Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-11-17
A SUNDAY IN GEORGIA.
soUruEss RIOT AM iscKsplARysm.



Resuits OF Republican rescninse in Cs,socsia
Negroes Rio'iog and surninc.--h Lite
Los, 10 the Fisuss.
Georgia, on Sunday, was the soeue of
two exciting sensations both of which are
supposed 10 be the result Vt the recent
political excitement and tn SOS re among
the negroes that the return of the Dem
ocratio party to power meaut tho
O'Clock In the morninr word
reached Atlanta that terri ible riot
was in progress ut Dublin, Laure us county.
Dublin is one OF the most thrifrg towns in
the state, has n population of 3, 900 people,
but being forty miles distant from both
railroad and telegraph is not easily
accessible, The meagre reporSs received
picture the turmoil NJ q race war, in which
several lives have been lost. How many
| is not stated, and what the present condi.
! tion OF affairs is also unknown. Mounted
messengers were ordered sent to learn the
facts, but nothing has been heard from
| them.
On the heels of the rumors OF riot came
the intelligence that Brunswick, q seaport
of ! 900 people, had been fred by iuceu
diaries, supposed to bs negroes. The fire
was disooyred at half past one O'Clock this
morning bursting forth with fierce fury
from a warehouse In 0glethorpe street, in
which was stored oil aud other combusti-
Bile material. There had been no FIRE in
the building, and incendiarism Is the only
theory as to the origin OF the confederation.
A high wind prevailed At the time, aud
the flames, shooting up iu the air TO a
great height, were quickly communicated
TO every adjoining building, and spead on
ward with unoOutrollsbie fury, a cluster
ui buildings IN the vicinity was consumed
with lightning like rupiGity, and sudden
change in the VIVID carried she hAmes
through all the houses on Monk street
east OF OglctEUI street, aud all north on
Grant street. Not building was left
: standing, and the scene WAS one of terrible
devasr ratiOn
, Hardly sny of tho occupants Of the
structures had time to save anything, and
many Of them rushed hither rad thitheI
in the streets, soantily Glad, crying auC
shiyaring with the cold, tho keen wind
piercing them to the marrow. The fire
still swept on, lespiug from Grant intC
I Newscsstle street, levelled every store IL
its path, leaving the City Hall, which wa,
iguited several times and WAS saved by al
9 most superhumsn exertions the Onl,
a structure standing in that part of tht
business portion of the city.
Among the places which suecumbed u
L the Ous aught were the following :--Th
q postUffi,e. southern express ofhls, Put
: mau's livery stable Brunswick CLUB house
q M,Iutosh's tin store, Glover Il Dunn
II notion store, BIains's drug store, Mat he vs.
3 cou lectIoneyy store, J. B. Wright cloth
ing store, F. II. Harris iaS Off b ,Craystt'
U drug store, DexJer's bank aud insursno
Office, Harris jewlery store, and tweut
u five or thirty others 1t is estimated tina
between seventy aud eighty buildings 9
various descriptions were destroyed.
The total loss is placed at fully 1900 00t
' The insurance. in nearly every case is sms
and the agGregatewill probably not exOre
o one-third of the total loss Detailed Il cure
It on the losses aud insurance are 1T presen
unobtainable owing to the confusion int
which the town is thrown. The jail wa
ignited several times, but was saved b
e hard work. Eight blocks of stores are i
? ruins. nothing being left standing In mos
d cases but chiDneys. In addition to thss
10 are large number of the private resi-
" dences.
- While the fire was at its height Stephe
II Wright (colored), au employee of Putnam
10 livery stable, rushed into the loft of tn
: the building, where he is believed To hav
IT have had money secreted, aud DO fore
d | burned to q crisp
10 When the fire alarm was given the negr
y fire company of the town failed to brir
lf out it's engine and aid the white compar
in the fight A band of white men rushe
70 the engine house, drew the apparatus
the scene of action and manned il. Sui
sequently the negroes aided in the woI
and were instrumental In saving COL
siderable property. One negro was owe
v heard saying -
"CIeveland had his tOrcblight processic
Thursday night, and Blaine is having b
'r to night"
50 This statement Is vouched for by men
d updoubted veraoity. The cause Of the Il
70 10 to be most rigidly investigated, and
q caught the iucendisry-for inceDdisrism
IS is undoubted-will be summSrily dea
IL with,