Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-10
An EARLY BLAZE.
-Four Tenements Burned to the Ground
in the Southern Part OF the City Yes
terday Morning

Four TeDements Burned to the Ground
in the southern Part OF the City Yes
terday Morning
Yesterday morning about fifteen min
utes after three O'Clock, Mr.. John WesteF-
man and family, living on the northwest
corner Of Henry and Montgomery streets,
were aroused from sleep by strong smell
Of smoke. and discovered that the
kitchen attached 70 the rear Of the
house was in flames. Dir. WesteTman
rook MS Oldest child, . daughter, IN his
aims. and. followed BY Mrs. " esteFIDan,
,rifh her infant. fastened from their room
in the second story to the hallway,
Of smoke bv the front door into the
street in their night clothes, Mr..
Westerman shouting 'Ftrew The alarm
aroused the neighbOrhOOd and summoned
mounted notice 10 the vicinity, who soon
after endeav0red to sound the ire alarm.
As all the adjoining buildings
were also Of wood the nelgh-
bOrs at once tfleu - 49,
some Of Mr.. Westerman's furniture, but
tho heat prevented Others ran 70 the
bOuse Of the Mutual Protection Hose
ComDauv. where one member Of this organ
ization was assisted to move the appa-
ratus from its quarters Inc carriage
reached the fire at i've minutes
10 four O'Clock. and rendered very enclent
service. The Barlow Hose Company ar
rived soon after. but both those companies
had 10 DEPEND upon the plug for
what force Of water Ine! re-
ceived in and of their efforts to
arrest the progress Of the flames.
One Il the steam engines had stalled on
Dravton street near New Houston. and
did not arrive on the ground until ABOUT
half last { O'Clock. By this time
a single tenement. belonging TO Mr..
Westerman. and a double tenement, were
AT the mercy Of the fire. and the residences
Of Mr.. Patrick Counihan and Mr.. VIM.
Kearnan IN jeopardy. The single tene-
ments belonging to Mr.. WesteTman. and
adjoining his residence were respectively
0ccupied bv Mr.. John LOetZ and "A cOlOred
woman named Anna Gates. All OF Mr..
LOetZ's furniture and the greater portion OF
Anna Gates effects were saved by the
citizens. The Oue-stOFy residence Of Mr..
COunihau was damaged to the amount Of
about $50. and the twO-stOry tenement
owned by Mr.. VIM. kearnan 10 the
amount Of about 500. The arrival Of the
Washington steam Fire Engine saved
both Cf these buildings from complete
destruction.
The three houses owned by Mr.. Wester-
man were insured for Sl,sO IN the
Southern Mutual Insurance Company OF
Athens. Ga. and were wholly destroyed.
The insurance only covers about two
thirds Of their actual cost.
Mr.. Patrick C0unihan's house was also
insured in the same company for $500, a
sum which fully covers the damage which
the property sustained.
The two story double tenement. owned
bv Mr.. Kearnan. was insured in the South
crn Mutual for $1,000. The damage,
amounting to about $500, was caused part
lv by fire and partly by water. The south
walls Of these structures Will have to be
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. the interior walls re-
plastered, and the greater portion of the
roof rebuilt. Nearly all Of the household
effects were fortunately removed from
these dwellings without serious injury.
The fire was eXtinguished about half
past five O'Clock. Credit is due the fire
men for their efforts in subduing the
flames. For some cause the fire alarm
telegraph failed to convey the alarm.