Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-26
1000 BUILDINGS
BURNED At salem
OLD WITCH CITY" SCENE OF
CONFEDERATION WHICH Z
RACES ALL NIGHT. =
. ooo PEOPLE HOMELESS,
LOSS Is s1o,oooooo-
shelter Tents For Those Who Lost
Homes and Food Supplies Being
hurried 20 stricken City - Many
Re.id.ness psstroysd-ssvsra' Pso-
=. inIur,d-only One Life Lost.

Salem. Mass, June 2e-The confia-
grafton which laid waste more tnan
a thousand buildings in the historic city
al Salem was burning itself out today.
CITY onicials after making a careful
compil.tio Of values. figured the loss
at s1o,ooo.oeo. The burned district fol-
lowed the lines Of rough semi-circle
three miles in length and varying In
width from half . mile to mile and a.
half.
Atho many persons were injured
only one life was lost. The charred
body Of woman. thought to be Mrs.
cnnninxham, was found in the ruins Of
. tenement on lafayette street.
At least 10000 persons, fourth OF
the ctiy's population. were made home
less. and thousands passed last night
In the open. Many hundreds were
sheltered In schools. churches and pub
lie buildings in this city and beverly.
Tents and Food Shipped.
Before the fire had been thoroughly
checked relief measures and plans Tor
rebuilding were under way.
Governor Wolfe. Lieutenant Governor
Barry and Secretary Of State Donahue
spent the night here. The governor
announced that 5000 tents and 10000
rations would be shipped to the city at
once. He also issued call for pub.
lie meeting II Boston to take further,
action.
Starts In korn Factory.
The blaze was started by an unex-
lplaincd explosion In the factory Of the
Korn Leather Company at Proctor and
4 BoG4on streets. In the shoe and leather
u1nGtu9ing district e the WsstAEn
n palt - thS city. II quickly sproad
thru ~ Structure ana jumped 10 M
joining property.
Famed BY a brisk northwest wind.
Y the flames swept rapidly thru the entire
section. destroying more than twenty
factory buildings and scores Of dwell
ings and small stores.
There was q panic among employees
In the Korn factory. but only one per-
son was seriously hurt in leaving the
building.
sweeps Foot Of calIovs Hill.
The first spread OF the flre was on the
west side Of the city, at the foot Of Gal
lows HILL Territory about two miles
long, and more than half mile wide,
extending from Proctor and Boston
streets on the north. to Jefferson avenue
in the south. was devastated.
In this district are Proctor, Pope,
Broad. Hawthorne, Winthrop, Mount
Vernon. Endicott, and Peabody streets,
in which practically all the structures
were destroyed.
In the meantime falling embers
started hres in South Salem and the
residential part Of the city. All the
available iire fghting apparatus was in
the historic Gallows Hill section, where
II had responded to general alarm,
and South Salem was left without pro-
i lection. One building after another
burst into flames.
Many Assidencss Destroyed.
For several hours the fire In this dis
trict was confined to small oval, but
A. evening approached tho flames
spread Ia all directions, destroying
hundreds Of residences in tho district,
& i,sdldlps many handsome homes ON
Ahts most fashionable thoroughfares in
1alen. -
The city orphan asylum on Lafeyette
street, sheltering $50 persons, was de-
stroyed. All the children were taken
W the mus to place Of safety.
The Salem hospital was the next
prey 81 tlle flames. The patients were
i removed 70 safety on stretchers.
In the excitement q, daughter was
/. born % Mr.. Rossetti. an inmate
Thefo WaA no apparatus here to
4 check the flames, which burned SCORES
Of tenomenta and high wooden apart
Z nent houses.
ST Jossphs church, new brick
structure With lofty twin towers, and
the SdjoininE school and convent
buildlpge, recsntly erected at cost of
32S0;0oO made ready fuel.
DfetoW Main crippiss Firsmsn.
Al tho start the water pressure was
b low ana when the fight had become
desperate . great water main near the
Beverly bridge broke. making the fire-
men practically helpless.
Meantime calls for assistance had
been nent to nearby cities and an cncr-
NOUS quantity OF apparatus, ranging
: from the most antiquated tubs from
towna ana villages to the new high
pressure automobile engine Of the
Manchsstsr, N. H. fire department. re-
sponaed.
Ths Manchester engine undertook to
pump water from the ocean.
Boston. Lynn, and other cities sent
appara&uo and details OF police. But
the combined efforts OF the greatest
nxerSsa sation Of hre fighting machines
ever seen here were futile and when
darkness s3eI dynamite was used.
earesal blocks In the path Of the
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