The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-09
FIRE ON MARKET SQUARE.
MORRISON 4 BRO. PARTLY BURNED
OUT THIS MORNING.

Prompt Work by the Firemen saves
what would Otherwise Have Been
Heavy Loss-Fire Discovered
shortly Before O'clock and Was
Under Control Within Fifteen Min
utes After the Arrival OF the Fire
men-The Loss Estimated at S1O,-
OO0, and Is Fully Covered by In
surance.
The stock Of general merchandise in the
store of D. j. Morrison * Bro at BARNARD
and Congress streets, was badly damaged
by fire and wafer between and 3 o'clock
this morning. Mr.. d. J. Morrison, who ar
rived on the scene about 2;30 o'c.o-k stated
that he was at loss 10 eXp.ain The origin
of the fire.
The fire was discovered shortly before
o'clock by parties on ST. Julian street.
who saw smoke coming from the upper
windows They raised the cry of fire,
and Policeman j. J. Murphy who was in
the market turned In an alarm from box
50 at l:J7. The fremen could not have re-
sponded mole promptly had they been noii-
1ied beforehand that an alarm was TO be
turned IL al l4ldN lADhi" A7lA4bhN was f@N-A
ing from all the windows on the upper floor
when they arrived. When the windows on
the east SIDE wee burst open by The fire
men, who had climbed upon the shed over
the sidewalk, The sm1 Ike poured out IN con
siderable volume, hui IL was evident mat
the FIRE had not gaiuel great Roadway.
Superintendent Mcguire ordered that only
oh, he a
first, with the idea of doing as dttle
damage 10 the stock of goods as
possible. Several tanks Of the chemical
fluid were empted into the building with
good effect, but as the fire was not en-
tirely subdued a couple of streams Of water
were turned in at the same windows. This
soon put the fire under control and in ff-
teen minutes after arriving on the scene
the firemen were able to enter the build
ing.
A search of the building showed that the
fire had been confined to the upper floor
the stock on the lower floor being damaged
only by water. There was a considerable
stock of goods, clothing and general mer-
ohanaise on both floors and the greater part
of this was damaged by water. Owing to
the lateness of the hour only
small crowd gathered and
very few insurance agents re-
sponded to the alarm. Mr.. Morrison
said that he had policies with the various
agencies of the city but to what amount
exactly he could not say He estimated
the value of his stock at between $4,000
and $4,000 fully covered by insurance.
The damage viii probably amount to
about $4,000. There was a large stock
of mems clothing on the second floor.
which was badly damaged by water and
smoke. while the stock of general mer-
chandise on the first floor was also dam
aged by water.
The store was closed about midnight,
an employe stated. at which time every
thing was apparently all right. Police
man Murphy, who turned in the alarm,
said that he passed the building at 115,
stopping there a short time, and that there
was then no sign nor smell or fire or
smoke The building is owned by parties
residing in Atlanta. The damage 90 the
building will probably not exceed $500.
The damage of this mornings fire win
hardly be as great as that of six years
ago when Morrison & Bro. were burned
out in the same building The loss at
that time was nearly completes and was
estimated at between $4,000 and $4,000.