Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-17
DISASTROUS FIRES.
ATTRIBUTED TO NkGRO INCEH.
DIARIES ON ACCOUNT or
THE ELECTION.

ATLANTA, Ca, November 1o.-Ueorgia
has to-day been the scene Of two exciting
Al > O'clock this morning, news reached
q Dublin, Laurens County. Dublin is one
Of the most thriny towns In the Stale. 1t
has population OF S,0oo people, but being
forty miles distant from both railroad and
telesrsph,is 10 not easily accessible. The msA-
racs war In which several lives have been
lost. How many Is not stated, and what "a
the present condition Of Affairs is also un-
known.
On the heels Of the rumors Of riot came the
intelligence that Brunswick, . seaport Of
1000 people, had been nred By incendi aries,
supposed 70 be negroes. The nre was dis.
csvorod NJ LEO O'Clock this morning bursting
forth from warehouse on Oglethorpe street,
in whichwss stored oil and other coinbustibls
material. I here had been no nrein the build.
ing. A high wind prevailed At the time, and
shooting up In the air to great height, the
flames wers quickly communicated to every
unoontrSilable fury. A cluster Qf buildingl
In this vicini were consumed with light
ning-iike rapidity. and 4 sudden change In
the VIM c ,...d tho flames through. all the
houses on Monk street, East Of Oglethorps
street, and all North on Grant street. Not Z
building was LEFT stand.nx, and the scens
was one Of terrible de, astation. Hardly any
Of the occupants Of the structures had time tl
save anything, aud many Of them rushed
hithsr and ,hilher In tue streets, scantily
clad, crying and shivsring with the 90 d.
II Il estimated that between seventy and
eighty bui.dings Of various descriptions were
destroy ed. he total loss 10 plS ced at fully
s2oo, ,Oc0. The insurance In nearly every csst
Is small. and the agKreg ate will probably NO,
exceed one hird OF the loss. The jail Wal
Ignited several times tut was saved BY hard
wo.k. kignt blocks OF stores are In ruins
nothing bsi ng lett standing in most casel
but the Chi Hneys In addition, many private
dwell inKs are destroyed
When the fire alarm was given, the Negro
1re company OF the town failed 70 bring 0u
It's engine. A band OF whito men rushed L
the engine house, drew tho q sparatus to tn,
scene OF action, and manned IL. Subsequently
the negroes aided In the work, and were In
strumental in saving considerable property
The cause oi tho fire Is 10 be most rigidly in
vestig gated, and II caught, the incendiaiy
will be summarily dealt with.
GREAT FIRE IN SoRTa cARoLISA.
9oLpsBoRo. N. a., Nov, lc-Fire ts-day
houses in this city, including the extensive
machine shops OF W. y. ko.neyay g. Co., thu
Messeng.r pIinlng oftcs and building, TO
gcther with several large stocks Of merchan
d,se, ana quantity OF cotton. lhe tots
loss vi exceed $3.50, ,OO0.
The heaviest losers are Borden Bros
Sole instein h Co., Jones & Yelverton, Miilei
Shannon, J. +. Miller, Il. M. frivett, Fon
Vile x Sauls, M. 4. Oastex Co., W. w
Crawf0.d, kuius Edmundssn, the Singel
Manuiac -uring Company, W. 3. Farmer, the
Methodist Advance office, y. II. Denmark
Robert Partner, w. r. Taircloth and Robin
son Il Spicer. the Messenger printing Office
loss is about $40, 900, with an insurance o.
about q, too, but the owner, Mr.. B0nitz, hopei
soon TO resume publication ii Well Il Bios
| sustained heavg dam ges 70 their goods, ai
their building barely escaped destruction.
The fire was started by several boys smoking
cigarettes near q lot OF cotton. The total In
surance may reach $3.50 600.