The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-26

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loss on it is about 81, 900, including the OUT
buildings. and is also covered by insurance.
Christian Hahn's place belonged to the
DeRenne estate. It was insured in one OF
w. II. Daniels agencies for $500. Hahn
lost a great deal of his furniture and all Of
his barroom stock, amounting altogether to
about 81, 800 He had but small insur-
ance.
The northern end of the house at the
south west corner Of Jefferson street and
Bay lane, occupied by R. H. Conway, was
slightly damaged, the window blinds and
doors being burned. The building be-
longed to Mrs. Louise Bouchert aud was
insured.
THE BURNED BUILDING.
Guckenheimer g. Sons building was the
finest commercial building in Savannah. It
was FIVE stories IN hight and was erected In
1883. 1t could not be surpassed by any in
the entire south. if in the country at large,
for attractiveness in architectural design,
elegance In finish from basement to cupola,
or greater convenience in its interior ar
engagements. The building occupied Nos.
TT. ITO, 1S1 and 1888 Bay street. aud Nos.
and Jefferson street, with a frontage on
Bay street Of 124 feet and depth of % feet,
hight 50 feet, making II 400 square feet to
each floor, or 81, 900 square feet Of ground
area for the five floors. which is equivalent
to Is acres. The weight Of the building
without stock amounted to 10, 800 tons; and
at the time Of the fire with an entire stock
Of goods the weight was 20650 TONS 1t
contained 1882 cubic feet, 100000 bricks
and $50 900 feet of lumber besides many
tons of other material used in its construc-
ton in the line Of stone, iron, terra Gotta.
etc.
THE BURNED STOCKS.
Guckenheimef & Son carried stock of
staple and fancy groceries, -four, liquors,
tobacco, cigars, wooden and willow ware.
About 300 barrels of liquor were stored in
the building, and the firm carried the
largest and finest stock of cigars in the city,
great portion of which were high-priced
imported goods.
solomon & Son carried similar stock to
that of Guckenheimer & Sons, although not
quite so extensive. They had complete
printing establishment on the second floor,
containing several presses, a paper cutter
and fine line of the latest type faces,
which was valued at several thousand dol
lars.
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE.
The origin of the fire is q mystery. It
started in the liquor compartment, and
must have been burning quite awhile before
it was discovered. The watchman said he
was making his round of the stables in the
next block when the smoke began to rush
out of the windows, and when he reached
| the corner he met a policeman about TO
turn in the alarm. He said he had been
around the outside of the building only
abont ten minutes before and there was no
| sign whatever of either smoke or fire.
Mr.. Sam 8. Guckenheimer is at loss to
account for the fire, as the firm has always
been unusally cautious about the handling
ofeverything of a combustible nature. Chief
Puder can advance no theory either. as the
total destruction of the building wiped out
all traces Of the origin.
Mr.. Simon Guckenheimer, the senior
member of the firm, is north on q vacation,
but was telegraphed for by his sons last
night, and is expected home In a few days
MOVING OUT.
/ The threatened destruction Of the entire
block Of buildings between Jefferson and
Barnard streets through to Bryan which
seemed more than probable for some time,
caused all of the occupants Of the buildings
south of Bay lane to pack up and move out
in double-quick time. AL the occupants OF
the Harnett house moved out, taking their
valuables with them and all the bed cloth
ing and easily movable furniture of the
house were packed up and brought down to
the office of the hotel and some Of it was
carried into the street.
1t was o'clock before tho guests Of the
Harnett who had not already sought quar-
ters elsewhere we're able to retire in comfort
and peace Of mind
THE STREETS FILLED WITH FURNITURE
The occupants of the small stores and
shops along Bryan street from Barnard to
jefferson, many Of whom reside with
their families over their stores,
got out in hurry, filling the
space around the market and st. Julian
street and Franklin square with their goods
and furniture All the residents near the
corner of jefferson and Bryan streets
moved their furniture into Franklin square,
which was filed with piles Of bedding
and household goods of every
description. Women and chill
dren from the threatened houses
gathered in the square in crowds,
many of them with terror stamped upon
their faces and some crying and wringing
their hands. Their situation In the square
was not the most comfortable until the fire
had partly died down. The wind brought
the sparks and cinders in huge flakes, which
rained down upon them and threatened to
ignite the goods they had already gone to
so much trouble to save. II the buildings
in the vicinity had not been tin rooted
many of them would have taken fire from
the showers of burning cinders.
THE CROWDS
The crowd gathered rather slowly during
the first fifteen minutes after the alarm, but
as soon as it became known that the Guck-
enheimer building was burning the people
came IN hundreds. The theater was
crowded. but in a very few minutes after
the news Of the fire reached there, fully
half the male portion of the audience de-
serted Miss Lewis and started to the