Show n n FIRE FIB STILL RAGING At Midnight 1 Was Wn Unchecked Going Mi Ah n nd Md AId Feb Jcl 7 The fire which broke broko out nt at a 1 few te ow minutes be before belie fore lie 11 1 t this morning In the tho wholesale le dry Ir goods house hOll of ot John JohnT Johl T r Hurit t Co o hus has raged rogel nUb un unrestrained UI restrained fury tury continuously ever eer since Ince and 11 nt itt 1 midnight It I Is Mill tl unchecked IN eating Un Its but hit II steadily 11 way vay wa on street aft after af er 01 I having destroyed nil all the tM large urge mores antI and all warehouses s In Iii 11 the wholesale district 1 ro d Hopkins unit nit all ni the tho building on both bothIlde sides Ilde of ot street from Howard to street and Charles and to to Lexington and olf oI Lafayette street to to Hoi 01 Illa including a it total of or twenty twenty ty I blocks of tie tho most modern modem ami Hub NUb 11 in lr In giving u a I loss which cannot now bo ho estimated but which has hal certainly al nl already ready reached or o I ver since Inee about aboul G 13 J wh whIm when n darkness came the fite department although h aided by engines from Cronl Wash WashIngton Ington Philadelphia Wilmington arid Iho tho ho has hal been bee ut ul utterly utterly terly t rl powerless to 0 any effective resistance to the tho consuming element clement thought though for tol houra as an al many ns us 40 of ot water ero uro thrown tutu Into 1110 the Indeed BO so 10 t has jas 11 beer been the heat hent ever eor since Inc tho the tiro Iro started und and Ind to so dense lel o and suffocating tho the volume lull of or lt hying and burning cinders that lint It I urna difficult for tor the lie firemen frolen to 10 long Ion within lighting of ot tho ho lames while early In the afternoon several trucks and engines were hope disabled II by hi b timbers timber H HAt At 7 Hie lie situation was Wil en ato JD des that Thief ehler Horton decided deidad that thai the tho only thing left lef to do ut was to dyna dynamite mite buildings nt at lt threatened points anti and thus thin prevent an M far tar ns as n a n further spread of ot the lie thames flames In put pur pursuance of ot this plan a it number nUm r of If build buildIngs bul loge Ings on 01 Houth Kauth Clinches street between lorman and Lombard were blown up im Subsequently Sub the splendid structure ture of t J 1 W V notion nolon dealer denier nt Charles filth 1010 streets was Wal sas dy dynamited b anti ami th thell lieu n the lie DaiY building ihus drug store and However this heroic remedy merely morely delayed but ul did dill nut not ly tho the onward of or the tue conflagration and for two tto hour hourI or more inure the tire lre de tIe deportment Was nl practically helpless nut h 11 In the tho face taco of tho the roaring furnaces which sent enl their fierce nOrM tongues O 00 feet tret Into the lie air and which tilled Ailed he heavens nIsI list with wih u ii 1 pall pal of ot blade blacic funeral smoke anti and then with wih livid of and lurid cinders Following the he rapid destruction of ot thin tho commercial In Inthe Inthis this the district tho the cyclone of ot roaring lames burst burRI Into street up lP within a tow ow min tho Mullins hotel like sonic dome anti and rapidly rolling with wih I Irresistible force forc both built east rind mid welt vest cutting down III llo Ri anil retail houses manu factories shops Jewelry mores furn I turf depots anti and rants At Charles lule HI rt the tho ss tide tl swept on l dowl Baltimore but bit nUn also turned d Into Inlo Charles Tharies street ot where It quickly engulfed I tho ito eleven story rURI building At t R S I of the Daily herald r building at It lat onti St 81 lul nud of the Ihl building op 01 wore were 1011 to a vacate aCle by the rs fi WM il M ei the Iho occupants of ot tin tho COlvert and structures two ot of tin tho most massive buildings In itt Down DOIn street strett a I wall wal of ot roaring llam 1111 8 swept pv In I course lOUII re the be 1 News 1 rI I rr tresi m tho ito 1111 i d to tn hat nw n II though not until able abl bl rn lull Ill ben been removed Shortly the n nl 1 I hl story building took tok it lr Re A block below the Newspaper building was waR enveloped in clouds of sparks and burning splinters go 80 that at It this Ihl hour It I In Is II certain that the Uio Herald American will wi not no got out Ue hAueR tomorrow the Ihl thi Bun has hn been ben arranging to print Its Is to tomorrows tomorrow tomorrows morrows morrow edition In itt Its Job which IH Iii l situated edion at ot a a distant point from the path of Or the fire fre frehe The he financial district Including the tho chief banking and Ind brokerage limit on South antI and Jorman streets teems seems to tobe tobe tobe be now doomed and scores ot of the tho clyl leading financier nod 11 nil business men menate ate scurrying In and olt oOt of or their of or offices flees fire I bearing or placing alu rubles in lit conveyances During all 11 these hours the Iho pyrotechnic nit nic ni dl hafl hal ina been bOen b en celt t and 1111 Imposing beyond the power of ot painter to depict d At Al this hour vast of or tone are skyward at nt vary varying nr ing points of or the tho compass and the tho firmament IH Is one ann vast prismatic ocean of or golden olle and ol sparks spark threat Great multitudes of or people line lne the streets awestruck nwe with the panorama which Is II being enacted before their eyes eu At 1040 the roof root of ot the build huld lug Ing II occupied by tho the Associated Press took Ire and the tho were mm rum lre to vacate though they the had to tako away with wih them item th m their tele Ide telegraph graph Instruments typewrite and other valuable equipment They found refuge In hi n a branch tanch of or the West Vest Western Vestera era ern Union company on 01 day thay street The Th prospect IH ill I that Hint this Ihl will have h ho to o be b vacated catel In lit a few rew minutes mInute an antho I a athe the tho flames lIre are breaking west and nd cast and of sparks and cinders tire are lre Hying In every Iel direction At this thUr hour the tire lire Ire Is 1 absolutely hur all ott of ot otIn beyond control and 11 occupants buildings In the center of it the city cl tire ne rapidly Ing their lieu Valuables The Tho city hospital corner corer of ot Calvert and Is IA removing to other as cue rapidly ai as n po n the 21 patients In that Institution Seventeen Injured were iere brought to 10 this thi hospital most of or them firemen They were lere suffering from burns senile and und lacerations welO Nearly every eor physician In tho city cly Is In the tho fire re district 80 So far tar M na known at nt this hour no nil one has tins been killed Detachments of at the thuc Fourth and W have beep been called out and ad andare are patrolling the tho tie streets In 11 the th vicin vicinity ity iti ty of ot the lire lre guarding property und and I keeping order thus thul tar far the th conflagration tion not reached the tho residence por portion thou tion tun of ot the thu th rib city but tires am are breaking out In East EMI rt Baltimore and the thO Indica Indications are that lie tho th residence streets tire are ae tons doomed to tn be tie Invaded rd The Indications tiro itro that lint not nt n i tingle single mornIng newspaper will wi be able to jet get et out nut an un Issue tomorrow morning moring with the possible exception of ot tho the Sun which twit baa ha an 11 auxiliary plant There Thre tire Ut live lve morning papers hore three H ti nut and two 10 German The Ip ilp Ohio hlo railroad Il rood office onel hau hn been heen destroyed Ic ami aud so IU building hns thin the Maryland Institute of or Art rt At 11 lU 4 3 the ho temporary CUll cue custom tom omit house haule adjoining the Ule IO caught lire Ire One Ono hundred unit and fifty tt po pa policemen from Philadelphia have hlo ar nr arrived rived to assiSt n the th Baltimore police NO LOSS OF 0 LIFE II Md Mu hl Fob Foh 8 SAt At 3 this lute morning the tho tire lire Iro was wag raging fierce fiercely ly b h Ho rIo HI far u ni mum known nt at It taU hour no 10 rlou mud had 11 been reported to the thu Ihl police Jolo Telegraph telephone tl amid nud wires ulriS of or cub all u kinds are Iro pros proc havo have been beon beenk ruled kept k pt lt busy nil ni night removing unit furni furniture ture tire rum ruin rm tin the und and In iii the throat The lire Ira tr has ho now tiow 10 cov cover CO of t of ot a n er erect nn out 11 urea area Irea tulle In 11 by II a u quarter of ot ofa otI ofIL a IL I tulle mile in h will wi tl ii tatting taking in lit many of ot time the most Olt mie important buildings in tn tho the city elt eit No Nn otis lne will wi venture an alt 10 of ot th the lots kiss IC |