The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-20

many years. Il was used in the basement
for the storage Of liquors and restaurant
| One upper floor was occupied by the family
of Mr.. Britt, all of whom were absent in
New York at the time. The other store
had been occupied by Philip Kurtz and his
family. They had a ma row escape. The
heat from the burning pile extended across
Bay street, and at one time all the window
castings in the Carleton house were smoking
and in one or two instances were ignited.
SAVING THE HOTEL.
The firemen abandoned the burning
building and played vigorously upon the
hotel and adjacent block on the west, and
both were saved, though they had very
close call The next building west Of the
Britt building was an elegant three-stOry
brick and iron building, owned by John
Clark and occupied by him on the two ups
per floors as store rooms for liquors, wines
and groceries, and on the lower
floors by the United States government
as bonded warehouse, chiefly
for the storage of imported tobacco.
While the firemen were saving the Carleton
hotel this block caught, and by 2:30 o'clock
1t was a roaring mass of flames So COM
pletely did it catch that no attempt could
be made TO remove the goods, and they were
all burned. The west wall of this block is
a heavy fire wall and it stopped the further
progress of the fire, although the extreme
heat once or twice generated flames in the
upper floors of the next building, but the
firemen now had the fire under control and
this building was saved.
THE LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
The losses and insurance are as follows:
Mohawk block, loss $4,000; insurance
S35, 900.
George F. Drew Hardware Company, loss
100000; nearly covered by Insurance.
James Douglass books, ETC., loss 800, 900;
insurance 5000.
Church Anderson & Co., commission
house. loss $45, 900; insurance $4,000.
Lix, fruit dealer. loss 5000.
A. w. CockrelI & Sons, lawyers, loss
IS 900; insurance $1,000.
Hamilton Dlsston Of Philadelphia had
saws stored in the Mohawk block valued at
s., 900, on which there was an insurance of
$1.2OO.
The loss to the Masonic lodge. Grand
Army of the Republic camp and other
organizations is about 5000; insurance
$4,000.
The owner of the building occupied by
Britz and Kurtz is Joseph H. Santos. His loss
is 5000; insurance O., 1000.
CLARK's HEAVY LOSS.
John Clark's building was valued at $685.
600, and he carried an insurance of only
81 200. The stock had an estimated value
OF $4,000. The insurance is about $l3, 600
On the first floor of this building was the
United States bonded warehouse. which
contained between 800 and 500 bales of TO-
bacco belonging to the FL Modelo and Ell
robo cigar manufacturing companies. The
loss Is difficult to estimate, but is probably
Sl25,O00 to 100000 The amount Of the
insurance is unknown, as the owners are not
all In the city.
The policies written by the companies on
all the property in anyway involved in the
fire amount to S245, 900, Of which about rs
per cent. is a total loss The Etna held
$4,000, the American of New York $1,000.
the America Of Philadelphia SC, $50, CONT
mental $4,000, Commercial Union SO, 800.
German American $4,000, Hamburg of
Bremen SIS, 800 Hartford $25, 900, Imperial
S14,500, Liberty $4,000, Liverpool
and London and Globe, $1S,5 500; Oriental
$4,000; Pennsylvania, 5000; Phoenix of
Brooklyn, $4,000; Phoenix of Hartford,
$500; Providence of Washington, 81, 900;
Quebec, $4,000; Security of New Haven,
81, $50; Springfield F. NJ. & A. $4,000;
Southern of New Orleans, 81 900; Sun
Mutual Of New Orleans, $1,000; Western
Association, $4,000; st. Paul F. g. NJ,
$25, 900; total S245, 400.
THE PosToFFICE.
The postoffice is temporarily fitted I'D in
the city market, and the mails are being
handled in good shape already. The fire is
still smoldering, and the heat in the neigh
borhood is suffocating. Nothing at present
can be learned about the plans for rebuild
ing. The owners of the Mohawk block are
R. FL. Shoemaker, NJ. NJ. Shoemaker and
Mrs. Frances Shoemaker, all of Ciuninnati.
and Mrs. Judge r. H. Putnam, OF Saratoga,
n. Y. The total loss on the property is
$500, 600