The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-26
SEVEN DEAD, $4,000
HOMELESS IN
~ STRICKEN SALEM
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ly In an ambulance. suffering from
heart trouble.
MRS. EDWARD McGLoNE, dead
OF heart trouble when her house
caught IRE.
JOHN LEE, proprietor OF a Chinese
laundry, body found in ruins.
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD. body found
In ruins OF house on May-st.
tNCINERATED REMAINS found In
ruins OF house at No l3l Lafayette
~. believed 10 be Mrs Sarah Abbott,
Is. who Is among the missing
TWO OTHER UNIDENTIFIED
bodies found In ruins.
Al 8 o'clock today the fire was still
raging but was being held IN check
10 the two-mile swath already devas.
tated The water pressure had been
restored and unless the wind sud
denly shifts again IL Is merely a ques.
ton OF waiting for the flames 10 burn
themselves out
Martial law, with 10 companies OF
militiN comprising ll00 men. has
prevailed practically since . o'clock
last night. KhakLclad soldiers. bay.
-nnets fixed. and under orders 20 shoot.
patrol all the streets TO prevent loot
ing BY thugs from the underworld
about Boston. Four companies OF To-
cal militia were called out about 4 80
yesterday when panic spread beyond
the control OF the local police and
Gov. Walsh. who dashed TO the
stricken city In a high-powered auto
mobile later ordered out the whole
Eighth regiment. A thousand tents
and blankets and 10000 rations are
apn their way
. The widest havoc prevailed early
today Thousands OF people home
less, sleepless and rendered Iupers
in one blow, wandered the streets,
held back from entering the oomed
area where their homes had been.
MANY, frantic with fear for missing
friends and relatives, tramped back
and forth exhausted In hopeless
search. Carts, conveyances, automo-
biles even baby carriages damned the
streets In weird. seething mass,
doggedly bent on removing hetero-
geneous savings TO places OF safety
Meanwhile the flames continued 10
curl upward, completing their devas.
tation while smoke grimed fremen,
completely spent after rs hours
struggle with insurferabe heat and
smoke, directed their puny efforts TO
overcome them.
The fire broke out just before .
o'clock yesterday with a terrific chem
teal explosion I'm the Korn Leather Co.
In 10 minutes the factory was In
ruins finder box houses and shops
nearby were seethinS mass or
flames. Water pressure failed and
af
miles proved unavailing. Dynamite
was resorted TO and whole blocks
blown to debris, but the conclusions
seemed only TO increase the fury OF
The conhagration.
A capricious l6-mile wind drove
the flames helter-skelter, setting three
separate fires which ate their way
outward until their finally merged In
one tremendous swath two miles long
and three-quarters OF a mile wide.
From the places where witches were
hanged two and a quarter centuries
ago. the flames raced upwards TO the
edge OF the old colonial residences.
/, The fire has already surpassed the
Chelsea FIRE horror Of April u. 1908,
when 5000 were rendered homeless,
l 800 buildings destroyed. 1900 fami-
les practically ruined. 800 injured and
property loss of $6.000,000 incurred.
The whole industrial section and
French living section were entirely
wiped out as the vanguard Of the fire
ate its way 70 the older part OF the
city. There many old Colonial man.
s'ons, the finest examples of New
Epglands great architectural era,
stood prey 10 the flames on lafayette
and Lower Chestnutsts. They were
the homes of the old East India mer
chants in the days when Salem was
among the greatest OF American sea
ports and her hNbor was crowded
With square riggers and clippers.
The House OF the Seven Gabels"
which Hawthorne immortalized. was
saved.
Added to the horror today was a
great scarcity of water, almost threat
ening famine. Many could get only
scantily filed cupful, and springs
on the outskirts OF the city were in
great demand The Beverly water
systpm has hpan rallied on for aid