The morning news., 1899-12-11
SAvANNAH'S QUICK RESPONSE.
Continued from First Page.

yesterday morning. The fire which des-
troyed Augusta's most prominent business
block was discovered shorty before a.
M IL Yves not long before Chief Roulette,
I of the Augusta fire department realize /
the need of as istarce if the fire was TO be
/ checked. The Telegraph offices had closed,
] but the Associated Press wires wsre work.
ing and these were used. At SI5 a m. q
message was received in the Morning
/ News office frcm Chief Roulette to Super
intendent Mcguire. announcing that a
/ large fire was raging in Augu Ia ami re-
| quested that all assistance that cou'd be
/ spared be sent at once. TIE message was
promptly transmitted TO fire headquar ers,
and was Immediately commun Gated to
| Superintendent Mcguire, who lives near
BY
supo rinteudent Mcguire acted promptly.
but desiring to ascertain the state of af-
fairs at Augusta he gor Chief Roulette up
over The long distance telephone and con-
versed with him on the situation fer sev-
| eral minutes. chef Roulette CONDUCTED h IS
end of the conversation from the fire
headquarters in Augusta, and an asdrm
from tOx 81 IN that city could be heard
distinctly coming in on Tie headquarters
gong as The conversation progress ssed. May
or c. A. Robbie of Ausu t., alsp spoke
with Superintendent Maguile over The ell
ephone Both the Mayor ami the chief
stated that the need was urgent aud re-
quested that assistance he sent as soon as
possible.
Superintendent Mcguire at once COM
municated with Mayor Myers and % a ned
the proper aEtt orlty for takng de ach-
ment of the fire department TO Augusta.
The Central Railroad officials were com
municaied with, and by o.der ofiSuperin-
! tende Mt Jette of the transportation de-
! par TINS nj, special train was paced at the
| disposition of the fire department. The
| train left the city at O'Clock yesterday
| morning. Aboard were Superintendent Ma
| guire and Foreman Campos, from head
quarters the big ongne from the central
station, 1900 feet of h Sc, and eight men
The dremen who accompanied the party
were ID. A. Kelly. G. w. Walker and c.
| r. Pits from No 2, Engineer Remingi on
from No. 8, Jerry O'Lsary Of No g. Thom-
as Fogarty of the salvage corps Thomas
| Mckay of chemical No. /, Thomas Ham,
| ilton of No. / and +. Kiroy OF No. T.
The special train reached Augusta at
1925, arriving there about The same time
with the detachment from the Macon fire
| department, which had been called upon
! at the same time with Savannah. A dis
| patch received from the Morning News
| CORES sspondent in Augusta yesterday stated
that the Savannah and Macon fremen
arrived too late to he of ssrvice, but that
they were cordially welcomed and carried
in Il body to Clancy's restaurant where
they were served with breakfast and en-
tertained as the guests of the city.
There were many inquiries in Savannah
during the day as to the results of the Au-
| gusta confiagration, the friendship be-
tween the two cities being quite warm
one, and much sympathy being expressed
for Augustus loss. Bulletins were receiV.
ed and posted by the Nor. ling News dur
ing the morning. stating that the burnt
| district included almost the entire large
block in the center of the business dis
trict on Broad street, Including the Ar.
lington Hotel, the old Central Hotel, used
as an annex to the Arlington the large
! wholesale and retail dry goods establish.
ment of the j. B. White Company, prob
ably the largest in the state, the Masonic
Temple, the D0rr buildings1 and number
of others, about thirty in all The loss
was estimated at million dollars, largely
covered by insurance. bulletin from
the Morning News, giving this informa
ton, was posted at the De Soto.
The fire is the largest one i'm the history
of Augusta, since practically the samt
section, including the old Globe Hotel, tht
| Masonic Temple and the opera house, was
burned about twelve or fourteen years ago
The Arlington Hotel was erected on ths
site of the old Globe. There have beer
several severe fires in the same district
within the last few years A few. month!
ago the eastern. end of the block burnel
yesterday was wiped out by fire. The new
hff u. .uarra fI1 In, ri.
burned then escaped the fire yesterday
but everything else in the block wa:
cleaned out. Schneider's corner, just across
from the Arlington, and one of the mos
famous places of its kind In the state
was also burned Many Savannahian
are familiar with the character and loca
ton of the burned buildings. The Airing
ton Hotel was one of the best known hos
telres in the state, and Schneiders corner
has been a favorite resort of the poliu
clans of Georgia and South Carolina foi
nearly half a century.
The Savannah firemen were SCHEDULED
TO leave Augusta on their special train a
1880 O'Clock last night, with the expecta
ton of arriving here about midnight Tn,
special consisted of a freight car for tn,
fire engine and hose and a coach for tht
hremen.
The special train with the Savannah
firemen pulled into the Centrals yard a
1890 O'Clock this morning. The men wer,
all in good shape, Notwithstanding the!
had been on the go since early in th'
morning The firemen We're very wei
pleased with their treatment while in Au
gusta and their only regret was that the!
did not arrive in time TO take a hand il
subduing the conhagration.
TWO MEXICANs WE'RE KILLED.