The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-12
sTATEsBoRo SWEPT BY FIRE.
A Midnight Blaze Destroys a Large
Part of the Town.

Statesboro, Ga, May 1.-THE Times
to-day prints the following: THE greatest
confagration that ever visited our town
swept out large share of the business
portion last night.
About II o'clock the Woodcock boys
We're returning home from an evening
call, and passing the store of j. F. Fields,
discovered a blaze in the rear room. They
gave the alarm of fire and in a minute the
occupants of the neighboring houses were
stirring just in time to see the flames
break through the roof of the building
The cry of Fire! fire.! ufire!!!" soon
aroused the whole town and everybody
FASTENED to the scene of the disaster to
render what assistance they could in an
effort to save property.
THE wind was very high from the
northeast, but the density of the i'm
prOvements of that quarter of the town
made it apparent that any efforts to save
buildings on that side of the street
would prove futile. Attention was,
therefore, given to removing goods
and furniture, and in little
while East and North Broad streets
were pretty well fillede with dry goods
and groceries, clothing and confection-
cries, trunks and bandboxes, etc, etc,
and several empty buildings were con-
signed to the flames.
1.-The Harris house, on the opposite side
of the street from where the fire origi-
mated was barely saved by a plentiful
supply of water upon the roof and wall
The fire went east to the adjoining build
ing, from where it made it's appearance,
and took in the store occupied Ed. L.
Smith, for which B. e. Turner had paid
81, 600 for only few days before, and on
which he had no insurance. The next
building being of brick, the ravages east
wardly was cut off.
fair one, and everything to the inter-
section of East and South Main went up
in smoke, including the following build
ings: Store of B. r. Turner, occupied by
Edward L. Smith double store of J. f.
Fields and B. e. Turner, occupied by Mr.
Fields the store of B. E, Turner, occu-
pied by a negro restaurant; Office of Will
son 81 Sorrier, insurance agents; store
and offices of DIR. M. NJ Holland, occupied
pany; the Lester hotel, the lower floor
occupied by r. f. Donaldson, dealer in
general merchandise.
1.-THE confagration stopped at this point
though the excessive heat broke the large
glass windows out of the stores on the
west side of South Main street, charred
the wooden doors and facings to coal,
ana UlG EOOQS IN Gne stores OF Ellis ~
Outland, A. w Baum and M T Hardee
were slightly damaged by the water used
in saving the buildings Mr.. Hardee ins
curing some loss from fire in his mer-
chandise.
The Times reporter endeavored to
gather the figures this morning, and sue
ceeded in getting up the following rough
estimate: r. f. Donaldson 81 900, mostly
damaged in removing goods; no insur-
ance. J. f. Fields 81, 600; fully insured
Ed L. Smith 81 600; $500 insurance. b.
E. Turner 81 600 no insurance.
M. M. Holland 81, 175 800 insurance.
Robert Lester $1,000; 81 900 insurance.
M. T. Hardee, 500; insured. W. c..
Parker, SIS; insured. A. j. Wimberly,
$50; insured A w Baum, $50; insured.
Ellis & Outland, 500; insured j. A.
Smith, clothing, watch, etc, $50, no in
surance. Total loss, 10000; with
insurance to the amount of $4,000
Loss to property holders, $4,000.
"A young white man, giving his name as
Monroe Tyler and claiming to be native
of Tattnall county, was detected after the
fire in plundering the goods in the street
He was taken in charge by Marshal
Hendricks, who found a fine hat, an
alpaca coat, several pocket knives and
quantities of cigars and snuff upon his
person. He was handed over to Sheriff
Waters, who placed him in the lookup for
the night"