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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1914
Page
9
An apparatus hoped to aid firefighting was stranded at the Salem fire start. The hose used to quell the blaze failed as water pressure dropped and lines went limp for lack of water.
During a sweeping city fire the new high school police station and City Hall were opened to shelter hundreds made homeless. Autos and wagons carried furniture and belongings to vacant lots in the western part of the city.
The first call for help was sent to Lynn after the fire started. Two engines and a ladder truck and chemical were sent, but more help was requested and additional apparatus arrived. Peabody Danvers Beverly and nearby towns sent engines and then Boston was called. More units were dispatched as needed.
Salem was placed under martial law last evening as armed militia patrolled the streets. Neighboring cities dispatched police squads and Boston sent 35 patrolmen to Salem.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Ropes leads the Second Cadets with Captains Redmond Taylor Hoyt and Perkins as staff. Eighth Regiment Company H is on scene, four relief stations established in Salem. Militia, families, and wards mobilize as guards guard ruins and prevent looting amid a tense, weapon filled day in Salem.
A fire in Endicott Street caused devastation and many people were displaced. An Italian man ran into the burning building to save belongings and emerged with a large watermelon under his arm. The flames proved too dangerous for a longer rescue.
Within 30 minutes of the last patient being removed, Salem Hospital burned to a mass of smoking brick and twisted iron. Fire crews battled the blaze as the building collapsed and debris littered the site.
A high powered automobile carrying call firemen from Lawrence to Salem collided with a smaller car on the North Andover turnpike. J A Weinbach of Lowell and his family rode in the smaller vehicle. his daughter suffered slight cuts. The firemen continued their trip by trolley cars.
Fire disrupts mail service in Salem prompting a temporary post office setup. Boston bound mail routed via Beverly and Portland division. north mail held at Beverly and north gas station. Mail will resume by train and auto truck today with Boston men likely to Bea verly and Lynn.
A Hawthorne home, cited as the birthplace of Nathaniel Hawthorne, America's renowned novelist, was consumed by flames as the blaze spread outward, taking with it priceless regional relics and memories from New England antiquity.
A log Gambrel house at 27 Union Street burned at 1 am. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in a second story room in 1804 before his family moved in 1808 after his father died abroad. The Essex Institute now preserves the old iron crane from the home.
Governor Walsh arrives in Salem and meets Major Hurley Adjutant-General Cole and Gard Moor Lane of the Red Cross. He pledges Commonwealth aid for victims and calls a 9 30 AM State House meeting with Gardner Lane to organize relief and rebuilding for Salem. The governor vows to aid refugees and urges citizen support.
A Salem City Hall meeting was called by Mayor Hurley to plan immediate steps to rebuild the ruined city. Legislators and prominent citizens will discuss providing for thousands who lost homes in the fire and camped out overnight.
A man fleeied from a burning residence on Endicott Street just before 7 p m carrying two mattresses on his back. A burning shingle from the house set one mattress alight but a policeman aided and extinguished the flames.
Henry C. Frick, Pittsburgh financier, placed two large touring cars at Salem officials disposal. He ordered his chauffeurs to stay on duty all night and as long as possible to run the cars for officials who wished to use them.
The father of James F. Donovan, chairman of the Salem Board of Assessors, collapsed on Vale Street in the afternoon. Officials say excitement from the city fire caused the death, detailing the incident as a heart reaction to the blaze.
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