for lost children
| The Schn01hnuSaS Of ha ri
those of the neighboring cities and
| towns, were filled with lost children, and
| scores of parents went from one to an
other. growing more alarmed as each
was visited and no tidings of missing
children were discovered
| At o'clock the first bread lines were
| started, those refugees on the lower side
Iof the burned district being served at
| the district court rooms, while those on
the upper side were issued rations from
the high school building. The lines were
| regulated by the militia.
The work of clearing away the debris
was begun at an early hour. under the
greatest difficulty. as the workmen We're
| in constant danger from falling walls.
| Early in the forenoon the work OF
searching the ruins OF the residential
| section of the fire-swept district was
begun. and 1t was the opinion OF the
| authorities that more bodies would be
| found.
Fatalities Light.
| Careful inquiry among the police, mill
tary and health authorities today failed
to disclose that more than three persons
| lost their lives in the fire. None of the
bodies had been identified today, nor had
any one called at the. morgue to view
| them.
| At the hospitals today there were only
two patients whose condition was critical.
| One was a man who had been burned
severely. while another was critically i'll
| with pneumonia. his condition having
| been aggravated by his removal from
his burning home
| Firefghters Hurt.
Among the injured are: Fireman Car
roll Of Charlestown. overcome by smoke
and burned about head condition criti-
cal: Engineman Charles Carroll. Boston.
overcome and badly burned: condition
| critical; Mrs Rosie Flas, Marine Hos
| pital. i'm bad condition; gave birth to
child yesterday and removed from burn
! ing house; r. II. Leach, Chelsea. badly
! burned; Police Officer w. j. O'Neil Chel-
sea. overcome: Capt. B. F.. Hayes. engine
%. Boston, overcome and ordered home:
| Bernard johnson. Boston, volunteer fire.
man. burned about the head: John Cow
dy. Chelsea. leg badly injured; Lieut.
Hefferman. engine q. overcome by smoke
| Sally Watkins, an aged cripple, removed
from burning house by four Harvard
students; suffering from shock District
Chief Albert Porter. Boston. burned about
head and face; collapsed; Sergt Charles
F. Duggin. 9Th Company, Coast Arti-
lery. head. eyes and face burned; Ladder
| man J. w. Robinson Chelsea, head and
| face burned; Fireman Charles II. Libby,
Cambridge. overcome by smoke; A. c.
| Holland Chelsea. face burned; NJ. ].
Fern mo address). burned about head and
face; w. J. Seaver, paralytic, removed
| from burning places four different times
suffering from shock: Mrs. Thomas Pond
Chelsea. suffering from excitement and
| weakness. following recent operation;
| Joseph Meddowes broken leg.