The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23

and a ladder was run up to the win
dows on the third floor.
Entire Department Out.
When Chief Mcguire was forced to
the street by the heavy smoke he
realized that IT would only be min
ute or two when the entire top door
would be a roaring furnace. A general
alarm calling out all of the apparatus
was promptly sounded and in re-
markedly short time a dozen streams
of water were playing on the third
floor The heavy smoke was followed
by tongues of flame that melted the
glass windows and shot out of the
building from all four sides.
Telephone wires on the sides OF the
building were burned in half causing
the crowds TO scatter, many believing
that the trolley and electric wires
would fall under theAltense heat The
entire fire department was hard at
work and streams of water were being
put on the fire from all four sides of
the building.
The large volumes of smoke that
went skyward and the sound
ing of a general alarm brought
out a large crowd of people.
Members of the Confederate
Veterans Association arrived on the
scene early and the pictures and GER
LlIlCdIGS InOSI Ndiutu ny the dSSOSlct-
ton were saved. With the floor above
a veritable furnace. and threatening
to fall in at any moment Mr.. ]. W.
Mcintyre, his son and several others
worked their way into the Veterans
hall and carried out the pictures, flags
and certificates. The furniture in the
hall was badly damaged by water.
RichmOnd's Heavy Loss.
ance the firemen deluged the building
with water and confined the flames to
the third floor, although at one time
It looked as If the building was
doomed Only two small holes were
burned in the roof and the fire did
not work it's way down through the
floor to the second story. No esti-
mate of the loss could be secured, but
Mr.. Richmond is by far the heaviest
loser.
The northern wing of the top floor,
besides containing the store room, was
the commercial department of the bus
mess college, and besides containing
several new typewriters, held telegraph
and other electrical instruments. On
the President street side of the floor
the shorthand and typewriting depart
ment was located and besides a large
number of desks quite a number of
machines were destroyed.
In this room Mr.. Richmond had in
the neighborhood of twenty large oil
paintings that he priced highly. They
were the result of his own efforts and
were in handsome and valuable frames.
When Mr.. Richmond broke up house
keeping he hung the pictures i'll his
school room. At the same time he
stored his winter clothing in a corner
IF he he tel
department and this, too, was burned.
Mr.. Richmonds private office in the
extreme southwest corner of the build
ing escaped unscorched. 1t contains,
besides a valuable library, several
handsome oil paintings and has always
been his hobby. Mr.. Richmond was at
Isle of Hope when he learned of the
fire and hurried to the city on his mo-
torcycle. His loss is estimated at s., 900,
with only $4,000 insurance. A policy
for $1,000 is with w. T. Hopkins and
another for the same amount is with
kollock & Morris.
Musical Instruments Soaked.
Macarthur G. Sons Co. carried stock
of musical instruments valued at $10,-
900, and the damage by water was
great Mr.. Macarthur was off Warsaw
on his yacht at the time of the fire,
ing. He was unable to estimate his
loss, but stated that the damage
from water was very large. Must
cal instruments are very susceptible
to water and very few of those in
stock escaped. The best pianos and
organs were kept on the second floor
and got the bulk of the water
miscellaneous stock was kept on
the first floor and secondhand instru-
ments were kept in the cellar, which
was flooded with water. Mr.. Near
thur stated after the fire that he will
be open for business this morning,
and that a stock of goods will be
shipped from his other Southern
stores at the earliest possible date.
The music house carried $1,000 in
surance, divided as follows: With w.
M. & w. E. Coney, Northern Assur-
ance Company, $4,000 on stock and $500
on fixtures, and North British and
Mercantile $1,000 on stock. With
George S. Haines. in the Springfield
Fire and Marine Company, $1,000 on
stock. The North British Company
also has $500 policy on a piano stored
in the music store by j. c. Manning.
Furniture Is WatersOaked.
S. B. Rustin, manager of the Rhodes
& HaVerty Co., was unable to form ar
estimate of the damage done to his
stock, or to give out a list of the
insurance policies carried. The store
was recently we'll stocked and a large
quantity of goods suffered considerably
from water. One policy for 1000 was
placed with w. NJ. & w. E. Coney il
the Northern Assurance Company. Mr.
Rustin was of the opinion that his
firm had suffered a heavy loss from
water.
Mr.. R. ]. Mcdaniel carried no insur.
ance, but did not lose a great deal
The Confederate Veterans Association
loss is probably covered by policy fol
$3.50 with Mr.. George S. Haines.
The Whitfield building is owned by
the Union Society and was at one
time used as the postoffice. Other thar
on the third floor. it is not believed
that the damage to the building is
great. The loss is covered by insur-
ance. Mr.. c. H. Dorset, who is g
member of the committee in charge o.
the property, stated that the damag,
will be repaired as soon as possible
| The building will probably be in re-
pair again within two months. The
insurance on the building is with w
NJ. & w. E. Coney, and is divided az
follows: North British and Mercantile
$500; Western Assurance Company
$500, and the Northern Assurance
Company, $1,000.
ORDERED TO HAWAII.