The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-01
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FIRE Loss At
NEW ORLEANS
Center of Commercial Dis
trict Suffers Heavy Loss
While the Firernen Enjoy
themselves at Annual Pic
niC-Poor Water Pressure
Added to Handicap.
By Associated Press.

| New Orleans, La. Aug. 31.-FiTe
which broke out in the center of the
commercial district here Sunday even
| ing swept over portions of three
| blocks, destroying large number Of
wholesale houses, small stores and
manufa curing plants. Originating at
| BienvilIe and ChaTtTes streets, the
| flames worked their way north as far
a. Cont street and west toward Royal
| bringing about property loss eSimat-
! ed at between $1,000. 600 and S2,O00,OOO
| before they were finally subdued.
Several circumstances combined to
| give the fire d Roadway that was hard
TO overcome At the time the alarm
| was turned in, shortly before , o'clock.
| the New Orleans firemen were in the
midst of their annual picnic at a SUI
| bUrban park and the engines and pa
! trolls responded with a mere handful
of men II was fully an hour before
| the department was in a position to
make anything like a successful fight
against the fire. and even then the
| handicap against it was added 10 by
al Inadequate supply of water.
The fire was one of the most spec
tacUlar that has occurred in New Or
leans during recent years. The sec
ton devastated was made up largely
of old buildings, some of them being
over a half century in use. They prov
ed like so much finder to the flames.
and famed by a higs wind, the fire
made rapid progress.
Two warehouses, filed with wines
and liquors, were among the buildings
destroyed by the fire. AS they burned
the barrels of whisky and brandy ex-
ploded with thunderou5 roars which
could be heard for blocks. and which
shook the walls of adjoining buildings
and endangered the lives of iTemen
engaged in fighting the flames.
Among the establishments burned
were:
Central Glass Company, 51S-522 BIZ
| enville street; George d. Scott. light
ing and electrical instruments, 22S
| Charities street: Heidenheim. Levy &
| Weiss. shirt manufacturers, BIO Char
| tres street, HOGen & DieIh, wholesale
millinery, 535 Iberville street; Kost
/ Commission Company, 204 Charities
street; Paul Gelpi & Sons. wholesale
/ liquor dealers. 227 Decatur street.
/ New Orleans Junk Company. SIS Cont
/ street; IsadOr Keiffer & Co. boots and
! shoes, 216 Cont street; Thomas l.
! Harris. wholesale liquor dealer, 237
| Charities street: Carey Roofing Com
pany, 222 ChaTtTes street; Simon
| Clothing Manufacturing Company, 224
/ Charities street; l. GOldstein & Sons.
wholesale dry goods, 223 Decatur
/ street; Levy & GOSeheim, mems fur
/ sishings. 226 Charities street: FrOe-
/ Itch & Bayt. wholesale clothing mer-
! chants go Decatur street. Rosenberg
/ & Sons. wholesale snoe dealers. 215
/ Decatur street: GOOdUm & Brothers.
dry goods. % Chartres street: A. H.
| Gernbacner. wholesale notions, 537
BienviIle street: LOUbert Glass and
| Cork Company, 512 Bienvilie street;
/ William MamOith & Co. wholesale
| hatterS, 211 Decatur street; Curtis,
! Leggett & Co. wholesale hatterS, 221
! Decatur street Edward May, import
err 525 BienVilie street
The fire originated in the establish
ment of the Central Glass Company in
| Bienville street. Its cause has not vet
/ been determined.