The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-22
THE ClTYS FIRE TRAPS.
YamaCaW and thc 0Ii Fort are
ChoCk ruIl OF Them.

Holes Similar 90 Those Ia Which the
Three Negroes Lost Their Lives
Yesterday Morning. All over the
Tenement Sections Of the City
Houses That Invite Death From Fire.
The three u.-ra.s. Adelaide Graham
and her two children, who were ~uio-
Gated 20 death iu the Gr. cu President
street early yesterday morning were
buried yesterday afternoon.
Acting Coroner Nauehtin Went down i'm
the morning and after INVESTIGATING the
necessary. and gave permit for THE re-
moyal and burial of the bodies, which
were taken ia charge by their relatives.
The fire was % peculiar one, occurring
as IL did ia "a clap-trau wooden tenement
which is calculated 60 burn like finder
box when once set ON fire.
Speaking of it yesterday, Chief PUder,
Of the fire department, said:
From all can learn ! am satisfied
that the fire was not OF incendiary origin.
How il started, Of course, is unknown,
but TO all appearances it was just one of
those fires such as occur through some
carolessnes or other in such structures.
THE HOUSE A FIRE TRAP.
''The houses were Of one story, with an
attic and only a thin lath partition be
tween the two. The stairs in the house
farthest east caught first and burning
through the partition burned away the
stairs i'm the other building too. This let
in a food of smoke ana flame to the attic
OF the house, where the woman and
her two children We're sleeping. When
we arrived the interior of the building
was a mass Of smoke and flames. and !
am positive that these people were dead
at that time. An effort was made to
reach the window Of the attic with "a lad
der. but the volume of flame and smoke
pouring forth made it impossible
"F'rom observations of such occurrences,
! find that negroes are hearutss class.
They could easily have saved these poo
pie if they had made an attempt, but in
stead of that, as they came from Charles
ton and were strangers the crowd OF ne
groes simply stood outside yelling and
made no effort whatever 10 get them from
the building.
FULL or SUCH FINDER BOXES.
1.-THE city is fun Of such finder boxes"
continued Chief Puder, especially around
Yamacraw, and the Old Fort. They are
regular death-traps, and the inhabitants
of the second or third floors are liable TO
lose their lives Mt any time a fire breaks
out. The partitions between many Of
these houses are so thin and intammaOle
that a IRE in one of them is liable 10 go
right through the wall TO the next build
ing They are really amenaCetO the people
who live in them, and it is a wonder to me
that more people are not killed or injured
in this way. Could it happcu without
any loss OF life it would be a Godsend if
these miserable shanties were swept out
by fire.
"Then, too, the negroes huddle into
these houses in any sort Of style, and
each Of them is generally crowded to its
utmost capacity. Comfort is an after
consideration with them, and all they
seem to be after is shelter of some sort
This crowding of these houses makes it
not only filthy and unhealthy but danger
Gus in case of fires which often occur
among them.
These houses are put up. many of them,
merely to rent, and cheapness is the first
consideration They are a menace to life
and property in case of fire, and the more
of them gotten rid of the better for the
city.
These three people make only five that
] have seen killed from fire since l have
been with the department. -