Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
SAVANNAH BLAZE.
A Million Dollar Fire at Savan-
nah, Ga
q Passenger Train Passes Through . Praa-
Eie Fire-Great Fire in Pittsburgh-
Confagration in India-OAher
Eires.

Fires.
SAVANNAH. Ga, April Sire broke out
at seven O'Clock Saturday night in the
show window of D. H Hogan's dry goods
store while a man was lighting q gas jet
A moment later the fire. had run to almost
every part of the building and those in it
had barely time to escape with their lives.
Fire was communicated to the crockery
store of James b. Douglass & Co, i'm
mediately back Of Hogan's. and soon il
was all ablaxe. The high wind prevailing
contributed to the spread of the flames,
and there was no possibility of checking
them. The building was one Of the finest
blocks in the city, and its destruction
represented loss, with the contents, of
$50. 600. The fire then jumped to the mag
nificent four story building known
as Odd Fellows Hall. 1t was
totally destroyed. The fire next spread
through twelve or fifteen brick dwelling
houses, completely destroying them. The
air was filled with sparks one of which
lodged on the steeple Of Independent Pres
byterian Church, four or five blocks away,
totally destroying it and also its hand.
some brick Sunday school building and
four or five contiguous dwellings. The
total loss amounted to S, ,000, 900.
The number of the buildings burned is
estimated at fifty. The present prospect
is that the larger and finer ones will be
replaced by new ones equally as good as
those destroyed. The sites of many of the
inferior structures now gone will be COW
cred with buildings that will be great
Improvement over the old ones. The loss
of the Independent Presbyterian Church
and chapel, the Guards Armory, the Odd
Fellows Building, Hainley Building and
Hogan & Douglas block, however, are
greatly to be regretted.
No loss of life or serious injury to per.
son occurred
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
CHAMBERLAIN, OAK, April S.-The
people on the passenger train from the
East, on the St Paul road Saturday, had
an exciting experience near Mount
Vernon. A prairie fire was raging around
the track. and the engineer not knowing
its extent ran into it, expecting to run
| found the fire getting worse how
ever. and finally stopped, but could
not run back, as the flames behind
had made the track unsafe. The
passengers and train hands got out and
fought the fire, but the danger kept in
| creasing. Finally the engineer was or
dered to proceed, as to remain still would
have been fatal. 1t was feared that the
rails were warped, and the passengers ex-
pcCGcu d LcIIIOi0 6CCiucAbS OuO diecI "uab
seemed a long period of suspense. the
train emerged from the smoke and flames
In safety. Several of the passengers, who
had engaged in fighting the flames, We're
| painfully burned. The women passen gers
were terribly agitated by their alarming
experience.
| AGED WOMAN BURNED.
SrEUBKNvILLE, O., April S.-Bridget
! widow of the late William Kelly, aged
| N OF foohlo oh
| lived in small house between here and
Alikanna Last evening her grand
| daughter left b Ter alone to come into town.
Soon afterward Patsy Powers, a boy, saw
| smoke issuing from the windows and gave
| the alarm, when parties found the old
! woman lying on the floor with her feet
close to the fire place and her body burned
| to q crisp. Her body and hair were burned
| off. She lived for an hour in terrible suf-
| fering. Her married daughter, a Mrs.
| Yocum, was burned to death in the same
house a few years ago.
FIRE IN MISSISSIPPI
ABERDEEN, Miss, April S-Fire yester-
day morning destroyed eight houses on
| Meridian street with q total loss of about
| $40, 600 The buildings were frame struct-
| ures fire proof, so called by reason of
| sheet iron fronts and roofs, and were
| cheap concerns. They were occupied by
Drake & Chidister, store and restaurant; {;
| G. L. Drake, meat market A. Fieldman,
| dry goods and general merchandise; Louis
Piltaski, saloon and restaurant; Sanders
& Bros, groceries, and NJ. Thehude, meat
market. The total insurance on the stock
| and buildings. about SD, 900.
EXTENSIVE FIRE IN PITTSBURGH.
PITTSBURGH. Pa, April S-The extensive
axe, shovel and saw factories Of Hubbard
& Co, were totally destroy ed by fire yester-
day. There were four buildings, all frame,
and they burned rapidly. The loss on
buildings, machinery and stock will be
| fully $500, ,00O, almost covered by insuranc
| There was an immense quantity Of goods
| on hand, which had been piled up durin G
| the winter because of lack of orders. The
firm gave employment to about 400 men.
The origin of the fire is a mystery.
| RESIDENCES BURNED
| SCRANTON, Pa, April 6-The business
block and residence of Thomas LOTUS and
the residences of DR.. Travis and Henry
| Mcintosh at Olyphant were burned last
night Loss. SIS, 900; insurance light
| GREAT FIRE IN INDIA.
LONDON, April S-A dispatch from India
says that hundreds of houses have been
| destroyed by fire at Surat The loss ID
placed at EDO, OO0
| Another InauguratfOn Victim.