The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-09
rlTAL AND FURIOUS FLAMES.
,pT OF THE BUSINESS SECTION
m or KNOXVILLE BURNED OUT.

>, ,ooOOO-ScOres of Persons Hurt
r., Explosions of Dynamite in a
hardware StOre-A Mountain HO-
-.i,zer Used TO Blow Down a wall
a. sim the Progress of the Fire.
1,roxville. Tenn, April S.-Never in the
history of Knoxville has the city suffered
-,ob loss by fire as it did in the early
hours of this morning. The very heart
Of tbe city, including some of the largest
,rbolesale and retail business houses in the
NTH was destroyed. The loss is various
II estimated at from $1.OOO,OOO to s1,5OO.OO
with about 80 per cent. of insurance.
The loss of life is very uncertain, as the
registers of Hotel Knox, in which fifty
six people were sleeping, was burned, the
proprietor Of the hotel says that he had
five or six guests who have not put in an
appearance. A. E. Weeks of Locke,
N Y. a drummer, for Rochester stamp
ing company, is known to have perished in
the flames
R. w. Hopkins, a St. Louis drummer,
was last seen in the burning building in a
suffocatlng condition.
W. H. Kephart, ex-Presldent of the
Chamber Of Commerce, saved the life of
John Boyle, an old farmer, by dragging
him to a window and letting him out on
the roof of another building. Mr.. Kephart
jumped one story and was injured.
When the fremen thought all the in
mates of the hotel had escaped, a woman,
with an infant in her arms, rushed to
rear window and screamed for help. A
net was quickly stretched and the woman
asked to drop the child out, but as the
smoke almost choked her she told them
that if one had to die, both would die.
The woman was finally rescued by the
1remen.
From the hotel building, which was five
stories, the fire spread east and west A
stiff wind made the flames very ugly and
the fire department was inadequate.
In the wholesale hardware house of W.
W. Woodruff & Co., explosions of dyna-
mite occurred, and scores of people were
hurt by flying bricks and glass. It be-
came necessary at last, to have the walls
of one building blown down by cannon
~ sup tllC AAAdQ CdICGA VI lllG lldiuSS.
A mountain howitzer. of the Knoxville
Lesion. was called into play. and a load of
canister did the work, at the same time
tearing up some residences in a different
portion of the city.
The city authorities, realizing that the
fire department was unable to conquer the
flames, telegraphed to Chattanooga for as
sstance.
The Southern railway made up a special
rain and carried the Chattanooga appa-
atus to Knoxville, Ill miles in lis min
ues One stop was made for water, the
actual running time being sixty miles an
hour.
"hen the engine arrived here the fire
was about under control, yet the Chatta-
nooga boys did some work.
A cabinet maker named p. c. Dyer fell
uead on the street from fright.
A man named Robinson from Pulaski,
Tenn, is supposed to be another victim.
he was registered in the hotel and has
not shown up.
A large force of men are at work clear
ing away the debris tonight and search
ms for the bodies.
The street car lines are completely tied
up and all the electric companies have
suffered
one Knoxville architect received orders
to-day for plans for eleven buildings to
take the places of the ones burned.
All the buildings are to be replaced at
once.
The losses and insurance as given out
tonight are as follows:
McNulty Grocery Company. loss $4,000;
Insurance. $1,000; McNulty building, loss
$1,000; insurance, $4,000.
Hotel Knox. furniture and fixtures, s12,-
zoo loss; insurance $1,000.
Daniel Briscoe's Bros. & Co., dry goods,
STOCK loss, $4,000; insurance, $1l5,OOO.
Daniel Briscoe's Bros & Co, building,
ioss $4,000 insurance, $4,000.
f. Z. Knight Co., insurance Office,
loss $500; insurance, 5000.
,McNulty & McGhee, building, loss, $15,-
W. insurance nothing.
). B. Newman & Co. printers loss. sax
W insurance, $4,000
" w. woodruff & Co., hardware build
ing loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
s.c ulen d Newman, queensware, loss
~gV0 insurance. So. 900.
D. =. Cullen, building, $4,000; insurance.
not known
,hen6negar, Doyle 6 Arnold, clothing,
- gNWOi insurance, $78.5O0.
NJ. u. Arnold, building, loss $4,000: IN
slrance $4,000. ''''''''
oool ~ /. Ross & Co.. groceries, loss. $780,
". Insurance, 10000.
W, W. l.. Ross, building loss, $4,000; In
eltance $4,000.
,,oc wv w. w. Woodruff & Co., hardware, loss.
''yy,1Wy Insurance, $4,000.
NV. W. Woodruff, building, loss $4,000;
insurance, $4,000.
Murphy & Robinson. hats. loss COX on.
insurance. $4,000.
A. p. Lahr, dry goods. loss. s4s O0O. in
surance, $4,000.
H. ). Payne, building. loss $40 OoO. IN
blrance. $4,000.
otarchi Bros, furniture. loss. s25 ooo. In.
tlrance, $1,000.
s,,,.C ~ McGhee, building, loss, $4,000; In
sliance, nothing.
l,s. "tiord Chamberlain a. AIbers, drugs,
sSo'WO; Insurance. $4,000
L. Ora, Chamberlain s. Albers, building,
n, a9'vV' Insurance, $1,000
"i.Aillan a Meek, building, loss. 1900:
'"a aurance, nothing.
,,,,ulck ruslck stables building, loss. $4,000; in
I,,,ssnce, nothing.