Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-25

Between East Linden street and Ponce
de Leon avenue the fire played one of
the freaks for which it was peculiar.
| Three houses on Jackson street, north OF
Linden. burned and then, with the de-
partment turning a tremendous stream
of water on the fourth house, the home
|, of Harry l.. Dix, it looked as If the fire
was checked temporarily at least. The
fire had not yet reached this point in
the block on the opposite side of the
street. and attention centered on the
Dix home.
Suddenly, block farther to the
north. on Jackson street getween Ponce
de Leon avenue and North avenue, on
the opposite side of the street from the
Dix place, the roof of Harry j.. Brad
shaws house burst into flames. At
once. the solid block in which this
house is located was destroyed, except
for houses fronting on Ponce de Leon.
FINE HOMES LOST.
1t was one of sthe prettiest residence
, sections of the CITY,. with homes facing
both on Jackson and North Boulevard,
among them the w. D. Brady home on
the corner of North Jackson and North
aveIue; the residence of d. L. Hollis,
North Boulevard and North avenue; w.
D. Williamson, on North Boulevard; H.
c. Crosthwait, w. j. Lynch, j. w.
Stephens, the Parham place, and scores
OF others on both streets, terminating
at the northeast corner of the block
with a grocery store and the Ponce de
Leon avenue pharmacy.
This block had been swept before
the fire reached North Boulevard and
North Jackson, on the city side of
North avenue. Here some other fine
places went the Watson home, an old
Do, orI
avenue; the old Akers place, former
home of Judge Bateman, and S. c.
Dinkins. the home of c. l.. Pettigrew,
the former home of Walter T. Down
ing.
Dynamiting had been going forward
a a rapid rate now. Soldiers warned
people away from the streets, and ped
pie began to flee in great groups along
North avenue toward Peachtree street.
But even dynamiting could not stop
the flames yet They spread east as
along North avenue and Ponce de
Leon avenue as far as Kennesaw ave-
nue., about two blocks from the baseball
park. West they Quilted the block
bounded by North avenue, North Jack
son street. Ponce de Leon avenue, and
Hurt street. The fine building of the
North avenue school was saved
At the corner of North Jackson street
and Ponce de Leon avenue, the western
border of tribe fire was put under con-
troll. BY dynamiting, the flames were
prevented from spreading TO the beau
tiful homes which stretch along Ponce
de Leon avenue, on the northern side
west of Jackson street, though the fire
swept across Ponce de Leon avenue and
RACED the block between Jackson and
the Boulevard, except for about four
houses 1t went north here as far as
Vedado way, where it was stopped once
for all.
Across. on the Boulevard. it ate its
way down as far as Vedado way and
Greenwood avenue. Here the fire spent
it's force.
The fire never reached the ball park
and Ponce de Leon avenue, leading to
Druid Hills, beyond this point was
saved. Much fear was felt by residents
here, and the progress of the fire was
measured by the Ford plant, which it
never reached
The fact that the houses were set far
Their apart here, that many of them
were of tougher fiber than the negro
shacks and therefore harder 10 burn
that residents now had their warning
and knew that everything to the north
was burned, began to give some of them
time to take out their stuff.
AID FROM NEIGHBORING TOWNS.
The fire department also concentrated
every effort to stop the raging torrent
of flame. Aid began to arrive from
neighboring towns, and before nightfaH
engines had arrived from Chattanooga,
,; Knoxville, 1; Rome, ]; Augusta. =;
Macon. /; Newman 1; East Point, /; Ma
rietta, ]; Decatur. /; Griffin, 1: Gaines
Vile, !: Greenville, ]; Jacksonville.
Nashville and Savannah were sending
engines to reach here Tuesday.
From all over the city people hasten
ed 70 the fire. and one of the heroic and
splendid features of the catastrophe
was the way in which they sailed in to
help the stricken" Business houses hur-
ried truck after truck to the scene, IN
which furniture was taken to other
parts of the city. Men and boys by the
score turned in with coats off and
stripped whole houses OF their every ar
ticle.
Wood PuIn E Entered rec