The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-07

| took fire several times, but force of men
was on duty and eXtinguished ths fire as
fast as 1t broke out. The shingle roof house
at No. 81 Liberty street also took fire sew
eral times, but bucket brigade prevented
| it from burnirg. The asphalt pavement
| on Liberty street was covered with fiery
embers, as wers the houses on Liberty
street and on Harris street, but the build
ings being tin rooted prevented them from
taking fire.
Mr.. HoGAN's LOSS.
| Mr.. Hogans loss is considerably over
| 100000. The building, which he erected
in 1884 cost in the neighborhood of $40, 600
and was covered by ouly s., 800 insurance
Mr.. Hogan's stock of goods he estimated at
SIS, 900, and he carried but SEQ, 600 insur-
ance. 81 thought / was wise" Mr..
Hogan said as he stood viewing the
flames, but l see now that was not"
John A. Douglass & Co. S stove, crockery
and house furnishing store, which wa
a part of the Hogan building, and was
erected by Mr.. Douglass at the same time,
| was burned with it. Half an hour after
the fire started the walls fell in with a
tremendous crash. Mr.. Douglass loss on
his stock and building will approximate
| 1000 and Is only partially covered by in
| surance.
EAST OF WHITAKER STREET.
The following property east OF Whitaker
| street WIS burned :
On Whitaker street, the Guards armory,
loss $4,000.
On the corner Of Whitaker and York,
| the Bambrick property, two-story frame
and reaF buildings, loss 5000.
On Whitaker and South Broad, Col. r.
d. Walkers frame residence and brick out
buildings, 5000.
On York street, two-story frame houss
belonging to the estate Of Gen. George =.
Harrison, 81, 900.
The frame building of Thomas Hender.
son, 5000, and three story brick building
5000.
On the north side Of South Broad street
DR.. Whites property, consisting Of two
| frame buildings valued at s. 600; the
double two-s ory frame building of Beirne
Gordon $1,000: the | dependent Presbvte-
rian church, built in 1918, at a cost Of $l25,-
600; the Sunday-school building, $4,000
on Hull street Capt. John Flannery's resi-
dence, 5000 in excess of insurance, and the
frame residences of J. W. Mcintyre, be
longing to the Foley estate, loss g., 600 and
that of DR.. Knorr, 5000
At one time the Baptist church wa
thought to be in imminent danger, bat the
fremen confined the fire TO the Knorr build
ing, aud stayed the conhagration westward d
on Hull street.
This, of course, does not cover the losses
| of the shopkeepers on Whitaker, Messrs
| Clarke & Daniels, stove dealers: NJ. Flaum
| tailor and tobacco dealer; j. E. Freeman
tinsmith; Mrs G. Brady, dressmaker; T
J. O'Brien, tinsmith, and Daniel Dean,
barber, all suffering more or less loss, the
loss of MesSrs. Clarke & Daniels being the
heaviest. 1t was almost impossl bls to gel
wagons for removing goods, end fn some
instances IS a load was offered BY those
anxious to have their goods removed t.
places of safety.
SAVING THE FURNITURE.
The streets and squares were packed
with household fur liture and bedding, and
as the fire extended southwark it had to be
removed, in some Instances, two or three
times, and the greatest vigilance had to b.
maintained to prevent it from burning
where it was stored, as the sparks rained
down upon it, firing bedding and othel
combustible matter
Special details Of police aided in guard
ing the property, and one or two arrests
were made of suspicious characters VIII
were making off with property they had
appropriated during the excitement.
The Chatham Artillery removed theii
ordnance to Bull street, between State auc
| Brolgnton, aud court house square was
filed with the furniture d property of the
| Guards aud the artillerymen. A patrol
| of the Guards was detailed tC
guard all the entrances to the
| square, and hundreds were turned aside
some at the point of the bayonet. The en-
tire military force Of the city was out tc
( aid the police in preserving order, and IL
guarding the property which had beer
stored in streets, lanes and squares Will,
some petty stealing was done, the vigilance
of the military prevented any systematizec
plunder.
THE STREET CARS STOPPED.
The passage Of street. cars on Whitaker,
Barnard and Broughton streets were inter
fered with, and none we're allowed to pass
after the fire had got started and under
headway. A Whitaker street car wa'
stopped in front of the city dispensary
when the Hanley building began to burn
and the mules were taken out and driven
to the stables. The car was left standing
on the track, and If the fire bad not beer
checked before 1t got to the corner of State
and Whitaker streets, the car would have
| been consumed.
The electric light was turned Off at IA
O'Clock, on account Of the danger from
broken wires. The telegraph and telephone
| poles on Whitaker, Broughlon and Barnard
| streets were burned down a1d the wires
were melted ia two and fell to the ground.
BroughtoD street, where the fire began
was perfect network Of wires.
The plank floor of the Barnard street ca
| track from Broughtou street TO the Telfair
| place was burned and the iron rails were
warped by the heat
| At ono time while the Hogan building
was burning the hose caught fire and the
| firemen had to di joint 1t and move it out
of the way. Fireman Connolly OF No.
engine department, who hurt his foot
somo time ago by fall at a fire, had a
similar accident to Cefall him last Mig ht.
| While he was standing on a ladder
working on the Guards armory
his foot slipped, and falling, he hurt
il again and had to be taken 10 his home
on jefferson and Huntingdon streets
The Knights of Pythias hall was at one
time in imminent danger Of being con.
sumed and Secretary Fox secured the
records in the event that it did take fire.
SCENES ON BRoUGHToS STREET.
While the Broughton street buildings
were burning on the south side Of the street
the occupants Of the houses on the north
were engaged getting the contents out Of
| their houses. Congress street lane
was crowded with household effects, with
only room enough for drays 70 pas in and
| out carrying things away. Men stood on the
We andas in front OF tne buildings that were
| smoking from the Intense heat thrown out
| by the burning houes on the south Of the
ssreet, and with buckets OF water kept tho
side thoroughly wet. The glass in the
| show windows TO most OF the
stores on the north sids OF the
street was cracked and soma Of the panes
were shattered. Several times the awnings
10 the st res on the north west and northsas