The Detroit times., 1908-04-13

Hotel I.ennox. Rear Admiral Swift
commandant OF the Charlestown navy
yard, Is in charge The Chelsea H.
cense commissioners met this morn
ing and revoked FIVE liquor licenses
that had been granted for the year.
No licenses will be reissued until the
city is relieved OF its suffering.
Shelter tents were erected before
s O'Clock this morning on the Everett
st. playground. One loaf OF bread and
quart OF milk were given to every
person who applied to the police sta
ton and Chelsea high school for aid.
Max Mitchell. OF the Federated Jew
ish Charities OF Boston has establish
ed a headquarters at the Chelsea po-
lice station and is sending over 10
Boston all the destitute Jewish famil.
les who apply TO him for help.
Tie state government today put
hundreds of militia tents into the
heart of the burned district. Blankets
and food are being issued TO all who
apply.
Soup kitchens have been started. A
few thieves have been caught in the
act Of stealing and one or two have
been shot at.
WASHINGTON, April 13-Prcsl-
dent Roosevelt has wired message
OF sympathy to- the mayor OF Chelsea,
Mass, offering any necessary assist
ance from the army or navy. Similar
assistance was extended during the
Baltimore fire and at other disasters.
BOSTON, April 13.-Ten thousand
persons are homeless. 1900 buildings
are in ruins, six persons are known
to have lost their lives. So are missing
and 800 were injured as the result OF
the fire which wiped out the. entire
business section OF the city OF Chel-
sea. a northern suburb OF Boston.
= Che property loss Is today estimat-
ed at s1s.00c,0 900.
The fire, whfeh started from boy s
bonfire, was swept by violent nortll-
west gale over an area OF two miles
~'ile vide at its broadcast
point. Not since the great Boston fire
of 1872 has any new England city
been visited by so destructive a fire.
Martial Law Prevails.
.pils in the ruined
l~-' and the men of the state
militia and marines from Charles
own navy yard are patrolling the
streets with fixed bayonets and rides
loaded with ball cartridges TO prevent
the footing of the ruins.
Two men are said to have been shot
by militiamen while footing property
Their identity is unknown.
An unknown man who had lost all
his property committed suicide In
Union-sq., and a woman resident II
Chestaut-st., who was refused admis.
sion to her burning house by militia
men, drew a revolver and shot herself
dead.
Much Havoc Wrought.
Thirteen churches, five banks, two
HOSPITALS. five school buildings. the
public library and the city hall arc
In flames.
The patients in the burned hospitals
were rescued with much difficulty and
carried through dense smoke and fall
Ing enters to places OF safety. ScT-
eral deaths are expected among the
rescued patients from excitement and
exposure.
Already plans for rebuilding the city
are being considered and a committee
appointed by Mayor George A. Hib.
bard. of Boston. has received subscrip.
lions OF nearly $4,000 TO aid the
homeless sufferers.
Lieut.-Gov. Draper personally direct
ed the work OF the militia and by his
orders $50 tents we're brought from
the state militia headquarters at
South birmingham. and 1000 persons
sheltered during the night.
Flames Driven by Gale.
Driven by the gale which attained
a velocity OF IS miles an hour, the
flames spread with such rapidity that
the Chelsea fire department was help.
less, and calls for aid were sent to
Boston and all surrounding towns.
| The streets became roaring fur
naces, and II was soon apparent that
the fire would have to burn itself out.
Embers carried b. the wind swept
across Chelsea creek and ignited tho
tanks OF the Standard OIL Co. In East
Boston. Several OF them exploded
with a roar that could be heard ten
miles out at sea and in all parts OF
Boston. ny
No one was injured by the explo
sion and the concentrated efforts Of
the East Boston firemen. who had
been driven back to their own district
by the threatened danger, succeeded
in preventing the FIRE from spreading
10 the rows OF wooden tenements
which line the water front.
Many chtttrsr tost.7
Many of the women were In great