The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14
LOSS is ABOUT s6,000,0O0,
INSURANCE OF s3,500,000
president Roosevelt Sends Mes
sage Of Sympathy, and Offers
Service of Army and Navy.
Burnt District Will
Be Rebuilt at

to-day a we'll organized move
ment for aid and relief OF the
10000 homeless, accounting of the cost
by insurance companies, whose reports
place their losses at s3,5oo.o00. and a
determination by the city authorities
to rebuild the acres swept by the
flames. where stood before the fire
property valued at nearly $6,o0Q.OO0.
NO further deaths were reported to-
day, and of the injured persons taken
to the various hospitals. only two were
believed to be in critical condition.
The three bodies which were taken to
: the morgue In Boston last night re-
manned unidentified today.
! Revised figures obtained to-day indi-
4 Gated that the losses were divided, &C
cordIng to the various classes ,! o. Prep.
and schools. s525.ooo; public buildings,
contents. ss25.000; dwelling houses
s375,o0o; factories. business blocks ane
33.750,00O; total, $5,575,O0o. the insur-
ance OF $3,5O000o is divided among
about eighty companies.
But Little Suffering.
There was comparatively little suf-
ferins reported among the fire VIC.
tins to-day. So prompt and efficient
was the relief work begun yesterday
that practically no one was withou!
shelter during the night To-day tic
relief work was taken up by those @no
handled the Massachusetts fund FOL
San Francisco sufferers. Early In the
day Mayor Beck issued an appeal &c
the country. but after a conference
with Acting Governor Eocn S. Draper
: the appeal WAS amended, 30 as to In
cludc only the State.
Announcement was made that s15,-
600 was raised by subscription IN Bos-
ton before noon. In addition the city
OF Chelsea appropriated $4,000 and a
resolution for 100000 from the State
was introduced in the House Of Rep
resentatives.
Many nearby cities announced the
starting OF subscription papers and the
city governments OF others Will hold
special meetings to take action.
Message From the President.
A message from President Roosevelt
expressed sympathy and volunteered
the services of the army and navy.
In the meantime the local organiza-
tons. such as the Associated Ctfsri-
ties and the Salvation Army. were per-
fecting their work, and they profess ed
entire ability TO find temporary quar-
tiers for all the homeless.
The burned district was closely pa.
trolled to-day by the State militia.
The work OF the guard, however
consisted mostly in keeping peopl:
from vcnturing too near the standing
walls. There was very little property
remaining to be salvaged. so thor.
oughly had the area been swept by the
flames. In fact. the underwriters wlio
viewed the ruins to-day saw no pros
pect of salvage OF any description. One
street. Broadway, was cleared and
opened to the general public, and as
1t led straight through the heart OF
the ruins, a steady stream of people
moved through 1t all day. few OF
the ruins smoked lazily during The day
and two more oil tanks caught fire
and burned themselves out. Other
than these, there was iittI. left of the
fire, and all the visiting apparatus
was sent home.
One Hundred Reported Missing.
With nightfall all search in the
phones and trolley wires We're dowl
throughout the territory and the black
'e Vhi Msss the ofiiciai al list Of dead still
remains at three. it is believed thai
there must be more bodies somewhere
among the bla fi 5oo tlmbers ane
reported missing. The work of re:
ducing this list necessarily proceedec
slowly, because families are scattered
in widely separated places Of refuge.
Officers for registration purposes tc
assist in rcuniting and tracing the
missing nave been opened. and durine
the day and night some OF the absent
dhes reported themselves.
"A canvass among the several bureaus
Tonight failed to disclose the names
OF Mis-. Walter G.. Barnes, of Gler
Ridge, or Mrs. ;. B. Fenwick. of Chel.
/ sea, who were reported from Newark
N. J., as missing. All the patients
treated at tie several hospitals are
doing nicely. and It. is believed thai
no further fatalities will result. Two
women were reported to have gont
insane during the day as result OF
their exctem mt.
Cnre gratifying feature Of the sit
tlaIion is the fact that all the home.
d less people are we'll housed. So far a:
known no one is sleeping out Of doors
the relief stations from all Sides anc
during the night meetings Of ali the
citizens In various cities and town:
OF the State took steps A>to organize
their relief work. 1t Is believed tina
Massachusetts would be able to pro,
vide for the sufferers but Acting Gov,
ernor Draper, Mayor Beck and other
officials, as we'll as the citizens gen:
orally, express tneir. deep gratitude a,
the spontaneous offers of aid that have
come from all over the country. To.
night the relief fund reached $39,2$S
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