The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-21
FIRE PLAYS MAD HAVOC.
SEVERAL FIRMS AND A BANK
BURNED OUT AT ST. LOUIS,

Fearful Loss of Life Avoided Only Be-
cause the Fire Occurred at Night,
When 800 Employees Were Not at
Work-Ftteen Buildings in Ashes at
Franklinton.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 20.-The large six-story
building Nos. 319 and 321 North Third
street, and having also frontage ON Locust
street in the shape CT an a." was totally
destroyed by fire at o'clock this morning
The fire caught in the basement, and the
flames rushing up the elevator soon spread
throughout the building, aud in less than
an hour it was mass of ruins. The Guern-
sey-Scu ider Electric Plant occupied the
Third street basement, the Commercial
Printing Company the first, second, third
and fourth floors, and the two upper stories
were used by Dickerson g. Haus, shoe
manufacturers.
THE LOCUST STREET SIDE.
On the Locust street side the first floor
was occupied by Cant Bros, of New York.
dealers in book-binders' stock, and the up
per stories by the Commercial Printing
Company and F. NJ. Flamger,a "a book-binder.
Over 500 people were employed in the build
ing, and had the fire occurred in the day
time, there would, doubtless, have been
fearful loss of life.
A BANK BUILDING CRUSHED IN.
The old Mechanics bank building at No.
3l7 Third street, adjoining on the south,
was crushed by falling walls and nearly
destroyed. This was occupied by Kohn &
Co., bankers and brokers; Carol & Howell,
insurance agents; Gerrettsel, Bowman &
Co., and the ST. Louis Mining Exchange.
Two or three small story buildings adjoin-
ing on Locust street were also crushed, but
the losses at this point were immaterial.
The total loss by the fire is roug ily csti-
mated at between $150,000 and $3.50 900,
but the individual losses are not yet ascer-
tanned.
FIFTEEN BUILDINGS BURNED.
RALEIGH, N c., Dec. 20.-The town of
Franklinton, about TWENTY-FIVE miles from
this city, was almost totally DESTROYED by
fire about daylight this morning. The fire
originated in a barroom and swept the
whole business part of the town. Fifteen
buildings were consumed, and the loss is es-
tinated at from S25, 900 to $50, 600. Not more
than one-third of the property was in
sured. Several hundred bales of cotton on
the platform of the Raleigh aud CASTOR
depot were in imminent danger, but were
saved by being placed on fat cars and
pulled off to a safe distance. This is the
second destructive fire which has visited
Franklinton within the past two months. 3
BURNING OF THE HOSPITAL.
New YORK. Dec 20.-William Hough,
one Of the patients who was removed from
the Presbyterian hospital while it was on
fire last night, died this morning at the
Alount Sinai hospital. He was suffering
from an abscess of the lungs, aud the ply
sicianS say he was certain TO die even If he
had not teen subjected to the exposure in
cident to his removal. All the other
patients who were removed to neigh
None of the four firemen whose
hands and faces were burned is seriously in
jured The governors of the hospital held
meeting to-day to provide means for the
care of the patients and the restoration of
the hospital. The origin of the fire has not
yet been discovered.
DETRoIT's sCHooL-HoUsE FIRE.
DETROIT, Dec. 20.-Another victim is
added to the disaster at the Tilden school
last evening by the death of Bertha Moody,
aged IA. She was terribly burned about
the waist, and was unconscious from the
time of the accident until her death this
morning.
Nellie Thatcher, aged IA, was terribly
burned from the waist 10, and the chances
for her recovery are slight.
Lucy Renshaw is also badly burned about
the neck and arms. Her recovery is doubt
full
Edna fonda. aged 13. was frlghtfully
burned about the head and face. Her hair
was burned entirely off. There are no hopes
of her recovery.
Georgia Homer is badly burned on the
back and abdomen, but there are hopes for
her recovery.
Nellie Westgate was badly burned about
the upper portions of the body and her head
was seriously scorched. Her injuries are
thought TO be fltal.
Edith Wheeler, aged II, Edna Holland
aged 13, and Bessie Bamford, aged IA, were
all seriously burned, but there are strong
hopes entertained for their recovery. Those
slightly burned are seven in number, but
their condition is not such as to cause great
anxiety to their parents and friends.