The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-23
Flames Devdstdte Three Southern Cities
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 completed Empire Life building. the To- story Augusta Chronicle, the five-story Dyer building, in a store in the rear of which the fire started from an unknown cause; the Union Savings bank building, the Herald building and others. In all several score office and building strue- lures were destroyed between Broad street and the Savannah river, which lies north of Augusta. In the residence sec ton, it was estimated that 800 houses were burned. They included a number in the residential part of Broad street that were listed as among the most costly Of city noted for it's handsome residences of the type of older days.
 The Augusta fire department. with every available engine, was on the scene within a few minutes after the alarm was turned in and seeing that the Dyer build ing was doomed, directed it's efforts to- ward saving the Union Savings bank building nearby.
 BURNS "COTTON ROW
 The fire in the meantime had swept across Eighth street from the rear of the Dyer building and began burning Cotton Row" where thousands of bales of cotton were stored. The flames, eating their way through the warehouses. at tackled the Tubman High school and then swept back toward Broad street The firemen had kept the flames from the Union Savings bank building from the Eighth street side, but when the build ing was attacked from the rear they were helpless. On the seven hundred block" of Broad street the Union Savings, bank building, the Postal Telegraph build iIg, the Augusta Herald building, the Commercial club building and the Chron- icle and Empire buildings, the latter two modern office buildings, were gutted. As the flames were uncomfortable at TI O o'cloclx an appeal was sent to other cities for aid Atlanta, Macon, Savannah, Co., lumbia and Waynesboro were called on Waynesboro apparatus arrived at loj o'clock; Columbia and others arrived later Nothing seemed able to check the flames in the path in which the wind di- rected them and they destroyed approx irntaely 15.O00 bales of cotton valued at nearly s75o,OoO.
 HIGH SCHOOL BURNS
 The Tubman High school building was a total loss, as was the Southern rall- way freight depot Burning the north side of Broad on the seven hundred blocl1'' down to the Citizens and Southern Pa nk building, this granite structure act ed as barrier to the further progress of the flames, and they swept behind it. The Citizens and Southern, Planters Loan and Savings and Georgia Railroad bank were saved on the seven hundred block. The entire section of the city north of Broad and east of Eighth streets seemed to be doomed for a time, though the fire men succeeded in saving some of the  On the 400 and 300 blocks of Broad. of Reynolds and of Bay streets practicallyi all of the residences were destroyed The flames crossed Broad on the 400 block and swept down Ellis and then to Green, burning both sides of Lower Green. | Thousands of people spent the night in the streets, where they watched over fur liture, taken from threatened residences. l The temperature was not low and there was no great suffering.
 Buildings in the path of the flames l md either destroyed or burning were: l
 Dyer building, Union Savings bank, 1 Postal Telegraph company. John J. Ev- ans wholesale and retail hardware;' | Empire Life building, Western Union, | Augusta trunk factory, Au- susta Herald Commercial club, Irish l American bank, Masonic temple, Git zens and Southern bank, branch Of Savannah Citizens and Southern bank, Planters Loan and Trust company.
 Across Seventh street on Broad street at this point is the Elks club, which appeared doomed. Near the club ,11i1d ipe fc nf on fnrr1 cro,- ages and wholesale houses.
 In Augusta at this time more than BIS, 100000 worth of cotton is stored, put only s5,o00,000 worth is in the fire zone, and a great part of which is be- feved burned. Augusta, Ga, March 23--At 2:4O o'clock his morning fire broke out in the south l arn section of Augusta, in part of the city distant from the first fire Early reports said it did not appear serious.