Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-23
RAvAGEs OF THE FLAMES.
The Sibley Mill's Picker Department
Damaged to the Extent of $4,000.

AUGUSTA, GA, Aug. 22.-This after
noon at o'clock fire broke out In the
picker building of the Sibley cotton mill.
The fire originated in the second story
and communicated to the third, destroy
ing the machinery and about thirty bales
of opened cotton. The hose belonging to
the mills was turned on the main build
ing, which was not damaged. The fire
department responded promptly, but ow-
ing to the distance the fire had entirely
demolished the second and third floors
and the roof before anything could be
done. The fire is supposed to have
originated from match or
piece of flint passing through
the machinery. The Sibley mills were
erected in 1880, and are situated on the
Augusta canal. The loss is estimated at
between $4,000 and $4,000. There is
partial insurance. No lives were lost.
The mills will probably shut down till re-
pairs are made. Considerable machinery
was totally destroyed. The carpenter and
machine shop underneath was damaged,
but the boiler house in the basement es-
capped. The Sibley mills plant represents
a capital of over $200,00O
A TOBACCO FACTORY BURNED.
DANvILLE, VA, Aug. 22.-At 11:15
O'Clock last night fire occurred on Union
street, consuming an entire three-story
frame factory owned by j. X. and Il.
Ober, of Baltimore, and occupied by j. r.
Pearson & Co., dealers in leaf tobacco,
and insured on stock with RuffiR, Blair &
DaniO for $4,000, in the following cOmpa-
n1es, 81, 800 each, respectively: In the Roch-
ester, German-London Assurance Corpo-
ration, Liverpool and London and Globe,
and the Niagara. By f. l.. Walker, on
stock, $4,000 in the British America;
5000 in the Williamsburg, and $3.50 on
lumber with Ruffin, Blair & Danio. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
INCENDIARIsM AT A TOMB.
HARTFORD, CONN, Aug. 22.-The maui
sOleum of the late Gov. Z. d. Morgan. of
New York, in Cedar Hill Cemetery, In
this city, was damaged to the amount of
S25,O 600 by an incendiary fire last night
which burned the scaffolding and wooden
building around it. The heat has crum-
bled the fine Italian marble on which were
elaborate and costly artistic designs. The
work was nearly completed, having been
in progress four or five years. The total
cost of the great tomb was 5000. The
bodies of Gov. Morgan, his two sons and
his wife and two children of one son were
iT the vault, but the heat did not reach
through the very thick granite walls and
the hre-brick arch of the vault. The loss
talls on the contractor.
4 SADDLERY HARDWARE RUINED.
: CINCINNATI, Aug. 22.-Pollock, Wilson
Il Sons establishment on Sixth and Carr
streets, for the manufacture of saddlery
hardware and chains, was burned this
morning. The loss is $4,000.
BLOCK BURNED.
GALVESTON, Aug. pa Colorado City
CTeXas dispatch says: early this morn
ing fire destroyed block of frame build
ings and two neighbOring brick struc-
lures. The loss is $4,000 and the insur-
ance $4,000.
DAMAGING FOREST FIRES.
DETROIT, Aug. 22.-An East Tavas
special says: ''FOrest fires, which
started on the plank road and crossed to
the East Tavas road, have done great
damage to crops, burning. standing grain,
hay in stacks, baking potatoes in the
ground, and burning several miles of farm
fences. Farm buildings were burned in
number of places. Timber lands are
burning. The belt marshes and cedar
swamps are dried up. 1t is estimated that
$4,000 worth of crops have been burned;