The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-19

! SIS, 900. The stock Is covered by
about $50, 600 insurance, and the building
is insured fully.
The latter was the property Of J. d.
Weed, but was under long Lease TO Lind
say & Morgan.
1t was a matter OF impossibility last night
20 find out how the insurance is distributed.
Nearly every agency In the city is inter
ested to some extent The Odd FellOWs'
temple is fully covered. The Globe shoe
store, immedia tely adjoining the burned
building, which was saved by the thick fire
wall, was damaged by smoke to the extent
Of about $500. and Daniel Hogan's stock is
injured from the same cause In about the
same amount
ELECTRIC WIRES BROKEN.
Realizing that the walls Of Lindsay &
MOrgan's place were bound to give way
Chief Puder and Alderman Dixon, chair
man Of the fire committee, In the early
stage OF the fire ordered the railroad COM
pantes and electric light works to shut off
the current from all the wires
In the vicinity of the fire.
10 was a wise precautiOn, because nearly
every wire on Broughton and Barnard
streets was broken by the falling walls, and
If they had been charged at this time with
the current serious consequences would
most Likely have resulted to the iremen or
some Of the thousands of spectators who
tironged those streets TO watch the progress
Of tue flames.
Detective Hanley, who is an old-time fire.
man, met with serious mishaD which will
lay him up for quite awhile. He was aiding
the firemen at Broughton street lane
| and Barnard street when the corner of Cd
wall tumbled into the street. As the wall
began to sway the spectators called to them
to look out and the group OF tre-hghters
ran backward. ALI escaped the flying
bricks, but piece of the iron waterpipe
was hurled against Detective Hanley's side,
knocking him down.
DETECTIVE HANLEY INJURED.
The force of the fall broke the detectives
Bay street at once, where ply sicians set the
broken bone aud dressed bis other injuries,
which consisted IF bruises.
Foreman Steinberg OF Hook and
Ladder Company No. 2,
while trying TO close one Of the iron shut
ters on the lane side of the burning building,
had his arm and hand badly blistered. He
had to seek medical attention. These were
the only mishaps Of the fire, but several OF
tie fremen had almost miraculous
escapes while the walls were tumbling
There was great danger for some time OF
fires starting in other parts Of the city from
the shower of sparks that were scattered in
every direction. They fell in cellars all
| along Broughton street and through the
lane. and the proprietors Of stores kept boys
at work for over an hour throwing water
from buckets into these places to extinguish
the live Goals. 1t was reported that several
| shingle-roOfed houses as far east as Haber-
sham street caught from these flying embers,
but were extinguished by the occupants.
a BRILLIANT PICTURE.
The blaze made a magnificent scene when
IL first forced its way through the windows,
and Tapped up the sides of the walls. IL was
similar TO that witnessed at the Quicken
heimer fire, but if anything, appeared TO be
more fierce. The doors and windows of the
stores on the opposite sides OF Broughton
street were scorched and blistered until the
rosin ran from them in streams, and but
for oopious doses of water they would have
ignited.
The resistance of the Odd Fellows tenn
pie wall fully proved it to be a thoroughly
substantial building. The flames dashed
against it steadily for an hour without
causing a crack, but for the heroic work of
the firemen and the hundreds of volunteer
Odd Fellows, who worked with remarkable
zeal to save their home, it would have fallen
victim TO the flames through its windows.
At midnight Chief Puder released his
engines and left detachment of men TO
play plug streams on the smoldering ruins.
There will be fire in the ruins for at least a
week.
SPLENDID WATER PRESSURE.
The new water works we're an effective
aid to the fire department, and no com
plant could be made against the pressure
or supply last night Both were am le
The pressure was too much for the
suction hose Of engine No. 5,
which was stationed on Whitaker
street near Broughton. The suctionswas
burst from the hydrant entirely and the
engine was driven several feet away from
the plug.
The theory advanced for the origin of the
fire Is that it started in the cellar in a lot of
excelsior stored there from a cigar butt or
cigarette dropped carelessly into the lane
grating by some one, and the elevator shaft
gave it a draught that was irresistible.