The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-08-17
SEGUYA REFINERY



Enn,pIrtt Eeiturllt@ ~ the
STATE npW nn1tt t''
Wreck
ON Last sunday uIgh', ~" 1'tt
instant, i hiinht rcd n'lr" upon
the Western IAN tril ail Observers
that tile Antilblr. devastating
work q, tltr Was gong - %fi''
Il ll.lc III hose y i,n %lA u from
the center 81 the city, Il apF"Ai'd
ID hr from Il i've WITHIN ihr upper
limits, while, III OllNI":, IL ~
p,.s~lnn Naa gwen that III: heart
nt Tins city nar beng tu'nrh ont.
ii WAS not Icing, however, y. toi.
IN. Nlira dashed 'he lu;olma'inn
thai THE Srgura refinery Was hop,
l.a4I, involved Hundreds II ont
people started aiaol 10 Witness, ~
least, the closing scenes III tho
ilI.hiinl destruction ni one ~ nili
mos, valuable industrial lhstltn
TONS From ;hls riil ~ Sr-nia
WAS m almost hnhiukrn nIrcta
SION Ut automobiles and vehicles
81 every character. From -
Southern Pacific depot NA@ ntui
NJ a ln"nmnllsr+ tram crew, ana
dozens III NuinhtaI, tiremsn.
N.thln he hour, irlInNln. thu
discovery u th. ~, ricnt hiaI",
III. hlr great Annk. stacks ten.
/ H. root n,si thr nl'irr part ~ IL
building collapsed, engines located
upon upper ilnn,, ~. with crush
III. force 10 iii, earth; The great
II foot vacuum pan, Il. largest IA
the state, MAS h.ateI - 4 chclll
,ui before ,is ;lr.l and rrun sup
ports collapsed. pl,rlplJalIns II ~
IL. ground With r'a~hin. in,.,,
the u,h,l tWn >maIirl pans a'au
went do"n; and III he double 81
fccts, saw, one, went down. The
flames with lr,liiir .fiec1 swept
tin ush The engine room, Hn$liI Z
amt Ma'pin. many ~ INC Gt'ai
and heavy castings mailing NJ the
machinery 81 The great plant
SALVAGE.
How il was done val. never hr
quite clear. Int i bucket brigade,
lighting like badgers saved i pa':n
IL, cane carrier and the great Nv"
story rlnr loading apparatus pIh,'
crews ~ voluntary n'cmtn @aN'''
The narrow gauge locomotives ART
cane ears which we've exposed, ~
rolling them back by hand upon
switches beyond the reach Of he
flames. The nest Of great syrup
storage tanks, located At H.
snni hrastc,n end 81 The II iatrd
building, escaped, due ~ he ~
rrclinn Of the wind. All on
building and office were saved
ORIGIN or THE FIRE.
There Is no DEFINITE information
about The origin " the fire. We arc
told that Mr. Niche! Romero discover
ed the blaze ia the sack room. which
was located III the extreme southern
corner Of the building. When iist
discovered ii was already almost be
yOnd human control MIR. Romero
ran ont 81 the building 10 call FIR help
and to give the alarm; hnt when help
arrived Utmost the entire inside Of the
building was involved, making II I'm
| possible to re enter.
The factory had but 4 short tune be
fore finished working NJ the second
sugars and shut down All the boil
cis were cold, rendering one nl the
mos, efficient fire lighting plants inrf-
fcctivc.
/ The ScEura Refinery waR one If the
most up-to date houses III the state
It's crushing and cvapo,ailnE capacity
had Int few equals. The great double
mills were capable Of taking care 4!
200 tons Of cane daily on confirm
Gus run and the house was nt Emifi lcnt
capacity 10 take care OF the u,rt.
Tie entire plant is estimated at $3.50,
600 value. The Insurance. was al
placed with Naw Orleans agencies.
and Is approximately S.h.uoO
There were some GOO bags 81 snga,
IN the sugar room ~ the time Of the
fire. This item a probably fully coy
cred BY insurance
The ad justcrs visited the wreck on
Wednesday. They were impressed
with It's completeness.
To REBUILD
/. IL gratifying II know thai thu
stockholders contemplate rebuilding
iros. tile ground Up The New strpu
RI Rctincr, will IT, grandtr and lat.,t
than before. The now building y III
not contain enough wood to make 4
tootl,ptc concrete, steel and iron
alone viii be employed
The work ~ rebuilding will proba.
lily not be started before next year
due to the latcness Of The season. er
clearing the site, and the nnccrtaint,
Of legislation affecting sugar.
EARLY history.
In the beginning Of the year lSp
the lberIan and it, editors, Jnn NJ
Weeks and i. /, Willard. inangurated
a campaign for new aud modern re.
fnery fer this immediate territory
The first idea was the CO opera,iv,
plan. These editorials awakened wide
spread interest. bringing comnarativ,
strangers here u investigate the Of
ters made. Mr.. 7 II. Segnra, our fel
low t"wnsmnn, joined issues with Us
and offered a"lree sic.' which WI.
finally accepted by the builders Of the
Segnia Refinery. The campaign Il