Abstract
On Friday, May 3, 1901, most of Jacksonville's downtown business and residential district was destroyed by fire. Mary L'Engle telegraphed her father, J.C. L'Engle, who represented Duval County in the State House: "Big fire Jax. Our three houses burned. We staying at Westmoreland Hotel. Fire still burning." In Tallahassee, Governor William S. Jenning received a telegram from an unknown correpondent: "The city of Jacksonville in flames. Armory destroyed. I think it would be advisable to send four companies [of militia] to the city at once."
Recommended Citation
Zelenka, Louis
(2001)
"Historic Notes and Documents: Telegraphic Correspondence Relating to the Jacksonville Fire of 1901,"
Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 80:
No.
2, Article 5.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol80/iss2/5
