The morning news., 1899-12-30
SI9.ODO IN Ruins.
Fire Wiped Out Lind
say & Morgan.
HOCAN'S STORE NEARLY
DESTROYED.
M. S. Browns Badly Dam
aged,
Half a Dozen Other Buildings Fire
Touched.
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All of BroughtOn Street Threatened
Fire Started in Lindsay & Morgan
Basement.
Did It's Work in Two Hours,
Loss Mostly Covered by Insurance.

LOSS mostly GOVefeu Ny InSuIdllG5'
One hundred and fifty thousand dollars
Of property in the heart Of the business
section of the city was wiped out by fire
in two hours last night. Lindsay & Nor
gans furniture store was totally destroy
ed D. Hogans dry goods store is nearly
gone, and NJ. s. Browns clothing and
gentlemans furnishing store is heavily
damaged.
Savannah came near witnessing a repe-
titiou of the great fire of April 1899 on
Broughton street, when a large portion of
the business section from Broughton and
Barnard streets south, including the Inde-
pendent Presbyterian Church, was fire
swept The property destroyed last night
was largely the same as that involved in
the fire Of 1889, and for time it looked
as If there would be an even greater sweep
of the business district.
For nearly two hours the large
business block between Barnard
and Whitaker streets on the
south side of Broughton was threatened,
the flames occasionally reaching across to
the block on the north side, both east and
west of Barnard street. The odd Fellows
Hall, which was burned in 1889, fortunate
~ escaped unscathed, except perhaps
slight damage by smoke, the wind carry
ing the flames in the opposite direction.
The fire started in the basement of Lind
say & Morgan's furniture store, at
Proughton and Barnard streets, and burn
ed for two hours with an intensity sell
dom. II ever equaled in the lengthy his
tory of fires in Savannah. The flames
swept first eastward across to the Hogan
building and thence northward 20 the
buildings across Broughton street For
over an hour the Hogan building was
threatened without being actually in
flames, and when the wind changed and
carried the fire northward across Brough-
ton street to the row of old brick and
frame buildings on the north side. the fire.
men and those who were watching their
work thought their efforts to save the
Hogan building were successful. but such
was not to be. The wind again changed
and when the Lindsay & Morgan building
was a seething furnace the fire made its
appearance in the roof OF the Hogan build
ing. The thousands of spectators, recall
ing the conflagration of 1888 predicted
that tins meant the destruction of the
entire block. The fremen fought hero
ically facing the fierces, heat first in
their endeavors TO prevent the flames from
reaching the Hogan building and next in
the effort to subdue and hold the fire
there
Fortunately the complete destruction
of the Lindsay & Morgan building. with
the caving in of the walls reduced the
heat and gave the firemen the opportun-
iiy TO devote their attention to the Hogan
building. The fire there had gained such
headway on the top floors that the only
hope of the firemen was to drown it out
and this they hoped to do without allow
ing any further spread.
Besides the Lindsay & Morgan and the
Hogan buildings half a dozen other build
ings on the north side of Broughton street
We more or lass damaged. The brick
u ldings at the northwest corner oil
Broughton and Barnard streets. owned by
Hon. Hampton L. Ferrill, suffered, as
did the adjoining buildings. occupied by
Cotingbam's and Gildea's saloon, ard the
Royal Music Hall. had all the woodworl
On fronts burned away. These buildings
were ali on fire when the main fire was al
its hight and it was only the work of tn,
firemen who were detached to this ser
vice. which prevented the conhagrat or
from including this block also. The build
ing occupied by l.. Fried al the northeas
c rner of Broughtoa and Barnard streets
was also on fire at one time. but was ex
t.nguishe1 after about fifteen minutes
work The buildings of Mrs. NJ. L. Sava
rese, 90 the rear of Lindsay & Morgan il
Broughton street lane, were also slight.
damaged The fire in the Hogan building
was under control at midnight but anoth
er hours work was necessary in order L
insure safety TO surrounding buildings. A
o'clock this morning the flremeu wer
still at work on che ruins.