Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-01
FURY OF THE FLAMES.
A LARGE ACID MANUFACTORY
BURNED AT NATRONA.

The Loss StOO,OOO-23 Houses burned
and 80 Families Left Homeless AZ
Laehine-20 Structures In Ruins AZ
Town in Danger
PTTTsBURG, Sent S0.-A most destrue-
tive hre occurred at Natrona. twenty
miles irom here, on the West Pennsylva-
MA hallroad, early this morning, BY
winch the Pennsylvania Salt Manutac-
turing Company's acid manufactorv Al
that place was damaged to the extent Of
$lOOOOO. The company, which is the
largest OF the kind in the United states
mas property there valued M SsO0 Oan
ana engaged in manufacturing MI
Kinds OF acids. carbonates. eninbasae
ol soda ana oil OF vitriol. The fira started
at mlahlght In the vitriol Department
@ an9 the building, 2S0 feet long, So feef
Mlue ahd % ieet high, together with valn-
ny ~. liacnIherY, was entirely DESTROYED.
fortunately the nigct watehmon ayynlsa
OF the hre would have been much worse
Inc building burned was fully insured.
OVER TWENTY HOUSES BrRNrr,
QUEBEC, Sept. 30.-About / o,eIoor
TINS morning fire broke out in the VILLAGE
OF Louisville, situated about fifty miles
from montreal. At , O'clock this mora
ing over twenty houses had been destroved
and the fire was still raging. Assistance
was telegraphed for to Three Rivers
strong wind which prevailed famed the
names, and nothing short OF providentIal
interNehtlon could save the town from
being wholly laid in ashes. Tho fathoiie
Church caught fire and burned ranidIv'
The loss is estimated at S25. 900. sud
ueh change IN the wind probably saved
the town from almost complefe dasfrur
ton. ''o''' W
TERRIBLE COAL FIRE.
LOWELL, MASS, Sept. 30.-At a Iata
hour last evening coal gas was discovered
issuing frOm the storehouse of the HamII-
Ton manufacturing Company. The fire
nad got under way on the first floor. where
o,oOO tons of coal were stored The Su-
perlntendent and two Of his assistants
were overcome by the fumes az
burning ~, coal and became uncon-
scious. They had TO be removed from
the building and were revived only AFTER
considerable effort. The upper mart az
the building is filled with manufaetured
goods, valued at $500 900. hacked
IN boxes. The fire was confined to the
coal. The effects OF the gas upon the fire-
men were terrible, some dozen of them
Delng Drostrated and requiring medical
aeIeDtloh. AT I2;40 O'Clock an explosion
NSNN paw b4 WHICH JOn0 DululHn.
oil Hose Company No. 4. was lifted un
several feet. In coming down he caught
one OF his legs, breaking it. None OF the
men were fatally affected. At6:3O o,eIoek
this morning all trace of the flames bad
disappeared, and an Investigation showed
that no serious damage had been done. as
the Hre dld not reach the manufactured
goods The cause of the fire was spon-
taneous combustion.
LUMBER BURNED.
W WILLIAMsPoRT, PA, Sept. 30-Fira
broke out tonight in the lumber ward ~
+: Il. Fessler, IN the east end of the city
The yard contained nearly 5000. 600 feet
OF lumber, over half Cf which was hard
wood. All but few piles were burned
The loss is over 100000. The propertv is
partially insured. The lumber belonged
to several different parties not residents
of this place.
TWENTY-THREE HOUSES BURNED.
MONTREAL, Sept. 30.-At tLachine. one.
last night % houses were DESTROYED nv
hre, causing loss of about 81, 900. The
property is partially insured. Some 10
families are rendered homeless. This is
the second disastrous conflagration that
mas visited Lachine within short period.
ooMPANY's SHOPS BURNED.
ST. NAzAIRE, Sept. 3O.-The worksbons
Of the General Transatlantic Steamship
company in this city have been burned
The loss is heavy.