The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-25
Two HOUSES PARITY BURNED.
The Fire started While the Occu-
nuntS Were at Church.

pants Were at Church.
Fire Quilted the house No. 1lTl Barnard
street last night and seriously damaged
the adjoining house. The fire was a very
queer one and had every appearance Of
incendiary origin.
1t so happened that Of the several fam
lilies occupying the two houses, not a sin
gle member was in either house at the
time. most of them being at church
Barnard street is closely built up De
tween Gordon and CASTOR streets. Al the
corner Of Gordon street lane there are
several brick tenement houses under one
roof. The first alarm was given by
young lady living in an adjoining house,
who, coming down stairs, found the lower
floor filled with smoke, and concluding
that the house was on nre begun 10
scream with all her might.
Willie Brown, "A little negro boy Well
known In the vicinity. heard the screams
and ran as last as his legs would carry
him 20 the engine house. near by at Bar
nard and Huntington street This IS the
headquarters Of Second Assistant Chief
Mouro, who promptly responded with MS
men and No. engine, truck and hose
cart belonging TO that station.
The fire had evidently been burning
some time when discovered. 1t was about
$50 O'Clock when Mr.. MOuro and his men
arrived. The smoke in front Of the block
was so dense that il could not be told in
which house the fire was. Finding the
doors OF Nos. III and l17h locked, Mr..
MOuro ran upstairs into the next adjoin-
ing house, occupied by Mr.. &. Coleman.
This house was filled with smoke and the
inmates supposed IL to be on fire. Mr.. Mou-
70 discovered that the fire was not in TINS
house, but in the adjoining one on the
north
The men were ordered to break in the
doors Of the burning house which was
done. They found that the heat was so
great. and the smoke so dense that il W.
impossible TO reach the TOP floor at once.
A ladder was accordingly run up in the
q "A
turned on. Another line of hose was
brought up the stairway from below. The
fire was in the roof of both houses ana
considerable water was used before u was
gotten under control. About an hour
good work was required TO entirely sub
due the fire.
1t was found that both rooms on the
top floor of No. ll7i4 We're Quilted. The
fire had burned through the ceiling into
the roof and then spread TO the adjoin-
ing house on the north. 1t also burned
through the floor OF the front room to
the floor below. The fire did not make
much Roadway in the second house, now
ever, the damage there being chiefly by
No. III is owned and occupied by Mrs.
Il. NJ. Nathans. She has a policy for
5000 on the house with Dearing a Hun,
but none on household goods and personal
property. Mrs. Nathans was visiting a
friend, and did not know of the fire until
the tremen had about completed their
The top floor of No 117i4 was occupied
by Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. FurlOng. Mr..
Furlong was not at home and Mrs. Fur
long had gone 10 church. 1t was on this
floor that the fire originated. Mrs. Fur
long stated to a Morning News reporter
that when she went out she LETT lamp
lighted on a small table in one corner of
the room. this being her usual custom, as
she did not like to come into dark room
a night by herself She left the house
about $50 o'clock, she said, going to
Forsyth park and then TO church. where
she was when she heard of the fire. Ev-
erything in this room was ruined. Mrs.
Furlong said that her husband had taken
out an insurance policy on the house
hold property about a month ago for
about 500 she thought, but she was not
certain as to the amount.
The first floor was occupied by the fam
lily of NJ Lang. Mr.. Lang arrived on the
scene after the firemen had begun work,
but managed to save some of his property
in a damaged condition. The greater part
was badly damaged, however. Mr.. Lang
had no insurance. The basement
was occupied by a cOlOred preacher nam
ed Mcclellan. who was conducting SER
vices at his church during the fire and
knew nothing Of It until it was all over.
The house is the property of Mrs II.
kuhlman and Is understood TO have been
insured.
Too much credit cannot be given to Sec
ond Assistant Chief Mouro for his prompt
and effective work. When he arrived
with his force and saw there was
a serious fire in progress he did not
stop TO call out the rest of the department
but got TO work at once. The fire was
nasty one, and might have proven much
worse. All the houses in this row of
buildings are under one roof and had the
fire gotten through the roof before the
arrival of the firemen the whole block
would have been in danger. The smoke
being shut in smothered the flames and
prevented the rapid spread of the fire
The residents of the block were very
thankful that the fire occurred when it
did. and not late in the night, when
some of them might have been smother
ed in their beds and when the destruc-
ton would almost certainly have been
much greater.