The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-14

 OF BIG FIRE City of Che1sea's Awful
 Disaster. CARING FOR THE SUFFERERS Losses Will Probably Reach Ten Million Dollars. sixteen Companies of State Militia and Marines from Navy Yard are
 Patroilins Streets to Pre-
 vent Looting.

Boston, April 13.-From the ennbers of yesterdays conflagration in Cnei- sea there arose well organized move ment for aid and relief of the ten thou sand homeless, a counting Of their losses at three millions and half, and a determination by the city authori- ties to rebuild the $50 acres swept by the flames where stood, before the fire. property valued at nearly $6.ooo,- 900.
 No further deaths were reported to- day and of the injured persons taken to the various hospitals, only two are believed to he in critical condition. The three bodies which were taken to the morgue in Boston last night re- mained unidentified today. Revised figures obtained today indicated that the losses were divided. according to the various classes of property de- stroyed as follows:
 Churches and schools, s525. 900; pub lie buildings, S475,000; factories. bus mess blocks and contents. sS25,OoO; dwelling houses. SS,75O,0 900; total $5,- 575 900.
 The insurance of s3,500, 900 is divid- ed among about eighty companies. There was comparatively little suffer ing reported among the fire victims today. So prompt and efficient was Lne TCl1SI WOIh yCSlCNudy Nho practically no one was without shel- ter during the night. Today the re- lief work was taken up by those who handled the Massachusetts fund for San Francisco sufferers. Early in thG day Mayor Beck issued an appeal to the country but after conference with Acting Governor Eben s. Draper, the appeal was amended so as to in- clude only the State. Announcement Rf t. l |. .lUMH by subscription in Boston before noon. In addition. the city of Chelsea appro- priated e10.0o0 and resolution for s10.0O0 from the State was introduced In the House of Representatives today. Many nearby cities announced the starting of subscription papers and the city governments of others will hold special meetings to take action.
 Roosevelt Sends Message.
 message from President Roosevelt expressed sympathy and volunteered the services of the army and navy
 Tn the meantime. the local organiza- tions. such as the Associated Charities and the Salvation Army were perfect ing their work and they professed en- tire ability to find temporary quarters for all the homeless.
 The burned district was closely pa- troIled today by the State militia. The work of the guard, however, consisted mostly In keeping people from ventur- ing too near the standing walls. There was very little property to remaining to be guarded, SO thoroughly had the area been swept by the flames. In fact. the underwriters who viewed the ruins today. saw no prospect of salvage of any description.
 A black ened. flame -charred and smoking mass of ruins marks the sites ~& -E 1. A .1H of the city. historic churches. valuable factory and business structures as we'll as hundreds of houses. covers a belt three-quarters of mile wide. stretch ing across the city for distance of a mile and half. The city was not formally placed under martial law, but as a result of reports of footing. the entire burned section and it's environs were patrolled by marines from the Charleston Navy Yard. and sixteen companies of State militia. infantry men and artillerymen. The sea riders were supplied with ten rounds of ball cartridges.
 Adjutant General William H. Bing- ham, of the staff of Governor Guild, has personal direction of the work of the militia. General Bingham said the situation did not seem to require a proclamation of martial law, but that HANEA OOHOulldNIOH It'll EsAdJOI JOAiH Beck, of Chelsea, stringent measures were being taken to prevent. as far as possible. any acts of vandalism.
 Tents for Homeless.
 Early oday a consignment of mill tary te from the State camp grounds at South Birmingham were placed at the disposal of the relief committee. Hundreds of them were set up in the public playgrounds in Everett. an ad- tni ryhfIa ed on open ground in the Ifnburned portion of Chelsea itself. It was call culated that these tents, each of which will accommodate i've persons, would serve to shelter about one-haIf of the homeless people. Charitable organiza- tions in Boston and other nearby places are taking care of the re- mainder.
 While only three persons are posi- lively known to have lost their lives in the fire, 1t is feared that a search of the ruins by daylight will disclose more victims. The bodies of the dead are at the North Grove street morgue. They are burned beyond recognition. Two of the bodies are those of women. The other is that of man. All met death apparently while fleeing from were found in the streets where they had fallen. None of them had been identified early today. Scores of per sons including many firemen and po- licemen. were overcome by smoke while they suffered by burns while fighting the fire. At the hospitaI 1t was said today that all of the more seriously injured were doing well, though several were still on the dan gerous list.
 The fire was discovered about iO:3O o'clock Sunday morning at the plant of a blacking factory at the north western end of the city. and famed by stiff breeze 1t spread quickly. It swept path of ruin through the busI- ness section and destroying tenement houses on either side. was only stopped when 1t reached Chelsea creek, a mile and a half distant. It is said the fire originated in a refuse pile on the dump. where rag pickers had kindIed a blaze to dry some wet rags.
 Very Heavy Losses.
 According to insurance men, the to- tai loss will exceed $7,500 .000 and nav reach Sl0.O00,000. The insurance .s es- timated roughly at 5000 900
 The burned buildings include the