The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-15
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WEEKLY. Sl.25 A YEAR
A BIG FIRE AT SYRACUSE.
THE LOSSES OVER 100000 AND
THE INSURANCE NOT HALF.

Two Hot Is Threatened But Both
Saved-The Big Montgomery Flats
in Ruins - An Afternoon Paper
Burned Out-A Detailed List OF the
Losses and Insurance.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, March 1.-Two large
fires ragged here this morning. One started
in the wholesale district at l o'clock, be-
ginning on Franklin and Fayette streets
and destroying every store south Of Fay.
ette street. At 7:30 O'Clock fire broke out
in Roscoe'S wholesale brick fruit house in
another section, quickly spreading to the
adjoining buildings east and west. but it
was confined to the Vanderbilt house on this
west. The Journal Office, including
the Associated Press day Office
is total loss. The Yates
block was soon burning. The Ere at $3.50
was raging fercely. and assistance wal
asked from Utica, Oswego, Baldwinsvilla
and Fulton. The oupola OF tho Montgom-
cry flats had fallen in, and the Candies
house stable was on fire. st. Poups ca
thsdral and the Grand opera house blocs
were threatened. There was terrible lacb
OF whter. The wind was nigh.
UNDER CONTROL.
At II o'clock the Montgomery strest fire
was practically under control. The walls
OF the Montgomery fais Tad fallen and al
danger to st. Paui's cathedral and the Grand
Opera house block was passed. The Candies
house stables were still burning but the fire
did not get into the Caudee house. THIS
Vanderbilt house was scorched somewhat
but 1t Is all right.
THE CoNFLAGRATIoN'S START.
SYRACUSE. March Ia, 10 P. M.-The first
show of fire was at $50 o'clock, in tbs
Hogan, block on West Fayetse street, and il
spread in all directions. Chief EngiDeeI
Reilly of the fire department was quickly
on the scene with all the available appara'
tus. The fire soon spread to the north side
Of West Fayette street, and Chief Reilly
quickly saw that the threatened destruction
was too great for his apparatus TO fight
He wired to Utica, Rome and Oswego to
send relief, and he had hardly done 50 wher
the danger was suddenly doubled.
LEAPED OVER MANY BLOCKS.
Fire and smoke burst without warning
from the top of Roscoe Bros hve-story
block in East Washington street, -four
blocks away. A flying brand from West
Fayette street had caused this, and befors
toe already overworked fremen could send
q
furious gale was blowing.
THE WEST FAYETTE STREET BLAZE.
In the West Fayette street fire, the Hogan
block, six-story stone front building, wa
first destroyed. The central store was oc
cupied by Hier 81 Lighton, cigar manufact
urers. and the next by z. NJ. Walsh, hard
ware. The four-story building next east
| was burned. 10 was also owned by Mr..
Hogan. The building next eastw occupied
by the Alsopp Furnace Company and
Christ 81 Sehl spices. Tie United Statei
by Daniel O'Keefe. On the north
side Of Fayette street, the Van Rensselaer,
block, owned by William Ayers, first
burned, and tho Senaca house, next east,
also burned. Several tenants lost small
amounts. David Davis owned the next
building east, which was aso burned. John
+. Kaufman owned the three-storJ
brick block next. The brownstone Fay
block also went.
THE MONTGOMERY STREET FIRE.
In the Montgomery street fire the bloch
| burned were the Journal building, the Ros
coe and Yates blocks and the Montgomery
fats and q part of the Candee House. The
heaviest loss in the East Washington
| street fire is on the Montgomery.
By the first fire ten blocks were leveled In
| West Fayette and Franklin streets and By
the second fire three blocks were destroyed
| one Of which covered half square, ths
Yates block and the residence Over 10s
| families who occupied the fats above tbs
stores were burned out, and four residences
were destroyed by the first fire.
| THE LOSSES AND INSURANCE..
The principal losses and Insurance are al
! follows: Syracuse journal, loss $59. 900, or
stock, insurance $43, 900; on building. owned
by +. and w. Nottingham, insurance g, 900
loss $4,000; Montgomery fats, Insurance.
$1,000 loss $500 900; B. W. Roscoe, insur.
ance t5s, 400. loss S65. 900; Christian Cook
building, insurance $1,000, loss s25,.
600; G. K Candee, hotel, Insurance.
s20,750 loss $1,000; Candee house
barn. insurance $1,000. loss S., ,O0c; Ram &
Taylor. insurance S21.S00, loss $4,000
Syracuse Supply Company, insurance S25,
600. loss $4,000; A. w. Fay, Insurance.
| $40, 900. loss $4,000; Christ a. Sehl, insur.
ance $4,000, loss $4,000; Justin Sueberg.
insurance $4,000. loss $4,000; hogan
block, insurance $500; NJ. P. Walsh. in.
surance 800, loss $4,000; HER g. Ligh-
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