The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-04

Two Frame nuiidings on Taylor
street Damaged in the Last.

street Damaged in the Last.
Shortly before o'clock last night fire
broke out in a room on the second floor
Of a two-story frame building, No. SIS
Taylor street, east. The origin of the fire
is not definitely known, but it is supposed
to have started by the flames from an
overturned or exploded lamp that COM
municated with some of the woodwork Of
the room.
The names were seen by a number Of
persons in the neighborhood for some
time before the arrlp al Of Mounted Pa
tvclman OrCsr y, who once tu ned a .
la . from Box % at Price and Taylor
streets. Fire Com. anies and respond
ed.
When the nlemen reached the scene it
was found that not only were flames
bursting from The upper windows of the
house in which it had started, but that
they had crept across an intervening mar
row aileyway and were at their work in
the next house a coup e Of streams from
the mcals w re at nee turned on he
flames a d a str am of water on the roofs
of the two buildings with these The hre
was soon got under control and though
it smoldered for some time longer and
bursts of smoke and ton 2ues of fame
were In Occasi nal evidence, the damage
had practically all been done.
The upper floors Of the two buildings
were rather evily handled by the flames
and the water il was fou d necessa TO
use In the house in VIII ch the ire start
ed, occupied by Pat Rahilly, the upper
floor was Quilted. The upper floor of the
second house, in which a negro family
was living, was not quite so badly dam
aged. The morey loss is small and Is
said 10 be covered fully by insurance.
Though the fire was the fourth of the
day to which the department had re-
sponded, the apparatus was put on the
scene in quick time and he men did good
and quick work. 1t was a matter OF sur
prise to everyone who not. d the nature
the bui d.rgs and he progress the fire
had been permi ted to make through the
ia ure to turn in an a arm p ON lily, that
both of the houses were not completely
destroye ed.
The ire department had three other
runs during the day, but fortunately the
fires were al small and we're quickly eX-
tingushed.
The first cah was at 11:45 o'clock, when
an alarm was turned IN from box No. ".
Combination truck No. 8, and engines Nos.
and ), also chemical No l, responded
The fire was in the feed house in the
rear of Mr.. r. F. Harmon's residence, No.
8 CASTOR street west. The fire was un-
der good Roadway when the hremen
reached the place, but was eXtinguished
in a short time by streams from the truck
and from the two engines. Some hay and
grain was destroyed and a buggy and set
of harness were badly damaged. The
house was also par6y burned, but is COW
cred by insurance.
The second run was caused by an a.arm
turned in from box No. 6, at go O'Clock.
The fire was on the premises of No. jill
Bay street, east. and was caused by some
one having thrust a bunch of lighted pa
per through a hole in the wal of paru-
ton that divides the house from No. 500.
The damage in tais case, also, was trifi ns.
AT 1851 O'Clock the third alarm came
from box No. q. The fire was in the
house of No. 5OS Liberty street, east,
where a defective health had caused the
woodwork beneath it to catch on fire. The
hearth was ripped up and the flames ex-
tinguished with grenades The damage
in this case, also, was very little.