The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 9, 1904, Page 12

FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1904 IDAR DEPARTMENT SENDS FEDERAL TROOPS TO BALTIMORE TO AID THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES IN POLICING THE CITY il BALTIMORE, Feb. 8.---With eighiy-five of the finest business blocks in the city destroyed, a fire loss estimated at $150,000,000 200,000,000, 50,000 men and women thrown out of employment in the dead of winter and business in all directions at a standstill from the terror | which has beset the entire community since Sunday morning, Baltimere is sadly contemplating to-night the smoldering ruins of what was the heart of the city. After working like demons for more than iweniy=-eight hours, an army of firemen from this and every other city within reach on the Atlantic seaboard xt 3 o’clock this afiernoon succeeded in getting the conflagration under control, although not until it had broken out afresh -ariier 1 1he day and threatened the destruction of the entire city. Not until it had swept over 140 acres of property was its destructive force zbated, and Baltimoreans are loud in their praise to-night of the volunteers from New York and other cities, wH® had arrived in the nick of time 1o take the places of the local firemen, who had been exhausted by the gigantic and seemingly hopeless fight they had on hand. The only conso{a— tion the city has is that such a disaster should have resulted in not a single death, and that the flames were stopped before they could accomplish their sceming purpose of des{roying not only the business section, but the residence sections as well. The city to-night is almost in darkness. the duil red glow from many acres of ruins lights the burned district. Martial law is in force. fo Oniy bener&k Cb);biri t; Commanc? n . the Regulars in Fire- Swept City. Soldiers Will Serve Under! the Direction of the Local Officials. [ 1, Bl A Column 7. BAUTIMORE, Feb. 8.—Mayor McLane to-day received the fol- | lowing telegram from President Roosevelt: | “wHITE HOUSE, WASH- { INGTON, Feb. 8.—Hon. Robert McLane, Mayor, Baltimore: 1 ‘e the horror of our people appalling catastrophe | which has befallen Baltimore. | 1f there is anything the Federal can do, pray call the at Government on me. THEODORE ROOSEVEIL Plattsourg Barracks, New York; one pattalion of the Sixteenth Infantry, at Fort Slocum, New York; one battalion ; Ninth Infantry, at Madison Bar- New York; one company of rtillery, at Fort Howard, Mary- ompany of Coast Artil- ;1 ction of the Mayor and local au- f the stringent provisions of »mita law regulating tement has b made as to the conditions which brought about the ac- n of the military authorities to-c h respect to Baltimore ecretary Taft g Early this morning he as called up on the long-distance Ne committee of citizens 0 d that some en- b expert in the use of ex- began t sent over from Washing- rd v assist and direct the local p o n AMers we ked in blowing up threatened building: ag ead f 1 h etary acceded in+sending the Iready named. Then it was re- ngin were to perform actual work of blasting, so prompt- e ordered from Washington already stated. y these we racks ir Then Secretary Taft put himself into t cation with Senator Gorman o with Governor Warfield, who | that United States troops be necessary to protect the town fr m pillage and fo restrain disorder ] the pre g retary Taft referred to the comi- £ nwar jer of the tus Yaw, whereunon Senator Gorman ned regior . vernor Warfield both joined in Z] >, T > OB rance that the request from S I R ).!-g‘;‘sla!ur» for the (i'l\l-’)[)s would The cordons of guar tely en- | surely be forthcoming after the even- . ng the fire area have restricted the | jng sn of that body. Meanwhile m spec rs within a mini- | Secretary Taft had acted, and ordered pes Leing stretched across the | the tr to Baltimore through the : . ta, with the general staff. He did so because the troops and General Corbin, their com- ménder, could not reach Baltimore un- til to-night, after the Legislature should have an opportunity to decide. s of Baltimore, ; vis Wil- Washington, Annapolis It is entirely competent for the com- 1 surrounding towns, even| mander of the military department to Philadelph The | move his soldiers where he pleases arkably quiet and | within the limits of that department, so long as he does not actually employ streets were en- as a posse comitatus, without falien ation of the law > from this tk —— e v ¥ in penetrating an3 street, th ving 50 far burned | VOCAL MAN LOSES BY FIRE. few of the streets passable by h , Tunning from one end fi themselves Building i Which Conflagration | Started Owned by A. B. McCreary, | The building in which the fire start- wer area, was pass- its length and was |ed in Baltimore was owned by A. B. ghfare by those per- | McCreery, the multi-millionaire of lines. Great fool- | this city. It was occupied by John E. v (“/_('i‘”r';"‘x“";'!”"j':":‘l‘”l‘l‘;:;,num & Co., a wholesale dry goods | . e Wb Beteeen une|frm. The building was originally supported and tottering walls, which | PUilt six stories high and about nine even firemer ded, but nothing was | Months ago two new stories were add- to protect them, the police be- | ing almost entirely confir to the | of eight stories. encircling lines of guards i i ¢ At the time of the building of the The clearing away of the ruins will i i - be an affair of months. Bvery stand. | *00itional stories the firm made a ng wall must come dow i, requisition on A. B.McCreery, the | X n and the | yner for facilities for heating the whole vast accumulation of debris be carted away. R ——— new portion of the building by steam, | the boiler used to produce the heat for FEDERAL TROOPS ARE sExt. | (D¢ original six stories hdving been | found to be inadequate. The old boiler was in a faulty con- dition and it is believed that the oil { used as fuel was in some manner re- Espm\siblp for the starting of the fire. | A new boiler had been plac®d in the | basement, but was used merely to heat the new addition to the building. The firm of John E. Hurst & Co. | was one of the largest firms of its | kind in Baltimore. It is barely three weeks since John E. Hurst Sr. died War Department Heeds Appeal From | Maryland Officials. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8—At the urg- ent request of Senator Gorman and upon his pled, and that of the Gov- ernor of Maryland that the Legisiature of Marvland would to-night pass a resolution calling upon the National Government ' for - military assistance, Lieutenant General Chaffee, command- ing the general staff, sent telegraphic|and the firm At the time of the fire rders this afternoon to Major General | was controlled mainly by his son, Corbin, commanding the Department of [ John E. Hurst Jr. the at New York, to ed | T proc e and take muli- command of the situation there Nearly 1000 soldiers have been ordered e under him of the Fifth Infa 1 1o Baltimore Am@rican Will Be Published. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—The Bal- timore American has made arrange- two | ments for publication in this city until /. at ' its Baltimore plant can be restored. serve battalions | and one . at Fort Dupont, Delaware. is explicitly stated at the War artment that the national troops| serve as a police force under the | in States, the follow- | ed to it, giying the structure a height | | {1 { | | | | | e iedidiayn it o | | | BUILDING IN WHICH THE GREAT BA.L’I'IMORE FIRE STARTED. THIS STRUCTURE WAS OWNED BY | | A. B. McCREERY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND OCCUPIED BY JOHN E. HURST & CO., ONE OF THE | (N LARGEST WHOLESALE DRY GOODS FIRMS IN THE MARYLAND METROPOLIS. 11 B | The just city that has wiped out a great section of the of Baitimore, richest in historic associations as well as material wealth and current business transactions, seems destined to rank with, if not to exceed in actual loss, the great fire of Chicago, October 8-11, 1871. With the great historic fires of earlier times, in the any statistics, comparison in this ca cannot we!l be made. The torch often laid low every habitation in conquered cities, some of them of large size and population, but it is very questionable if in any one instance the actual loss of property by the flames exceeded the two great American burnings. Historians accord to Nero the in- | famy of having started the great fire in Rome, A. D. 64, which raged for six days and seven nights. The loss of life and property in this instance can only be surmised, and from any one of a dozen points of view. The ‘“great fire” of London, which broke out in Pudding lane, Sunday, September 2, 1666, burned over a vast area, but it was mainly covered by small houses. An east wind fanned the flames all during Monday and Tuesday | night, but feil on Wednesday, when the fire slackened for want of material within reach. It broke out again on Thursday, however, near the temple, when heroic measures in the shape of blowing up houses ahead with gun- powder were resorted to, and its pro- gress was stayed. A large area was burned over, many lives were lost and property to a vast amount for the time was destroyed. FIRE A BENE"IT. In these cases, as- with many others later, the damage done was really a benefit t4 the permanent welfare of the cities, as the inflammable wooden buildings were soon replaced by others awrul conflagration absence of accurate or | i ibreairrrérofi—/‘lagrations That Have Iéavage Cities From the Days of Nero to | | Burning of Baltimore. on larger scale, built of stone or brick. The “fire of Moscow, in & hundred places at once as a mea- sure to defeat Napoleon, holds place as one of the comparatively great in fire history of modern times. On the eve of the French occupation the city had a population of 252,000 souls, living in some 9200 houses. When they fled frem its fiery precincts only 2626 houses were left standing. Of the great Chicago fire, October 8 to 11, 1871, we have comparatively full and accurate statistics. The total area devastated, including seventy-three miles of streets, was three and a third square miles; 17,450 business and liv- ing structures were burned, and about 100,000 peopie rendered nomeless. Over 150 lives were known to be lost, near 1000 persons were reported missing and | property estimated in value at $200,- 000,000 was destroyed. This vast eie- mental scourge was stayed Dby using gunpowder to blow up the buildings in its front. In the following year (1872), Novem- ber 9 to 11, the city of Boston was vis- ited by a conflagration in the very heart of the richest business section of the place. Though covering but a small area comparatively, not over 80 acres, the property loss was $80,000,000, about a million per acre. The loss of life was small. ' OTHER GREAT FIRES. Other fires of magnitude that have occurred in this country are as follows: 1740, November 18—Half of Charles- ton, 8. C., burned down. 1760, March 20—One-tenth of Boston burned. 1834, December 16—New York City, 529 buildings, involving loss of $18,000,- 000, burned. 1835, December 15—Patent office and postoffice, - Washington,- D. C., burned. New York City, 693 buildings, loss $20,- September 14, | 1812, kindled by the citizens themselves | d | | 000,000. { 1839, July 6—Large part of Eastport, Me. September 6—New York City, forty-six buildings, loss $10,000,000. 1845, April 10—Pittsburg, Pa., one| hundred buildings, loss $6,000,000. June 28—New York City, 1300 dwellings. July 119—New York City, 345 buildings, loss | $6,000,000. 1550, June '14—San Francisco has great fire, loss $2,000,000. 1851, June San Francisco, second | |large fire, 2500 houses burned, loss $3,- | | 000,000 to $4,000,000. December 24—Part | of Canitol and whole of Congressional | Library, Washington, D. C., burned; loss inestimable, 1852, November 2—Sacramento, Cal., 2500 buildings burned; Joss $5,000,000. 1868, July 4—Fortland, Me., 1500 build- ings burned; loss $13,500,000. 1872, July Baltimore, Md., $1,000,- 1000 loss. Baltimore has had few very | large fires heretofore. | 1874, July 14-—-Chicago, 346 buildings | burned; loss $4,000,000. 1875, October 26—Virginia City, Nev., destroyed; loss $4,000,000. 1889, August 5—Spoxane, Wash., | greater part burned; loss $10,000,000. November 26-28—Boston; loss by fire, $5,000,000. | 1892, April 3—New Orleans, fire caused { loss of $3,500,000. October 28—Milwaukee, Wis., fire caused loss of $5,000,000. 1%93, March 10—Boston had loss by | fire of $5,000.000 and a number of lives. | 1898, January 8—Chicago World's Fair buildings burned, with loss of $2,000,000, l August 1—Another fire caused loss of $3,000,000. | 1900, June 30—Hoboken, N. J.. ships ! and docks burned, with less of hundreds | of lives and $10,000,000 worth of prop- | erty. 1901, January 8—Jacksonville, Fla., 148 | blocks' destroyed by fire, with loss of | $15,000,000 and a number of lives. This fire practically wiped out the business and shipping section of Jacksonvilie. { and . W. Dammarn, clothes, $125,000. ! $150,000. Long List of Business Firms That Suffered Losses in the Fire. Many of the City’s Foremost Commercial Houses Are Included. Feb. 8.—Following is| Lampl | shades, $75, P. F. Gerhmann & Co., laces and em- broideries, and Phillips Bros.’ Com- pany, dry goods, $200,000. storage, window BALTIMORE, the latest list of business places de- stroyed, with a rough estimate of losses | where obtainable. Where several firms are grouped the loss given is the total to the building: | John E. Hurst, dry goods, $1,500,000; over $1,000,000 insurance. Rowe & Co., books and sta- 50,000. William Koch Importing Company, manufacturer of pro- toys, loss $150,000. res, § E Samuel D. Goldberg, pants; P. F. & shirts, $50,- Charles Berger & Co., clothing; $75,000. Céptan & Gresnbaum, dothing; and Daniel Miller Company, dry goods, ractite Stedl . $50,000 $1,500,000; nearly $1,000,000 insurance on! carey i b contents. ead, $60,- Dixon Bartlett Company, shoes, $175,- { 000. 000, any, $100,000. Joynes, Witz & Co., hats and caps, $100,000. Spragins, Buck & Co., shoes, $125 Cohen, Adler & Co., $125,000. L. S. Fiteman, ladies’ wrappers notions and 3 Ja- than cob R. Seligman, paper, and D Rosen, ladies' cloaks; $100,000. . $100.000. Morton, Samuels & Co., boots and ympany. shoes, and Strauss Bros., storage, $100,- ;:n C.!r,» 000. & Baltimore Rubber Company, $135,000. Gusgenheimer, Weil & Co., lithog- . r.np;-‘riv_gvl-‘ raphers and printers, $125,000. b [“ r M. Friedman & Sons, clothing, and . \‘l. Schleuner, clothing, $150,000. Swartz Toy Company, §100,000. A. Federlicht & Sons, clothing, ¥ C. J. Stewart & Sons, hardware, 000. . O’Connell & Bainan, saloon, $25,000. National Exchange Bank building, |~ $85,000. S. Lowman, clothing, $125,000. John E. Hurst & Co., storage, $150,000. mbull Jr. Printing Do V. King Company, glas shoe stor (harness m Judson 000. Manufacturing polies, $10,000. urer), $1 plumbing s Company, n 1 oot hoes = > v, hard-| R. J. Andorff & Co., boots and shoes, ““d;f_’ w‘: Roberts Company, Rar@-| 4 James Robertson Manufacturing ware, 375, . Compa st e, $100,000. > . and | Company. storage, Lawrepce & oM Sige. CUTRIY 87 Peace & Gaynor, window shades, § Bates Hat Company, $125,000. ~ o Y 8. Gysberg & Co., clothing, $125,000. 8 65, 000. Winkelman & Brown Dry Goods Com- paper, $i B manufacturers, L. Fuehlshawth, wall Aden Bros., umbrella pany, $125,000. 4 | and Fondin Dahn & Sons, clothing, R. H. Sutton & Co., dry goods, $1.- | ¢ 0 450 S0 e Company, $10000. | Henry & Co. hosiery and underwear, Chesapeake Sho v, W1 613,000 i manu- S. F. & A. F. Miller, clothing L. Grief & Bro., clothing, $150,000 facturers, $150,000. Maas & Kemper, laces and embroid- S. Hallet & Co, boots and shoes.| ' %g )00 $140,000. nce W. McCarthy Company, no- } | Strauss Bros., dry goods, \M)t!,‘ } A. C. Myer, patent medicines, $150,- | 000. | Matthews Bros., paper box manufac- .. $75,000. ; | Eiseman & Co., shirt manu- Bros., clothing, $150,000. Fisher Bros., liquors, wholesale, and Silberman & Todes, notions, dry goods, | ete., $150,600. i oo | M. Moses & Soms, merchant tailors, acturers. $150, = - _ | $75,000. Nor Jros. & S uss, building, $75,- | " . ml-\'"‘("' }\"'-bn‘-‘l ;_'.f‘mu | J. Goldsmith & Son, clothing, and and | Susar & Shear, clothing, $100,000. | PR LEGISLATURE TAKES ACTION. | Will Vote a Fund for the Relief of the Destitute. STATE HOUSE, ANNAPOLIS, Md. Feb. 8.—The General Assembly met at the State House to-night to consid- er plans for relief of the conditions Continued on Page 13. Column 3. e e e e Standard Suspender Company Daniel Boone & Co., liquors, 360,000. Bradley, Kirkman, Reetz & Co., pa- per, § = Ceor . Eitel, neckwear manufac- turer: Charles L. Linveit and J. J.| Murphy, sewing silk, $75,000. McDonald & Fisher, wholesale paper, | $100,000. E. Wiley Bruster & Co., dry goods, Hénry Oppenheimer & Co., clothing, | und Van Sant, Jacobs & Co., spirits, $175,000. Joseph R. Stonebreaker & Co., li- quors, $75,000. Lewis Lauder & Co., shirts, $100,000. Champion Shoe Manufacturing Com- | Tt Gt ny and Driggs, Curwin & Co., shoes, $100,000, % e OF CIVILIZATION IS ADVERTISEMENTS. $100,000. Mendel Bros., ladies’ wrappers, $125,- | 400 Blankenburg, Gehrman & Co. no-| , tions, $125,000. Hopkins-place Savings Bank, $75 Cohen & Samuels, hats and caps, 000. -/ ] THE SAFEST AND QUICKEST |l CURE FOR THIS EVIL IS Arnold & Sons, surgical instruments, | \f—.—— e s Michael Ambach & Sons, clothing, Mi $250.000. NATURE'S LAXATIVE WAT=R, NOT AN ARTIFICIAL Harburg Bros., tobacco, $100,000. United Shirt and Collar Company, $50,000. i Mack Bros. & Mack, clothing, and | PREPARATION. John A. Griffith & Co., tailors’ trim- | RELIEF COMES WITH mings, $60,000. | THE FIRST GLASS. Standard Manufacturing Company | and Elias Coplan, neckwear, 375,000, Simon Newberger & Bros., dry gr;uds\ ALWAYS ASK FOR £100,000. X §. M. Felicher, ladies'’ and gentle- % men’'s furnishings, $75.000. D. 8. Wallerstein, milimery, $50.000. The Brainerd-Armstrong Co., silks, | and Carter Webster & Co., white goods. | $75,000. Vogts, Quasts & Co., clothing, $75,- 000. Waoodward, Baldwin & Co., dry goods, (FULL NAME. IF YOU SIMPLY ASK FOR HUNYADI WATER YOU MAY BE IMPOSED UPON. Bouldin Bros., notions, $150,000. Edward Jenkins & Sc oach and harness makers, $150,900. Johnson, Boyd & Co., netions, $200,- 000, Linthicum Rubber Company, $125,000. M. 1. Blum & Bro., clothing, $100,000. | 8. Kirkson & PBro., clothing, 3100,000, Edward Jenkins & Sons, storage, and fCoal Reduction American Cannel Eold by All Recliable Dealers.