The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-06

case OF fire. By the course of the fire
the city has been divided in the middle
"Hd NO. ire house. which was In the
Vvhter OF the burned district has been
temporarily abandoned. and the men as
signed to the other fire houses We are
III good condition to cope with any ordi-
nary fire"
;. Hdmmatt contractor, said: Il re-
oeNed an order yesterday to carry a
ilghter load of material up Hogan
creek for ]. +. Oney, a well-+o-5o coil
oIed d man VINO will begin putting up
tWo-story house on his premises to-mor-
row Mr.. Sam Holmes has also ordered
me to put men to work in the morning
ciearihS of his large block on Bav
street, and will build at once. | have also
oroers from numerous others for the same
kind of work"
Many viii Rebuild mt Once.
Mr.. John Einig of the hardware firm of
The 5. B. Hubbard Company: "Mr Huh
oard' the president of the company. is
out or town, and ! cannot speak au
thor1tatively, but l will say that he has
oeeh burned out four times and has built
oetter ana larger each time. | am quite
sure that he will continue to follow the
precedents he has already established"
MAJ. j. H. Durkee: Il lost nv resi-
stores on Bay street, and had but par
tai insurance. / expect to rebuild at
once all have lost I have no doubt
that the major portion of the business
portion of the city will be rebuilt at
once I understand that Mr.. John G.
Christopher will rebuild his handsome
business house on East Bay street"
Among others who will waste no time
in building are:
NurpbI, esl....
II. Murphy. residence.
The Merrill Stephens Engineering Com
pany.
j. E. T. Bowden, eleven houses, valued
at $1,000 each.
Atlantic. Valdosta and Western Freight
Warehouse and Docks.
Atlantic. Naldosta Western, four blocks
of business structures superior to those
destroyed
The Reed estate. several blocks on Bay
street of the finest in the city, estimated
at $780, GOO
w. S. Ware, ice factory and residence.
Guy r. Pride Ice Factory.
D. L. Fletcher. residence
Dr. John C. L'Engle, residence and busl--
ness block.
II. G. Aird. residence and five stores ON
Bay street.
Metropolitan Company building.
The Gardner building.
State Bank of Florida.
Hazleton block.
Basnett estate
A. S. Abel estate
The schools Ordered Closed.
and the buildings will be used to accom-
modate the homeless.
Mayor Bowden started to clear up on his
place on Saturday preparatory to build
ing, but on account of the heat the labor
ers struck for double pay and were knock
ed off.
The Marine Railway of the Merrill
Stevens Engineering Company valued a.
5000 was saved by the superhuman ef-
forts of Alex and VIM. Merrill and Ar
thur. Stevens. Their building had been
burned and their dock was afire when
they slipped into the water and with Dip
pers threw water on the wooden shears
diving between Zines to escape the fierce
heat. Their difficulties were increased by
a lighter load of burning lumber which
fioated to the dock and lodged there.
The loss of life is still uncertain. A
woman and two children are known to
have pershed in the flames and the white
foreman of G. MuIers' establishment was
drowned 1t is reported that six bodies
have been found at Cummers Mill five
miles down the river.
E F. Gilbert lost everything in his Of
flee. save the records of the Sons of the
Revolution. which he preserved at the
risk of his life.
Five carloads of tents have arrived from
Camp Perry and were transported free
over the Plant System. In connection
with the Southern Railway, the Plant
System has arranged to transport free
LOCO cots from Washington, d. c., do
mated by the government.
The Southern Bell Telephone Company
have worked like beavers to get their
tangled wires in shape, and will begin
service in part tomorrow.
w A. Bours, Walter Hawkins and j.
E. Lee have been appointed a committee
to provide sleeping accommodations.
The Metropolis got out creditable
paper last night. which was snapped Up
at % cents per copy. They have arranged
to build Immediately a four-story build
ing used exclusively as an up-to-date