The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07
HEAVY LOSS ON CLOTHING.
COLLAT BROS. BURNED OUT WITH
A Loss OF ABOUT $4,000.

A Loss OF ABOUT $4,000.
The Origin of the Fire Unknown
Discovered on the Top Floor and
in Full Blast When the Ffremen
Arrived-The Firemen Had Plenty
OF Water and Used Il FreeIy-The
Spread of the Fire 10 Adjoining
buildings Prevented by Hard
WOrk-Insurance on the stock
S7I.2OO and on the BuiIding SI3.-
100.
Savannah had its first big FIRE OF the
year yesterday. Collat Bros stock Of
clothing and shoes and their store, No.
149 Broughton street. were damaged TO
the extent Of $4,000 10 $1,000. The full
extent Of the loss cannot be told until il
is seen what salvage can be obtained
from the stock, but IL Will be very nearly
a total loss.
The fire was discovered in the whole
sale department on the third floor Of the
building about 9:f5 o'clock. There was
no one on the floor. the clerk who had
charge being on the street collecting. The
tailoring department is on the second
floor, and the fire was discovered by the
tailors by the smoke pouring down from
the floor above.
Cutter Peters ran down TO the Office,
where the Messrs. Collat were figuring on
a bid for the firemen's summer uniforms,
and attempted 10 telephone an alarm TO
the fire headquarters. About the same
time smoke was seen pouring from the
third story window by people on the
streets. Some little time elapsed before
an alarm was sounded, but II was finally
turned in by George Beckmann from box
u at Broughton and Whitaker streets.
The department responded very quickly,
but the engines were a little slow in get
ting up steam after their arrival. The
fire spread with remarkable rapidity.
Messrs. Collat barely had time 10 get
their books and papers together and get
out of the office on the rear Of the first
floor when the smoke and heat reached
that portion of the building.
When the firemen arrived there was an
immense volume Of smoke pouring out
of the third story windows. As soon as
Chief Mcguire saw the character anu
location of the fire, he sent out call
for the apparatus south of Liberty street.
The chief and his aides went TO work very
coolly, and in short While there Were
several streams of water pouring on the
fire from front and rear. An eIort was
made to reach the fire from the interior
of the building, but the smoke ana neat
were so great that the nFemen We're COM
pelled to retire. The fire was TOO Tar
advanced for the chemical engine TO De
of any service. ,-. 80
one of the first TO arrive, and Immediately
telephoned for 20 pounds pressure. rms
was given, and a little later the superlh-
tendent called for eighty pounds pressure
at the works which was also given. This,
together with the new, large-slled llte
hydrants recently put in at the corner,
gave the firemen all the water tney Go 1
use. The pressure would have turnlshea
all the water needed without the engines
but the experiment was not mace. me
fire being in full possession OF lne thlIu
floor when the firemen got 10 work, there
was nothing to do but pour on water uutll
ii was eXtinguished, and this was zone.
For two hours the place was delused with
The stock on the first and second floors,
of course. got the full benefit OF TINS de-
luge with as much damage 10 the STOCK
almost as If the fire had been on those
floors. but this could not be helped. IL was
the only thing to do, and the importance
of conhning the fire to the DulldlnS Wa
recognized. Had the nre commuilcattsu
Ia either of the adjoining buildings the
confederation would have proved very Sc
rious AS it was this danger was very
narrowly escaped. II was found AFTER the
fire had been eXtinguished that the west
ern wall had bulged 10 eonslderabiy az
the top Had the wall fallen, nothlhS
could have saved the Krouskou store al
spread further westward,
Mr. Krouskoff became alarmed during
ing some of his finest goods. His stock
was damaged somewhat by smoke Inc
smoke was also very thick on the Top
floor Of the store Of Gray q Son on the
The fire was entirely extinguished after
nearly two hours hard work. Inc roof OF
the building had fallen in ana the metal
front was bulged out at the top. A pc
culiar circumstance of the nre was mat
none of the large plate glass windows on
the first and second floors OF the Duiiulhs
were broken The lot on which the build
ing Is situated is owned by the DeRenne
estate, but is leased by the firm, which re-
built and remodeled the store at an ex-
pense of several thousand dollars two
years ago The damage TO the building
will probably reach 5000.
Collat Bros. carried very large STOCK
Of goods doing a wholesale, as well as
retail business. An estimate Of the
amount of stock on hand was made after
the fire and was stated by Messrs. CoIlat
TO a Morning News reporter as between
$50 600 and $4,000. The loss is nearly total,
all the goods not touched by fire being
thoroughly water soaked.
ance on stock and building was furnished
the Morning News by bearing a Hull,
the insurance agents most largely inter-
bearing & Hull
Atlanta Home .........,..............$l $40 900
Hanover of New York.................2 900
uGiAAA VI mai NApAA sss's oflVu
sun. OF London ...-.'....-......''..''' lou
Hamburg Bremen Observation-Disclosures. 800
Fripp a. Bowen
Greenwich ms. Co. of New York.. ?, 500
w. T. Hopkins
National of Hartford ..................... 1000
Georgia Home ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 800
NJ. A. Cohen & Co.
Orient Insurance Company ........... 1850
georgia home .-....-.................. 4, 400
A. G. Guerard & Son
st. Paul Fire and Marine ms Co... $500
J. f. Wheaton * Co.
Williamsburg City Fire ms. Co... 800
Sun Mutual OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ?, 500
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co... $500
Delaware Insurance Company. ....... 2500
r. J. DaVant & Son
Springfield 600
Macon Fire Insurance Company. 1900
Continental ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500
Northern l. 500
KOllock & Screven-
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