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THE NEW : BERN SUN-JOURNAL THREE GREATER FIPE . M T OF Woman- E taped By Sawing;; Bars. Had Aid4 , r From Other inmates - I TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER, S,t 1922. HE HISTORY. THIS STATE vt1' Will-FIRE From Jail Map ,Qn. This, Page. Gives Some Idea of ; the Ex ' tent of the .Great Fire Which., Rendered more 1 nan ouvy nomeiess. Here are tbe , first pictures of the great disaster which visited. New, Bern last Friday and whieh caused the destruc tion of . more than 1000 homes ; and other buildings and re suited in, 3 000 persons being homeless today. -" ' Here are a few pertinent facts in connection with the - fire: ' " - -.' .:.' '' ' ' " -,' ' , 1 ' " , The . first conflagration broke out at 8 . o'clock Friday morning when; firemen were called to the Roper Lumber Company mill,, which, was burned with a resulting damage of $250,000., : While, this blaze was at its 'height another alarm was turned - in from the extreme opposite end of the city. This alarm came at. 9;30 , o'clock. .r A house, belonging to Henry 'Bryan, colored,, on Kilarmonic street, had caught afire as -the result of a defective flue. - ' . Still laboring zealously : to confine the destruction at the Roper Mill to' as small an area as possible, the firemen - could not answer the second alarm until "half an hour after it' was turned in. ' . , ' . A -high wind', sweeping tot the Neuse river, fanned the flames in-a vicious' manner and -caused the fire to spread rapidly through' the, thickly congestd district. Within an hour after there started there weret a score or more houses in flames. Defying -all efforts; to check it, the conflagration Ccr.tinued to" increase its scope- of destruciton. Block , after block' was- deptroyed while firemen, . assisted by many volun teers, fought futiley to stay the holocaust. . ' . Fire appartus arrived from' Kinston and Washington -and firemen alko came from; Greenville: ' These . helped ma terially. Many, homes and stores were " dynamited. On this page will be,found a map oftthe City of New Beril, showing in the('shaded area the extent of the damage. The fire 'startedJat the" extreme Ilefk, of ;tbshaded pohion 'and' continued V.n. its 'Jway to. the Neuse river. It include. an area of 40- bJocks; -aUof which' are not shown on the map. For a time the Union ; Station was 5 threatened, but heroic ' efforts on the part of, the firemen saved that structure. Sparks fiew thick and fast and caused the destruction of warehouses, sheds' and docks' along the waterfront as shown on th emap. - V The; photograph shown on this page is that ' of the.; Stewart Sanitarium, located on George street, a brick build- j m$ of whichnothing but the walls are now left standing. , ' : ' In tfie51 ashes of the fire there, are houses that cost', from j iffiit tn , -f pn ' thousand ' dollars and houses) . that r would . be 1 ? ' '-"-" i '- 22 4 . V guarded them as they left the com- -lA ' I.-'?? pany offices; felled .them with pis- , - 1 - ' . ' . ; - . t'v , i tol-butta and fled with a bafe con- ' ' ' - - . jf,H; . . taming $8770 in cash and checks V X I 4- ff i) ' , . . Tl ' I I " calling for about $5000. . rt Mm. . - SK . LILLE llAJMEit UUI&MISL - New Bern's fire is the .greateetand the." most devastating that t ever ba occurred in ' North Cctrp&na, v . - Immediately ' following the .conflagration,- when; it wareaJ2ed that more than 300 persons were homeless, Harry M'. Jacobs called a mass'meet ing of cHzena at the reourt houe 'and : explainedthe ' situation which- eoj- -: fronted New Bern. "'j . iJ Within "half an hour a relief fund of $H, 000 had been raised.' Com mittees were appointed to take ctoargs of -various phases of xelief Work. The organization worked with-cmoothness , and efficicen and everyone volunteer- . ed their1 services.' The v6 men were" peciaJly active. Saturday morning-thy had an' emergency-"-- kKchen at the West Street graded school and 'aery- , d 6000 : meais "during "the -oourse-.:of the day. Hundreds of negroes slfnt Friday night 'In rarehousea,: bos: cars and ishedSi Many were ''taken - Care of in the graded school building.. ' . Camp Bragg . sent-.ft trainloadvof cots; tents;- blankeM.,'-hiatweiSEea and othe'r Bupplies.Tli Coaet'-Guard Sta- tion at Norfolk shipped -bankets ftiid mattresses'. The" Red Gross: sent sweat-- ers'stnd sox. Other cities tmniediately begaa raising s donations .' and thpe beganL arriving by train. -and in tr.It?! Saturday .? night ivery' one rof - the fire 'victims was housed temporarily and all were-being fed regularjy. Two meals a day have been 'setved -atv the colored graded school v- aim-tf last Friday. 'Additional women and men hav& "offered their' fceWicei The rfihef work is now in charge .o'f Carter. Tay- : lor, ..chief of -field i'work.; Smvthern revision of thg-'Red Cross. H,.a in command of all the dcpartmenta and is doing a most efficient vr&v&.j ..yj i f - The Salvation Army alsa tma - been rendering splendid seTvJaevVaavhaVe the Woman's Club and other to1uen1-s organizations of the city.. No one has held backhand "atl seems to realise tlie extreme gractty of the situation as, it exists today. : - : ,'rJ . -,; . 'Here is a "photo oftthe Stewart Sanilariuni . on George street, of which nothing, is now left except ; the ' cotlv at five hundred. There are churches and stores ana waus. , iue nre racuu u UL v "riv " warehouses, a factory and a ship-building( plant. , S 5 The fire came nearest the business section of vNew Bern wheri it was'; balked at the Union: Station, . The principal sec- tion of the .town; is in '.the. lower, ngnt-nana ; section oi us ; mAp. ' t ' - - i' f There Mvas one, loss of . life- that of an old negro woman, wjio was burned, to daft1 , - ' r i- i The fire- was brought under control shortly before 6 o'clock Friday evnmg, although it . continued to , Durn in many sections until 'almost midnight., .-", The totaj.' damage - of the day's destruction will run in f Excess of two million 'dollars, it ',. is, stated' v About one.-third of. this was' covered by insurance. ,( ' , f , urn. stood. t ' n . n n I have, given 75 pairs of shoes to be donated ,to the , ones in , distress: 60 pairs of new ones and 15 pair bi repaired, and I will also give 1 5 1 per cen of v my cash-taken in within the next four days. Bring us your work and help the ones m distress.' u: . ;Expert ipe Repairisig GUS SANSONE, Mgr. 0., - - - "fr " . 1 . .. i( 4 - - r i i 5 ' " ' 1- Here is a picture which shows what happened to" half a hundred or more homes that were in the path of the fire.- This house' 'was dynamited and, as can be seen, a good job was made of ' it. This same scene occurred in many part of the city where it was found imperative to resort to these tactics in order to check the flames. FIRE NOTES men. Much of the food was given to the Salvation Army without cost. The medical officer and two assist ant wno- were expected to arrive here yesterday irom ump uragg, had not shown up at 3 o'clock this afternoon. They probably will get in this evening. overcoats.' Citizens' ' who Have over coats that are in good condition are urged to donate them to the relief committee for distribution, provided that they can spare them. St. Cyprians Church has been con verted into an emergency hospital nnj first aid station. r. Latham i;-s in' charge, assisted by the ex-superintendent ;of St. Luke's irtvpital. Much clothing has been received, but among the Jot are very few - - ' ' ' . Mayor Clark asserts that some of the draymen of the ;city are making execessive charge,- for hauling wood and other things. He states that this will not be tolerated for a moment and Urges all citizens to report to j him whore excessive charges arc made. Mayor Clark had a telegram today from M. K. Wiiliard. secretary, an nouncing that a representative the Carolina Insurance Company will be given as fast as adjustments are completed through .their agent, Miss Mary T. Oliver. The company TiaS 'in sured about forty buildings in the devastated area. They also enclose a check of $")() for the relief fund. A 200-gallon steam .cooker has been installed at Kafer's Bakery and is now btong used for cooking cab bage, potatoes and doing other quan tity cooking. THREE BANDITS MADE ASSAULT ON CASHIER Jomorrow Morning r--- ------ ' - j Hjf . v - . ' .tr" - .-TV; QLEEPr-restful slee; as food arid. water. 'as . neccsssi-..t'U once dunng,tb .nigm and yet the right kind bf &$tvi ' - 'n fci.W .,tAj-,.JrtK if. -jv.. ; : . ; ju. '' V. t 'JC (By Associated Press) WEST NEW YORK, N. J., Dec. 5. Three bandits . today attacked the cashier of the Public Service Gas Company and a policeman who How do you feel whe or restecl? Depressed or invigor atsd mind, look well at the mattress on which !' 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