The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-30
A COLD DAY FOR FIRES.
The Department Had a Long Run in The
Early Morning Hours.

LAAiI MVtHiuS HUuio.
Called to the Lower End Of the savan-
nah, Florida and Western Wharvss.
Seven Cars Loaded With Riprap Stone
Burned to the Rails and the Pier on
Which They Stood Entirely De-
stroyed-The Engines Gould Not be
Used and Portions Of the Wharf We're
Torn Up-several Small Fires During
the Day.
The IRE deartment was called out for an
early run five minutes before O'Clock
yesterday morning by blaze in the d.
rection Of the Savannah. Florida and
Western Wharves. The alarm was turned
IN from box rs, and the fire was found at
the lowest end Of the wharves, nearly
two miles from the fire headquarters.
1t was a long, cold run for the boys. and
they had some hard work to do when they
arrived at the scene of the blaze The
IRE was on a small wharf or pier at the
extreme eastern end of the lumber
WharVes, and there were upon it at the
time ten or twelve fiat cars loaded with
riprap stone which belonged to AIessrs
Green & Gaynor. and which was 20 have
been used in the jetty work on the river
There are no hydrants in that section.
and 1t was impossible under the circum-
stances to get an engine to the river as
the tide was about at its lowest mint
ana there was no suction pipe long enough
to reach il. The fremen. therefore went
10 work to save all the property they
could with the best means at their COM
mand' which was pulling up the timbers
on the wharf back Of the fire. and NOV
ing the cars of stone. A pusher was
teiephoned for, but it was after : O'Clock
when 1t arrived, and by that time the
iiremen had four of the cars n,,sba5 o,,+
OF 'he way OF the flames. Seven of the
cars We're burned entirely to the rails and
the stone fell through the wharf which
mad been burned away into the water he
low.
me pier was entirely DESTROYED and
few crossties which were upon N vera
also burned. Some of the crossfias v,ora
tT"oFeu' Dut IL was practically impossi-
DIe 10 save all the property on the wharf
W men II was seen that the engines could
not De used the apparatus, with the excen-
, ION Oh NO. 2 engine, was returned 10
80 euaI ters. The weather was so Sc
Meeting the heater to the engine fro
up ana burst. They We're repaired earl,,
III the morning, however. and the enpire
ward 0NiS aA'eI-
The loss on the cars was about 81 mn
the pier epi"ce
1t is not known how the fire ,,os
started, but twas thought that some rar'
lles had built fire there to warm nv
Gnu that II had spread, catchine the
wharf, GEORGE Williams, white and
James Reese and Mack Logan were ar
rested Dy Waterman Owens of the wharf
or suspicion, and were taken before the
recorder. There was no evidence N sbo-,J
slat they were in any way responsible
TOT the IRE or that there was any reason
ior holuing them, except that they were
~ the vicinity at the time and aided the
Ilfemen in their work. The recorder al
lowed them to CO.
Inc small hand extinguishers froze IN
az nus Hre and were not thawed out
When the next run was made in anc-,e,
to call from box IS. This fre Nc =,
Gated in 1854 Montgomery street and
was caused by defective fiue in the
rear or the house. The chimney. if seems
Wa built from the second story Instead
O. the ground. The damage was sliobt
anu the plaze was put out by the chemi
cal engine.
Just as the 1remen were returnir.
from this call about lao O'Clock. anotbep
alarm was turned in from the same how
II having been caused by a fire in a small
clubhouse in the rear of the house at 1121L
west Broad street, occupied bv r r.
Aappell. This fire was soon ext!nguished
sometime curing the morning one side
OF the chemical engine froze up and If was
with difficulty that it was worked II
came in handy, however on the Tfopt
gomery street fire, as the nearest fire
plug on Taylor street between We
Broad and Montgomery was broken ba1e
ing been cracked by the freezing uatar
within 1t. Several of the plugs xyers
frozen up and did not thaw ont f1urine, tbe
Jay. Inc chemical engine stopped AT two
OF the plugs on Liberty street in returning
to answer the call from box 30. but found
them both frozen hard.
1here was another small fire about An
o CLOCK IN the afternoon, at the southwest
corner of Montgomery and Congress
streets' NO. fire department was called
out by blaze in a vacant house there
owned by Mrs. Walters The ipterior If
the mouse was slightly damaged. Tho
nre caught from a defective fue from tba
house adjoining it, there being a SINGLE
wall which served for the two adiofning
houses. The wainscoating of the vacant
house lay against the friedrich of tbe
CRATE IN the next house and the fire caught