Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-14
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80 HOMES

The household belongings Of 35
families Wednesday were piled in
heaps on the sidewalk and in the
streets, hundreds shivered with the
cid in empty houses. with windows
broken and roofs burned in, and two
great commercial houses lay in ruins,
with loss Of more than a quarter of
million dollars-the result of a fire
that swept the four-story plants of
the Cotton States Betting and Supply
Company and B. F. Avery & Sons, at
Stewart avenue and Whitehall street.
IN the early morning. A one-story
frame dwelling occupied by James
Taylor. next door to the plant, also
was destroyed, with most Of its con-
tents.
Handicapped by insufficient water
pre- ssure and the breaking Of a 20
inch main on Highland avenue and
two 6-inch mains in the fire district,
fremen were forced to exert almost
superhuman efforts to prevent the fire
spreading from the double building
occupied by the commercial plants
and destroying scores of homes near
by.
The ravages of the fire were evil
dent Wednesday four and five blocks
from the buildings of the Cotton
States and Avery concerns.
80 Houses Damaged.
Thirty houses on Stewart avenue,
three blocks from the fire, caught half
a dozen times, and a crew of mer
were kept busy with a chemical en-
CINE and line of hose extinguishing
the incipient blazes that threatened
to develop into a general conf1agra-
ton at any moment.
In all of these louses the occu-
pants were forced to flee into the
streets in their night clothing, drag
ging with them such of their be-
men and volunteers went into all OF
the houses in the threatened district
and carried out the furniture, piling
it in miscellaneous heaps on the side
walk.
Two houses on Whitehall street,
between the plants and Stewart ave-
nue., occupied by fou families, were
constantly in danger, and were badly
scorched and damaged, catching fire
frequently. The building at No. 576
Whitehall street, occupied by T. w.
Young and his family and four board
ers, caught fire three times, and sew
eral members of the family narrowly
escaped serious injury. Everything
in the house. including the pictures
on the walls, were carried into the
streets and piled in heaps. The house
will have to be repaired before 1t
Will be habitable again.
An apartment house at No. 56S
" H'Ceildll street., On the corner Oh
Whitehall and Stewart occupied by
I. p. Taylor and his sister, Miss Ola
Taylor, and by Lott Parrish and Ora
King and their families, was badly
scorched on the side nearest the fire,
and several times the roof caught
fire
The fire was one of the most spec
tacular Atlanta has seen in years, and
comedy and pathos marched hand in
hand through the shooting tongues
OF flames and the rolling pillows of
smoke. 1t was estimated that 5000
persons thronged the streets and roofs
OF nearby houses to watch the fire.
Dog Saves Family.
The family of T. w. Young, at No.
o'6 Whitehall street, within so feet
OF the burning buildings. were saved
from serious injury by a little pup,
me pet Of 11-year- old Thelma Young.
The dog sleeping in the room occu-
pied by the little girl, awoke his lit
lie mistress by his plaintive whining
Ihelma leaped to her feet as a
burst Of flame came in at her win
dow. She awakened her father and
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