The sun., 1908-04-14

| Connecticut. 500 .OOO American Central, 81.
Louis. tl0O.O 900: Fire Association, Pennsyi.
yania, $4,000; Palatine, London, 0pS. 900
| Hanover, New York, tl75,OO0; North River,
New York. eos .OOO; Boston. liOO 900; Holyok0
Mutual, HolYoke. tl5O 900; ". PAU Fire and
Marine. Minnesota. $4,000,
One Of the homes burned was that OF
Miss Ellen NJ. Stone, the foreign missionary
! who a few years ago was Imprisoned by
Albanian bngandB Her house IWas filed
| with priceless souvenirs Of her adventure,
beside great many books and unusual
| objects, Miss Stone was away, but her
brother got an express wagon and drove
TO the house TO rescue whatever might be
| possible. The house was looked and while
he was battering IN q door II caught
| fire. When the door finally yielded the
interior was all Ablaze and not a thing was
saved.
The vaults Of the County Savings Bank
Of Chelsea. containing about 81 900 In cash,
besides some securities. were opened this
afternoon and the valuabes wer0 taken
TO the Boston Office. The Chelsea Trust
Company had five vaults. two In the base
ment, two on the street floor and o1s on
the second floor The two in the basement
were given up 10 the safety deposit boxes
IL has been impossible TO get into the base
ment TO open these. The two vaults on
the street floor have heon opened The
ono containing the money and securities
was found intact and the contents we're
removed. The other vault which con-
tained books and records, was destroyed.
Investigation to-day showed that there
was no Truth in the reports that looters
had been shot 1t was also pretty definitely
settled that only three persons lost their
lives, two men and a woman.
Injuries were numerous. Scores Of fire.
men were hurt but many Of them returned
TO duty after treatment at the police station
or at the Marine Hospital Most numerous
we're the cases Of cinders in the eyes and
slight burns.
II was also learned to-day that the only
yachts burned between the old Chelsea
bridge and the Boston and Albany Railroad
bridge we're the slOOps Shadow, Ruth and
Stranger, number Of small launches and
the pleasure steamer Marie owned by Capt.
Alfred Sorenson The latter was valued at
$4,000 and was insured for $4,000 DR..
George W. Yields handsome steam yacht
Malay was saved as was the schooner Yacht
Glendover, owned by Charles l.. Davenport,
and the schooner Ada, owned by SheriN
SeaVey
The State police have begun an invest-
cation into the cause Of tho fire. Chief
Spencer Of the Chelsea fire department
said this afternoon that the fire was caused
by some ragpickers who spread out to
dry lot of rags which we're wet down by
iiremen at fire early Sunday morning
the rags catching fire again and blowing
against one Of the buildings Of the Boston
Backing Company near by.
He says the factory Of the Boston Black
ing Company was all aflre when he got
there on the first alarm and he al once or
dered a second alarm. When the second
alarm apparatus arrived he sent it around
TO two buildings which were ablaze a block
further up the street, He called for aid
then and he says that by the time the first
outside apparatus arrived twenty-five or
thirty structures we're burning.
The ruins Of some Of the buildings were
still smouldering at dark tonight, A
tank Of crude oil at the Standard on Com
panys Beacon plant in East Boston was
also burning and there was some fame
visible among the wrecks Of the various
manufacturing plants along Chelsea Creek.