Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-04

scrub oak in the vicinity of
| Deer Park, Breslau, Babylon, Eastport,
and Moriches are burning fiercely. At
| Flushing last night several hundred acres
OF salt meadows were burned over. The
fire is so herce that the fire department
and people have turned out to fight it.
! Apprehension exists for the safety of the
/ village. The smoke is so dense that horses
| driven along the streets were overcome
1 by it. The damage done to forests by the
/ fires IN Suffolk county amounts to many
thousands of dollars.
GILMAN's DEPOT WIPED OUT.
PORT JERYIS, n. Y, May 3.-The en-
/ tire village of Gilman's Depot on the
/ Port Jervis and Monticello Railroad, tf-
| teen miles from here, was swept away by
/ fire yesterday afternoon and last night.
! The fire started about O'Clock, one mile
/ from the depot. The wind was blowing a
1 gale. Men from Gilman's saw mill fought
i the fire, but with no avail. The residents
/ were obliged to flee for their lives.
and were unable to save anything, and
not over half a dozen houses are standing
within radius of five miles. The fire is
still burning to the east and south of Gill
mans. The extensive tannery and saw
mill of W. w. Gilman, of New York, has
been destroyed. The whole settlement is
| owned by him, and he is unable to esti-
mate his loss, which Will probably reach
100000. Two railroad bridges have been
burned.
A Pennsylvania TOWN ENTIRELY DE-
STROYED.
ALTOONA, PA, May 3.-The town of
Brisbin, Ulearfield county, was totally
burned yesterday and also the lumber
yards and mills of Hoover, Hughes 81 Co.
The loss is estimated at $2O0,000.
BRIsBIN's DESTRUCTION.
HOUTzDALE, PA, May 3.-A fierce
fire which destroyed the neighboring town
of Brisbin is supposed to have originated
half mile west of Hoover. Hughes 81
Co.'s mill, where some Hungarians set
fire to brush to clear piece of ground for
cultivation. The wind was blowing hard
and carried the flames toward the saw
mills, and although the hands
worked hard the mills were
quickly swept away. The progress of the
fire was then very rapid through the town,
and the inhabitants were compelled to
fly in every direction, and in many cases
without sufficient clothing to protect
them. When the first alarm was received
the business people of HoUtZdale placed
every available team at the disposal Of
their neighbOrs, and every barrOOm was
closed. In three hours from the time
when the fire first reached the saw mills,
the destruction was complete.
$3S0,O0 IN LOSSES AT BRIsBIN.
HOUTZDALE, May 3, IL P. M.-The losses
are definitely stated now to amount to
S3S0,000, and the estimate of the total
losses put the amount at 81 ,O36, 900. Ofthis
amount Hoover, Hughes & Co. lose $780,
600. The number of families homeless and
destitute is about 900, most of whom are
suffering for the necessaries of life. Sup
plies are coming in slowly and the de-
mand is great. Anything that can be
utilized in the shape of provisions, cloth
ing or money will be gladly accepted
by Messrs. j. COrby, w. III. Patterson
and Theodore VanduZen, who comprise
a relief committee. Goods for the suffer
ers Will be transported free of charge by
the Pennsylvania Railroad. About 150
employees of Hoover, Hughes & Co. are
thrown out of employment in addition to
about thirty at j. M. Maurice's Mount
Vernon colliery and seventy at p. H.
Powell q Co.'s colliery. But one
death has occurred thus far,
that of Mrs. Donovan, who
was burned to death during the conaagra-
ton. The insurances are much less than
the losses. Subscriptions have been lib
orally gwen in neighbOring towns, and
1900 persons have been provided with
provisions during the day. The sufferers
rare mainly poor miners, who were at
work in the mines when their houses
were laid in ruins.
RUIN OF ANOTHER TOWN.
ELNTIRA, n. Y, May 3.-A report from
the coal mining town of Arnot, TiOga
county, Pennsylvania, states that about
a score of dwellings and both mining
stores burned yesterday. The buildings
were ignited by forest fires. Elmira sent
tiremen and apparatus to the rescue. The
homeless families found shelter last night
at BlOssburg.
WAREHOUSE BURNED.
WACO, Ten, May 3.-Hinchman's
warehouse burned yesterday. The loss is
100000
IRON WORKS AND planning MILL GONE.
WAUsAw, WIS, May 3.-Murray's
iron works and Hazeltine's planning mill,
with large quantity of lumber, burned
yesterday. The loss is $4,000.
A planning MILL IN RUINS.
CINCINNATI, May 3.-Greenleaf &
MitchelPs planning mill burned last night.
The loss is $4,000.