The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-26
TEN MILLIONS REVISED TOTAL
 OF FIRE LOSS
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 thorne and the House of Seven Ga 5lcs.'' and the old custom house. im- mortalized in his novels, were threat ened for a time and the flames ap- proacshed dangerously close to the Peabody Museum and the Essex In stitute, but none of these structures were damaged
 The companies of militia summoned to assist in main taining order patroll- ed the streets throughout last night and today Martial law was not de- clared, but no one was permitted to approach the hre-swept area without a pass. Only a single attempt at loot ing was discovered and this was frus- trated. the three men concerned run ing away.
 On the common and in open spaces in the outskirts of the city thousands Of refugees tried to find a little rest during che night. Many stretched themselves out on the grass: others had nisnaged to save mattresses, or rocking chairs from their burning homes Little groups. hudd1ed tegeth- CT about piles of household goods, stood guard over the Eneagre possessions left to them.
 There was no adeduate shelter avail able in Salem for the throngs so sud- denly forced to the streets and aI- though the more fortunate residents hospitanly opened their homes to as many as possible, and public build- ings were transferred into dormitories. steady stream Of men, women and children passed during the night over the bridge to Beverly.
 similar relief measures were under taken in that city, but many however. remained out of doors all night.
 Explosion Starts Fire
 From 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon when a terrific explosion in the fac-5 tory of the Korn Leath company. at Proctor and Boston streets started the fire, the flames ragged practically un- checked untiI almost midnight. The explosion is thought to have occurred among highly inflammable chemicals used In the manufacture of patent leather. This factory stood near the foot of Gallows Hill, famous as the hanging place of witches in the early coloniaI days at the western end of tho city.
 A high wind carried the flames through the rnanufacturing district in that vicinity and thence southeast ward to the heart of the city, across the Boston and Maine railroad tracks and through. a thickIy populated tene- ment district In South Salem to the water front. A shift in the wind sent the fire northward along Lafayette street in a fashionab1e part of the city, and it was here that scores of beautiful mansions were burned. The fire spread out to another manufac- turing center on the shore of the har- bor and destroyed large factories. In 1 the intervening area scores of business houses were swept away.
 The Salem hospital was among the buildings burned, but all the patients were safely removed. Great quanti- ties Of appsratus from lneighboring cities assisted in fighting the flames and finally s'acceeaed in checking their progress southward. To the eastward they burned themselves out at the waters edge. The final stand was made near the Boston and Maine rail- road station Here several buildings were dynamited. The station itself last gained the upper hand saving the northeastern part of the city.
 A separate fire destroyed 1 3 dwelI- ings in North Salem, along Mason and North streets. This started in a pile Of househoId goods stored in a. shed, and the police today said that they supposed that it was of ineendiary origin. The plant of the Salem Oil company YVES thr eatened by this blaze. but was saved.
 city was in darkness owing to the partial destruction of the electric lighting plant. Trolley and steam railroad communication was cut off. The burned area today was a mass of bricks with here and there chim- n9Y &SumIlY StanG1nS AOuL asSa111st the slxy-ltne and pipes and wires tangled and twisted into fantastic shapes.
 Second Body Found.
 A second body was taken from the ruins this forenoon but it was so charred that the sex could not be de- ternnined.
 Prompt responses were made to a public appeal for help. Henry c. Prick Of Philadelphia sent a check for $25.ooo.
 Cambridge, by direction of Mayor Good, contributed five tons of bread and sent hundreds of pounds of but ter. An auto-load of provisions came l from the city of Lawrence with the promise of further aid. Messages of sympathy and offers of assistanee were received from the mayors of many other cities.
 It was announced at the Boston of fee of the Boston and Maine railroad without charge all articles of food and clothing properly marked for identifi- cation and intended for relief
 Three persons lost their lives. They were: Mrs. Jennie Cunningham; Sam ueI P withey, a veteran railroad en- ganeer and Grand Army veteran who | returned to his home, 28 Prescott street to save some clothing and an unidentified person burned in the mill district.
 A resolution 4was considered by the l city government which would appro- priate $1oO.O0o for relief work | Charles H. Danforth, head of the finance committee, said that it would be necessary to raise the money in the years tax levy and that this would increase the tax rate to SEA- He e0- plained that the present rate was l based on property from one-third to one-half of which had been destroyed by the fire. CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY
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