The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-23
SPRINGFIELD FIRE SWEPT.
A Hotel and Several Business Blocks
Burned.

The Loss In the Neighborhood OF
46o,ooo-The Guests of the Hotel
Given Ample Time to Escape With
Most of Their Effeots-The Fire In
Progress for Many Hours.
Springfield, Mass, Nov. 22.-F'ire broke
out just after midnight last night
in block owned by J. X. Dexter and
Henry S. Dickinson, at 90 Worthington
street, which, before it was checked do
stroyed eight blocks, resultiog in an es-
timated damage of nearly S45O,0
The burned district on Worthington
street extends nearly $50 feet east from the
rear of the Glendower house, and is
nearly $50 feet deep.
The seven blocks destroyed wer as
follows:
Five-story brick block owned by @. J.
Weber grocer.
Two brick blocks, 5-stories high, owned
by J. X. Dexter, q Co, rag dealers
A five-story block owned by John Doo-
| Ian, also a rag dealer.
A tive-story block owned by A. N.
| Mayor u Co.. paper stock dealers.
The Glendower hotel and brick block,
| and part of the Wright block.
THE STARTING POINT.
The first block attacked was occupied
by A, +. Leonard a Co., agricultural
dealers, who occupied the first floor; tho
| Sterns Paper Company, the second floor,
| and the Graphic Publishing Company,
| the third floor. The two top stories were
| used for the storage of rags and waste.
| Ia the second block, owned by j. X.
| Dexter & Co., the Union Cycle Company
| occupied the first floor with wheels, and
| Dexter & Co. had the storage rooms on
| the other floors.
| Mr.. Mayor and John Doolan occupied
all of their respective buildings.
The blocks are worth about S20,O each.
| j. X. Dexter & Co. had about SIG, 600 in
| surance on each Of theirs.
| j. w. Weber's block, the fifth one de-
| stroyed adjoined the new Dickinson
| block on the east. The building cost
| about $4,000, and was insured for q, 600.
The Abbe block burned the most fercely
of all, except the hotel 1t was built by
James Able, and was valued by him at
S25, 900 with full insurance.
THE BURNED HOTEL.
The block at the corner of Worthington
| and Main streets, which was the seventh
to be consumed, was occupied by the pro-
| prietOrs of the Hotel Glendower and tho
| City National bank.
| The Wright blocks covered considera-
| BILE space OF ground, being built on three
sides Of a square. The only portions Of
| these damaged were the blocks fronting
| on Worthington street, and the building
| on the corner, occupied on the upper and
lower stories by the Union Publishing
| Company.
The origin of the fire is a mystery. The
/ flames apparently had their inception in
| the agricultural store OF Mr. Leonard.
| This building was the first discovered to
| be on fire and its center was a mass OF
/ Mo xssbn ha all la ennnAaA
was O'Clock this morning before the fire
was under control.
THE LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
The following is a list of the principal
| losses and insurance, so far as obtainablo
| at present.
Glendower hotel, loss on building $685.
| 600; covered by insurance. Henry S.
| Houston, manager, loss on furniture and
| fixtures, S45 900, insurance $4,000.
| City National bank first floor Glen
| dover block, furniture and fixtures, $6,-
| 600, insured.
On Abbe's block, which adjoined tho
| Gl endower building, the loss is $75 900,
covered by insurance. OF the occupants,
| M H. Barnett, cigar manufacturer and
dealer who occupied part Of the first and
| fifth stories, Is one Of the heaviest losers.
More than 100000 cigars we're destroyed,
besides valuable fixtures, and the loss
| will reach $50, 900, partially insured.
| w. B. Brecknell engraver, lost his en-
tire outfit, valued at $4,000. He is in
| sured.
Ball 81 Hamblen, dealers in groceries
and fruits, suffer a loss estimated at $780,
600. They are well insured.
| James McKeen & Co, cloalSs and wraps,
lost 500, 600 They are partly insured.
The Mayor block, which was directly in
| the rear Of the Glendower hotel, on
Worthington street, was valued at $780,
000 but was insured for only $l0,500. A.
! N. Mayor IL Co, paper stock dealers, who
occupied the building lost $500 on their
stocks. They are insured.
John Doolan's 5-story brick block, next
TO Mayors was valued at $4,000 and in
sured for Sl0,O O00 His stock of paper was
totally destroyed, at a loss of $4,000. IL
was insured for $1,000.