The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03
BIG FIRE AT NASHVILLE
THE Less ESTIMATED AT NEARLY
100000.

The Blaze Started by an Inosndiary
Who Applied Torch to Pile OF In
flammable Material in q Store-Four
CoIored Firemen Killed by Falling
Wall.
NASHVILLE, TENN, Jan. AT $40
o'clock this afternoon the most disastrous
fire that Nashville has had since 1881 broke
out in Webb, Stevenson & Co.'s store, on
College street. A strong wind was blowing
from the northwest, and although the fire.
men were promptly on hand they could do
practically nothing. The fire was
confined to this store for nearly an hour and
gradually found its way into the adjoining
store occupied by A. G. Rhodes s. Co., and
then into Atwell & Sneed's. At this time
the wind changed and the fire started in
another direction. Weakly s. Warrens
7-story furniture store, north OF Webb,
Stevenson G Co., was soon O mass of
flames.
COLORED FIREMEN KILLED.
Members of a colored fire company were
standing across an alley on a three-story
building of the Phillips & Butler Manu-
featuring Company, when Weakly & War
ren's building suddenly bulged out in the
center and fell across the alley. The follow
ing firemen, all colored, were caught under
the falling building and instantly crushed
to death: Aaron Cockrell, stoker; Allen
Harvey, - Ewing and C. c. Gowdy, the
latter captain Of the company. Capt
Cowdy was one Of the leading colored oiti-
zens of the city, an ex-member of the
legislature, and faithful officer. When
the Phillips & Butler building was crushed
in it quickly took fire and was consumed.
TIE WIND CHANGES AGAIN.
About this time the wind changed again
and the flames swept back toward the Noel
block and the vacant building adjoining
Atwell q Sneed's was soon burned. The
Noel block then caught fire and at this hour
I'll D. m.) is in ruins. The fire is practically
under control at / o'clock. There were a
number Of men njured at various times by
falling walls and explosions ttau blew out
the front Of two or three stores
1t is supposed that the fire was of incendiary
origin, as Fireman Daily, while in the At
we'll q Sneed building, saw man apply a
the rear Of the store. The loss will ap-
proach $780, 900.
THE FIRMS THAT SHOULDER IT.
1t is impossible to ascertain the insur-
ance tonight. and the figures here given
are estimates Of the losses:
Phillips & Butler Manufactur-
ing Company, on building .Si75,OOo
On stock of furnishing goods. $1,000 $4,000
A j. Warren, on budding. 1900
On STOCK OF furniture. e........... 10000
Webb, Stevenson & Co... 5000
Atwell q Sneed, stock of furni-
ture.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $1,000
A. G.. Rhodes stock of furniture $4,000
The building occupied by the three latter
firms and the vacant store was werth $7O,-
0O0
The Noel block was occupied by the
Western Union Telegraph Company, and
contained about fifty offices and bed rooms.
The building cost about SIS, 900 and the
Western Union will probably lose $40, 1000.
Phillips, Hood g. Co., Bradford Nicol.
Warren Bros. and the Freeman Wall Paper
Company, across College street from the
fire, were all damaged by fire.
1t is difficult to get information from this
city on account of the destruction Of the
Western Union Office. The operators are
at two different railroad depots.
While this fire was in progress another
fire broke out in the building of the
Walters-Allen Foundry Company, corner
Of Walnut and Union streets, and DESTROYED
the plant. The loss is about $40 ,O00.