The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-06
FIRE 0NAW WILDRAMPAGE
FULLY $50 BUILDINGS BURNED AT
JACKSONVILLE.

Morning in a Restaurant Now Used
as Storeroom-Incendiari 6us-
pected-BridRe Street in the Vicinity
OF ofBrooklyn Bridge Badly Scorched.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, June 5.-A tre-
mendous fire originated in an old unoccu-
pied restaurant on Bridge street. near
Brooklyn bridge, at 80 O'Clock this morn
ing. The restaurant was used as a store
house by the Anheuser- Busch Company,
and the fire is believed to have been of in
cendiary origin. So rapidly did the flames
spread, being famed by brisk breeze, that
by the time the fire department reached the
spot they became uncomfortable, end the
firemen who had crossed the bridge TO get
better position at the blazing mass, found
themselves cut OFF, and the flames
had full sway, licking up with
amazing rapidity surrounding houses.
which burned like SO much tin
der, owing to the long continued dry
SPELL Soon the stores and buildings Of
Morris Cohen, dry goods; G. Simons, dry
goods; ID. E. Edwards, barber; Louis GAR
ner, barber; E. A. Kicker, saloon; Antony
Bendette, store; Tom Baxter, saloon: the
Anheuser Busch Brewing Company's Of
cross cottage, owned by Capt. j. w. FItz-
gerald; the California Cheap Johns estab-
l1shment; the Cuban cigar store and the
Cuban restaurant were all ablaze, and as
the roaring mass scared upward it was
seen that the Barrs house, an old historic
mansion, was doomed, and finally that, too,
was afire.
THE WHOLE CITY IN PERIL.
"The city is doomed, )" was then the cry.
and 1t certainly looked as il nothing could
stay the fierce blaze, which commenced to
spread westward among large number of
shanties which lined Bay street. There we're
no firemen at this point they being cut Off
on the otheg side OF the bridge One after
another of these little houses caught and
the scenes as the terrified families moved
their belongings away from the flames
baiiied description. The Elmodelo factory
at this time looked as il doomed. But
the fire department, having by almost
superhuman efforts reached this portion of
Bay street, began to play on that building.
and when the Barrs house fell with a crash.
sending millions of cinders into the sky, it
was seen that the cigar factory was saved.
ONCE MORE TO THE BREACH.
The chief then ordered his exhausted but
gallant firemen around to the north side to
fight tire, which was slowly but surely
sweeping northward up Bridge street, de-
vouring all in its track from the bridge to
| AAaWA obICob. lu6 Wluut WHICH nlDnerUO
had been blowing strong, now seemed to
become lighter, and hopes began to be en-
tertained that the fire would not be as de-
vastating as was at first anticipated, but it
was by no means under control.
VICTORY AT LAST
The gallant firemen. spurred on by the
efforts of the chief, kept up their fight, and
finally the fire was seen to be about to
yield. The burnt district reaches on Bridge
afraaE from the railroad fsaa lie q
bridge, which is considerably injured, to
Adams street, and all the houses on the
west sido of Bridge street for four blocks
succumhed, with the exception of Frazier's
store, at the corner Of Adams street, from
Bridge to Hawk street. From the creek
every house was burned with the exception
OF Grants residence, at the corner of Hawk
and Adams streets
It is estimated that 150 houses were
burned, and many Of these, heing small
shanties occupied by colored people, were
of course not insured. The loss is esti-
mated at about S150000, With about
S65000 insurance. Dawn broke this morn
ing before tho flames were completely
under control, but all day the fire depart
ment have been playing on the burning
debris to keep it from breaking out afresh.
NOTES OF THE FIRE.
G. G. Collins lost about 81, 800.
Rickers' loss is estimated at $1,000.
Miss Lucas loss two buildings, is $1,000
ds G, f. Powers loss Is estimated at 81, 200.
L E. w. Gillen lost eight houses valued at
$1,000
J. w. Garvin loses on his stables and resi-
dence, $4,000
Mrs Patterson lost about 81, 1000 Her in
surance is unknown.
Barrs property was valued at So 500. The
insurance is $500.
j. w. Fitzgerald lost about $1,000. His
insurance is unknown
Thomas Clayborne lost about $4,000. His
insurance is not known.
Morris Cohen lost by the fire at least
$4,000. His insurance is So, 800
Sigo Myers lost $4,000. His insurance is
about $1,000
Simon, the dry goods man, loses about
$4,000. His insurance is unknown.
j. Il. Geter lost twelve buildings, prob
ably worth $4,000 He has no insurance
NO LOSS OF LIFE.
The report that woman and three chill
dren were burned in the fire is untrue.
Cinders several inches in length fell a quar-
ter Of a mile from the conhagratiou. Three
and half squares one way and four tue
other was the extent of the f1l'e's ravages
w. H. Ferenbach lost four stores His
loss is 5000, with no insurance.
Morris Cohen's brother-in-law is the only
person known to have been injured by the
fire. He was slightly burned. An old
loaded cannon which was lying near
McCann's wood yard exploded during the
fire and caused a sharp report The shell.
q twenty-pounder, was found over 1000
feet away, over Conroy's store
j. E. T. Bowden lost two houses. He
estimates his loss at s., 500. He has $4,000
insurance
Paul G. Phillips was elected chef of
police by the new council vice James Hoey.
+. J. Pons, Jr., son of the state treas
urer, aad Miss Lossie J: Smith were mar
ried at 80 o'clock this afternoon at the
Catholic church.
j. n. G. Stockton, j. d. Kelly and G.
Hopkins, the new county commissi oners,
took their seats to-day, vice DIR. Hy Robin
son, +. F. L'Engle and Alex Wallace
The city council will extend the fire lin
its, and the burned area viii before long be
covered with handsome brick structures.
Among the tenements destroyed were nine
houses OF ill-fame
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