Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1904 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

ASHEN WASTE IS BALTMORE One Hundred and Forty Acres of the City a Ruin. * - ~ .„•* * LOSS IS SIMPLY IMMENSE But Experts Fear to Estimate What It Will Aggregate WILL BE OYER $100,000,000 Bay Some, hut tbe Building Inspector Hays $150,000,000 in Buildings Alone Is Annihilated. i - ♦»**************** lilt ‘ ! BALTIMORE FIRE FACTS. ! «i * » ] | Total loss (estimated) $100,000,0001! 1 1 Number of blocks burned 80j ) ; [Number of buildings burned 2,500! | 1 > Burned area in acres 140 j J <> Number firms burned out 7,000 < > ! !Insurance involved $30,000,000i > !!Number companies affected 129!, ! ! Persons thrown out of work 50,000! ! | | Duration of fire in hours 82} \ J | Number policemen on guard I.IOOJ [ ' > Regiments of ndlitia 3<» i > Fire engines engaged 105< i ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦l 1 Hill ***