The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-10-20
A Large Cotton Fire.
TEN THOUSAND BALES AND THREE
SHIPS IN A BLAZE.


SHlPS IN a BLAZE.
careless SmOker causes q LOSS OI
Half a M;lIfoo nnIIoro Tho E;ro
4" " "'iAio" III " INV
First Seen when only One Bale had
.-, - u,- rr,..-. MI :.
CauSht, Dut q NhOle NharI Full OF
WV" n' ' ~
Could be Obtained-DctailS Of the
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A"Ss "hu A"S'i "hce'
About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon a balh Of cotton
m North Commercial wharf, near the largo cotton
shed Of the Commercial Wharf and Cotton Press
Company, Immediately east II Mr.. w. Futman's
,tiice on East Buy. was discovered to be on fire. Mr..
who was In his office at the time, upon hear
ing the alarm rushed out and pulled the burning bnle
away ftom the pile OF cotton which was lying MI
around uRd called loudly for assi lance. The street
were. as Is usually the case ut that time on
sunday, almost deserted. ind 1t was several minutes
before even the sailors OH the vessels lying at the
Etnd "i the pier cUuih be summoned. by this time
fire had with lightning ral'l 'ity spread from bale
10 paie. hhn Literally lealsd lht9 lhe sGed where nun
lreIs OF b,les were stored, In less time than it takes
!" tell the tllmes erveIoped this mass Of cotton and
The tin roof In q few moments became warped and
rolled up like a scroll, and the flames shot through md
rushed before the strong northwest wind directly down
inc whnrl NJ . 'cariil Iace.
"'i W ufSieSo
.he o,Eihes came numbering down.. but the entrance
I" north C"lnmerc Of wharf was completely cut of
n barrier OF scethlrg flame, and The engines were
unable f'r some time to get to the docks where the
drHnta, Of tho Water Company on East Bay were
tapped anu used to great advantage, until the
engines could make their way down to the docks
'ahdsrhorstS whar1. By this time the wooden
cotton shed on North Commercial! wharf south OF
ths othrr aide NJ y"r;b Com,n src,.i rho-r o.. oe tbn
building occupied by Dan Tnlmorr's sans q Co and
the wooden cotton shed east If this shed An we'll "A
the wharf itself, weru one mass OF flames. and the
h, pd,ou,o row of new brIct ofFcos nm the Iou,.r and
~ North Cnm,n.rcini uhorr us,s .w,,siuo rrn, tha
intonn. heat. The two roodcn shcd. w,rc rart,,Ilv
filled with cotton. and the brick warehonsc ra. ,torrd
The wharf wa, uilrd with cotton down N within a
f,y feet of the sins. At which v,re lrine tn, thr..
British stcamships Drowtiole. I[auancorc and
bedford. Great effort WAS made 10 r,ys th. row, of
Offices On North Commercial wharf, and these efforts
were rewarded with partial success, ThI, row, OF
wns Divided into Al, onir.. a.birh v.r, oc.
cupI,d as fnlIows.
The Offices on the e,trcm, WA, wero occun,.d nm.
stairs By L.. b.. Beer Il Co., cotton buyer, and down.
stairs oy A. sydn'y Smith and A. J. Salinas Il Sun,
cotton i"ct"rs' inc o'1ces on the ea.t were occupied
ul''stairs ny Lsssene q Wells, coftn shippers, and
oy mllllanis, BLACK q Williams. general
cotton, phosphate and naval stores merchants.
the offices occupied BY Messra. Beer & Co.. and @.
". Ainory were Quilted, bnt the occupants were able
to s,re all their books and papers through the heroic
conduct % henry Gray ind VIM. I. Ellie, m Truck
No. ), and Of two members Of German Stcnm Fire
Engine Company. The lower story. occupied by
Salinas q son ana a. eilney sintth, were not mater.
iaIIy damaged oV nrr. and Sl the books and papers n'
These gentlemen were saved. Messrs. Ls'csne d
W gu: ana Williams savod Ghe!r books. papers and
furniture. anu tho offices they occupied were mol
damaged.
TIN WHOLE DEPARTMENT.
,,iIl raging wa. under contrnl n" "r,ncIn.i dsnu.,
h.ino that Il would .nrsuI =, ,hn r.,.i. Irina NJ ~.
, i.r Irad,. 'A' ~ ?"sa' 'e
! 'rbr inrr. warehouse IN ynnderhor,,,s wborr xbI.,
uss BIlrd with cr,t,n him, q, tb. uIrJ,,,rd NJ a..
Il =. wo, saved 9Th lana. =, - ~, ,e ront wv Th y 49,. a.uu
although SLIGHTLY dn,n,red with wafer had b,rsv.r
bepn rri,,oyej with tr,,ck, IN a Mac az s,S.tv h.s,r,
,bs H.. r.,ch.d m. h,iLijnr TS. Loo t,rt,L. Lila
inc ~ rs.t Ray ina, r..t n A.. oa.,,I.I h.. ~,
T.hu.a-,. Snn. ~, "r, "n."p'sm y, D"'
a ..I,s b., III ~. ~ nv ~. "a'eno"ee' srSo,
worth OF rice was stored In the milling INT mn. ~.
moved without sustaining material damage. Talrnage',
sons q 20: were insured iilly In the hGrncy OF Mt
w. u. DeSatiS.rra, Jr. Their tutul loss vas small.
TIE FIFE AMONG rmy SHIPPING.
Tho r,,tJ,,v wifi, ,h;,h ~. .. .., -.
with which mn, ,,atss ~ hurnine cn,,"n sr.r rh,r It
ahnut hv Tho wind soon c,mm'nic,.s d ,hn A., ~, -.
vessel, which wrr, At m. nirr, Ar Nnrth t,,mu.r
c,al wharf were dock.d the German bark venture
(,o,, EIJ,r Sr,,, un,rJr.n d., Sn.nT "n
~ ,;ry ~ S7s tnn. h,"J'G ~ ,hn ,,pii ;maS nnd ~,
Nritish steamship Jr,,,v,,,cor, ! IN ,nn. n.n,iv I,oJ
.i rr ;r.rIn,J S"n,L ,r,. "I.y n".
ivIr, ,la Enrwc,;.n h,rt p,,,.h"ra aos ,nns ,,.,,
20 H. n.;t' Nv, ~" '
and the British steamship Bed(o,1L 500 IONS. botf
loading for Liverpool.
AZ INC commencement OF Inc IRE tho s'fanshi
Etuird and The bark Nrptnre were lowed ont by TIN
Tug LhoTTd,l ihrfe vessels were lying NJ the head o
tne per aha couih oe easily moved. ne tarE fune
n'rs ent OUT hn"sr n Aha was WARPED out 20 the nid'
die oil Inc dock. lhs Other three steamships "sr'
last on tho bott"il, II pelnS low water, anu coult
not move ONT
Inc VIM was blowing hereby from the west AM
tue hreWsti' WIZ we're PromPty on 'he sp"I, Wer'
pre'e"t ~ W u H"Nco run eetl'ns +" LUG WIN"
ward mere were seYersl huha!r" oaies M c"toi
on inc nor.n pier anu IN elnl, NUMBER unuSr inc COT
.on M" WI u o9".u pier. Nnich we're On Nre nll'"s
uei"Fe /" sne"m W "htei S"nin Ue thrown nl"'" .'
n.mtn. hno W E!ou'u m"n 'ne litI nea, ~ rus
Day " a ""'so' VII ""u LIS 'eo'''s eou'o noIp
THE STEAMSHIP BEDFORD.
took fire first In the bow md the flames quickly .prea'
~ p., ,ne r,s sna VII, A. Wt rn"n n...'s sn ,,me unr lug :
haul her ont In the stream, hut after about tycnt,
minutes uf desperate pullin. gave 1t up and rc,urnei
alongside the vessel and devoted themselves to th
work of putting out tho flames, which Ly hi, tim,
hnd coverrd Inc deck, In the meantime. huwrycr
the Yuun. America Company, whose steamer wa
stationed on Southern wharf. had conveyed their hos,
across the duck by rncnns IF q slnnIl b"ut and had
stream of water on the flames. In n short while tn,
powerful pumps OF the tugs were put to work ant
four and Tour streams, were soon aiding the lOuni
Americana stream.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
T, ro. ~ tbis FIN, TIM, Nh, ...,rd ,rsto NJ tb. Raj
furI Mr. Vim. Hunter was Killed He WAS s,anaiu
ne n tue main hatch together with Mr.. T"wnssnd tn,
stcvcdnre. and some Of the crew, directing the vnri
Of snhduing the 6amrs when the boom attached Ia th
iurcnast and used for a hoIstins derrick fell to tn
drcy. The crowd on Sothern whar; SAW the rop
which held the boom p Ift aud the ponteruus spar n
It began to tall. and q shout Of warning mingled will
a grnRn Of horror caused, the men 10 lr'k up. ItcMn
too late, the boom fell In the midst OF the workers All,
striking the second nia.e on the head and shoulder
crushed him mangIcd and bleeding t. the deck. Tn
others escaped by jumping quickly inside. In 3 secon'
the dyi & naa was released from his position an
tendrrly and carefully carried on board the tug lsepub
lie. DR.. J. A., Yut-s came ont from thu shore in
few moments and did all that medical skill could sue
gest. The unfortunate man, however, lived, onl'
about thirty minutes. The coroner WAS notified an,
authorized tho body to be removed to the Hospital.
A MARROW rscApE.
,-..,. o., a. ,..., ,,o u.,,,-, h., $50,
x ny TJ,sGN . md I ths r = ~ ,id T. nuuin" , |" .%ir
"a nrjns rs ,h a anar.iunas H. Thod Co., d" ~. 'm1
keE.'Il,c ana Hampton IT, n.M.a .ne Hessr. rom hm u, tn
uosS ,ns' r,;i r ,m,.i ILL., ~, ,1 sa."x a. 0canSso', m", w w T.,
the damage to her earg" Of 1000 bales OF cottnn, wblc
certainty The Bedford was ono Of tho largest an
n'..s' ' ,nu, :" - e. - 49, ~ 80" ~ ~,
IA cun,inanded by Cant, Aikenhrad, 1, 1.sN ton
. :" ~, H. .m,"o,r - tLr, 30,
bsi.. e
oa'e'.
TlR BARK 7ENEDERG.
sl,boncb lrino In tho middle NJ Tho deck. wa, IN
noxt to take IRE, Her fnronu.t and msIumast rirrIn
From There points tho Fam. 8 spread rapidiy to othe