The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-26
OVER 1000 BUILDINGS
WERE DESTROYED
10000 Homeless People
Wander About Amid Des-
0lation While Militiamen
Patrol Streets to Prevent
Looting-Fire Swept Path
Three Miles Long

Salem. Mass, June 26.The confagra-
sand buildings in the business, residential
and manufacturing districts of this his
toric city yesterday and last night is
burning itself out to-day, The officials
of the city estimated the loss to-day at
about Sl0000000. The burned district
is three miles in length and varies in
width from half a mile to mile and
half
The Dead.
The dead are as follows:
MRS. JENNIE CUNNINGHAM, body
found in the ruins of her home.
SAMUEL P. WITHEY, Grand Army
veteran, burned to death when attempt
ing to enter his blazing home to save
some clothing.
Unidentified body found in the ruins
in the mill district.
10000 People Made Wanderers.
Ten thousand persons or one-fourth of
the city's population, are homeless. Hun
dreds found shelter in schoolhouses.
churches and other public buildings of
this city and Beverly and in the dwell
ing houses that escaped the flames. Many
hundreds more spent the night in the
open. with such of their personal belong
ings as they were able to save stacked
about them.
Gov. Walsh and other state officials
spent the night at the fire and arranged
early to-day to ship 5000 tents and
10000 rations into the city. The sur
rounding towns and cities sent wagon
loads of food and clothing, and several
thousand dollars had been subscribed to
the relief fund early to-day.
Ancient Buildings Preserved
The residents OF the city found cause
for thankfulness in the fact that al
though many rare old colonial mansions
were destroyed, the more noted buildings
anu HuseHtuS WIN Iiltli pIittitss duIIu-
uities were spared. The birthplace of
Nathaniel Hawthorne, the House of Sew
en- Gables, the old Custom House, the
Peabody Museum and the Essex Insti
tute all were saved, although they were
threatened for a time.
Militiamen Patrol Streets.
H. q j.,
and no one was permitted to approach |
the fire-swept area without a pass. Only |
one attempt at looting was discovered
The train and trolley service, inter
rupted by the fire last night, was re.
sumed this morning, and thousands of |
sightseers thronged the city while others, |
who had been ordered out of their homes |
by the police, returned to learn whether |
the flames had devoured their houses or
whether they were among the more for
tunate, whose homes were spared.
Relief for the sufferers poured into the
city in unstinted measure. State off
cials co-operated with local authorities
and generous responses to Gov. Walsh's
appeal came from municipalities, soc-
cites and individuals The greatest loss
has fallen on factory employees, many of
whom are foreigners, for they have lost
not only their homes and personal be
longings but their employment as welt.
Wealthy residents of the north shore
have undertaken to raise a relief fund
of 100000 The first amount contribut-
ed was S25,000 from Henry Clay Frek,
the Pittsburg steel magnate. The grand
lodge of odd Fellows is raising $4,000
fund
telegram received by Mayor Hurley
from Secretary of War Garrison said
that all necessary tents and equipment
would be furnished by the national gov
More than 1000 refugees
found shelter last night in the school,
houses and public buildings of Beverly,
All were given breakfast by the city and
will be cared for as long as it is neces-
sary. Truckloads of provisions contiu-
ued to pour into the city from every di.
rection during the day.
Progress of the Flames.
The fire started yesterday afternoon b
at o'clock in the Korn Leather fac
tory on the west side of the city. and !
the flames soon swept through the shoe &
and leather manufacturing district, while {
burning embers, carried by strong <
northwest wind started fires in two 9TH I
er sections of the city, the fashionable j