The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-11

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lesness in causing the death of William
Sparlin and jeff Stringer last Saturday
morning.
Key West Equator, June 4: ]. Fogerty
has been the only buyer Of sponge in the
market for several days past. He has pur
chased 81, 800 worth of fine sponge IN the
past two days and shipped eiRhry-seveu
bales on the Concho last night. Since Feb
ruary be has bought about $4,000 worth
for the Vollman Sponge Company.
Surveyor J. II. Neff was running lines in
the southeast portion OF the reservation at
Tampa Thursday morning. When ap-
preached by reporter for the Tribune as
to what was meant by the work, he was
'as dumb as an oyster, }" but intimated that
| the government is having the work done.
| 1t has caused some excitement and uneasi-
ness among the squatters.
One day last week Miss Seely, an inmat9
OF the family Of Jonas Seely, who resides
near Idlewild cottage, near Tampa, met with
| most serious accident which may yet re-
sui, fatally. Miss Ssely had gone into the
| COW yard to look after some calves aud be-
| came entanRled IN a rope attached TO the
neck of a young steer. The animal becom-
ing frightened, started Off on a brisk run
and dragged her several yards, breaking an
arm and a leg and causing her to sustain
other injuries resulting in partial paralysis.
Key West Equator: Beglsy Filler was
shot In the back Saturday night by Police
man Stephen Mead while resisting arrest
and is dangerously wounded. He escaped
last Tuesday from jail where he was serv-
| ing short sentence A policeman took
| Filler to his home to obtain a fresh change
of clothes and while there Filler escaped
| from his guard. He kept quiet somewhere
| about the city until Saturday afternoon
| when he got drunk again. He entered the
house Of Mrs White in Progresso and
| smashed everything he could get his hands
on. He then went into a Mrs. Johnson's
house and repeated that fun to the damage of
| her household gods. Messengers were dis
patched for policemen. Two went out about
9 o'clock to make the arrest, but hunted for
Begley Filler some time without success
He was hid under house near where they
were standing aud came out finally with his
arms full Of rocks. With a curse he said:
Here am, now take me-" Stephen Mead
replied: That's what l mean to do, Beg
! ley" Filler threw a rock at the officers and
hit Mead on the leg. As he threw another
Stephen Mead fired Filler turned to run
and Mead fred again, hitting him In the
middle of the back above the kidneys.
A section of the Union railroad wharf at
Palatka gave way Thursday morning at
$50 o'clock, and switch engine No. u OF
the Florida Southern railway fell instantly
into the river carrying with it the engineer
and fireman. The fireman may die, and the
engineer is apparently badly injured. A
few minutes before 6:30 the engineer backed
onto the wharf with half dozen box cars.
Then residents near by heard roar like a
cataract, and the big warehouse shook as if
by an earthquake. The engine was on the
track running by the edge OF the wharf on
the north side, heading and returning shore
ward. and had reached the end Of the ware
house nearest the land, when suddenly a
section of the wharf, some fifteen feet in
length, feel in and the engine aud tender
plunged into the river. The water few up
to the top Of the house and the escaping
steam Missed feartulIy. The water at this
point was about ten feet and the locomotive
lay on its side, the open cab window
being two feet under water. The
TO the scene, found the engineer and
fireman emerging. The engineer is r. P.
Crownover and the freman's name is
Cooper. The former was cut about the
head and the latter had one toe of his right
foot cut off; the foot was mangled. and it
is feared that he is internally injured. The
injured men were at once placed 10 a cars
riage and carried home.
Pensacola NelCs: The town of Warning
ton, situated on the naval reservation near
the Pensacola navy yard, about eight miles
from this city. was the scene of very de-
structive confiagration Monday night, in
which the leading business houses OF the
place were destroyed The origin of the
fire is unknown, but 1t was first discovered
about O'Clock in the large frame building
occupied as a ship chandlery store by Nc
Kenzier Oertlng. The store contained oils,
paints and other combustlbles, and the
flames spread with great rapidity. The
house and contents were completely de-
stroyed in a very short time. The heat
from this building was intense, and. famed
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to adjoining buildings which were de-
stroyed In rapid succession until the
entire block was In ashes. The steam fire
engine belonging to the navy yard was
brought Into action as soon as possible, and
by the heroic efforts of the men In charge
Of IL was the town alone saved from entire
destruction. The engine was stationed on
the beach and threw water from the bay
through several hundred feet OF hose, and
by continued and persistent work the prog
ress OF the devouring flames was finally
checked. For three hours the work of de-
struction went on, and the town presented
scene OF disorder and confusion beyond the
power OF description. The citizens and Of
fcers and men from the navy yard and
Fort Barrancas worked with will
in the midst of the exhaustinR heat TO
check the conflagration, and fortunately
their efforts were supplemented by those
OF several citizens of Pensacola who were at
the Life saving station and FASTENED to War
rington when they saw the fire. They did
excellent work In assisting those on the
ground, and the citizens Of the place speak
in grateful terms OF the help thus rem
dered. The fire was finally subdued shortly
after midnight. but all night the anxious
people gazed with sorrow upon the ruins
around them. The losses, as far as could
be gathered yesterday from the most relia-
BILE sources, are as follows: Mckenzie Oert>
ing, ship chandlery, building and stock
totally destroyed loss about $4,000; fully
insured. Postoffice, totally des sroyed; loss
not known; the building belonged to Mo-
Kenzie Oerting and is reported not insured.
Purden's drug store, roof burned
off aud stock entirely ruined &,
| loss about 5000, insurance 5000.
Two-story frame residence occupied
as a boarding house, property Of Mrs. B.
Langley; loss about $4,000; insuran ce
81 600. Store and stock of merchandise aud
three frame cottages, property Of Jerry
| O'Neal; loss about $4,000; no insurance.
| Two-story house and stock of merchandise
| of Frank Smith; loss about S3.000 no in-
surance. Dwelling, property Of Charles
Wilson; loss about $1,000 no insurance.
| Stock of merchandise. property of -
| O'Keefe and house property OF Mrs. Pepper !;
loss about $4,000; no insurance. In addi-
ton to the buildings and stock Of merchant
disc there was a heavy loss on furniture