The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-05-04

ieIhooH at 4. ~ o CLOCK at tue cypress
mills owned by Hilton and Dodge
Lumber Company destroyed about
l25o0oo feet Of cypress lumber dry
kilns and . number as1press shingles
the total loss be,Sg estimated between
$4,000 aud $4,000.
The fire originated in the dry kiln
and. IS said to have been caused on
- Of too much fire being in the
IS soon as the flames were dis
] Fo9erea the min hands began to fight
the. Gr department. was tele-
pho Gb:er Green. With the fire
engine md one wagon Of hose respond
ed prom " but was unable to rem
der any sstance. The fire was so
near he d that 1t was impossible to
get tt. ne to the water
A theast gale prevailed, and
fan Wild flames from pile to
aHe and only the little mill ire hose
& playing on the fire all the while
III only seemed to add fury to the
Fames. Then the mill hands. together
with large number Of others, fought
heroieally with water pals, and in
this way succeeded in checking them
before they could reach tho large mill
Had the wind been blowing in any 9TH
er direction than from the northeast,
the mill, store and probably number
Of the residences would have been
burned, but, fortunately, it came from
the one direction all the time and Kept
the fire confined to the lumber piles.
Captain J. A. Foster was telephoned
at St Simon. and he, together with
others came over quieltIy on a tug and
landed at the wharf near the mill
Capt Foster last night stated that
about l25O,o00 feet had been destroy
ed besides the two dry kilns
AL one time it was feared that the
large mill would be destroyed as the
fines we're flst following the wooden
track which leads from the mills into
the yards, and it was necessary TO cut
the track in several places to stop the
fire coming in that direction. Then
the flames circled to the eastward and
several piles OF lumber, which il was
hoped would be 3ayed. ignited and
were destroyed.
The water tank at the mill by this
time had been exhausted. and those
who were willing to assist in fighting
the flames were entirely helpless, only
to assist in throwing buckets OF water
On the dry lumber to keep it from
catching
A large number OF citizens went out
from the city during the time the fire
was burning and number of them as
sisted the employees in fighting the
flames, but nothing could be done with
Out water.
1t was feared late in the afternoon
that the large bridge on the public
road about seyenty-aye yards this
side oi the mill would also be destroy
ed, as the saw dust road had caught
and was burning in several places but
several negroes were employed and
they succeeded in saving it. no se--
rious damage was done to the road.
While it is impossible TO state ex-
actly how many feet Of lumber were
nurned The mill officers stated that
there we're about two million feet in
the yards, and it is believed that al
the very least million and quarter
We're destroyed.
The mill, dry kiln and the lumber
s. injured and the Hilton and
DOdge people win not lose very much
by the conaagrauon. The mill was
not 1yured at all and will probably
run as usual today. 1t will be neces
sary hweyer, to erect new dry kilns
as botl Of them were burned to the
grour. -----A-4-----