Show B ALTIMORE FIRE HAS SPENT IT Burned Over Ocr District Amounts to toOne toOne toOne One Hundred and nod Forty l Acres LOSS AT PRESENT PRESEN IS 18 UNKNOWN Thai on da Buildings Alone is 5 Placed at Excitement Dis Disorder order or Looting Baltimore Jeb Ie 8 Whoa darkness fell tell tonight the people of ot this stricken city know the wor t woi WIlS over The Then n names mc which for tor more than 24 U hours houri had wept swept ly through the thu tit h heart rt of ot tho the city ell were checked chocked An army arm of ot firemen train from many mallY clues cities working unwearied and aided by a 11 muddy little stream str finally lly conquered Worn by n R night and day doy of ot terror the great crowds that watched the tho ruin of ot their city turned homeward home and i nd ut midnight the Iho streets were deserted ao aavo for tor the th police and military who guarded the burned area To the tho south n a red rea glow rices and full fills marking HO ncr 11 75 15 squares of ot property that drat yesterday represented values to the tho extent of or from to Not Nol fen even a close approximation can bo be male IM e of ot the lost loss No Nu guess etui can be made of ot the Insurance An n expert the th city building Inspector estimates the lose loe In buildings alone Dt Rt On the tho other hand It tt ItU ItIs Is U said old that Insurance estimates do not Mt place the total loss Iou at nt ft n greater figure So Bo far tar thero there has been no systematic nt at attempt tempt to fix the Iho values that were r rope rep represented p presented resented In III the district In that which Is tonight n devastated waste One factor that will figure largely In Inthe inthe the final estimates consists of ot the tho us se rarities In the banks and trust com corn companies panics whose homes horned were destroyed Their vaults aUtS und mid sates safes tonight orb ore In Inthe Inthe Inthe the ruins ruIn covered with tons lens of or debris Experts Kiperts who have given them as ae close examination as possible express the thO be belief belIet bellet lief lIet that the contents are safe ante On the correctness or falsity of ot this belief boiler depends many JOany millions of ot dol lair JIM THERE WAS NO DISORDER There has been little or no excite excitement ment meat and there has been no hysteria There has haa been no disorder and thero there has been no looting or attempt nt at loot lootIng in log Ing Baltimore tonight Is ns as orderly at u a village and only the tho throb of at tho the thoI laboring I line engines and the lie boom of ot dynamite as M It brings dangerous walls to 10 the th ground disturbs disturb the quiet So far there has hils been no call for tor aid old Proffers of ot assistance have come como from many quarters quarter tram train sister cities from tram corporations and from private citizens but tonight cannot say lay whether or not It will be he needed or ac accepted ac accepted C That will be decided tomorrow NORTHERN LIMITS At Al 12 1230 30 this afternoon the corthern limits limite of at the fire firo had traveled from Fayette ette street to Eastern avenue At this point half halt n a l dozen fire VIM Nil were fighting from tram the tho rear r ar while other ether companies flanking on tho the Jones Jonel Falls nIl and tie tle Liberty street bor hoc ders den Sandwiches and coffee lewd from tram drays dras and coal was fed ted to th Ih the engines Every ver bridge over oer Jones falls had a Ii score of ot firemen and not Infrequently they the were compelled to turn their at aI from towering pyres to put ul out flames names on the floor between thorn thom and deep water aler Both Doth banks of ot Jones Falls Fulls lined with lumber yards ards and the tho Piles on one were blazing con those In the the other throwing oft off of clouds of team steam caused by the water turned lurn d on wood heated almost to the tho point of at Igniting The President street railroad tenon station Is I used ns III barracks for tor tho the militia mill which hl h in is enforcing martini martial law The building naught fire nr a 0 number of ot times and ana whenever the doors were opened a tt 1 shower of at sparks park wan wad carried Inside J Frank Fronk A 1 competent au nu on factory statistics sl estimates that the number of ot pOrtions persona thrown out of ot employment will rOaCh reach Others have estimated tho the enforced Idleness nt at greatly 1111 more mort moreA mortA A TOWER Ott Ol RUINS Like a 1 grim TIm tower lower In the tho ruins stand the tho walls wall of ot the Conti Trust company building The rho walls of oC tho ft Ohio build lag ar standing endling but the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania directly across Calvert street treet Is tho walls wl lIs remain of ot the once tely Equitable building Only remnants of ot ono wall left nt what was w e ow the th National hotel qt t Ho lild ay and Fayette streets No buildings buildings are MI left standing as aa far n nn i the cute eye can new nee down Awn Baltimore street t from tram this street along Ahng the tho south soul side of pay Gay On street there them u 11 the Ih sumo picture of at destruction A broken brOk n sign and anel a tottering front wall Show how iw v hero here the till Maryland W C T U building bull oneo stood Adl thu Ihl tl was wart W S tho rho building hll t hl b by thA iron Ship Shill company Tho The n on this square Is nl at ato alo ao o m In rums ruins Tho costly United I in course of ot construction fil and t upIng the tho triangular block be bu tween I mid and Niter streets and ngn place pince Is paid to be ruined l Th Irble IP blocks are ruined mined the tho 1 rm ml on the tho south smith side Ido are soar salil to bo be boand b 1 I and tho ho marble Is I cracking In Nr k eg pa The Tho Thor only other Moral i i damaged damaRe was the United st atom Storn No I 1 diagonally across Ih h si sir t I Tho Interior sustained darn dam ilK Ig 8 iu iii U the Iho outer walls are uro Intact tho the building in 11 that section s whoso whose wr ails were preserved pt West Nest trl r i 1011 ng Pratt street are arc only debris iron flumes leap lea and In 1 play I n street oil weal trot Oay 01 for tor the mi ks the tho oil In the wreck of ot lb h M tl Oil oik building IS tOll and anda the III as a I of It o at St i h i 1 IM nn II bunting out of the A PALL Ll Cw 01 SMOKE S M ease ih Ihl the smoke rolled rolle l 1 cut and jy anent bluck bek clouds over the tho ruins 1 Ur In for many squares a 1 almost Is l nl I hl ni by reason 0 ot of tho Ike hUla huge u Wry nry and the ore water r with which the fire companies flooded that section The rhe electric wires are ft a 1 tangled net nel network network work and tho the trolley wires are down Iown In III every direction At 1 wharf where u freight station of ot the thu North Central road Is le located 10 en ted the flames flamel fed nil all day duy on the Inflammable trimming of ot the annex to the powerhouse e of fit the tho United Unite States railway tho the main build building buildIng ing of at which was gutted early this tide morning The fhe walls ot or both buildings however remain Intact The rho large buildings of ot the tra Miller Fer oer Fertilizer company the Oil com pony lOn C M Robinson dealer In seeds need II and the Martin Marlin Wagner company compan canners and packers opposite the slip Blip from the tho powerhouse were destroyed und and the tho ruins burned throughout the night Many Of t the occupants of ot Ill III fated Pratt street were saloonkeeper and dealers In second secondhand hand In ln nothing today to Indicate that these thelle places ever existed save in 0 for tor brick piles plies All the buildings at lit Dugans wharf near by b were destroyed The Tho Hutch In son ron on Feed concern at this point Is also In ruins Stretching from here down East and West W Falls Falls avenue were a 0 number nun bel of at business bu establishments Among Amon these thelle the Lime Cement com s plant and nud Cockrans Icehouse were burned The fhe large tour story building of ot the McCormick Drug com corn ut East Insl Falls avenue und and Pratt street street was ruined eis The William Tell house a IL saloon and hotel at nt Last East tolls balls avenue and Pratt street the tho Hoffman house houst another hotel near naf by the T J Myers large IUro story packing plant and the tho W W Boyer no er packing plant were destroyed The Tho Commercial building a structure at the corner of ot Lombard ana amt Guy Oay streets stretching over oer halt half a n 1 block Is hI destroyed but the tho vaults are arc ro safe lIate FInE CHECKED Im Tho The cheering story stor that the Jre fire had been checked spread rapidly over the tho city and the crowds that all RII day had surged over the tightly drawn fire firo lines lInell ese dec decided dart jo Jo o return homeward Uness Un tho the now blows blow briskly from tho the northwest should change It Is III be believed that there Is no further danger danier nut Hut the tired firemen are aro taking no chances All over the burned district they are tonight night lighting fighting fight the tho fierce flames flames that still live live In large large piles of ot ruins These fires are aro no menace 1 how however aver ever for ter they have have nothing to to feed upon outside their present limits During the afternoon tho the wall willi of at flame ate te Its way In a f southerly and westerly direction toward the tho water waterfront waterfront front Sporadic fires sprang Into exIstence ex existence and caused tho the withdrawal of ot apparatus and men from tho the line lino of at battle Buildings old and now new large and Ind small stores ships ship every able class of at business vanished as the thee fire firo swept onward As All tho the day dBY wore on the forefront of ot the flee fire neared Jones Falls alls a II small I Istre stream m that trends north and south and I separates Baltimore from that portion of at the city known as ns East Baltimore This little stream was wall tho the last stand If It tho the fire leaped It It if by b flying em embers embers bers bore or a n rush of ot flame the fire could cross crass cr ss and gain gala a 1 foothold Its extent could not be foretold Tremendous efforts were mado to block It Dynamite was wa used freely treely The Tho fire apparatus was centered and andall andall all the skill of ot the tho fire lire fighters fighter called Into play to defeat the element clement that had eaten a tel up 1111 millions million of at dollars worth of ot property And human skill and Pluck und and grit and unfaltering courage won The fire was checked nut But be behind behind behind hind It lay Iny a 1 great grent waste of ot more moro than Ito acres aeres In extent Every street that led to the tha fire area was crowded with spectators Down the narrow street the smoke hung densely split now and then by a red glare Inre of ot flame Hume Tho The crash crR h of ot falling buildings was W S lost In tho the roar of o exploding ex exploding ploeUng dynamite as RS It was used to de molls structures na nil yet 01 untouched by byTho lire fire rho Tho city was under the strictest of at military control All around the tha brined brunell area was stretched n cordon of ot soldiers who held up all comers at nt the tho point of at atthe the bayonet Police 1 lIeo brought train from the neighboring cities clues the district and at the limits of at tho the fire zono zone paced I armed sentries In III the tho early hours of ot tho the morning horning tho the army arm of ot fire tighter lighters coped against a overwhelming odds and anI when day broke the flames wore were raging along the time wharves and about the great frat powerhouse of ot the United Hallways company which lie tho the power for tor all RII the th street railways ays of oC tho the city Then the tho llamas flames their way vay with undiminished force torce southward tot fol following lowing tho the lines of at Jones Falls anti ami vero V I finally dually checked near the waters edge at West Falls avenue tit tn tho the southeast section cotton of at tho the city Thero Thera tho the flames continued through tonight hut but only In spots and with diminishing fierceness AREA OF DEVASTATION The Tho burned arm nr n is lit a ft scene eno of com corr i I plate devastation Numberless build buildings hags ings In that wore the pride of ot were destroyed only smoldering debris or ur walls or remnants of ot walls remain Ins 1111 to murk mark the sites plies The Tho Baltimore American building one ono of or the th finest t is II isnow isnow now lOW but A 1 ruin Across South street wh ro stood Hi III the Hun Sun build building lag ing I nil only tie the U e pillar that marked tho the front remain inure Entire blocks blOk just below he low I thero there uro tiro wiped out From Fayette I yette street down Clown street as tar flU as IM asHerman Herman street treet th there re Is ii no building Idt rave 10 the tha torn earn and lour hour exchange at It the Ille I corner of ut lennan street Flint build I Ing lt 11 whoso whose wall walls tower lower above l the th rum crum crumbling bling IMbrie of ot what were Vero adjoining III structures structure was gutted and ami his tho at a stead ml lId In lug 1111 walla walls farmed u a cauldron the Tho th flames ot of burnt ut at I t limes Virus yh HM 11 ow hut but could emu eat UI eta tut U further in la numerous tI at wr w Uw the alma I tUt U adieu urn ILl and to Iii 0 t n the th ht of or the Ine DeW rw wu w Ug that tUi I wr were left AN lu U our I of It Uti 01 oi ht tit hi wt lb Ih of 1 11 I tilt TIM bt b f t dig t lu Ii I a 1 r rna III V r e awl at a plants of ot Kuhn Son Soli The Tho dimming Cummings Melville distillery another building the wholesale of tit A Co nt itt Water Waler and ray Oay la streets and tind other oilier similar es ell establishments es establishments on Guy Ouy au street were de M toyed strayed lit Tho The wholesale randy candy manu manufactory factory of ot the tho Lauer Suter Buter company nt at Lombard and Frederick streets tlC cm em embracing bracing three houses on Oil Lombard and two on Frederick ouch each of them a 0 tour four story atory structure went vent next The Inflammable mable character of at the contents c of ot there I buildings will give an Idea of ot the fierce fierceness fierceness ness of the tho blaze Spirits Spirit II fed ted the wood and the heat was terrible Buildings sprang Into living lanes flames before lire fire touched them and und brick and el stone one and mortar crumbled like chalk A complete completo list lint of ot the tho buildings de do destroyed anti and the firms burned out would be n II business directory of ot the tho burned area r The Tha burned district comprising acres lIera of ot n a roughly roUgh drawn right angle triangle tonight Is III plied piled tl with heaps and masses of ot brink betel stone anti twisted Iron from irom which occasional walls of ot tho the themore more structures tower toner some seemingly red ready re dy to lo fall tall at any In tan Flames still rising sing from many man of ot of the ruined d buildings build f and the burning gas gns tram from the tho broken mains give light for tor forthe tho the firemen who are pressing steadily Inward from the Uta border of at the burned region leRlon The cordons of ot guards completely en encircling encircling encircling circling tho the fire area have hll restricted the number of ot spectators within u n min minImum mum ropes rOlles being stretched across the entering streets with the armed m mem niem members I bers hers of at the tho federal und and national guard on duty to keep back the crowds In Inthe Inthe Inthe the crowds were found not only the In Inhabitants inhabitants habitants of ot but many mun visit visitors visitors ors from Washington Annapolis WIN NII and surrounding towns town even Own ns ot tar far ns as Philadelphia The path critics are aro remarkably quiet and or 01 orderly ordeny deny derly Inside the lines the tho streets were en |