The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-14
OIL REFINERY YARD ABLAZE.
sHoTTER's wonKs FtRNIsH =
HOUSING MORNING TIHE.

Hinse Discovered 80 the Hosin oti
Distiiier, at 80 %. va. and spread
HapidIs-Tiremcn HAD 90 Get Wa
ter From the canal aud could oni,
Prevent the Further spread Of the
Ftrc-.rv,u cars Loaded Win uii
harmed end q third namHEcd-The
Los. an Told WIN Probably Reach
$1,000.
Tho is. lery yard attached 90 the ros.n
oil rear.rv 50 emo S. r Shooter
Compaug. Works west o. tae city was
swep. 5y gro "a, an carly hour this morn
inr I-a ore was discovered about l.-5
O ~ ard an alarm was tclcphoned from
the Central Railroad yards 90 Gre head
quarters This was shortly aGerwarls
followed Is an alarm from box @ at tuc
central Railroad wharf
Tho arc companies from stations Noe.
ana responded when the arsmen ~
rived aNer their run out Hav street eN-
tended. they found almost me entire yari
ab.aEe. together with three paruy-lo4dei
cars on the Side track o. zoe refinery
The yard covers probably au acre with o
number of rosin stills situated "a the
west EIDE ana heavy stltinr leadinr down
from enc suIs 20 the railroad tracks lt
was tails stas,ag which was ablaze vhen
tho nremea arrived
IL IS supposed that one o. ,he stills
boiled over and set IRE Co tho staging.
but the empioves % mo refinery who were
on duty during the n.eht seemed 20 have
a very indoaaHo nea about how the hrs
occurred or anything else They had
done practically nothing when the are-
men arrived.
The oil works being beyond the Ore
limits. there WINS no water supply avail
able nearer than tho Springfield canal. r.
curing hose 60 be iaid for "a distance ~
about 20 wards Il required some t.mr
10 ger out the lines Of hose. and hy the
time this was done Tn tire had complete
possession Of tho entire woodwork ~ the
yard. An that the arcmen could 90 was
90 put on their streams and follow the
fire as II consumed the woodwork in or
der 10 prevent the flames reaching other
property
OF the four cars on the sidetrack one
was unooupled and rolled back out Of the
way by the nrcmen aud employees Of the
company. Two others were completely
consumed. one and probably both OF these
were loaded with OIL a third car be-
longing 90 the Savannah. Florida ana
Western Railway. was sawed by the Gre
men. though considerably damaged
Fortunately there was a strong wind
from the West which carried the flames
away from the large Oh tanks OF N,
company. These are very well protected
from IRE. though. had the flames swept
81 their direction. a Is doubtful II the
protection would have awaited. The
oonhagratlon in ths case would have
been much more serious.
At a. M. the entire yard was = nus
OF flame. Not only the woodwork. bur
tho ground itself was saturated with OF
and ros.u waste ana the grass aud ,a-th
seemed 20 burn almost as rca1uy as Tho
timber. The aremen were getting ia good
work with their streams. however. ard Il
was evident that there was but Htue fur
Their DANCER % other property a. the
works
NO estimate OF the loss could BE- OBJ
tanned las, uisht. none o. tho officers o
the company being on the scene. Win
the go stored on the cars aud sucH a
happened 10 Boo awaiting shipment. 10
gcther with the loss of tho STAG ug tae
loss Is probably IN tho ueishb0rdood of
5000 The company is fully covered by
insurance. Tine yard was swea, by
similar IRE about eighteen months ago.