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THE WORLD: _ FIRE-SWEPT Mayor Hinchliffe Wires| Mayor Low that They Are ‘‘Managing Nice- ly” — Four Separate Relief Corps at Work. City’s Official Maps} and Protiles Destroy-| ed, Though Dupli-| cate of the Assess-! ment Rolls Was Pre- served in the Court- | House. With true American grit the people y to lisaster of Paterson are struggling to with the brought upon them by fire. cope and | | ruin | | It was discovered this afternoon thet e duplicate of th rolls burned in assessmor the City Hall was safe in the Court-House All the official city maps and pro-| files, however, are destroyed Some insurance losses have paid already. The trolley comp have hundreds of men at work 4 wii soon ha eare runnin as) usual The city wi be betier lighted to night and there wil’ be less oppor tunity for olllag The Alderm 4 rectal meet ing thie ame MILIVIA GUARDING THE RUINS IN PATERSON again to-night seeeeae ‘1 FO a eo PATERSONG FIRE LOSSES After « meeting of the DAY EV PATERSON REFUSES OUTSIDE AID. det i he Cire Sourt-room aiselpabuies pista, Ac -Wul ee NOUBA NEGILRE INOW WILL EXCEED $12,000,000. situation was thoroughly discussed | OUR OF EMPLOYMENT. eee ee ctaciastiaecaatesmieloate| By JOHN HINCHLIFFE, . ‘Thank all oar friends! + greatest sufferers by the fire will) Invor of Paterson several thounand men ar employment tis or the t any we need nothing throw offered as we ne: \1 Last night ten people slept in the! armory. To-day we have had houses offered for these and furniture to put} 9 in the houses arrests were|ment and who made on suspicion Inst night by the military.” ‘The Mayor had a bandage over his eye, which was burned by a flying) ™ cinder. Three There are nom four distinct move- ments underway for the selief of the destitute. Mayor Hinchcliffe has | given his oMela! sanction to each |? of them, and there is perfect har- | awa, mony among all. The Rev. Dr Paul's Church, heads the loeal Cit rbila malate er he ty zens’ Committee which is soliciting | ciitte to be an exaggeration. He cash contributions (or the distressed. jout that the silk mill*, Paterson's great The Ladies’ Relief Society includes | ¢*t industry which are employed a most of the prominent women of the | reater oer we of the city's we escaped t Hamilton, at stl |ro thrown ou ng popula entire City Church Gulld and allied asso- ray clations, which is getting led | of lerka end many| clothing and provisions jh DF eats The will.ary at the armory has in| with Jays when their com- charge the immediate relief of the )P8°'°* * A OE RUE TtS S hungry and homeles: | |REAL ESTATE LOSSES The boa of Aldermen has taken up the big problem of listing avail-! FOOT UP TO MILLIONS. ab.c .ouses for makeshift temporary — homes for those who lost all they) & and 5 Residents Looting Exaggerated. Chief Graul, of the police force, | '*" | REPUB R CEORS TY Maay AT Onlas and Sheriff Stur: have recelvod apie pitiless good many applications for aid to-fet burned Meter this morning day, and in every instance they have| *err saying thar the dam *) overestimated boen promptly met. Chief Graul Meattavanl ean said th! forenoon: LOPALS YO waesznen “Stories of looting and misdoing : y (Habana oie buaLA have been slightly exage ted. We er i eat ih two-thirds have enught some wrongdoers, but It] [090 "hit (ie pemonal pro is very gratifying to know that most ; pres of the population of the city and the f Sta vast majority of visitors have prof-| [yacc'vury: Conn, conflagration has fered every aid at thetr command to| nighiy pessimistic mann ents tate 8) p preserve order and protect the property of tho distressed. A The work of the women !n Pater-| , local agents salt their losses we: son is elfeiting the warmest commen- dation from Mayor Hinchcliffe and his ascociates. They are continuing to-day in an energetic wa” the work begun yesterday before the fiames wi under control, Mrs. Garret A. Hobart, Mrs. David | Ackinson, Miss Griggs, Mrs. W. nm an urance F : ’ i * Blauvelt and Mra. J. 8. Cooke, who compante those the flames cons | yesterday headed the movement, bit SUM ATO APRN ARS See have been Joined by scores of others. os ath taliekd A . ‘A committee of women is at each | ® pink china te ARUN Pin eRann GG relief headquarter ing in every Tbr oft wot sa utd suppress x way possible. The wives and sweet- s ran in the Water VWI . mi f Wyse. he Ee hearts of the miltia on guard duty Rronortion will hoki true th thts : sroundth ¢ ruins have all joined in Prise pe ® number of t . the rellef movement. erson, Ih each inatance ‘ ' Cooling Of Bank Vaults. th meet whatter ia, Ite, way | Over the debris which marks the cae oben Shan Ree pine Mia nen teee ast : ; ; | sites where yesterday six banks |i23!¥ Haterson risks for the Lanea- | fashione! rt. which ' stood hese is being played to cool|n A nati al sh Cle are atl tn @ervloe | away and the vaults and safes|branen), the Hanover ite th i SATION detutaa } | reached. Comparten of Newark. and theetmort: A to. int | In the hospitals aro sixty-three|can Insurance Company of Phila tel tt hoy , | persons injured in the long fight|””'” ee Se ae cinenas Kad PURSE AAR ESE UX} ci the flames. Dut two deaths| START OF FIRE IS nunicated to 0 were due to the calamity. One was the shed Tekiladiaalold romani who fail downs LAID TO CARELESSNESS nen Charles Abranam, a black staire in her anxiety to view the fire. \ The other was a woman who had just become a mother and died from the excitement of having to be re- ‘The caretewsness of a street-car con- ductor t# responsible for the $8,000,000 fire which ate the heart out of Pater- gon. Most of the city’s street cars aro | Git pSiadecibieab attire se 1 ab. i employed by ni ihe tlced the blase, four en-| 5 tire rear of the car shed were ablase. | anwhile the The wind was blowing a forty-mile| direc gale and when the Fire Department re-| Main street sponded to the first alarm the old check it , FEBRUARY 16. 1902 cei MAYOR LOW + MAYOR JOHN J bo YOU NEED HEL | Might Have Heen Cheeked ~ BANKS ARE OPENED TO-DAY FOR BUSINES Nien flames spread in two ons, up Broadway and south along Water was powerless to Fire Chief Stag@ sent a call “ has befallen our city The Pater Bale ‘ T Company rented sat No] 100 Broadway and the Paterson Na onal Bank, secured room in the same HINCHLIFEI > WIDOW AND BABIES LEFT HOMELESS, PENNILESS ana Men's Flay [lose. THE AHMORIES ee FIRE IN CHICAGO THEATRE. Lord & Tavlor, Grand Street Store. Closing-Out Sale ot Furniture & Bedding, Tuesday and Wednesday. Mahogany, Oak and B, E. Maple Bedsteads, were $15 and $20, at $2.00 & $3.00. Folding Bedsteads, were $5.00, at $1.50. Iron Bedsteads, all sizes, were $4.50, at $1.98. > at $1.00. Upholstered Cots, were $2.00, at $1.00. Wooden Cribs, were $4.0 All our best quality Hair Mattresses at closing-out prices, 4 3 P Cor, Grand & Chrystie Streets. SY Ss xX yen The World’s Unrivalled Supremacy In Want Ads, } THE WORLD y 538 advertisements over sz last All the other year bined did not g many, whether paid or free Home Circulation Tells. ‘ ca cin eS