Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-27
FIRE At MOBlLE.
The Entire City Hls Narrow
Escape From Destruction.
Bursting Fly Wheel Calses Great Dam.
isa in Electric Light Shop
At Lynn, Msss NO One Inlcsed-
Dimags Nearly $4,000.

MontLs. Alabama, Oct. 20 = Mabile
| suffered severeiv by FIRE today, the build
ings consumed being shinele mill, three
cotton eompresses, Ave cotton warehouses,
5,650 bales Of cotton. Gulf City oil mill,
Mobile ice factory, three steamboats,, elev-
en- loaded and five empty freight
ears, two coal and wood yarls,
freight depot, small amount Of freight
| and six wharves. The fire was aided by q
strong northwest wind and bad it been a
point or two nearer north pretty much ali
Of the town would have gone. Loss Sit5,-
900, with sbout s325. .oc0 insurance.
Fire started in Stewart & Butte Spindle
Mill just beyond the city limits on the north
AMI destroyed tina, large establishment,
Sparks fell in many ware houses within
radius of half mile to the south, many
fires broke out simultaneously. All the
northern Part Of the town is taken up with
property devoted to handling and storage
of cotton, whole blocks occupied by ware
houses.
The fire spread with marvellous rspidiiy,
Dense smoke was blown steAdily down the
streets in the faces of the firemen Who
tried to fight the fire in front. At the foot
of st. Anthony street the southwsrd prog.
ress of the fire was stopped after burning
five blocks along the river front. The
warehouses on the ives. side of Commerce
street were burned from Besuregard to
State, four blocks, except OkoIans ware
house. The warehouses ON Water street.
both ii les, between Lipscomb and Adams
were burned, and parity on both sides be-
tween Adams aud Congress, also the ware
houses on the northeast corner of Mag
nolia and Congress
All the wharf property owned by private
parties along the river front from Lipscomb
10 State streets WAS burned and q small
por ion of the wharf belonging TO the city
at the foot of st. Louis street.
Lying in the slip were four steamers and
three were burned Two out of the com
mission were of little value, but the other
was wor h ~6,Coo. Several coal and wood
Yards on the whsryes were burned and al
so sundry freight. Eleven ears of corr
belonging TO the Mobile & Ohio railroad
company were burned. The losses foot
up to SG50,oo). The principal Losses are
Stewart 4 Butts' spindle mill. &17 900;
Colley's compress aud warebous owned by
G.. M. Toxrsend, New York. $1,000;
Tsyior's compress and warehouse. ow ned
by John l.. Taylor < Co, New York, $50
600; merchant press and warehouse, q. Is
Thomas and Others. 10000; Rrown's
warehouse, owned by Bestor Il Barker
Goodman. owned by Barker & Levy; Sci
ma wsrehouse, owned by +. NJ. Towusetd,
New York; Truwiit warehouse, J. I. Tsy-
lor; Emanuel wsrehouse, Emsnucl estate
all valued at about So, 900. These ware
houses contained altogether 1850 bales of
cotton, which wee all destroyed and val
ned at &2Sl 800. Fully injured. The
Mobile and Birmingham temporary freight
depot was burned; loss about $1,000 in
freight. Next on Commerce street was
the Gulf CITY Oil Mills, which were de-
stroyed. The value OF the buil,hrg and
machinery was So 900; 'tock of seed in
shed $4,000.
Then came the Mobile Phosphate &
Chemical Manufacturers Company's ware
house, loss about s. 900; the Mobile Ice
Co.'S factory, corner of St Anthony and
Commerce streets. last 10 burn, value
$40 900; Yellow Pine Lumber Co.'S loss
~ 900, In lumber; John ODonnell Int
So 900 coal and wool; John Gailla'd's
loss 81 800, In same.
The loss by the Mobile & Birmhsminy
railroad on freight cars is S2jo0. Ltss of
the Mobile & Ohio on freight ears and con
tsnts, s., 900. Out,ide of cotton the insur-
ance was almost Sl50.0oo on other proper
ty. The fire broke out at " 30 o'clock and
under control at 4. No loss Of life al
though many fremen were overcome with
the heat aud smoke.