Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-03
X NEW BERN FIRE
)SSAT s2,5OO,0OO
y CONFEDERATION
poo Are Homeless in
|tlarne-Swept Carolina
Town.
|RUCTURES BURNED
WILL TOTAL THOUSAND
ly One Fatality Has Been
Reported, Result of
Disaster.
SIS MEETING i, HELD
-tunnto Citisens Give Money and
Tfrns e., naf&sy~ t-t..
$ MEETING Is
HELD
rtunnto Citisens Give Money and
limo TO Relieve Fire
Buncrcrp.
IBy Associated press-l

e" BERN. y. c.. Dec. 2.-Losses
cred IN yesterdays nro were
ced at around s2.too.ooo By Mayor
yard Clark after he and other city
'iais had checked up their csti.
los today. and IL war said that
"een 700 and 1000 residences and
mess establishments had been de-
'yed. The Mayor added that the
4rfiess might be approximately g.
but that his estimates were not
j. Some 500 or moro persons
&c thrown out OF work. and one
8,lty was reported.
iumbers OF persons Suffered
ms and injuries In attempts to
O. their belongings or TO aid Are
En- OF New Bern and nearby towns
hght'nG flames. but none was be-
'ed today TO be seriously hurt. a
ress. who. ncignbors said. wns los
re old. was forgotten In the ex-
: 'mcnt. 1t was reported. and left
perish In q little house on Cedar
Get,
Soldiers H~heve Firemcn.
With the approach OF dawn today.
hremcn who had finally conquered
flames had retired and their
ces had been taken by three de-
= OF Battery -. One Hundred and
entcenth Field Artillery. The
iiers guarded the hundreds OF
rs OF household goods dumped in
~ Intimately around the town. after
Hntic househOlders had sna,chcd
m from the flames. but through
the night and morning no re-
Hts came of even attempted van
ism among the 10000 or more in
,itan,s.
here were numbers OF persons In
ruined district. some seeking to
remains OF valuablex, some
rely walking around. Many had
used TO go 10 bed In tho homes.
irchcs and buildings proncred
en-, but had stalked around or lain
,vering on the ground near the de-
plated district.
p . church societies. Red Cross.
vaiion Army and other organiza-
ha were busy providing food:
tied States Senator Simmons. of
rth Carolina. obtained q promise
m BriEad!cr General Bowiey, at
RI Bragg, Fayetteville. last night,
Il he would rush army cots, tents
bedding here. and Mayor Edward
3hrk Issued "A call for ass-lneetings
ty to take definite action toward
t!eving the sufferers.
lost OF those who lost their homes
household possessions were ne
res. since the flames started In the
gro section OF West New Bern. 4
5000 fire was raging At the time
the sawmill OF the Roland Lum-
Company's plant across town,
winds OF galeiike force were
wing and continued until shutdown.
hre in the Kitchen of negro
Use Was said TO have been the be-
3,n!ns Of the great fire. and that
the sawmiii Was believed to have
I'm caused by friction from belt.
fche blaze In tho negro section
lined such proportions that /,
opt path almost through the
liter OF the town, destroying ap.
Ultimately 100 residences, two ne
I, churches and three largo ware.
uses on the Neuse River and
|'eatened the Union Station and
ir-by structures. Railroad tracks
IA SO warped by the heat. hog
pr. that train service through the
I'm was suspended.
|'tarting on Kilarmonic Street, tho
20. despite the dynamiting Of
uses and pulling them OFF their
|indations by "A cable attached to
switch engine. was driven east
I'd almost on'a straight line until
reached George Street. Along
Ire 1t was bounded on one side by
cen Street and on the other by
|urt and Dunn Streets On the
lth side OF Cedar Grove Cemetery
|, fire swept along for block on
|w street as far as Crescent
Feet, then leapcd over the Union
|ition and attacked the warehouses
Ing the water front.
Hold AIass-Mcetinss.
Hundreds OF the more fortunate
liens. who escaped the ravages of
sterday's fire. gathered In mass
letting at the courthouse here to-
y to lay plans for relief of the
100 or more sufferers.
r?ut me down for $1,000" shouted
voice as the meeting opened.
VIII also give $1,000"
Put me down for $500"
Tho calls came so rapidly that Har-
NJ. Jacobs. general chairman OF
8 relief committee. had to call the
sembly down and beg the donorr
20 slower SO the Individual gifts
uld be recorded.
The city and county donated ST.
D each; Sudan Temple of the Shrine
ded $1,000 and it was estimated
At $4,000 was raised before any
sanized effort had been startea. ,,
her cities OF the State sent offers
aid by telephone and telegraph.
q Mayor Edward Clark said these
,nld be accepted " needed.
These wero hundreds OF persons
Is morning who had not tasted
81 since the FIRE started yesterday
4 committees were soon al work
pplying them. Another committee
d plans for housing the homeless,
holesale concerns shut up their ns-
and put their trucks N
thering up household BELONGINGS
sttered over town and storing them
Warehouses.