The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-20
SATURDAY NIGHTS FIRE.
Lindsay & Morgan Only Insured Thrs e
f0urths.

Lindsay q Morgan only insured IDrs 3
fourths.
The ruins Of Lindsay & Morgan's store
are still burning and streams Of water will
be required for several days TO completely
extinguish the smoldering fire among the
blackened wreckage Of the big furniture
house.
Hundreds of people visited the scene yes
terdsy, and praises were heard on all sides
for the fremen and their magnificent work
in preventing great confagration. Chief
Puder had the remnants of the walls pulled
down early in the day TO guard against any
accident, and nothing is standing now but
the foundation, the first story's iron col
umns and a few feet Of the wall on Bar
nard street.
The close call which the Odd Fellows
temple and Hogsn's dry goods store had
was not fully appreciated by anybody until
yesterday. Nearly every particle of paint
on the iron shutters OF the temple is scaled
of and several Of them are warped out of
shape while the wall IN places is almost as
badly ulackened as those Of the Lindsay &
Morgan building. The glass in every win
dow in the west wall Of Hogans store is
cracked and broken, and the big plate glass
show window on the corner Of BroughtOn
street is ruined by several large breaks.
This alone is worth $l75. Mr.. HOgsn's loss
is between 5000 and 800. but he is very
thankful to get of so light. He expected
to lose his store.
THE DAMAGE TO ODD FELLOWS HALL.
New frames and glass will have to be put
into nearly all of the windows OF the sec
ond, third and fourth floors of the Odd
Fellows temple. the ceiling of the supper
room will have to be replaced and new
plasterlng put on all Of the north rooms on
the three floors. The Electric Light Com
pany lost considerable by the breakage of
incandescent globes and other electric light
furnishings which were stored IN their office
on the second floor
The Odd Fellows building is insured in
the Underwriters Association for $4,000.
Lindsay q Morgan are not yet able to
definitely state the amount of insurance on
their stock, as their papers and books we're
scattered in the hurried moving and have
not been got together, since Mr.. Lindsay
did not have time TO close his safe after
getting the books and papers out, and
whatever was left in il is probably ruined.
AS near as he can estimate the firm car
ried about $45, 600 insurance on stock and
fixtures, divided among nearly every insur-
ance agency in the city. DeariUR q Hull
have about $4,000 in the agencies repre-
sented by them. Kollock & Screven have
"a, 900, John Sullivan q Co. have $500
and r. e. Pepper S4 ,00U. The balance is
divided between Wheaton & Freeman, C.
A. Reitze, W. H. Daniel, R. J. Davans &
Son, j. T. Rowland and others.
A CLEAR LOSS OF $4,000.
Mr.. Lindsay estimates that the firms net
loss will be aoout $4,000, as the house had
only recently been replenlshed with splen-
did line of spring goods, and contained
stock worth 100000.
Lindsay q Morgan will secure a place to-
day aud make arrangements to begin bust
ness within four or five days, or as soon as
kilograms can get a stock Of goods to Sa
vsnush. The loss to these enterprisng
young merchants is quite severe, but they
no not propose to sit down and mourn over
something that cannot be helped.
They will get to work at once, and as soon
as the bricks become cool enough to be
handled Mr.. j. D. Weed, owner of the burned
building, will start the work of replacing it.
The new structure will be finer one than
that wiped out by the flames Saturday
night, and within few months Lindsay &
Morgan expect to be occupying one Of the
handsomest stores on Broughton street. The
burned building was insured for $4,000
but this Insurance, like that Of Lindsay &
Morgan's stock, is divided among a number
Of agencies in small policies The net loss
STREET CAR TRAVEL IMPEDED.
The lIttering Of Barnard and Broughton
streets with the fallen walls stopped street
car travel on these streets till about noon
yesterday. The City and Suburban and
Belt Line roads put large forces to work at
daylight clearing the debris away from the
rails aud after about six hours labor the
tracks were opened to traffic The trolley
wires were repaired during Saturday night.
just after the current was turned on and
the cars started a broken telephone wire
fell across the trolley of the City and Sub
urban road and caused considerable ex-
cItement among the people gathered around
the ruins. A blue fame about six feet long
was sent out IN half dozen directions, and
every body got as far away from it as pos
slble. Finally one of the railway employees
arrived and pulled the wire off with his
| rubber-gloved hands. After this little in
cident Chief Puder had all the loose wires
cut away close to the poles.
Detective Hanley, whose arm was broken
by the falling water pipe, is getting along
as we'll as can be expected. His physician
thinks he will be able to go on the
streets in a few days, although he
will not be able to do much duty for few
months.