Show AMONG THE RUINS Tie Lily or 1JHU In VMted Jty a TrtrucniloiH Fins Yesterday THE DAMAGC ROUGHLY ESTIMATED ESTIMA-TED AT 10000000 Some 0000 Person Tlirovru Out or Emiilorracnt and OO Families Fami-lies Homtlesi Br Telesrapb 1 the SEsl IN ItYIES liioooiioo Unmnce l > y a Urcnt Ilre AI Ill ttn JAXX Mass Nov 2Lynn the city of shots was visited this cl In its anernoon by the greatest fire It fCrol the history and with two exceptions connagratlon Is flue moot disastrous Cnfagmllol tle that ever visited New England The fire slatted about noon raged o rer eight hour devastated a square mile of the business sectIon of tho city and caused a loss I estimated at 10000000 In fact the greater part of ward four I wiped out 10 facturing reardbtho blocks Imjxjrtaut and shoe iiromlncn manu I ilaccs of business Tho tire started places Mowers wooden btillJlng on Al In woen lulJIIj al mont I Street and coon communl cited with a eixstory brick block known as Mowers Illock Almost simultaneously the four tor wooden en shoe factory of Bennett J Bar nard on Central Avenue and a fouritory wooden building on AI mout Street caught fire and after a time a hurricane of flame was In tle The burned territory Includes iirogrcK eludes nJhl Is bounded In the following fol-lowing streets Alrnout Central Avenue and Its junction with 11 low Union from Its Junction t with Broad n ni the Crlgiien block on both sides > IU Vcmon street the entire Ueacli on both sides as far down a Lees lumber an ash from Monroe through to iugtou frm onr Onion Railroad Avenue all of Exchange Ex-change Spring street entire besides dwelling houses to numerous to mention on SulIulU Amity Saga streets more and Beaclj etreL Aid arrived from Boston Salem Marblehead and surrounding towns After the fire had been In I progress Afer hour everybody declared I would not stop until it rtKAClIEI > TIlE OCEVN und so it proved t L the ease Four ant P lrn daily newsinirb are Uirued the Jlein IScc ACM and Aeira There were many narrow escapes from accidents but no fatalities are rrm aci The high brick Cru wall of the Spinney block served as a tattler to tho further progress of the fame up Union street after that hnnu structure was gutted Three national banks the Central Security and First National together to-gether with I the Lynn Institution J 1 fdr Savings located l iu the First National block are all wiped out Twelve of the Hnestshoe blocks ar In ruins and about twentyfive stores At this writing Impossible l Impossi-ble t state how many dwelling houses were burned They wen I mostly occupied by the jworT classes in the vicinity of Beach street and tho wharves The Central Cen-tral Congregational church was burned to the ground between six and seven oclock I Is impossible to give any estimate esti-mate of the insurance but a conservative con-servative estimate of the loss on property Is 510000000 Tho First Methodist LILIJI and First Uuiversaliit churches have been ilirowii open to accommodate the burned out families The Mayor lias called a special meeting the aldermen alder-men t take acton and appoInt relief committee DYSAJ11TE ASO IVWlEIt were used nt Intervals to blow uj wooden building but with little effect The firo virtually burned itself out all at 3 It was considered consid-ered under control Both companies compa-nies of the Massachusetts Natlona Guards located in Lynn were called out and put on patrol duly Breed ot Co the largest lumber dealers in Kssex County lose everything and estimate their loss at 20000 insurance insur-ance 1 O A narrow escape from death was that of Krnest Williamson who volunteered to take n line of hose up a ladder In front of the Dragger buildlu He wan followed by see cralotlicrs Almost as soon as they reachixl tho roof the intense heat compelled them to beat a hasty retreat Williamson was the lust man who dtfccndcdand was nearly sullbcated before he got a footing on the ladder Jileves canto In from Boston and elsewhere in large numbers and the amount of stealing la large 1owdcr was exploded ai Broad and Kxrhauge street I shattered windows In all directions hut the measure was effectual in stopping the progrwa of the flames In that direction The streets arts covered with a net cter ne work of fallen wlfnswlilclisomrwhat Impede the TIJ OY TIE lIII Tliu central station of the Boston and MaIne road was burned lint and the flames then leaped ncr to Mt Vernon Street p this juncture several citizens lInked hit mayor I have some brick blocks in 11 Vcr lion gtrtct and the Central Church blown up with dynamite in order to slop tho ilames The mayor thougtitEuch a couHc would Imperil the lives and b a hindrance to the firemen Several small buildings were however blown up on Kx chaii u Street but the died was very bIght hopeful feeling prevails pre-vails and Uiero U no question but that the public citizens and shoe manufacturers will soon rally from the terrible catastrophe Over GOO persons arc deprived of employment o families are home lesn and the mayor has Issued a call fur aid The Cronln Mnnlrr CHICAGO Nov Slile entire forenoon teflon in tins Cronin I rornon II 110 Crnin case was taken up with evidence In rebuttal ul buttal Xothlns of interest was developed de-veloped A child of one of the jurors is III and anadjournmentwlll 11 dayThe l taken tills afternoon until Fri The next live witnesses who were called attacked tile reputation of rluWlol Angs Salzinon the man who testi t Rod that a new lock was put on Hares door alter May Silt Pat DIuau owner of tho white whlo horse testified that when ho was belli cpjcfctioned by Capt Schanek In the presence of Coughlin and when Schaack asked him Porn description de-scription of the man who hired the white bone witness replied Coughlin knows bIO and saw bun and can describe him to you better than I can i Andrew B Anderson testified ho was in N Ionians saloon twoor three i times on Sunday night May and on each occasion there ec tion thlr were ten or twelve persons there This l was In rebuttal of the testimony of Hy lauds who testified they drank with Dcullivan there at that time and thst no one else was in the place Chester P Smith next testified He had examined tho flies of the Chicago dally pnpeis and found that Cougbln8 name in connection with the white horse wan not mentioned prior to May 25tb mentone Iror ly was to contradict n wltns fur Ute t contrIct wlne defense who tectified ho taw I about tin tn days after the IY8 aer te murder After another an-other wine had testified in regard t the new cards which OSulliran had printed State Attorney Ixmgc j necker announced the for anDounC case the l > eope closed James feltom was Uien sworn In rebuttal In behalf of defendant Begjca Feltom was secretary of Feltm a republican van club meetlnirut the I Grand Pacific lintel on the evening of May 4th The minutes did uct how whether or not Bailey Dawson 1 Daw-son was there Forrest announced that he would introduce w Ne rebut woul lutuc cessIon to tel testimony at tho show tho whcreabouta of wine the night William F Coughllu on nlgb of May 4th Yl tincitJ tint Tlio court then ann JCL little of tln lte owing to the illness tb daughter of Juror North court tuhter onIer would adjourn until Friday In prue ndJour unt Frdnyln to allow him to go to her bide Ohio Wool Croner ° CoLUjinus Nov 2iLThie OhIo Association new n Wool Growers 4 ltlton hed meeting today Tho attendance m tn lo Tlo atteuolDr was large An address was adopted WI br aodn to the wool growers of the Unite wol grwcrs tle Slates and resolutions adopted askIng Slte nlulous to log the National Association take ntonl to carry out the suggestions proper in the address Lry The features of this address arc In view of the Imminent danger which threatens the industries of our nation and especially tho 110 duction and manufacture of wool the growers of Ohio urge the necessity neces-sity unity I t and activity iu order to avert the peril of free trade and oc free wool with which they are now menaced The woolgrowcrs or Ohio olgrflt leuacl advocate n protective system TarlU allOte I prtecto for revenue will not secure protected wool The growers of the United States are called upon t be fully Upl represented In the national convention conven-tion of woolgrowers to assemble In Washington Dec 31SSO They are fhnll urged to a = k that Congress give the wool and mutton industry protection ant full extent of lie most favored manufacturing industries In-dustries |