The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-27
rInEMEN's HEROIC work.
Prevented what Looked Like n Dis
astrous CONDENSATION

Prevented what Looked Like n Dis
astrous ConnaEration-
The stock and contents o., tho building
GO No. is hay street west. occupied hy
IT, J Davis as wholesale grain. feed
and hay warehouse wa practically de-
stroyed by arr smoke aud water }rsie5-
day afternoon. n De- due 20 tae cold CON
a.ruetIou az ihc od buudlng ana 20 the al
most heroic EFFORTS q ths nremen that the
damage was got veft much greater.
The Orc broke out in fhe second floor
OF the laltiIrr. which fronts on what ls
known as FACTORS walk. running aIons ia
front ~ tf- building on the north side %
fle HaF. haIf WY between the grades -
f.ts ard E.Ecr streets There are three
H1cr- aHete tH4t 90 which the nre start
80 ft neEer succeeded in getting either
above or De- on its point % oriKin
a negro workman lu The employ 81 Mr.
Davis discovered smoke OF the second
Haor - tre blldIng shortly after to'elo X
a telephone alarm was sent IN immediate
if nld bo1 3. az the corner % Ray and
NhuHker streets. vas sounded. The en-
tre department. responded, and in a. very
fev minutes dozen streams were being
poured into tha burning building These
uefe Increased later.
~ Arst TO flames could b. gsen. but
dense columns % smoke poured ont OF
every crack ana Granny OF the building
hiuIirc the fremen and preventing them
from lo.afirF with exactness the where
1houts 90 tho ire. The Bay street floor
ef he building Was filled with smoke and
t MAS ouy with extreme d.riculty that
the h"olgs and papers % the business were
secured
Soon water was being poured IN liberal
quantities upon every floor. The hrem n
fought the mokc and flames from both
inc HaY and River streets sides OF the
building and for a brief time 10 seemed
that the fire was 20 boz victorious 10 ihe
conflict. ON the floor where II mad caught
there was stored quantity of rice straw
ara reHalel hay and 10 these loose pnd
very oombustbic substances the flames
made RAPID Roadway
Do was from the River street s.de that
the nerrest lighting was done Here the
smoke poured ia thick clouds from every
window and inside tho building. on the
se-oud and third hoors it Wa - dense
that it was impossible for the flr~men TO
rea before them
Those ~ thc hromen who played the
hose on the second floor occupied si,ua-
tious peculiarly uncomfortable They
chung to tho window lodges and directed
the streams into the burning building
while from the upper floors perfect water
Tails HFrtfnlFu upon NHtF NfhNH ht@i
shoulders On River street the water Was
"a foot deep and OF the floors OF the build
INK 10 WIS scarcely more shallow. No,
a great time had eiap-ed before most u
the are-n lighters were wet ana chilled from
head 10 foot
at 5.9a o'clock the fire had been got IN
control. but Cor an hour and a ha.f longsr
the work was continued the partially con-
summed hales Of hay and straw being pull
"a ONT uHH fsa
street
Most OF tho damage done Mr. Davis
stock was by smoke and water. but these
sufnced almost completely TO destroy u.
Fortunately for him. has principal bus
mess Is done from the wharves and de.
pots. and only "a comparatively small
took Is carried az the store AS estimated
10y him his loss will not exceed N,SD. all
Of which is fully covered by insurance.
The building belongs TO the estate OF wal
lace 8. Jones The damage 70 u is small,
POSSIBLY t951 and u likewise fully covered.
The insurance Is carried principally IN
companies represented here By Messr-.
bearing q hun and ". NJ W. Z.
Coney.
The adjoining buildings ara occupied
by brennan Bros and kavanaugh & Co.
respectively. There may have been slight
damage 60 the stock OF these two houses.
both OF which deal ln fruits. produce and
vegetable but Il viii not amount 10 a
great deal
The frewnlls between the buildings and
their own solid constructiou-they are
relies 81 the Oiden tfme-prevensed she
fire from spreading. lis origin r. not
positively known. Mr.. Davis thinks u
was caused boy spark from an engine
On River street. while Superintendent
Mcguire ascribes 81 either 20 the care
lassness Of some employe OF the house
VINO dropped a match on che floor. 20 de-
fectlve electric wiring or some similar
cause II ~ probable that the exact ORR
Gin viii never De discovered.
Mr. Davis has occupied the same build
ina for twenty-one years and. as he said
last night. this Is the first time I have
ever smels smoke on my own premises"
The FIRE will not be permitted to inter
ferc with his business. which viii be
continued as usual this morning Tho old
stun has been got out % the way and
new stock viii be- moved IN az once.