The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-24

BUILDING and when the fire there once
got a start . spread rapidly. The water
streams poured upon lt lii --r-o or no
good. The Wind was blowing toward the
RIVER and carried with n sparks and
burning em6ers. in the alley way a. the
side ~ the grlnlry were scattered piles
81 slavlss which soon b.az-l up. The
flying embers carried upward by the heat
aud toward the river hy the winI landed
CA the wharf In the rear and soon had g
a fire IN several places. These lnc.pent
blazes were extinsulshed with water from
the river brought up IN @ bucket that was
borrowed from The tug Jacob Pau.s1n. but
che FIRE was moving tn that direction and
Vhe quenching Of these b.azes did utue
good.
5y . o'clock the FIRE had spread pretty
well over the graaary and had pretty
nearly reached the wharf ID the rear.
There ~ the wharf AZ the Duckworth
warehouse. managed by C. N. Gilbert *
Co. stood the Norwegian bark Sorlstler-
uen, and next 20 Sc al Thomas coal yard
lay the schooner Douglass Gregory. load
cd with coal The tug Paulsen novel the
bark across the river. and the Regis took
the schooner % the other side both being
moved out OF reach Of the fire.
At that time the fire had spread 20 the
wharf and was r. glng furously in the
stOrehouse or grararv. There was then
no stream back on tne wharf and Il prom
ised shortly 20 spread to the Duckworth
warehouse, now used by C. NJ. Gilbert &
Co. and which was filled with
salt, molasses. cement. and nay.
u. r. Thomas coal yard. which was right
next 20 the warehouse. was dangerously
in the line OF the blaze and IL appeared.
at Z o'clock. as II the IRE would strike
a. though il had not done so up 10 that
time.
The entire rice mill and gran
AIRY IS a total loss Il was
owned by stock company. and
about $1,000 vas invested in II. Be
sides this. there were large quantities Of
rice stored in It for different wholesale
firms around the city. which was. Of
course. destroyed along with the store
house.
Al ! o'clock the Duckworth warehouse
had caught and there was every indica-
lion that IL would so too though the fire
had subsidized TO some extent. This car
red the fire right up TO Thomas coal
yard, and necessitated some hard work
to keep 1t cut OF there.
Before the fro crossed River street
smoke was seen issuing from the chan
room, large one story building on Indian
street, and removed some distance from
the MILL II was thought then that this
building was on fire. but an Investigation
soon showed that the smoke came from
the chaf pipe leading from the mill. This
pipe was cut, and as the wind was blow
Ing IN the other direction, all danger OF
fire there was removed.
The watchman's theory OF the fire is
that it originated from the heated machin-
cry in the brush room. The bearings often
get very hot when the machinery IS run
for any length of time, and as they are
covered with grease. and near woodwork.
it may be a very easy matter for a blaze
TO start in that way. The mill was operat-
ed all Of yesterday. and did not close down
until o'clock at night. But at 10 O'Clock
when the Waterman went through the
building ne saw no signs OF fire, and after
cooling the journals, thought everything
was all right, and went outside. He has
been with the mill about sixteen years.
and says he has never had any trouble
with the machinery in this respect before.
II was soon apparent that the Duck
worth warehouse, with c. n. Gilbert &,
Co s stock, would be a total loss, The
names spread over it rapidly, and short
ly after O'Clock the roof had fallen in.
The building was filled with hay, mo-
lasses, cement and salt, and with its con-
the total loss on this building and its con
tents will be something like $50, 900. though
no statements as to the value of its con.
tents could be obtained.
With the destruction of this buildins
the fire was gotten pretty well under con-
troll 1t was a hard fight, and with odds
against them the hremen did their best.
The Upper rice mill caught IN two or
three places, but plenty of water was
kept on it, ana the damage was slight.
They only damage in fact to the building
and stock was that resulting from the
water poured upon it. This mill has in
it about 1900 bushels of rough rice and
about 7S2 barrels of clean rice.
The wharf back of the Planters mill was
burned, and with It went a new tug boat.
the property OA MI. 0tOIEE L. lHane. SUI
perintendent of the Planters mill. which
had about been completed. The machin-
cry had been put into the tug and it was
expected 10 launch her within a few weeks.
Between 5000 and 5000 had already been
spent upon it. but it is understood that
Mr.. Drane had her fully covered by insur-
ance.
The fire was not carried at all to the east
or west, and the buildings at either side
were easily saved. To the east and on
the southside of River street was the old
Electric Light Works building. which
were practically uninjured. Thomas coal
yard, too, which was dangerously near
the fire was not damaged to any extent.
Chief Mcguire had just assigned Fire
man Tom Mckay TO inspect the buildings
of the Planters mill, and those adjacent
TO it, and the work was to have been done
to-day When the fire reached the wharf
back of the rice mill the Regis put a
stream upon it and did some very effec-
tive work. The little steamer Edith was
also tied near the rice mill wharf. but was