The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-15
TIE NEW FIRE BOXES.
Why the Big Duke was Tapped Yester-
day-Incipient Fires this Week.

day--Incipient Fires this Week.
The public yesterday could not under
stand the occasional taps of the fire bell.
Chef Fernandez explained it to a MORNING
NEWS reporter last night He was testing
the circuit of the five new fire boxes, and
the test was highly satisfactory. To-day a
silent test of the circuit of all the fire boxes
will be made
The five new boxes have several keys,
which We're left by Chief Fernandez at
places convenient for promptly sending in
alarms The new boxes with their numbers
and location are as follows:
No. s. Bryan and Farm streets.
No. g. Broughton and Reynolds streets.
No. Is. Wilson and Walker streets.
No. -. Burroughs and Bolton streets.
No. -. Waldburg and Price streets.
The following is now a corrected and
complete list of the fire boxes, and will be
convenient TO clip out for ready reference
3......... Observation-Disclosures. .... Police Barracks
4........... ,..............U Upper Cotton Press
o.. ................ BroughtOn and Abercorn
b.,..-..-- ..,.............. East Broad and Bay
t.-,..,......-.........,. Bay and Drayton
s..................'..-... Bryan and Farm
B......................B rOughton and Reynolds
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Bay and jefferson
l3........,......,..B roughton and West Broad
l4.......-........-. Broughton and Whitaker
l9..................... Broughton and Price
lb..............,...So South Broad and East Broad
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. South Broad and Bull
lS............... ............ Wilson ana Walker
b.. Observation-Disclosures. Burroughs and Bolton
I................SO South Broad and Montgomery
- ........... Central Railroad Passenger Depot
66t'''''.....: -. -. liberty and Drayton
@..........S. T. and ". Railway Freight Depot
=. ...---......-.. Charlton and Whitaker
~ '''''''''''''.. '..... -: Jones ana Lincoln
IS. ............ Waldburg and Price
81 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Bull and CASTOR
~. .................,...W Wayne and West Broad
Observation-Disclosures. $500. Hall and Barnard
39.......... ............... Central Cotton Press
80. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Margaret. near Farm
37..,........ ............ Lower Hydraulic Press
1....................D raytOn and New Houston
2.......... Central Railroad " harf, over Canal
&c.. Central r.. r. Warehouses. over Canal
45.......................D Duffy and Montgomery
46................... go. huntington and Price
The windy weather which has prevailed
since Sunday night has kept the fire laddies
busy answering silent alarms, but they
have been very lucky thus far. The follow
ing incipient fires have been extinguished
by prompt application of water from
buckets, the total loss not exceeding $50:
York street lane, between Habersham
and Price. Roof of one-story frame, en-
CINE No. ! responding.
One-stOry frame, on north size of Gwin-
nett street, opposite Burroughs, occupied by
I. King and owned by the Hoover estate.
Slight damage to roof. Engine No. re-
sponded.
Slight fire on roof of a tenement house,
on Hull street, between Jefferson and Mont
gomery streets. Engine No. 3 and hook
and ladder turned out.
Fire ON the second floor of house owned
by Valentine Basler, on the north side of
Bryan street, between Barnard and Jeffer-
son streets. The bedstead, mattress and a
table were burned. Engines Nos. 2 and 8,
and the hook and ladder turned out.
There were two false alarms. A chimney
on fire on the south side of York street,
between Habersham and Price, brought out
engines Nos l and 3, and smoke Issuing
from under the roof from a defective stove
pipe at No 176 South Broad street, called
out the No. aud the hook and ladder COM
pany.
The materia, for the new hose house is
being hauled to the site on Waldburg, near
Price, and the work will soon begin, and
will be prosecuted vigorously until it is
finished.
There is very earnest desire in the vi
cinity of Robertsville for the location of a
new hose house there, and it is claimed that
it is an absolute necessity.
The residents in the southern part of the
city from Second street out are still clam
oring for better facilities for fighting fire.
They say that that part of the city is build
ing up rapidly, and that the nearest water
plug is at Anderson street, virtually leaving
all property south of Second street at the
mercy of fires.