| Show ANOTIlLIt till i SAVANNAH < I1IIF Thin Plitour T 1orie In T Weeks lot tho houtlurn City Savannah On Feb Saannahs epidemic of fire continues tonight Damlo to the amount of 12000 wa4 caused by connaeratlon which started In a hay warhouse on the hart at the foot of Jefferson street The fire communicated to several brick btilld InB on Day street and thrco of them were entirely Rutted The heaviest loss was sustained by Charles Conklin Co who curled a 100000 stock of hardunro with an Insurance of J75000 Defore the fire which broke out In the hay warehouse had been brought under control llamei burst out In the magnificent mag-nificent cathedral of St John the Uap tIt tho seat of the Catholic church Istithe I state of Georgia and It woo oon a mans ot rulnB All the fire engines In the city were engaged at the other fires The cons con-s quence ws ill at It wa nearly on hour before an engine arrived to turn n stream on the valuable property that was tat going to waste or o in other property around needing protection The tremendous shower of sparks that was carried up In the heat for an hour or more falling In the square and other building made a grand spectacle The lire storied In the orson loft and spread rapidly through tho church Everything wan removed from the rooms In the vicinity and It was onlv after a struggle that they were saved At midnight the destruction of the cathedral was complete The cathedral cost S22000 and was Insured for 5CCOO It wan one pt the IInt ecclesiastical structures In the South The cillince contained many works of art all of which were aved There have been a dozen Ores her within the last twoweeks and there Is considerable talk of Orebugs |
