The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-26
CITY OF SALEM
(contiau.a FROM rir.t P.x.l

these residences were Colonial homes
which artists have declared to be the
nnest types Of that architecture In
the country.
Dynamite Used.
determined effort was made 10
stop the fire al the Boston & Maine
railroad station. close to the center
OF the city. Several garages were dy-
namited after a tower I'm the railroad
yard had burned
The entire section occupied nv the
italian and Greek colonies was devas-
lated. Mos; OF the 1000 persons who
mad homes In that district were housed
temporarily al the Y. NJ G. A build
ing; the state armory. police stations
ana other public buildings.
All roads Leading out Of the city
were crowded with refugees on foot,
IN automobiles and all sorts of convey.
ances. Many carried an they had
saved OF their household possessions,
wrapped in sheets and shawls, over
their shoulders.
The blaze was started by an unex.
planned explosion in the factory of the
horn Leather Company. at Proctor
ma Boston streets, In the shoe and
leather manufacturing district. in the
western part Of the city II quickly
spread through the structure and
Jumped TO adjoining property.
Fanned by brisk northwest wind.
me names swept radidly through the
an nuFe secuon, destroying more than
20 factory buildings and scores on
dwellings and small stores
mere was a panic among employees
IN the korn factory but only one per
son was seriously hurt in leaving the
building.
Two Miles Long; Half Mile Wide.
Inc hrst spread of the IRE was on
The west side OF the city al the foot
OF Gallows lin territory about two.
hhlles long and more than half n mile
de. extending from Proctor and
l'oston streets on the north TO Jef-
ltrson avenue In the south. was de-
Nastated. In this district are Proctor
lrpe. Broad. Hawthorne. Winthrop.
NJ vernon. Endicott and Peabody
streets. on which practically all the
structures were destroyed
In the meantime falling cmbers
ttartcd hres in south Salem. and the
more exclusive residential part OF The
city. All the available ere fghting
apparatus was in the historic Gallows
hill section. where II had responded
10 general alarm. and south Salem
was left without protection. One
building after another burst into
flames.
For several hours the fire in this
district was confined 10 n small oval.
but os evening approached the flames
spread in all directions destroying
hundreds Of residences In the district
including many handsome homes on
the most fashionable tloroughfarcs in
Salem.
The city orphan asylum on Lafayet-
u street. shelteTing $50 persons was
destroyed. All the children were TAX
on by the nuns ~ place OF safety.
The Salem hospital was the next prey
moved 20 safety on stretchers In the
excitement 8 daughter was born 20 Mr..
Catholic church Burns.
. mere was no apparatus here 60 check
houses St ioseph's church. a huge
new brick structure with lofty twin
towers and the adjoining school and
convent buildings recently erected al a
cost 81 f25o.oo0. made ready fuel
~ ne start the water pressure was
low and when the fight had become Dies
perate great water main near the Rev
erIN bridge broke. making the firemen
practically helpless.
Meanwhile calls for assistance had
been sent % nearby cities and an enar-
nous quantity Of apparatus ranging
town and villages. 10 the new high
pressure automobile engine ~ the Man
che ster 81 I'D fire department re-
Tho Manchester engine undertook -
pump water from the ocean. Boston.
and details Of police nut the com
bIncd efforts ~ tho greatest aFErega-
ton - fire fi-htir~ --.rr hines ever seen
mere wore futile and when darkness fell
/ dNnarpltc was used Several blocks On
. The path ~ The flames were blown up
FRI The hope ~ chsckInE their rrorress
huf Tickle winds that shifted four
times. each time carried the deatruc-
finu in a. new direction
French millinery trade does an an
rual business exceeding so n00 600
wlfh foreiru countries