The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29

returned from the great Lynn fire, and
wondered how in the world it could have
gained such headway, found out how it is
themselves
Shortly after o'clock it looked as if the
flames would advance. without hindrance,
up Kingston to Summer street. Brown,
Durrell & Co.'S fine block, which a few
minutes before had stood in all its magnif-
cence, was now a heap of glowing ruins.
The old building, No. 30 Kingston
street, now began to light up, and
Brainerd s. Armstrong Co.'s building at
No. 80 was just catching. A group of
desperate fire fighters was being forced to
retreat inch by inch. Stories were afoat of
men who had been caught in the falling
walls, and Of other fatal accidents, but
there was no time to verify these reports.
The building occupied by Bradford Thomas,
and the Anes' building were involved in
the general destruction. Eastward the fire,
thirty minutes later, had reached the
Freedman bindery on the corner of Lincoln
and Bradford streets, while toward Wash
ington street its limit at the same time was
Chauncey street.
INTO CHAUNCEY STREET.
From the building of Brown & Durrell,
where the fire caught, it spread across the
street back through the burning building
into Chauncey street. In few minutes it
had extended along Chauncey street on the
left hand side, eating into the building next
on the south, occupied by Cludett, Koon &
Co. In less than ten minutes the flames
were tearing into the next building, occu-
pied by Williams 81 Co., on the next
corner,
From the other side it caught FalmostIsat
once upon the buildings on Rowe place, and
the wind favored the supposition that the
whole south cove and wholesale district
were doomed. Already every building had
gone from Bedford street along Kingston
and Chauncey streets, and the flames were
eating up all those on the south side of
Rowe place. On the east side of Chauncey
street, the buildings, all of mammoth
structure, were occupied as wholesale houses
in the dry goods and fancy goods trade,
and every endeavor was made to keep them
from catching. This endeavor was futile,
however, and the flames rushed on in both
directions. The large retail dry goods eS-
tablishment of Jordan, Marsh g. Co., at
Washington and Arch streets, was soon
burned, and the Globe theater, at
Hayward place and Washington street,
was soon a mass of ruins.
Francis Wilson's company, who were play
ing 1.-THE Oolahn there, lost all their
costumes and scenery. The widest excite
ment prevailed, and the firemen were
greatly hampered by the narrowness of the
streets and the velocity Of the flames.
Twenty of the finest buildings in the city
were destroyed.
In a o'clock extra the Globe gave the
following estimate of the loss:
Lost on buildings destroyed, as per as
SCISSORS valuation, about S600,00
Estimated damages to other buildings not
destroyed, $780, 900.
A careful estimate of the loss on mer-
chandise, 81 100000.
Total loss, careful estimate of an old as
SCISSOR, So, ,550,000.
Brown, Durrell & Co. carried stock of
fully $500, 900. This is a total loss. The
firm had an insurance of $67S, 1000.
The origin of the fire is not definitely
known, but it is generally attributed tx
| electric light wires.