The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-29
LIQUOR IN A BLAZE.

The wholesale liquor establishment of J.
T. Brown q Sons, on the corner of Eighth
and Main streets, fell and Instantly the
liquors c1uglt fire and caused an awful CO =
flagration. The building consisted Of five
stories and was c9mpaea aealive!y new struc-
ture. BY hard work the firemen managed
to control the blaze, despite the character
OF the stuff that fel IL. The buildings ad-
jac mt 10 it were considerably torn UP, and
it is quite positive that several dead bodies
lay beneath the ruins.
TIE great building No. rs Main street.
occ pied by S. F. Gunther, a tobacc1
broker; H. r. Toevater and James ".
Prather, was nearly demolished, a, we'll
also as an immense building occupied by II.
A. Thierman a. Co., wholesale liquor deal.
erS, aud the Lslg gdon-kreger Saddlery Com
pany's building at No. ~ NJ in stree,, lost
its roof, and Carter Brothers storage rooms
were badly damaged.
INJURED IN A STORE.
Several men were injured in the queens
ware store OF Charles Rosenheim & Co, at
No. 745, and Others in the wreck OF john
stnn Bros, wholesale grocery. and that of
Moore, Bremaker s. Co.
The Iron Store and Tin Company. w. II.
Nemans' wholesale grocery, Dunlap Bro.
& Co. IS saddlery store, and the wholesale
clothing establishment of Levy Newberger
81 Co., and large number Of others have
lost tBeir roofs
morning, and the board authorizes a state
ment that there will b9 no call tor aid from
outside.
The deaths will number 150
Forty men have been sent out by the
board of trade to make thorough canvas,
of the district, and report the losses of life
and property fully.
The work OF rescuing the manged dead
BODIES goes brayely On. A hundred aaxions
men worked as they never worked before
for the bodies OF their wives fathers.
mothers, brothers and sisters, that lie buried
IN the shapeless mass of briak aud mortar
| Jnat covers the site where yesterday stood
the Falls City hall. The cries of mon.
women and children rend the air on every
side. a surging crowd OF 1000 peop.e
block the streets for squares about the scene
OF the catastrophe. A largo force
OF police guard the avenues TO keep
back the pressing mas es of curious hUlnaa
1ty that are gradually forcing their way to
tle awful scene Of calamity. Bodies, man
gled and shapeless beyond recognition. are
being dragged from beneath the ruins every
few minutes. Coroner Miller stands at the
Qoor OF his temporary morgue in the
McGrathlana saloon, opposite tle wreck,
directing the disposition of the bodies.
IT'S PATH ON BROADWAY.
The storm seemed only to have swept
Broadway from Fifteenth to Ninth streets
but nearly all the houses between these
streets and on intersscting streets
were demolished. Most OF the COT
t ges, however, and low frame build
lngs escaped without serious injury.
From fifteenth to Sixtee tn streets are
mostly small frame houses occupied by
cJlored families. The roofs wers torn of
but not a great amount OF damage was
done and mono Of the occupants we. Q hurt.
From Sixteenth down to Nineseenth streets.
however, the destruction was terrible.
Peter Spetsh and his family, who live at
No. 1903. were quietly seated a their parlor
when tae storm burst with all it's fury.
The building swayed and tottered, aud
finally the walls of the second
| story fell. All OF the family
remained hudilel in the hallway n I'd e5-
capped without injury. The furniture and
building were destroyed. Adjoining is the
residence of Mrs. Welsh, No 1875 it was
literally demolished. From the appearance
of the crumbei mass of ruins this morning
one can never suppose that only yesterday
it was beautiful dwelling. By almost a
miracle the members of the family escaped.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Mrs. John Brown lived at No. 1917. Her
house received the full force of the first
terrible gust, and the walls bent and
crumbled like 50 much paper. The ladv
herself was caught BY falling timbers and
pinioned to the ground, but her husband
succeeded in extricating her. She was not
seriously injured. At No. 1919 lived Mrs.
Shuttle In a tiLe two-story brick building.
1t was leveled and together with all it con-
tanned is a total loss re members of t a
family opened the door aud ran out when
they heard the crash, thus barely saving
saving their live;
Tae Catholic buildings at Seventeenth
street and Broadway were the Sisters
home, the parocaial school, Father Disney's
residence, and the Sacred Heart lurch
They were all blown down, and Sister Plus
was buried in the ruins. Shortly after.
when ta6eI out by a rescuing party, she
was dead All OF the other sisters escaped
without injury.
INDIANAPOLIS SENDS RELIEF,
INDIANAPOLIS, March 2S.-The relief
committee of tho Indianapolis Board of
Trade, under the leadership Of Col Eli Lilly.
left this city at 8 O'Clock this morning for
Louisville vita corps Of surge ms and sur
gical appliances. The colonel also carried
$1,000 in cash to relieve the immediate
wants Of the destitute and suffering