Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-03
A S5OO,OOO FIRE.
One Life Lost in q COnaasrallon al
Brunswick, Georgia.
ANT SYSTEM TERMINALS GONE
The Extensive Establishment "'
povniug Company "'P'"
u.av Losses-Grcat Excite
.,, nur,ng progress of fi""es'

SAVANNAH, GA, APP" ,..r,trs,
., I, o'clock tonight py ''o
No,ys from Brunswick Ca say
g. ,r,,ch commenced TINS i"orhi''s
80 o,1 is now burnins' mas ue
At - ,,5,y a half million dollars worth
suoE'' ','.' ,ost one human lie, caused
- 10 be crippled. and pros'fa'eo
Four men. who are suffering !" '"''O'S
stages. >,,.ht.yvatchnan
-, ~ the Plant system, who d'ed from
-.,lcvv due 10 excitement ana over
-. Tn. injured man lost hand'
80 ia unknown. The men INos-
trateI are negroes.
The property destroyed includes the
.barf property. cotton-sheds' reight-
,ssrebouses. tracks. part Of the freight
,. ,,e warehouses, etc, all belonging 10
a.. plant system. and comprising their
,ocai terminal freight facilities; from three
- six fr,ie1t-cars, and between lO,OvO or
eoooo ties the property Of n. Eman--i
.c3 Jornes T.. Broadhead, on The fiant-
evstem docks; $500 barrels Of rosin' lVV
barrels Of spirits Of turpentine; all thc
wharf engines wholesale grocery buildi's'
grocery stock and warehouse buildings OF
the Downing company; Segues hsh-house'
aud various small FISH and oyster-houseS
m tho water-cdge Of Bay street
ON the far side OF Bay street the iie
fwept Briesenecks three-siory ofieA
silding. including tho machinery, tne
fupply stock Of Brieseneck; the once III
niture Of Broker Maxey ana LIiiipeI-
Dealer Padrosa: the retail dry-goods store
pf Cohen; the wholesale grocery anu
uauor stock OF r.. V. Douglass' lhe "hVIe-
ale uouor stock OF Tobias Newman the
Natropolitau saloon, and the STOCK OF l.
Nevymau-aIl these in \ block Of I'VE bricr
,ulidings. one, two, and three stories nlb"'
lbe wholesale warehouses OF the hoyt
Hardware Company. and the uree-s'ory
ocean Hotel
Exteudinr up Monk street, the retail
Itore Of the Hoyt Hardware Company
vas burned, as were Bears two ware
houses fun of goods. Across Monk street,
The Haas LIQUOR Company. wholesale and
retail. and the ice depot, were burned.
ON Bav street from Monk street up.
Tho fire swept Hcrzog's brick building,
used as a retail dry-goods store, Hirsch
wholesale and retail liquor store, several
Fmaller stores and two empty stores,
nu I'm a block of brick buildings from
one TO three stories high
LOSSES.
At this hour it Is impossible TO give
anything like an accurate statement OF
The losses but the estimates given below
are placed low: Plant System, S'5VO;
Broadhead. 5000; Emanuel, 5000; Down
Ing. s22500; Brieseneck, $4,000; Lott,
u5O00: Douglass $1,000; Newman, $1,000;
"A luQ
uO000: Herzog. building and stock, $1,000
These losses are merely calculated from
hurried interviews, and may prove great
sr Messrs Emanuel, Downing, and Lott
are about insured. Mr.. Newman has only
5000 insurance and nothing definite can
DC learned at this hour as TO the others.
When the alarm was turned in volume
Of smoke from the bay caused the crowds
20 hurry that way. The fire was then
burning inside a warehouse on the Plant
system dock. and had caught from i
pile-driver engine. a train Of freight
rans on the dock-tracks prevented easy
access, and the fire was hard TO get at
While the fire was being fought under
these dihiculties extra forces Of laborers
were pilng cotton into the British steamer
Humbcrt lying alongside, and when all
the cotton was I'm she pulled off The
Norwegian bark AsCalon was also pulled
of in safety
The fire by this time had burned through
the line Of frelght-cars and into the
main warehouse, where hundreds of Cti-
zcns were assisting the employees in get
ting out goods
From thence the flames swept under
the roof OF the cotton sheds, and ii
was realized fully that nothing could stop
them. The wind was blowing fiercely, and
the hromen eudeavored TO keep a wall
of water between them and the Down
ing's nayal-store docks. but without
avail.
At o'clock the rosin had caught, and
the fierce heat and dense. black smoke
drove people away, end made fighting II
worse than before Every available man
was employed throwing naval stores into
the bay, and the water was soon filled
with q mass Of blazing barrels. The
flames swept across DOwninp's docks and
warehouses, catching the two-story extra
large brick supply building. and destroy
ing H. The heat from the fire, still raging
In the yards. iguitod the brick block op-
posite. and IL went gradually through,
taking the ocean Hotel. with II. and
branching of up Monk street TO the Hoyt
Hardware Company and nearby build
ngs
MAD EXCITEMENT.
Up to this hour the maddcst excitement
had characterized the actions Of many
people, and rumors Of fatal and other ac-
c.Gents were adding 10 the excitement
Business had long since been suspended.
and the entire population was viewing
the flames and assisting the fremen
When Hoyts building caught 1t was
expected that the entire business portion
ef Brunswick was going and merchants
began moving their stocks to the out
iklrts Of the city.
Pandemonlum relgnod, drays and other
vehicles were driven az break-ncck speed
up and down the streets 10 store doors. and
hying clouds OF sparks sent property-own-
trs home 10 guard their buildings. Every
available man was employed TO watch for
hrea, and garden hose and ladders were
paced IN readiness Two or three resi-
lences caught but We're saved by vol
uutctrs. and the courthouse was also
tavcd by them.
When wholesale destruction seemed in
tvitabie, Aldermen Mason and Reed wired
Nayeross. Savannah and Jacksonville for
ala. and at once received cheering an
tWeis. Chief Grain and his men did good
"ork, and the water supply held up well.
Dut II was finally exhausted before the
nushooring hremen arrived on special
vains' rendering their presence practi-
.ally useless
with the wholesale omptying Of stores
ana squares came the necessity for
guardS--and the Brunswick Rlaemen came
out for guard duty. At O'Clock the riot
alarm was sounded, and both the Rifle
men and the Naval Deserves came out
st double-quiek, and viii do guaiA duty
all night.
The Inca fire tug was away. but two
tugs were sent after II. Colonel Du Big
non offered its services gratis 10 any
Brunswiokisn who was not insured and
HalR Inf