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Show ONLY RUINS REMAIN. Fire in Baltimore Under Control After Fearful Financial Loss. ' Tho district swept by flames In tho city cf Baltimore cemprises sovonty-flvo sovonty-flvo blccks and nearly 2 500 buildln-s. Tho loss will reach fully $100,000,000. Not a slnglo llfo has been lost, and not a human being has boon ovoa dangerously danger-ously Injured. Tho hospital lists consist con-sist of minor burns, with tho exception of Jacob Ilglngrltz, a fireman from York, Pa, Ho has a fracturo.1 log nnd Is badly burned. Thoro has been llttlo or no excitement, excite-ment, and thoro has Teen no hysteria. Thoro hns been no disorder, and there has boon no looting or attempt nt looting. Bnltlmcro now Is as orderly as a vlllago, and only tho throb of the I lnborln? flro engines and tho boom of dynamlto as It brings dangerous walls to tho ground disturbs tho quiet. I So far there haa been no cnll for aid. Proffers of assistance have como from many quarters, from sister cities, from , corporations, and from prlvato cltl- 1 zons, Tho Presldont Btroat railroad station Is used as barracks for tho militia, mi-litia, which Is enforcing martial law. The building caught flro a nurrbor of times, mid whenovor tho dcon wo-o operod a shower of sparks was carr'ol lcsldo. J. Frank Suppleo, a cempe-tcnt cempe-tcnt authority on factory statistics, ostlmatos that tho number of porsons thrown out of employment will reach I fifty thousand. Others havo estlnnted ' tho enforced Idleness at greatly moro. Tho general assembly met at tho Btato house at Annnpolls, Monday night, to consider plans for tho relief of tho flro conditions In Baltimore. Senator Gill of Baltlmcro Introducol a bill authorizing Governor Wnrfleld to dcclaro ten successlvo logal holidays In tho stricken city, ro as to aid prop erty owners and othor lcssrs by tho flro to got tholr buslno3s afTalrs In as good stinpo as possible. Tho hill, ( which was passed ut onco and signed by tho governt-r, also authorizes him to extend the suspension of business beyond ton dnys If necessary. An expert, tho city building Inspector, Inspec-tor, cstlmntes tho loss In bulldlnvs alone nt 150,000,000. On tho other hand, It Is said thnt Insuranco estimates esti-mates do not placo tho total loss at a greater flguro. |