The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-23
FIREMEN HAD A LIVELY DAY.
-FOUR ALARMS SENT IN FOR TRIv-
IAL CAUSES.

Two Chimney Fires and the Refec-
ton of a Fireplace Blaze Brought
Out the Experimentation Attempt
to Set Fire to Turner Ha1I-CauGht
in the Act and Turned over to
Their Parents to BE FIogged.
The fire department had four runs yes
terday, but did not have to put out any
fires. Two of the alarms were on account
of burning chimneys. The first was
sounded in the morning, and when Engine
Company No. responded, it found the
trouble at Capt. c. S. Ellis residence, at
Gwinnett and Abercorn streets. The CHM
ney soon burned itself out, and but little
if any damage was done the residence
The firemen at headquarters were called
to 424 President street. west, by tele-
phone alarm at 11:35 O'Clock yesterday
morning. The fire was located in very
dirty chimney, which was making a hot
blaze. 1t was put out with a hand ex-
tinguisher
The next alarm for a chimney was turn
ed in at about $3.50 O'clock in the afternoon.
Engine Company No. found the blaze in
the house on the southwest corner of Bull
and Jones streets. All the firemen had to
do was to watch the chimney burn out
and see that no damage resulted.
The third alarm was turned in about
$50 o'clock from box No. ST. corner of Con-
gress and Bull streets. The department
was very prompt in it's response, but did
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that some one had thought there was a
blaze kindiing in the fourth story of the
building on Broughton street. between
Whitaker and Bull occupied by the Globe
Shoe Company. Passersby on the oppo-
site side of the street had noticed bright
glow in the windows and some one shouted
fire. When the firemen went up to see
what the matter was, they greatly surpris-
ed a young man, a lodger in the building
who was preparing to battle and had
lighted fire to heat some water 1t was
the glow of this fire that had caused the
fearful ones to shout fire.
A cons derab,e crowd gathered to see
what the fire was, but learning that it was
false alarm, quickly dispersed. Chief
Mcguire, in speaking of the slight reason
there seemed to be for an alarm being
sounded, said that the people are so
wrought up on account of the many fires
that have been had of late that they are
hardly to be blamed for taking any glow
or reflection for another one.
What might have been another incendi-
airy fire was fortunately prevented in the
morning. In this case there is no doubt
of the incendiary attempt though on ac-
count of the youthfulness of the parties.
it is not likely that they will receive any
other punishment than parental correc-
ton. The rabbi of the synagogue, locat-
ed in Turner Hail, conducts school there
for the benefit of the young Hebrew chill
dren of the neighborhood Mr.. Wilson
happened to enter the building on some
business when he found three small boys
striking matches and setting fire to some
cid papers in a corner He Immediately
called attention to the conduct of the boys
and was about to have them arrested when
the rabbi requested that they be turned
over to him, assuring Mr.. Wilson that
they would receive proper punishment. AS
the boys were very young, Mr.. Wilson con-
sented, but afterwards gave information
of the affair at fire headquarters. The
supposition is that the boys had heard so
much of the recent fires and the talk of in
cendiarism that they thought it would be
fun TO set off fire themselves. The de
sire to escape school may have had some
thing to do with their conduct. 1t was in
the same neghborhood that three small
negro boys were arrested a short time ago,
who confessed to setting fire to the Tee
pie building and were sent out of town.