The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-02-24
LARGE FIRE IN SAVANNAH.
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Worth
Of Property DestrOyed-Si1 Buildings
and the Contents Burned.
rErom the Savannah News. Of Thursday. I

From the Savannah News Of Thursday.l
About II o'clock, on Wednesday night, fire
broke out On Bay street, corner ol Whitaker, IN
Savannah. In tile rear Of Bell j. luis auction
room. In the rear Of the building The steamer
America was lying. having just discharged her
cargo. rhe wharf was completely lined with bar.
res OF Serosne oil, which OF course had t. DE got
out Of the way. Everything upon the wharf set
TO and worked with will, until the dangerous
clement Was completely out OF reach. Tie
fire progressed rapidly. and s0Gn the walls
fell In with II loud crash. The paper warehouse
OF Mr.. K. A. Wallace, located in the upper part Vi
the building, was soon prey to tue devoulinG
element, an his stock was soon lying Through
the air in every direction, in one Instance, AZ
least, causing additional danger, ahUuse on Bryan
street being Set on nrc, but fortunately discovered
III time to Oe put oat. Mr.. Wallace estimates his
BtocS At valuation OF $4,000, FOR which he Is In
sured S5100 Just before the walls Of Bell Il lluil's
premises fell through, tue s:caa.r America. find.
hi, her decks were becoming heated, moved OF
into The stream Three huudieri fee. of husc were
covered beneath tile burning bricks, aud u new
supply brought Into r:Guisition. Soon after, the
store OF Mr.. VIM. u. Davidson burst ont with an
unusual degree of violence. Tnis store contained
the laTes. amount Of liquors OF any store In Sa-
vannah, certainly not less than SjU, ,00U worth in
value, and OF course the lre soon Gecame terrific.
1t seemed impossible 10 say where the fire
would stop. Inc large amount OF cotton stored
under Bell Huli'S store next caught On fire, aud
the flames burst out in volumes, first us black as
ink itself and then as brilliant as could well be
lluaSlutu lie uuTulQg TdlteTS ueSG lell III. ana
the scene appeared really terrific. Crash weDt
the walls again. and people were lying IN every
direction. believing that. from the amount OF
Kerosene known to be stored in the block, that .
terrible explosion would be the next thing IN
order. Hodsson's block, on the right END Ol the
building, was soon declared past saving. Several
lengths OF hose burst, aud 1t was found impOSsi
ble 10 check he leaks by bia1ing bagsing around
the broken places, although the nreRcn :"!ed
very hard TO do so. The wind was blowing furl.
0nsly, and the air was cold and keen. yet the
hreinen worked with a will, and in many instau
ces, within our own personal know ledge, many
Oh them had narrow escapes.
Among the parties burned out we may mention
the following, Herely sing thai al this hour,
hal!-pa5t O'clock it Is almost Impossible To as.
certain the actual loss sustained by each, or what
amount was covered by insurance Messrs. Bell
Hull, aucione+rs; +. A. Wallace, paper and
paper STOCK warehouse; Triest il Herman, aUc-
tioneers; NJ Y. Henderson, dealer in hides, &C.. !;
J. b. West Co., commission merchants and
steamship agents; ". NJ. Poole, auctioneer; W.
NJ. Davidson, wholesale liquor store; A. n Cohen
tobacco merchant; j. Mclaughlin, auctioneer.
Among other losses we may mention that Uf
Hacker, Maloney t. Co., who had two haudred
and ffly tons or guano destroyed. Their insur.
ance was $4,000. Mr. W. NJ Davidson had re-.
caiyed large lOs Of liquors, and has sustained a
heavy loss. His insurance amounted to $50, ,OU0 In
different companies. At this point, being the
front Drc wall, the 1re was stnppel-the Jones
block was saYed-aud the gallant eXertons OF the
savannah fremen were crowned With success.