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1 1 I 1 r I 1 1 I 1 I 1 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 w I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 boston april 13 an area of acres of ground representing nearly a quarter of the total area of the city marks the scene ot of the great fire which swept through the business section of chelsea last night turning per sons son gout out ot of their homes and causing a profi prof erty lerty damage estimated at approximately today the burned imael area Is E guarded by militiamen and marines to prevent possible looting and military regulations prevail throughout the city early today only three persons were known to have lost I 1 their lives in the fire but it was feared that the number would be increased when a search of the ruins was made over halt half a hundred people were ivere injured and many were taken to the hospitals suffering severely but this I 1 morn morning I 1 ng all the injured ones were reported to be doing well alt although bough several still remained on the dangerous list I 1 I 1 starting near the corner I 1 of cypress and third from a public dump ing ground the blaze spread before a northeast gale straight across the city to the nouh beast east 1 advar advanced feed until alts ts n northerly boundary bun dary reacted the eastern of the roston boston maine railroad thence it ex bended to the of the railroad tp the tracks of the Boston albany ral railroad I 1 road over which it leaped and swept on until checked by a small arc creek k hii an the other side It crept along second street until Broad broadax Bro aday vay was reached and then went along essex and middlesex streets to the waterfront at chelsea creek and then leaped into east boston the distance from the point where the fire started to tho the creek is a mile ani and a halt and the greatest width of tho the fire Is about half a mile f even at the creek the lire fire was not wholly stayed for sparks blown across 1 set fire to several houses and to the plant of the standard oil company the oil plant was still burning at daybreak and was practically destroyed nine buildings were burned including the pump house bouse store honeo cooper shop office and tank rooms the latter containing about barrels of oil the loss on the standard oil property was estimated at concerted efforts towards providing relief tor for the thousands of sufferers were bailly failly started today acting governor GoNer goi arnor nor raper issued a call for an early morning meeting of prominent boston business men at the state house to make plans for raising funds for the temp temporary care ot of the homeless and at about the same hour bour the citizens relief committee also held a meeting v in the city of somerville mayor grimmond issued ii a call for a mass meeting to consider moans of giving aid to tha fire sufferers Si similar nillar action was taken by the executive heads of I 1 other cities it was said thit that the legislature wah wh also be called during tho the day to tale take for the stricken charitable organizations found places tor for many of i the sufferers school houses bouses and other public buildings ings in boston and other places near the stricken city were thrown open to provide temporary lod lodgings bodgin gin and hundreds i of military tents brought from i the state camp grounds at south ram ingrham served as a protection tor for victims of the fire acting governor draper early last night authorized the city of chelsea to procure provisions provision for emergency up to any creaso reasonable amount at vie the expense of the state and dairy and bakery companies generously contributed tri buted large supplies of their products which found their way promptly to the sufferers I 1 butoft notwithstanding the efforts on oil I 1 all sides to render aid there were were thousand sot homeless ones who passed the night wandering the streets or the parks and squares many of the applied at police headquarters for shelter and were cared for temporarily in the court I 1 house early this morning however tents had been pitched in open lots in chelsea and the neighboring city of everett and all applicants were sent to these temporary camps although it was wag impossible to tell even apar approximately the number of people made bor liomel neless ess by the fire conservative serva tive estimates placed it at about while prompt measures ures for caring for the homeless weye bete being taken scores of physicians nurses abid volunteer workers were attending to the injured the chelsea police station was turned into a temporary hospital and rna many sufferers were brought there and treated temporarily later they mere sent to the navy hospital and the I 1 marine bop both of which abich were packed to the limit of their thear capacity from this source and from tho the influx of patients from the two other hospitals hospital which were burned during the afternoon and evening eveni fig over I 1 fifty unidentified babies who had bad been picked up by tho the police firemen and citizens were taken to the police stations they ranged in age from two months to live five years A boy brought in a baby less leas than six months old that hg he had picked up in the gutter gutten A woman brought a pair of boy twins not more than a a year old she said that a frantic mother had thrust the babies into her arms as she stood on the street saying here hold these ive got to mt get the others what became of the mother had not been ascertained at I 1 an early hour today some of the 1 1 derelict infants were taken away during duri I 1 the night by relatives but others remained still unclaimed today Among the women taken to hospitals in ambulances bu lances were two who became mothers after the fire started I 1 the boales bodles of tho the two w women and the man who were found burned to J i death in tho the street last night rel remained I 1 unidentified at the north norih grove street morgue this morning 1 no taia brought to the morgue at that time band and as far i or ae the authorities had been informed that number represents the total of deaths from the fire it was feared however that a search of the ruins by daylight result in the discovery avery of other bodies tho the total taxable property of the city amounted to about and according to estimates by members of the board of assessors assessor the property in the district comred by the fire was worth at least the burned district included a largo large number of manufacturing concerns con cerna stores and business houses many costly residences and tenement buildings churches and public buildings building sr cash to the amount of several million dollars was removed from the safe in the city treasurers treasur ers office before the city hall was burned the valuables left in the safes in tho the burned business houses were guarded from possible looters footers by detachments tach ments of marines from the charlestown Charles town navy yard and companies of Jn infantry fantry and artillery of the state national guard military regulations were enforced and no one unless provided with a pass was permitted to approach the ruined section the liquor licenses in east boston and that part of charles town own adjoining chelsea were suspended today by order of the police commissioner as an aid to the militia and police in their efforts to bring about a condition of order and safety when the dawn broke babke cold and gray over the fire alre swept city tho the fright of the night previous which had bad overcome the populace disappeared parents roamed the streets searching for lost children the school houses of the city as well as those of the neighboring cities and towns were filled failed with lost children and scores of parents went from ono one to another growing more alarmed as each was visited and no tidings of missing children were discovered at 8 the first bread lines liner wore were started those refugees on the lower tilde side of the burned district 1 being served at the district court rooms while those on the upper section were issued rations from the high school building the lines were regulated by the militia the work of clearing away the debris was begun at an early hour under the greatest difficulty dl as the workmen were in ia constant danger from falling walls early in the forenoon the work of searching the ruins of the residential sa section tion of the fire swept district was wa s begun and it w was ats the opinion of tho the authorities that more bodies would be foun foura J 1 naston bostan april 13 ten thousand persons rendered homeless at least thre I 1 burned to death halt half a hundred injured and a property loss of between ta and summaries arises tho th record of dasas disaster r which confronts onta the city of chelsea this morning a aa a result of the great fire of yesterday A i bl blackened ack ened flame charred and smoking mass ass of ruins ruin marking the sites site of I 1 some of the finest public buildings of the city historic churches valuable factory and these structures as well as hundreds of houses cover a bolt three quarters of a mile wide stretching across the city tor for a distance of a mile and a half balf the city was not formally placed under martial law but as a a result of reports of looting the entire burned se section ll 11 and its environs were patrolled by marines from the charleston navy yard and sixteen comp companies a n i e 9 of stat 0 militia infantrymen and artilleryman artillerymen artillery men the soldiers old lers were supplied with ten fen 11 1 I 1 1 rounds of ball cartridges adjutant general william H bingham of the staff of governor galle gaile had per personal 8 onal dir direction action of the work of th the e m federal Get foral bingham said the situation did nol noff seem t to require a proclamation tion of martial na bial law but that after consultation with mayor john E M rock bock of chelsea beai measures were being taken tak n to t o p prevent as far as p possible os sible an q acts act 0 of if vandalism early arl today a consignment of military lar y tents from the state camp grounds a ai south louth Fra framingham mingham were placed at of the relief committee hundreds of them were set upon the pul buic lc playgrounds in everett an ad joining town while others were erected on b open ground nd in the unburned portion of chelsea itself it was cal that these tents each of w 1 aich accommodate five persons would pr serve e to shelter about one halt half the I 1 por neless people charitable organization in boston and other nearby places 1 po we are taking care of the remain der I 1 while aply throe three persons are akely kno known rh to have lost their lives ari inthe afie fire it Is sewed feared that a will disclose 1 more victims tife th e bodies of the dead areat the I 1 north grove street morgue they are I 1 burned beyond recognition two of the bodies are those of women the other is s that of a roan man all met death apparently patently ly while fleeing from the flames and thelt their charred bodies were found in the streets where they had fallen scores of persons including many firemen arid policemen were overcome bap by smoke while lo 10 many suffered severely I 1 from burns received in lighting fighting the pre re atthe at the hospital it was said today all of the seriously injured were doing well wel though several were still on the dangerous list 1 1 the fire was discovered at 1030 30 sunday morning at the plant ot of the blacking factory at the northern end of the city and fanned by a stift stiff breeze it if spread quickly it swept a path of ruin through the business see sec tion and destroying tenement houses I 1 on either cither side was only stopped when it reached chelsea creek a mile and a halt distant it is said the fire originate ateo in a refuse pile on the city dump where rag P pickers ickers had bad kindled a blaze to dry some wet rags according ton oa insurance men the total loss will exceed and roay may reach the insurance Is estimated roughly at mayor beek beck has already received offers of financial aid from many cities and pro preparation pa ration for immediate relief for the homeless were being made while the fire was still burning this morning the citizens relief committee which was organized tern tem last night will have an adjourned meeting at which plans for systematic relief work will be formed among the injured were fireman carroll of charlestown Charles town overcome dy by smoke and burned about head bead condition critical charles carroll doston boston overcome and badly burned con atlon critical mrs alas marine hos hospital p ital in bal bail condition gave birth to child yesterday and nd removed frome burning house VA H leach chelsea t burned police officer W J onell oneil chelsea overcome pollo police officer T E flynn chelsea jover come captain B F hayes engine 27 boston overcome and ordered home bernard johnson volunteer fireman boston burned about head sohn john gowdy chelsea leg injured hefferman engine 27 overcome by smoke sally pally watkins an aged cripple re bayed from burning house by four harvard students suffering from f rom shocks shock district chief chef albert porter boston burned about head and face collapsed I 1 sergeant charles F dug augin in I 1 fifth company coast artillery head e yes and face burned ladderman J W robinson chel pea head and face burned fireman james H libby elbby cambridge overcome by smoke A 0 holland chelsea face burned M af 1 yern frn no address burned about head bead and face W J seaver paralytic removed from burning plows places four times suffering from hoak I 1 thomas pond chelsea suffering tiff ering from excitement and weakness following recent operation joseph broken leg captain 11 reble lynn fire depart ment dangerously burned I 1 S baumstein aged 11 chelsea atmo arme burned I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 chief evans melrose melvoid fire department face and anda hands handl burned captain williams Ch chelsea elgea head and shoulders burned I 1 1 H guinn coast artilleryman face and hands burned A C rooney lynn burns P rogers lynn burns bums C C stover fireman lynn burns W 3 northrop foreman lynn burns F J pike fireman lynn burns R D dwyer fl fireman reman lynn burns captain A avery very lynn burns I 1 sergeant gaillac Galli ac chelsea police overcome by smoke frank mccarthy policeman burn ed private albert knowlton fifth pom company pany coast artillery overcome by smoke philip borlond Bo chelsea Ch eleca assistant fire chief burns frank A chose chase chelsea Oh elsea overcome by smoke euid ud suffer suffering fig from heart trouble codd condition ver serious IOUs paul freeman infant burns at least two children word were born bora during the fire mrs J smoke of chestnut street and mrs J al af nold of 77 maverick I 1 street w were ere the mothers of odthe the tsIn in both cases the births occurred shortly we b afore fa re the fire reached the homes of lot the parents the mothers and children were removed to the naval hospital in an ambulance 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