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

mented wood work on thseast front caught
fire, then the walls began to crack
under the fierce heat. The windows
wore broken, and the flames once
inside were beyond control Mr.. David
Porter, who was chairman of the building
committee which erected the building, was
inside until the heat became 80 great that it
was with difficulty that he escaped. The
flames leaped from one floor to another,
/ up TO the roof, and then to the tower. The
breaking of the electric light wires gave out
pale, blue light, whore they entered
! the building giving a weird effect
( upon the background Of broad sheets of
! flame as they shot up, leaping like mad
/ from window to window and floor TO floor.
/ 1t was splendid, yet sad sight to watch
the sweep of the flames and listen to thoir
roar. The wind leaned toe tower toward
the main part OF the building. Half an hour
after the fire started the east wall toppled
and fell with terrible crash, carrying with
it the tower and the south wall. The north
wall fell few minutes later
The only buildings burned on STATE street
west of the Odd Fellows building were two
brick residences belonging to the Savarese
estate and occupied as boarding houses.
The eastern house was occupied by Mr.. H.
Palmer, the western house by Assistant
Chief of Police Lee
THE ART GALLERY SAVED.
The buikding burned freely, and it was
feared that the Telfair Academy of Arts
and Sciences on the opposite side of the
street would go. The heat was so intense
that it was almost impossible to work
on the building. Streams of water
from hose were kept playing on
the walls and the windows were COW
cred with wet blankets. The heat scorched
the paint on the walls, and the building
was enveloped in steam as the water
was poured down its sides. Director
| Brandt used every effort to save the build
ing, and he succeeded. Not single piece
| of statuary, nor a picture Inside
was injured. There was fear expressed
that the stone statues in the yard would be
cracked, but aside from the smoke they are
not believed to be damaged. Crowds of
people watched the work on the gallery. If
it were lost the pictures could never have
been replaced and Savannahs beautiful
home of art would have been blotted QUE.
Aside from few cracks in the eastern and
.aarthern walls, on 1EAieh the heat from the
Savarese buildings was most intense, the
academy is intact.
STILL SWEPT WEST
It was thought for time that the stores
at the southwest corner of Broughton and
Barnard streets could be saved and nothing
was moved from them. The building on
the corner, occupied by J. 7. Cohen,
caught early after the fire started, but the
flames were extinguished. The rext store,
occupied by G. W. Allen, caught several
times, but it was thought that it could be
saved aud no goods were removed. While
the firemen were at work in another place,
ings on the so1thwest corner Of the street,
and in a few minutes tho building was a
seething mas Of flames Mr.. Cohen's loss
on his stock is estimated at from SIS, 900 to
$4,000. He carried but small insurance.
In twenty-minutes after they caught, the
three stores on the corner fronting Brough-
ton street were burned to the ground The
buildings were owned by Mr. ]. D. Weed,
and were fully covered by insurance. How
stock from S17, 900 to $4,000, and is three
fourth covered by insurance. The stock in
| Cornwell & Chipman's store and in Cohen's
were a total loss. It was thought
that the fire could be stopped there, but the
wind changing to the east, carried the
flames over on the roof of Lindsay and
Morgan's furniture store and in short
time it was in flames and one half hour
after the building caught nothing but the
walls were left standing. and few minutes
after they fell in with a great crash. The
building was owned by the estate Of Lowell,
and is supposed to have been fully covered
by insurance. Mr.. Lindsay is in Florida
and the FIRMS loss could.not be learned. 1t
will be very heavy.
EAST OF HoGAN's BUILDING.
The buildings burned east OF the Douglass
and Hogan buildings on Broughton street
we're the stores formerly occupied by Simon
Mitchell and later by A. S. Milius, dry
goods, and Hermes & Gotlieb, photograph
ers, and NJ Sternbergs jewelry store.
The thick wall Of the Lowell building pro-
vented the fire from going farther east.
The loss on these two buildings burned is
estimated at $4,000 to 10000. The in
surance is not over s25,0OO
Six buildings on Stato street east Of
Barnard street were burned. The two
houses at the corner of Barnard and State
were owned by Harry Hyams, the others
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