The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-16

7 Gsece, ard the German bark 2 nma Muller,
bound for Pensacola for orders, collided
/ Monday twenty-five miles southeast Of Pen
+ sacela light, in a thick fog. Ten feet Of the
/ Muler's rail and buwarls were broken and
she had four feet IF her blp side damaged.
/ The Z7aCli had her bowspr.t and part Of
( her stem broken, tut is not believed to be
/ da1 gerously damaged. At last accounts
/ she was proceeding. The Muller took or
+ ders from the pilot boat Moses H. Grinnell
I and proceeded TO Mobile.
A disastrous fire occurred Tuesday morn
/ ing in last Jacksonville, beginning about
I $50 o'clock. Il started in the two-story
/ dwelling house OF o. J. H. Summers, oc-
[ Cupled by Mrs. Summers and daughter and
/ soon spread 70 the opposite corner Of Louisa
Uad Duval streets, to a two-st0ry cottage be-
D longing to L. W. Spratt, which was unoc-
cupied. Both houses were burned to the
ground. John Merson's residence was dam
aged about 800, also his furniture was
slightly damaged. There is an insurance
on Mr. Summers residence, furniture,
trees, shrubs and fencing Of SO, 20U, and
carried by J. j. Williams and Foster, Mar
win g. Haynes. John MeTson has an insur-
ance Of 81 400 on house and furniture with
j. II. Norton and Crosby Dawkins. Spratt
was insured.
At Starie about O'Clock Tuesday morn
ing fire was discovered ia the saloon Of R.
Il. Alvarez, rner of Call and Thompson
streets. The fire had secured such Roadway
that when discovered il was impossible to
save the building or even any of the cons
tent. The meat market next door west was
soon enveloped in flames and consumed. All
attention was directed toward saving
the adjoining buildings, and by the hard
est work the Hoyt dwelling house
situated in the same row, W as saved. Live
Goals as large as a mans hand were seen
~ mo Gya no MD hrI %
been for light shower N the early part of
the evening the damage would have been
much worse. There was no insurance on
either the saloon Or the market house, and
both were total loss. Both buildings be-
logged to the Hoyt heirs. The saloon stock
and fixtures were valued at IS, 500, and in
sured for $4,000 There was no insurance
on the market; loss about 5000. Mr..
Alvarez was in Jacksonville at the time,
Shortly after l O'Clock, Tuesday after
noon, the large packing house belonging to
the Norris estate, about IL miles from
DeLeon Springs station, was discovered by
one Of the hands employed on the grove to
be on fire. The cry for help was answered
by some Of the others employed on the
place, but the fire had gained such Roadway
that it was impossible to save the contents
of the building. Only six sacks OF oats,
one sack Of potash and the offics fixtures
were saved. The fire spread to large shed
used for workshop and storage place, de-
strcying about twenty-five barrels of rosin,
several old wagons and all Of the ladders
b-ionging 10 the grove. The Jacksonville.
Tampa and Key West railroad also lose four
box cars, which were totally burned up,
four others damaged moro or less and quite
lot of crossties burned. 1t Is not known
whether or not the packing house was in
sured. The origin Of the fire is unknown,
but it is supposed to have caught from
sparks from a passing engine. The house
will be rebuilt before the packing season.