The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-03
ELEVEN HOUSES BURNED.
A Confiagration in Brownsville Des
troyS $4,000 Worth of Property.

troyS $4,000 Worth OF Property.
Eleven houses in Brownsville, settlement
just east of the city on the Coast Line rail-
road. were burned yesterday after
noon. The fire started a few minutes
after 5 o'clock. An alarm was
turned in from Box No. 25 at the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway
freight depot, and the fire department re-
sponded. Before the fremen had gone far,
second alarm was turned in, and the en-
tire department turned out.
Chief Puder located the fire outside of the
fire limit, and he turned all the companies
back except those at headquarters. The
fire was on what would be Bolton street ex-
tended, near Waters road. Several houses
had nearly burned when the firemen reached
the spot, and the wind was forcing the fire
on down the street. A line of hose LOO
feet long was laid, from Dale's mill out. but
the tiremen soon exhausted the supply of
water in the main, and they then went to
work tearing down the building between
the houses burning and those adjoining on
the west. The fire burned fiercely, and the
heat was intense. For awhile it was thought
that several rows of houses would burn,
aud the occupants moved their furniture and
bedding into the street. While the firemen
were tearing down the building the fire
jumped across the street and soon burned
l1t0 SIllttll HOUSES Oh UDdt SluS. lQo uT0iQou
were without any resources except the hook
and ladder. The heat drove them away sew
erai times, but they finally succeeded in
checking the flames. The houses burned on
the south side OF the street were:
Rufus Carson (colored). two houses.
Sandy Milledge (colored).
j. b. Smith.
Paris Dunmore.
Laura Holmes.
hyrrr md kIa. w. 10
Annie Lloyd lcolored).
Polite Berrien (colored), two houses.
Mary Owens (colored).
Laura B. Fleming
All the houses were frame structures and
three of them were two stories in hight. The
most of them were well built. They were
owned principally by the parties occupying
them.
One of l.ufus Carson's houses was a new
frame structure not yet completed. It
stood in front of the small house which he
| occupied.
The fire originated in the house occupied
by Carson. 1t was the easternmost house,
and the wind drove the fire north and west.
Carson's wife had left the house only a few
minutes before, one of the neighbors said,
the flames burst through the roof. The fire
originated in the rear part of the house.
The neignbors worked hard, endeavoring to
put the fire out. but the flames gained on
them, and it was evident that the entire row
of houses on the street would be leveled to
the ground if more assistance was not re-
ceived quick.
The nearest alarm box was at the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western railway freight
depot, and some one sounded the alarm
from that box. The fire had got good
Roadway when the department arrived,
and the absence of water made
it O difficult fight for the men.
The bedding In several of the houses was
saved, but nothing else. Only the houses
of Carson aud Smith are known to have
been insured. The loss on tie houses is
estimated at between $4,000 and $4,000.
The loss of furniture is placed at 81 900
An effort was made by Chief Puder to
use the chemical engine, but as one of the
charged jars was broken in the test upon the
arrival of the engine here. the engine could
not be operated successfully. 1t was not a
fair test The absence of water. except by
pulling it up with pals from a well, con-
tributed to make the fight one very much
against the fire department. Cher Merri-
field of the Brunswick department was with
Chief Puder when the alarm was turned in,
and he went out to the fire. He scompli-
mented the Savannah department highly
upon its good work.