Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-13

| US RAJ as the authorities had been in.
| formed that number represents the
Total of deaths from the fire. 1t was
leared. however that n search of the
! runs by daylight would result in the
discovery of other bodies
EXTENT OF Loss.
The total taxable property Of the
| city amounted to about S24, 900 900. and
according to estimates by members OF
| the board of assessors the property
| III the district covered by the fire was
! worth at least SS,000.00O The burned
district included large number of
manufacturing concerns, stores and
business houses, many costly residences
ana tenement blocks, churches and
| rublic buildings
cash to the amount OF several thou
sand dollars was removed from the
safe from the city treasurer's office be-
| fore the city hall was burned
Inc Valuables left In the safes in
the burned business houses were guard
cd from possible hooters by detach-
ment of marines from the Charlestown
navy yard and companies of infantry
men and artillerymen of the state ma
tional guard. Military regulations
were enforced and no one, unless pro-
Nided with pass was permitted to APP
prcach the ruined section
Tho liquor licenses In East Boston
Gnu tidl part OF 1IdiltslOWu dQlOllllllS
Chelesea Were suspended today by or
der of the police commissioner as an
aid to the militia and police i'm their
efforts to bring about a condition OF
order and safety.
COLD. GRAY DAWN.
AS the dawn broke cold and gray over
the iire-swept city. the fright of the
night previous which had overcome the
populace disappeared. Parents roamed
the streets searching for lost children.
The schoolhouses of the city, as well
as those of the neighboring cities and
towns We're filled with lost children
and scores of parents went from one
to another, growing more alarmed as
each was visited and no tidings OF
missing children We're found. At s
O'Clock the first bread lines were start
ed, Those refugees on the lower side
Of the burned district being served at
the district court rooms, while those
on the upper section We're issued rations
from the high school building. The lines
were regulated by the militia.
CLEARING AWAY DEBRIS.
The work of clearing away the debris
was begun at an early hour under the
greatest difficulty as the workmcn
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 ii was the opinion of the
authorities that more bodies would be
found.
A chill wind and light fall of snow
which later turned into cold rain,
added to the misery of the homeless
ones who shlvered i'm the shelter camps
in the public squares and play grounds.
MILITIA PRESERVE ORDER.
Early this forenoon the battalion OF
marines which had been doing guard
duty throughout the night, was on
dered back to the barracks at the
Charlestown navy yard, and the work
of preserving order and protecting pro-
perty was continued by the police and
the militia OF the 81 men who com
posed the Chelsea police force. n had
their homes In the burned district.
Two children who were suffering
from measles applied at one of the
temporary relief bureaus for assist
ance and We're directed to a private
sanitarium. They did not reach the
sanitarium. however, -and a search for
them was Instituted Immediately in or
der that the disease might not spread.
BABIES BORN.
During the course of the fire yes
terday several babies were born and
III each instance mother and child had
TO be removed to places of refuge as
their houses were directly in the path
of the fire and later destroyed. Tho
mothers and children were all reported
today in satisfactory condition. A
special meeting of the Chelsea board of
aldermen was held this forenoon, at
which an order was introduced asking
the Legislature for authority to borrow
$500, 000 TO reconstruct the public build
Al. 1.
was referred to the committee on pub
lie property and finance and the COM
mittee also ordered to increase the
amount TO s1.000,000 if necessary.
Announcement was made that the
city records which were in the city
hall vaults We're intact
An examination of the vaults of the
Chelsea Trust company the County
Savings bank and the Chelsea Savings
bank indicated that the contents were
uniniured. Following this announce
ment the directors of the three institu-
tons voted to consolidated temporarily.
APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE.
The following appeal for assistcne,
signed by Mayor Beck and William II.
McClintock. chairman of the RELIEF
committee, was handed to the Associat-
ed Press today:
1--WE have been visited by most
terrible catastrophe. One-half the area
OF our city has been swept by fire. Fiji
teen thousand are homeless, $l2,0OOO0O
worth of property has been destroyed
our business section is almost wholly
wiped out We are in sore needs. We
have not lost our courage, but are ap-
plying ourselves with all our ability TO
the task before us, The task is stu
pendous and we ask assistance of all
who are benevolently inclined. He who
gives quickly gives doubly Subscrip-
tons may be sent TO the city treasurer
Thomas p. Frost"
PRESIDENT OFFERS AID.
Washington April 13.-President
Roosevelt has sent telegraphic mes
sage of sympathy 10 the mayor OF
Chelsea. Mass. at the same time order
ing any necessary assistance from the
army or navy for the stricken city
Similar assistance was extended during
the Baltimore hre and at other disas-
tiers.
Both the war and navy departments
will render any, assistance possible to
the fire sufferers at Chelsea, upon au-
thoriZation by the president Congress-
man Roberts. who represents the burn
ed district. has made inquiries as to
W hat may be done by the government
I'm the event that aid I'm the way of