The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-29
FIRE DEV0URS COTTON.
GoRDoN's WAREHOUSE AND 500
BALES OF COTTON BURNED.

Tho LOGS on the Warehouse $4,000
and on the Cotton $4,000 to S2o,-
600. Fully Covered by Insurance
The origin of the Fire as Much q
Mystery as Ususl-The Fire Depart.
rnant's Hard Worx-Fireman Gaffney
Injured.
The largest cotton fire of the season as yet
for Savannah occurred last night. The
damage was between S25, 900 and $50, 900.
Almost the whole amount is covered by
insurance.
The Waterman on Gordon's wharf dis
covered smoke issuing from Gordon's ware
house at the lower end Of the wharf about
o.5 o'clock An alarm was
sent in from box IS and all
the fire department in the northern
portion of the city responded. Engine Gem
pauies Nos. and and truck No. 2 in the
southern portion of the city were also
called out by the customary signal
UNDER FULL HEADwAY.
Rv the time the fremen reached the scene
the flames we're bursting from the roof of
the warehouse. On account OF the location
it yss some little time after the hremen
arrived before the water was gotten on the
fire. which had then gotten such Roadway
that there was no subduing it.
Col w. W. Gordon, owner of the wharf
and warehouse property, and Alderman K.
P. Harmon, manager, were both on the
scene. The warehouse contained 500 bales
of Savannah, Florida and Western railway
export cotton. There was no cotton be-
III no~dOv, G. on
other local firm.
THE COTTON FULLY INSURED.
tits understood that the cotton Is GOV
ared by insurance in a number OF English
and American firms. IL is almost total
loss. and the damage will be about $4,000
AS the cotton was compressed, there
will be considerable amount
of damaged cotton left after the fire is ex-
tinguished, as it takes bale Of compressed
cotton a considerable length of time to
burn.
The warehouse was built with brick pill
lars and corrugated iron sides and roofing,
aud cost when Built, several years ago,
5000. Col Gordon estimated its actual
value at slightly less than that figure.
The warehouse and wharf property are
covered by $4,000 insurance, in number
of agencies in the city.
THE FIREMEN's GOOD WORK
The firemen worked manfully. and about
a dozen streams were poured on the burning
warehouse IL was nearly half an hour
though, before the fire was gotten fully
under control and the danger OF spreading
TO the adjoining cotton and wharf property
was reduced TO minimum. The IRE was
not entirely subdued until Late
hour, and the hremen were salts
fed for the time to confine
the FIRE 10 the warehouse. A large guam
tity Of cotton was piled up on all sides Of
the warehouse and there was great danger
of the fire spreading among it. Alderman
Harmon put q force Of hands TO work
removing the cotton from near the ware
house as fast as possible. The firemen them
selves removed a large quantity of IL.
great deal OF this cotton was scorched, but
none Of it damaged to any extent.
DANGER TO OTHER COTTON.
All the cotton in the neighborhood will
have to be closely watched for several
days, however, for fear of fire breaking out
among it from smoldering sparks.
The firemen remained on the scene of the
fire all night. Chief Puder said that the
corrugated iron, Of which the sides of the
warehouse were composed, stood the fire
beautifully.
The Gordon warehouse is only a short
distance from the steamship Bendo where
the cotton fire of Tuesday night occurred.
FIREMAN GAFFNEY INJURED.
Con Gaffney. fireman Of Engne Com
pany No 3, suffered painful accident dur
ing the fire. In mounting platform a bale
of cotton fell upon him. severely spraining
his leg. He was carried one side and the po-
lice ambulance sent for. DIR. Wegefarth,
who was at the fire, attended to Gaffney
and bandsged his leg By order of Mayor
McDonougb, who was present, Gaffney was
taken to st. Joseph's Infirmary.
Dan OConnor, a young man who was a
spectator at the Ere, fell into the river noaI
the timber basin at the Gordon wharf. He
bad a narrow escape from drowning. lie
was rescued by the aid of rope.
TsE FIRE IN THH RENDO