Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-11
FIRE-SWEPT.
$4,000 IN LOSSES, WITH INSU-
RANCE UNDER $4,000.

KinROhmS Entirely Swept Away by
the FlRmes-The Charlotte Business
Houses Burned.
PENSACOLA, FLA, Aug. l0.--A fire oc-
Cured here about 3 O'Clock this morning
on PalafoX street wharf. 1t originated in
store building belonging to Mrs. Ann
Lebaron, of Mobile, Ala. Her loss is
$4,000 with no insurance. II was occu-
pied by Rlvara Il Co., ship chambers.
Their stock was totally destroyed. Their
loss is So, 500 with no insurance.
L. NJ. Merritt g. Son, ship brokers, lose
on office furniture $500. They have no in
suranee.
Alex Grant, contracting stevedore,
loses on office furniture $500, with no in
surance.
James G. Peterson, port warden, loses
on office furniture $400, with no insurance.
CROSSES THE STREET.
The flames then crossed the wharf to the
store OF Messrs. Bell Il Bell, totally de-
stroying the building and its contents.
The loss is 1000, with no insurance on
the building and $4,000 insurance on the
stock.
The scandinavian seamen's church was
next to go. The loss is $4,000. 1t was
B. F. Simmons one-stOry building was
burned, with a loss of $500 and no insu-
rance. 1t was occupied by James o. Brien
as sailor clearinghouse.
On the dwelling house of Jasper Rand
the loss is 81 ,000, with no insurance.
Z. Levy, a junk dealer, loses $4,000 in
stock, with no insurance.
John Barry loses two buildings, valued
at 81 400. with no insurance.
$500. She had no insurance.
Mrs. NJ Il. Bears loses a building worth
$1,000. She has insurance OF $1,000,
THE OCCUPANTS.
This building was occupied by Messrs.
II. Bears and e. Downing. timber mer-
chants, who lost all their Office furniture,
worth about $1,000. They had no in
surance.
r. Thackeray loses building worth ST.
600. lie has insurance of $500.
Warren 81 Co. lose on their fish and ice
house $4,000. They have insurance of ST.
600.
j. G. Peterson loses building worth
$500. He has no insurance. The tools,
implements aud gear therein were worth
$4,000, and were insured for $l,500
There were several small boat houses
and smith shops burned, on which the
loss was 3 mere trl1e. The cause of the
fire Is unknown.
Travers Daniels, the civil engineer who
successfully constructed the water works
at Clarksyille and Columbia, Tenn, is in
the city surveying with view Of giving
Pensacola system of water works.
FIRE AT BOSTON.
Boston, Aug. 10.-One of the hardest
fires 20 fight which the fire department has
had to contend with in some time, broke
ont 10 ffaes
Nos. 80 and 36 Lewis wharf, which were
packed with hemp, jute and cordage.
The fire started in an upper story of No.
35, and spread to No. 80. being. however,
confined 10 the upper stories. Bales were
packed against the windows, making 1t
impossible for the fremen to fight
the fire except through the dOrmer
windows and the roof The iute was
owned by Cyrus Wakefield, the cOrdage
by the Plymouth. Cordage Company, and
the hemp by Cunningham n Sons of Phila-
delphia, and the Bond Bros, Of New
York. The buildings are owned by the
Lewis Wharf Corporations, and leased 10
A. p. Lombard's Sons. 1t IS impossible
to estimate the loss, but it will be heavy.
The buildings and goods are fully covered
by insurance.
AN OATMEAL MILL BURNED.
LEAvENwORTH, KAN, Aug. 10.-Fire
broke out tonight in North q Co.'s large
oatmeal mill at Main and Delamare
streets, and the entire building and its
contents were destroyed. The loss is S75,-
coo. The property is fully insured. Cas-
lin d SHOWS wholesale boot and shoe
stOre adjoining was partly burned and
badly damaged by water. Their less is
about $50, 600. They are insured.
The Daily Times building was injured
by having its roof partially burned Off and
by water. The loss to the paper, type, etc,
Will be about $4,000. The company is in
sured. During the fire the Main street
wall of the oatmeal mill was blown out
ward by an explosion, and several per-
sons were injured. IL is thought that
there are others under the debris, but at
10 O'CLOCK no bodies had been found. 1t is
thought that the fire was caused by an
explosion of dust IN the mill. The fire
department from Fort Leavenworth made
the run Of three miles in ten minutes.
Col. Campbell. Chief Quartermaster OF the
Department Of Missouri, rode on the ma
chine.
HEAVY LOSSES AND LIGHT INSURANCE.
CHARLOTTE, n. c., Aug. 1O.-Fire in
Concord, sunday morning, burned seven
buildings. The losses are as follows:
W. &. Coleman, groceries, 81 600; Smith,
Dale Il Ritchey, hardware. $1,000; NJ. l..
age, general stock, $500; NJ. p. Stone. mill
lnery and art gallery, 5000; y Ohm Wallace,
bar. $500; M. B. Leslie, carriage shop.
$500; William Boyd, two buildings. 81, POO;
Caldwell a. shinn, building. So 800; w. j.
Means. warehouse, S40O; Smith, Dale e.
Ritchey, warehouse, $500; A. NJ. McHinch,
stables, $500. There was but Sl,s00 in
surance on all the property destroyed.
The fire was accidental.
BUSINESS HOUSES BURNED OUT.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. TO- Fire at
Frankfort, KY, this morning destroyed a
handsome block Of buildings, including
the business houses Of Sol. Harris, Sower
Il Owley Peter SOwer, and h. II. Taylor
a. co. The loss Is S5f 200. aud the insur-
ance $4,000. The origin Of the fire is in-
cendiary.
TOWN WIPED OUT BY FIRE.
LONDON, Aug. i0.--Kinachma, a town
near Warsaw, IN Poland, has been de-
stroyed by iire.