Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-03
BAD BLAZE IN
 BUSINESS DISTRICT Southern Grocery Conpa, ny's Warehouse and Con
 tents Destroyed by Fire
 Yesterday Afternoon
INSURANCE COVERS TIT
Firemcn Fought Flames Fiercely and Prevented Damage-Adjoining Pro
 perty Sayed-Fire Boys Remem- bereG.

The building at the northeast cor mutt street, owned and occupied by the Southern Grocery company of city as cotton warehouse, was badly damaged yesterday afternoon by fire. The alarm was turned in at x 6:35 o'clock, and the flremen fought the fire about three hours, using five streams most of the time.
 The flames had gained a good headway before they were discov- cred, and by the time the fire was- ons reached the building the whole inside of the warehouse was envel- oped in flaems All of the furniture and fixtures of the office were con- pletely destroyed but forty bales of cotton which were in the building at the time of the fire were not completely R- rned. The cotton con- k tinued to burn for several hours Qfter the fire in the building had
 fen extinguished.
 [ NThe fire was under control in half { xh hour after the arrival of Uhe fire department, and after all { (iigns of fire abouut the building had } tbeen put out the cotton was rolled out on Fourth avenue, where seVer- al streams were turnd upon it. The blaze broke out again this morning, however, and the fire department went there again and smothered the flames.
 The origin of the fire is unknown though it is known to have started somewher in the mass of loose cot ton which was in the pile in the north end of the warehouse. The fire was so hot that the fire boys threw rubber coats and other pieces of cloth over their faces, so as to be able to manage the streams Of water
 Part of the north ard east walls fell in during the fire, and part of the roof of the J. B. Speers com pany's warehouse adjoining was badly damaged by the falling brick end the windows and iron bars in the rear of the Globe Printing were smashed up and broken. The al leys on the north and east of the burned building are in places eov- cred with bricks four feet high.
 During the fire the burning cot ion was the hardest thing the fire boys had to contend with, and they nulled up te ladders on top of nearby buildings so as to throw water down on it.
 Tn the building as forty bales of ootton and 93 barrels of sugar. large part of the sugar was melted hv the intense heat. It ran over tho floor like moiasses. The crowd
 o+ the fire was probably as large as x .nv that has attended fire in Pine ao1nf in the last few years. Fourth
 ,nue was blocked for at least two
 .o,es and the sidewalke were inn
 A.tA. account of the throng' AXy cet also had it's share U DA f Ire freight trains were kept wal .Gs]hor some little time on account os e hose being stretch ' cd across the tracks.
 N Captin w. s. Jeter, president of E the. Southern Grocery company, this morning estimated the gross loss in K the fire to be about $15,00o. The hnilding he valued at $12 2,5OO, and U the insurance on it was $S,O00. j The cotton burned was valued at E about s2,ooo, with an insurance of inc same amount. The sugar was valued at s16,000, with no insur- ance fhatever, and the office fur II nitures and fixtures lost, including M a cotton press, were valued at $500