The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-14
E1REIN AN ICE HOUSE.
The Knickerbocker Compsny's Stor-
age Compartments Damaged.

! TIE EnlCK6TOOGhCI SOAhp6hJ . OtOE-
age Compartments Damaged.
Fire broke out at 80 O'Clock yesterday
! In what is known as the No. 2 compartment
| of the Knickerbocker Ice and Coal Com
! pany's ice houses on the north side of Bay
/ street. between Barnard and jefferson
! streets. and for awhile it looked as il it
would 10 an ugly fire. 1t was brought
/ under control, however, in the eou Be OF
/ three-Cuarters Of an nour, and its conmu-
/ nicAtlon with contiguous buildings wss
prevented The building Is fpur-story
| brIc6 structure, with a basement on River
| stree, aud Is owned by Charles o. Gage Of
/ Bo ton.
/ Ibe origin Of the fire is traced to the
carelssSness Of gang Of negroes who had
been sent down TO open 10 the windows or
bI!kheads Of tae les compartment prepara-
tory to stDglag the ca Z OF 1OO tols OF ice
Of toe schooner Anna J." Milford, whlcl Las
just arrived here. The basement was dark,
and one OF t4e steve iores, 1t Is supposed, Ii.
tu8JcA which droppe into the shaYlngs
and dry rice Oh Il which is used between
the inner false wall Of plank and The brick
wa l. and they BEGAN - ear down the plank
10 get at 800 ire and beat 1t out That
made it s0ra4l more RAPIDLY, and not until
Mr. CayanauSh from above ordered the
negroes to get u quick ana IN realize
their danger They barely escaped roast
in clmai & up the lad Ter 10 the re-
windows and making narrow escape. An
alarm Was turned IN and the tire depart
meat was quickly on tie ground.
Ex-Culef fireman Ferua1 ~ jumped on
the "mogul' and was the first to turl lhe
- on tue fire, bat the first water that
struck the fire seemed 70 lntenslf, the hame,
w lica saJt 10 from below aud out Of tie
door on tho BAY street trout, singeing Mr.
Fernsudez's eyebrows, and he was glad to
retreat 70 a safer dis an1e. There was no
h0oritrom basement to the roof, ald as
there had been no ice stored in the com
partmeut for ne time, chAtf. ice house
lining q roof burn 81 like tin Ter. 1t was
impossible TO get inside t. igat the fire, and
q slate roof, laid il cement, Inads 1t DIM
cult 10 IS Ork from the outside. The fire
vas literally drowned out by hard wo k,
four engines playing or 1t, while fi'enen
cut holes in the hot slate roof with din
Guilty, and aided in the work Of extinguish-
ing the flames.
Chief Fireman Pudar directed the work
from both Bay and River streets and lent
helping hand himssf.
Mr.. Cavanaugh, manager OF the kuick-
erbOcker Compa Y, est mates the loss Of his
company at $500, uDol which there is no
insurance. AL Of the furniture, books
papers aud safe Of the firm we're moved out
of the Office and escaped damage by fire
and water. N Cavanaugl stated that the
fire " Il not interfere with the business Of
the company, which will go right on, and
thu NJ lford's cargo will be stored in the
icehouse f the Art .siaa Company, a few
doors west, " hich was leased by the Knick-
erbocker Company when the Aries al Com
pany LEASED its plant to the Savannah
Bre wing Company.
The damage to the building is estimated
at e. 90, covered by insurance IN tle agen-
cies OF J. n. Jon son, T. II. Harden aud j.
F. Wheaton & Son. The work of repair
will bs began as soon as the loss is ad-
justei.