The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-21
A SUNDAY BLAZE ON THE BAY.

j. w. Teeple's Cotton and Furniture
Warehouse Damsg sd.
Fire was discovered yesterday afternoon
shortly after o'clock in the warehouse
Of j. W. Teeple, at Bay and Williamson
streets. An alarm was turned in from Box
No. 4 at the upper cotton press.
The firemen ct No. 2 engine house, on
West Broad street, we're informed Of the
fire just as the alarm sounded and made
direct for the spot. The engines from No. l
and headquarters responded Immediately,
but arrived at the Upper press warehouse
before discovering the location of the fire,
which weS only short distance away, how
ever
Very little smoke was issuing from the
building when the dremen arrived. but
when the doors were burst open the smoke
| poured out in a dense cloud, showing that
it had been compressed for some time The
first floor from the street was stored with
sea island cotton, ginned and I'M
sewing machines. The second and tbird
| floors below were stored with straw used
| for packing furniture The fire, as was
| discovered afterward, had started about the
center Of the warehouse about twenty feet
| from the doorway, among some cotton and
furniture, including feather bed, aud bad
burned through the floor Into the room
filled with straw below. The fire had
evidently been smoldering some time on
both floors.
1t was bad fire to work
upon, but the flremen soon
had 1T under control with streams of water
from River street in the rear, as we'll as in
front. The chemical engine was turned on
| ut first, but the fire was too far under way
to be subdued by it The smoke continued
to pour out obstinately for half an hour
1 affair the VVQtar yE tpnrna1 Tho
however, never amounted to anything
| throughout the fire. The building was sat
urated with water from bottom to top, and
after about an hours work the fire was
| completely extinguished.
The building is the property of John
Flannery. The damage TO it was very
slight.
Mr.. Teeple, who occupied the building as
a warehouse in addition TO his furniture
store on Broughton street. was in
formed of the fire and came to the scene
| He said he had on the ground floor between
rs and 100 bales of sea island cotton, the
larger portion of which was in the seed
valued at about IS, 900, and lot Of furni
ture and @ number Of Wheeler & Wilson
and Davis sewing machines, worth, alto
gether, about 1000, On the second and
third floors beneath. there were about 500
bales of straw, valued at about S600
Mr.. Teeple has two policies with c. A
Reitze for $500 each. The cotton is very
badly burned on top, but the damage ii
probably less than one-third. The furni
ture and machines are badly damaged by
fire and water, and the straw is about
worthless from the same effects Tho in
surabce will doubtless folly cover the losses
The gro'ad floor on River street was used
by Kolsi. Bros. for the storage of beer
which might have been slightly damaged
by the water.
The building was burned some time ago,
it being occupied then as warehouse by
Mr.. Teeple. The loss was much heavier
then, the building being partially destroyed
end Mr.. Teeple suffering "a loss of abou
1900
Mr.. Teeple could not account for the fir,
yes terday, as he said he had not been in the
; warehouse since Friday nor had any one
else TO his knowledge. Tue firemen coulc
discover no evidences OF the Origin of the
} fire.
A horse drawing No. hose reel, while
coming up Broughton street to the fire
slipped and fell, aud was so severely 10 juret
that another horse had to be substituted il
its place.