The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-08
AMONG THE RUINS!
The Loss Now Put atS7OO, 600
with S45O,OOO Insurance.
ALL READY TO REBUILD.
The PIuCky Losers Will Not Cry
Over Spilled Milk.
THOUSANDS VIEW The SAD WRECK.

The Clearing Away of the Debris to
Begin This Morning-The Guards
Armory, the Hanley and Lowell
Buildings and Dozen Others to be
Rebuilt at Once-A New Independent
Presbyterian Church to Take the
Place Of the Old Structure.
Forty thousand people viewed the smok-
ing ruins Of Saturday nights confagration
yesterday. The extent Of the burned dis
trict could be more fully realized, and
the ruins were black with people from
morning until nightfall. Men, women
and children of all ages, white and colored,
stumbled over ths debris Of fallen walls,
and risked life under those that leaned
Il dangerously. Not until late in the after
noon was any precaution taken by the
& police to prevent the thoughtless stream of
i people from periling their safety. Ropes
were then secured, and that part of the
s. burned district which was considered un-
81 safe was encirclsd by ropes, and last night
q lanterns we're attached to them at all the
street and lane crossings.
Wreck and ruin was on every hand.
q Coming north on Bull street the first ruin
that met the eye was the broken granite
"a pillars and blackened walls of the Indepen-
dent Presbyterian Sunday-school building,
s. which was one of the handsomest buildings
s. from an architectural point of view in tie
#gitv- ba 1Ytt tha
q suffered the most, the most intense heat
being directed against them, and they
N crumbled and fell, breaking in the fall.
y Hundreds carried away pieces of the granite
as mementos of the ruined structure and
as reminders of the great fire. The columns
Fl on the northeast withstood the heat much
{ better, only one beng broken in the Ill,
while the remainder look to be very little
4 damaged.
4 THE OLD CHURCH'S WALLS.
The ruins of the church attracted at
tention next. The walls Of the main build
ing and the tower are standing, and the
massive pillars in front, blackened by smoke
and bearing evidence of the fierce heat,
stand like sentinels guarding the desolation
in their rear. Last night the passer-by,
noting the grim walls and lofty columns,
WAS reminded OF some ancient ruin
NJ Next was the Guards arsenel, and
Friends Of the military and especially
Eot the Guards, spoke regreIfully as
t6ey looked upon the smoking ruins
of what was the most imposing build
lng on Whitaker street south of State
sreet.
The ruins of the Odd Fellows building.
Except one wall, were nearly leveled.
among the losses by the burning Of the
# ldd Fellows building is the wardrobe and
8 urnlture of Detective Maowtt, who is in
he north. He occupied room 10 on the
second floor and the records of his de-
Ltetve work for the past twenty years
were lost.
Yesterday afternoon the corner stone of
ne building was taken from the ruins the
rchives which the box contained being in
good state of preservation, although the
0A was warped out Of shape by the intense
THE CoUNTY's VAULT.
ne llttle' unpretentious building in Tel
ar square was visited by hunreds of peo-
ls, VINO wondered how it had escaped It
as almost hemmed in by fire. There wa,
Is on the east of it, fire on the south Of it
uu hre on the north of it. Here
records OF Chatham county since
e DAYS OF Oglethorpe are stored.
ne ne vault was opened yesterday morning
Deputy Clerk Molina of the superior
and everything was found intact.
10 frame addition to the vault, which is
-! as an Office for the deputy clerical force
'le courts, escaped, but with fearful
'cnihg, the heat being so great that
ue paint melted and ran down the weather
oardlng. At one time Judge Hardin con-
eaIed to have the Office torn down. but
'n 5 tle frame building on the west took
Chlet Puder felt that it was better
isuO Vhe nre there, as tie little county
-ullhg was 50 low that the greater
oalhe OF the heat passed over it, II was
uk 70 TINS that the building was saved
I.'I,au ny ur,nlture, which had been removed
ro,,,rn r,Sr IN 11e evening by Mr.. Molina, will
AMAD JURY.
.ne jury which was out in the William
a'e IN the superior court IS very dig
at' From o'clock until nearly 8 O'clock
n.y. ,,y.s were kept in the room with fire all
sc,,.t.m. ys,,t tnem. Juryman, in relating the
Instances, I'm yesterday, said that il was
Nous time. They had asked earlier to
st out, but the key
sv ,qrned .l on them. Hurrying to tho win
n, s.ley closed the iron shutter to keep out
.Bsb =, out they could not tell whether
~. 49, precautions had besn taken in other
.. r,S Oh The building, which for all they
might be on fire They could hea-
uerce cracking Of the flames. the shouts
tnLeL u'o"d on the outside, the crash of
M =, and falling walls and the rattle of
to,b sEons carrying OF the effects from
nv SIDES OF the building. They tried to
a.. own a,g the door, aud fiually the sheriff
epr, IuI I unlocked 1t aud told them tnat the
wy had given permission to them 20 come
bIlu s1ars. Once out they did not wait
bot IN s.s IN the direction of the court room,
.bi,Ltul rled down stairs and into the street,
NJ Httle and caring less Of verdict.
Nov V9nrt " furniture which had been re-
tsrss saturday night was taken back yes-
wbiss and is in place for the two courts
'n convene this morning.