The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-07
State Street Swept Through
to Whitaker.
A LEAP INTO A SHEBPLE
IDlppe1de1. Presbyterian Church
and Chapel Lost

Hanley's Cupoia Caught a Spark That
Turned the Whole Building into a
Furnace-rhence the Fire Leaped to
the Guards Armory-No Building
Left on Whitaker Street from York
TO South Broad-Everything West of
Or. Hopps' on the North Side of Bull
Street Consumed - York Street
Swept Half Way to Bull-Capt.
Flannery Burned Out-The County
Records Safe-WonderflIl Escape of
, the Whitfield Bgssitng@' ,rsss r's's'7''a .
Over fifty buildings, some Of them the
city's proudest structures, and more than
million and quarter dollars of property
went up in smoke last night.
It was fateful alarm Of fire that rang
out a. fifteen minutes of o'clock from box
"a at Whitaker and Eroughton streets.
This morning where massive structures
stood yesterday. smoking ruins emphasize
the disastrous visitation.
There will be pang of grief when the
skeleton walls of the independent Presyby-
terian church, with its beautiful Sunday
school building, the blackened ruins Of the
Odd Fellows building, and the wreck of the
Guards arsenal are viewed by those who
visit the burnt district These edifices all
vent down in the flames which encircled
that portion of the city, from Barnard
street west on Broughton to the Weed
building and east to the Lowell buildings,
south on Whitaker from President to South
Broad street, and east on York from
the middle Of the block between Barnard
and Whitaker, to within three doors of
Bull street.
All the buildings on the north
side Of South Broad, between Whitaker
and Bull, except one, and embracing the
Independent church and the Sunday school
building on Bull street, burned Three
residences on Hull street, west of the Sun
day school building, went down and there
the fire stopped. One-half of the buildings
On State street, opposite the Whitfield
building, and the old two-story frame
house west Of the Whitfield Lulding, were
swept away.
STARTED IN A SHOW WINDOW.
The fire started in show window in u.
hogans dry goods store No. 16S Broughton
street One of the clerks stepped into the
window to light the gas. AS he did so
gust Of wind blew the flame against some
lghtmateriaL 1t ignited and in almost
hash the entire window was in
names The window pane was
broken in the effort to stop the fire. The
'lnd famed the flames and carried them
Il mo the store. In a moment the entire
Uont part Of the store was ablaze. There
vas a rush for the doors. No time was to
10 lost but all of the employees got
out In ten minutes the flames
osa communicated to tho second story
and then all hope of saving the building
was gone.
FIERCE, LEAPINa FLAMES.
E The fire burned fiercely. A strong north
's'' wind was blowing, and the flames
77ped up 30 the roof and over on tho
'l'nlng building. A shower Of sparks
N'ee as the heavy roof fell in, lighting on
Us roofs OF the buildings on State
"ee'' These were soon in flames. The
D'at was intense aud the woodwork and
al y''iceS OF the stores on the opposite side Of
barnard street and of Odd Fellows building
"usht That started the fire westward.
ne BURNING or ODD FELLOWS HALL
'ne burning Of the Odd Fellows building
:" ad sight TO the members who stood
"Nd saw the walls 90 down. The orna.