The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-13
FIRE IN THE CHEMICALS.
A TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR BLAZE
ON CONGRESS STREET

Hermes 81 Gottlieb's Photograph
Gallery Goes Up in Smok s-aeavy
Damage by Water to Basch Bro :.
Clothing Store Jeweler Schwarz-
baum Moves His stock Out and Is
capes Loss-A Difficult Fire 70 Get
At, but Well Handled and a General
Confagration Avertsd.
Fire broke out IN the chemical room of
Hermes & Gottlieb's photog aph gallery,
in the seconi floor of the Mcintyre build
ing. No III Congress street, yesterday after
noon, destr ying their entire stock and
damaging the building to the extent Of
s.. 500 to S3001, and contents to the amount
of 5000 to 80 600.
An alarm was sent in from Box II, at
Broughton Whitaker streets, and the
market policeman turned in an alarm
almost simultaneously from box IL, at
jefferson and Bay streets, bringing tae
entire fire department out
The fire was difficult to get at as it was
burning fercely between tie ceiling AMI the
tin roof. and in the rear ( tn building
where the chemicals we're on fire, the heat
and smoke from which were so st fling thai
the fremeu were at q disadvantage ffo
the beginning. Lad lers were plac d a. the
rear on Congress street laIe'al1 in frolt on
Congress stree, and three streams OF waite
were played in the building from the Con-
gress street windows and two from thu
rear. While this confined the fire to t.
second floor, it id not reach the pace
where the fire was burning under the ROOF
for some time.
THE LOWER FLOOR DELUGED.
The water fou I'd its wav through the
floor into the clothing 81 ire oI BaIch Bros,
on the first floor, which wa fooled to
depth of nearly two leet, and an openil
had to be be cut in the floor toilet the W ter
out. Tarpaulns were placed over the
counter goods, but the stock on the shelves
was at the mercy OF the water.
At one time II looked as ii the fire would
be communicated to C ntlguous buildings
when the flames burst thrJug1 the roof.
The fame was ten 10 twenty feet broad and
equally as hig1, burning fisrc'ly, bit b.
hard work the fire was brOIglt under con-
troll in about a quarter OF an hour after II
found vent through the m lied rJof. Fire
man Connolly and two or three call men
got a line OF hose IN t0D ( the roof on the
Congress st eet side aud did god execution
BY this time the fire al1 smoke having
vent, Chief Pudec and a force Of mel
got two lines of hose in tie
building and gradually the flames lowered.
and the fire was vel IN hand. Twlc3 dur
ing the after Don one of tie lines OF So
by force of the pressure was rec from
the hands of the fireme and thrashei about
sprinkling the crowds out ids the ropes and
dau g@rously + reateling the two men on
the ladder, but TO tunately, no one was in
jured, although Mr.. George c. Gaiilard ha
his coat badly torn in his gra pie with tue
hose, each time ringing 1t undsr control
AN ALARM To DRAW A CROWD.
Box II always draws a CT wd ali Mar
ket square and Cong ess street were packet
with people yester Jay afternoon. and IL wa
all that SsrgJ. Killourny aud a mounted
policeman could do TO keep the people out
side of the ropes and OF he lines 81 hose.
The usual criticisms were made about no
the fire ought e. be handled, but a RTomi-
nent insurance age I, VIII watched me fire
closely, EXPIRE sci the opinion that tue en-
were dong all thai could be done, con id
ering the location Of e fire III a place Sc
difficult OF access with the hose
The damages are estim tel oil the way
from $1,000 TO $l2, 900. vita loss Of alb M
s., 00O over in insurance and divided as fol
lows:
Robert Mcintyre, los on building s, 500
TO &, 900, covered by Insurance in tn age
cies of john N. johnson g. Co. and john f.
Wheatoa g. Son. M Mcintyre was at the
fire, saw he could d. nothing, aud retu mel
me and went 10 church.
Hermes & Gottieb, photographers; loss
on stock, instrumel and furniture $4,000,
partially covered BY lnslrauc9 in IN n.
Johnsol & Co.'S age1cy for S2,0D. The
same firm ha branch gallery on B Dug y
ton street, which was buroed bv the April
fire. Their loss then was $500, upoI which
there was no insu ~ance.
Basch Bros. clam 10 have had IS, coo
worth of stock III Their clothing store, on
which they are carving g., 900 Insurance.
in John n. johnson & C'.'s agency. They
were not prepared to estina their loss last
night. Their loss i, from water oily as the
fire did not communicate with the first
floor The damage will possibly range from
80 to 80 rer cent. Of their stock, which their
policy fully covers.
/. g. SchwarZOanm, jeweler, had store
room in Basch BIOS store, but he got his
stock out without loss or damage. Hs had
no insurance.
STARTED IN THE CHEMICAL ROOM
Hermes 81 G1ttleb nal not removed
their dec 1rations used during Merchants
May week, ID their cross-the-s,ree6
streamer on Con kress treet is still standing
The origin of tn fire has no. yet e1 d.
termInsd beyond the fact that it sta ted
where the chem cal stock was stored, bus
whether by spontaneous combustion or
from o-her accident is only conjectural.
TITS is the sec )nd tire In he building, it
having been DESTROYED soma Il teen or
twenty years ago. Hal there b en- a high
wind the fire -iglt have extended yester-
day and made more unsightly ruins in the
bushes, portion OF the ciJy.
Alder nan Wells, chairmIa of the water
works com nttse OF council, Judge Fa Ii
giant, nu nber f local insura zee agents
and several prominent bu ,iness men of the
Gity were at the fire as iptere eel Iec5atOri
narrowly wac ing the Ell rt5 OF the fire.
men to bring the famas under subsection.
FIRE ~ TIE SrrRrppG