Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-15
|rlTvFSTON'S GOOD GRIT
v CITY NOT DlSNIAYED BY
InD ,r7S GREAT CALAMITY.

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inc scross che Island-Rally of the
~. fortunate to succOr the Suffer-
tlo,e for the Future-Offers of Aid
ram Many Cities.
crygsroN, Nov. 1.-THE following
,9oriptiop will serve as a diagram to the
rs. citv lies at the east end OF an oval
..oned island, pointing nearly east and
st The thoroughfares running length
~'so an the island are all avenues, let
.,od alphabetically. beginning on the
i .,rtb ar bay side with avenue A, and par
'~oiing across the island to avenue Q,
~, s+raets additional, to wit: NJ and A
,Jsopd @ and A half. This makes nine
4 ~, streets cutting the island lengthwise.
4 r.o cross streets are numbered, begin
Il .t,o with Sixth street at the nose OF the
I,rd and running west to Fifty~third
.-ost The fire district begins in the
,51la of a block, bounded by Sixteenth
nd seventeenth streets at avenue b,
4 @rosses diagonally to the corner of
ogsnuo d and Nineteenth street. thence
',rs soutb along Nineteenth street to
come j or Broadway, when it jumps
vs.t one square to Twenty. first street.
Thence 10 runs south to avenue Nj, thence
XIII to Twentieth street, thence straight
sorg Twentieth street to avenue o..
&S.ertinq again at avenue b, the district
INNS south seven squares along Sixteenth
street TO avenue l, thence west to the cor
sr of avenue ! and Seventeenth street,
n hence south three squares to avenue NJ,
D. 70 4 ff,rAv 4 q Ia,
oveuue NJ. Thence it went south to
avenue n, thence west to the corner OF
81 venue n and Nineteenth street, and
hence along Nineteenth street to avenue
THE CITY's PLUCK.
81 The Galveston NetgS, touching on the
s great fire. SAYS: ''Dhe conduct of the peO-
4 eo OF Galveston, in view of the calamity
hat overtOoS them yesterday, cannot be
lao highly commended. The shock was
eyere. the test terrible, but Galveston
TiI come out Of it undismayed. The loss
great. but not more than Galveston
an bear under a pressure. The people OF
he city are now on their mettle, and in
Bis condition they are at their best.
anv families are homeless. Some peO-
e lost their all. It was a
raat calamity, but there will
no unreieved suffering. The driving
heel Of GalvestOn's existence Is unim-
aued. The soul of the city is not dis
1bed. The busy wants Of commerce 90
as if nothing had happened. The
Umpt manner in which the citizens as
mbIed to make provision for the impov-
fshed and distressed shows the spirit
& BAT animates the city. Galveston is
nal to the emergency, and would be
lai tO an emergency much greater than
cis confronted With at present. She
I be as beautiful as ever in a few
0nths, and is doing business at the Old
& Stand.
THE TOTAL INSURANCE.
A corrected list Just completed shows
-at the total insurance upon the disas-
0us fire here is LOGO, 800. The wea her
Fl tay was sprnglike and warm, and
g,ness generally was resumed. The
0-es were open, but the city had hOli-
7 air about it. The people moved
s letiy about with very sad faces.
9eral thousand people constantly
81 Alad the burned district, and small
. l0uidering tires are still seen here and
Ere. The fire department is tearing down
< ngeTous chimneys and clearing the
& rsets IN the vicinity. The relief COM
81 very poor homeless family has been COM
nabiyl but temporarily, sheltered.
aegrams Of sympathy and aid
1,inue to arrive. Gov. Ire
ld sent $50, the city of DenisOn
and even distant Fargo, OAK,
egIap1s $50. The people Of Dallas,
ft Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Hous-
and other sister cities are sending
E waite contributions to unfortunate
lends. Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the
BIZ eW ork WOyld, wired his sympathy,
id offered aid, to which Mayor Fulton
sp0nded that, "While we are not sOlic-
lg outside aid, we will not, for the
ssent reject any contribution volunta-
y pr0daTed"
SEEKING OUT THE DESTITUTE.
lle seven subcommittee organized
lne purposes of searching out the vic
ls OF Yesterdays cOntiagratian have
~ Ousy day. Two hundred heads OF
lliIes nave been listed as worthy of
Iy feiet That IL is possible 10 extend.
-' lar $4,000 has been expended,
I9s sum only furnishes
A -p2iary relief to families that have
tPef{thng. Many pitiful cases OF
-NI0n are reported, and among the
ms are found gOOdly number OF
.1a1eJ and refined women of small
Ns' VINO lost their little homes and
hesitate TO permit their destitute
mutton 10 become known.
PRIVATE AID ASKED.
member OF the relief committee re-
SIX letters from families Of this de-
tHon asking whether aid could not be
''eo TO them privately by the COM
w grand Jury which has been in ses-
several days took official recognition
u'aster to-day by resolving as a
1lHt ln its opinion the citizens OF
a.yh were unable 10 provide ade-
=# lor the relief Of the many victims
..o uie, and that contributions from
s3afee should be and were hereby
el. The honorable iurymen place
. '3lr OF deeJitute much higher than
"Nleus committee.
ALL AID WILL BR ACCEPTED.
NJ ~" " meeting of the citizens relief com.
"A lllA evening, the following res0lu'
was unanimously adopted:
ei That 10 is the sense OF the commit.
Nv "".iat the people OF Galveston are moi
eontrlbutions from abroad for the
. tet they are deeply grateful iOT an
. WAS winch may be made from any quar-
STATE Executive Board OF the
1I 'o OF Labor have resolved them.
'ul0 relief committee for the pur.
leeeiVing aud diBbursing money
"A --us and provisions sent TO the sui
''''' ASSEMBLIES ASKED TO HELP.
f hI M committee requests All local as
+ iii " me Knights OF Labor through,
|M laOa 70 forward their contribu
w ,hsm Tor distribution. The com
/M extend their solicitation TO I'M
us throughout the entire country