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, AUGUSTA RAVAGED BY FIRE SUSTAINS LOSS OF FIVE TO TEX MILLIONS. Thirty Blocks, Covering 118 Acres, Swept by Flames.?34.000 Ba?es of Cotton Burned. ' Augusta, Ga., March 23.?Aueusta turned bravely about today and began to plan for replacing the ravages of the fire which last night caused a loss estimated at from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000. There are many, how'Jk ever, who are inclined to place the estimate at $10,000,000. The total loss is a mere guess and nothing definite will be known until a final checking up of accounts. This is the second disaster to Augusta within the last half dozen years. It had just overcome the loss caused by the disastrous flood of several years ago and was fast developing?and now comes the great fire. The business men today began marshaling their resources to meet the losses. Relief plans for the thou sands of homeless people were given t; early consideration. The first event of the day was a meeting of city T i council when ample provision was made for the destitute/ At noon hundreds of business men met at a mass meeting and it was determined that Augusta must rebuild at once ~ on an even larger scale. The people are undaunted and have displayed the veryJfinest kind of spirit. 'There has been no shirking and every man | is doing his duty. The losses will touch AVPfV plasc of .Qoniotv in fhics city. There is a kindred feeling among all. Much for Relief. At. a conference today a movement ft was set going to raise a fund of $50,000 to prosecute relief work. It was announced late tonight that $15,00^0 had already heen subscribed. The ruling sentiment at a series of con ferences was that Augusta will be - ablb to care for the destitute, alar though gifts from other sources will not be rejected. ^ 1 \ Acting upon the suggestion of bankers, Mayor J. R. Littleton declared a moratorium for today, because many citizens were unable to meet their financial obligations. The moratorium may be extended for several days. A careful survey shows that 30 blocks,. covering 118 acres, were swept bare by the fire of yesterday. An unofficial count gives the number I- V : . V ' - ' ' " * . v * . of homes destroyed at 526. Over 130 I ... \ . business houses were burned. The t total value of the houses was about $2,250,000. The three companies of State mili$ tia were withdrawn from service today and the police have the situation under control. V* I. -rThis afternoon several hxmdred : > j workmen were put to work clearing ,up the debris about the burned buildings. Dynamite was used to blow up several walls on Broad street. A large number of convicts will , be , brought in from the roads to assist L in cleaning up the streets. \ *' Many Visitors Arrive. Thousands of visitors from many " sections of Georgia and South Carolina poured into Augusta today to , view the ruins and all hotels were ? crowded tonight. The near-beer saloons were closed today and all unoccupied buildings, including the old federal building, were thrown open Jtonight for the cccommodation of the homeless families. Only four firemen were injured ; v during the fire. They were resting well at local hospitals tonight and all will recover, it is said. - Final figures would indicate that about 34,000 bales of cotton were destroyed, causing a loss of approximately $1,800,000. No figures are obtainable as to the amount of insurance carried on the properties destroyed. The insurance adjusters began to arrive in Augusta today. The adjustment will be made as rapidly as possible, it was said. f> * : ' Like Cyclone Belt. Twenty blocks in the residence section of Augusta today presented the appearance of a windswept prairie and the bare walls of six business blocks bear silent testimony of Augusta's most serious disaster of recent years. The fire which raged for more than nine hours last night, causing a loss estimated at from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000, was brought to a halt early this morning after it had crossed Green street. An area of about one and one * * M 3 1 fourtn square nines was ravageu uy the flames which were driven by a heavy March gale. The Augusta firemen were powerless and appara/ tus had to be sent from Columbia, Atlanta, Macon, Savannah and Waynesboro. The wind stopped blowing just after 1 o'clock and it was then that the firemen checked the flames. Estimates today placed the number of residences destroyed at between 600 and 700, including some of the finest old homes in Augusta. No V 'V" i'. ! estimate can te placed on the value | of the contents of the homes. The ] owners saved practically i othing. To- >J | day over 3,000 persons were liome; less. Many spent the i:i sht walking | the streets, while others slept in the I halls of large hotels. Leading citizens of Augusta early v | this morning began to lay plans for y i the relie of the homeless. City conn- d cil met at 10 o'clock to consider si steps for relieving .the situation. A w general mass meeting of the citizens ci was called for noon. n Cotton factors today estimated that tl the fire destroyed about $2,000,000 p worth of cotton, which was stored in p the warehouses along the river front, ci It was said that not more than 35,- t< 000 bales had been destroyed. u Troops Called Out. a Three companies of the National ^ Guard of Georgia were patrolling the ^ streets during the entire night and a ^ strict watch was kept today on the devastated district. No report of looting has been reported to the officers. An attempt was made early today to steal an automobile. One piano was reported missing. There have been many narrow es- ^ capes, but no one has been seriously ' injured. Several firemen have been si sent to the hospitals suffering from burns and bruises. SJ Officials of the fire department toa day began an investigation into the cause of the fire, but as yet no explanation has been offered. The only thing developed is that the fire start- ~ ed yesterday afternoon at 6:15 s< o'clock near an elevator shaft in the w Kelly dry goods store in the Dyer building at the corner of Eighth and n< Broad streets. ^ The ten story building occupied by s< the Augusta Chronicle was practicallv destroyed by the fire. The loss on ^ this building is $180,000. The Em- ^ pire Life building, several doors away, was damaged to the extent of ^ about $200,000, it is estimated. The losses on the 800 block of s Broad street are approximately as follows: Dyer building, $750,000; p Richards stationery company, $25,- ^ 000; Warren building and contents, r< $150,000. The losses on the Broad s( street frontage are: Union Savings bank,building, $60,000; Postal Telegraph plant, $17,000; Empire Life Insurance building, $200,000; Chron- ^ icle building, $180,000; John J. a: Evans company, $20,000; Western ^ Union Telegraph plant, $15,000; 0 Schneider building, $15,000; Herald building, $15,000; Commercial club, w $35,000; Masonic temple, $30,000, ^ and the Irish-American building, 1)1 $25,000. w Three buildings in the .700 block, ^ facing BToad street, the Citizens and o: Southern bank building, the Jfianters Loan and Savings bank building and the Georgia Railroad bank building, sl were not destroyed, although badly a damaged. ^ * i E One Block Escaped. g< The 600 block of Broad street e: proved to be the miracle block of the fire. The flames leaped over this block and not one building was dam- g aged until 5:30 this morning, when the fire was discovered in a small tl warehouse. This blaze was ektinguished by the Columbia fire team, t( the loss being small. g Quick work on ,the part of the fire- w men stopped a threatening blaze in the southern section of the city at 3:30 o'clock this morning. Several n small houses were destroyed. Both of the newspaper plants were completely destroyed by the fire. SJ However, the Chronicle established sj an office in a job printing plant and ^ was issnpri .this mornine. The Herald - 1JL was issued this afternoon. The Tubman high school building a] on Reynolds street, between Seventh and Eighth streets, was completely destroyed. The Houghton grammar school building on Ellis street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, was ^ swept away. W. T. Elrod, an automobile driver, ^ rescued -two young girls from the ^ Dyer building. He made two trips to g? the fifth floor and was painfully ^ burned. Starting in the Dyer building, at the corner of Eighth and Broad A streets, the fire spread rapidly to Cotton row in the rear, whipped around ^ the giant Empire Life building, firing CvJ the building occupied by .the Western Union Telegraph company, and then by leaps and bounds destroying all ^ blocks, except the Sixth, on Broad street: The flames cut a swath from a two to three blocks wide for eight j. blocks on Broad street down to east Rnnndarv. the end of the city. The flames leaped across Broad street to the south side at Elbert and cut their way through to Green street. Many of the residences destroyed were of brick construction. . ^ Freak of the Fire. q( On the south side of Broad street to a substantial brick building was com- fc pletely destroyed, while a flimsy fii wooden house next door was not dam- cl aged. w The street railway company and st the telephone company and the electric lighting company suffered heavy a losses and service has been crippled. tt Year's Work Lost. cl "There is my little home?I work- m "SAFETY ALWAYS" CLOCK. [otto oil Dial is Constant Reminder to Machinists. i i In many places the stock phrase' Safety First," which has been uni-| ersally used during the last few j ears in an attempt to minimize in-' ustrial accidents, is coming to be LippJanted by the term "Safety Al- j ays," which is even more signifi-, ant than the predecessor. A large lanufacturing company, going on i le theory that the psychology of im-! ression is worthy of recognition, has laced in its plant a "Safety Always" lock. The dial of this bears the letsrs of the two words in lieu of the sual figures. It is 'assumed the verage workman looks at a clock "equentlv during the course of a ay and that this motto will make im constantly cautious.? Popular lechanics. INDIAN SPEECH. row the Government is Preserving Red Men's Language. We are already beginning to regret lat no phonographic records could ave been made of the voices of great ingers of the last generation, says opular Science Monthly, while we hall be handing down our Carusos nd Melbas to those who come long flter us. Not long ago the departlent of the interior in Washington woke to the fact that there was Dmething else to be preserved for le future, namely the speech and ar songs of our native Indians. The 2w generation of Carlisle-bred chiefs o not take the ancient rituals venomously, and it is probable that af;r the oldest of the living warriors ave died, the Indian war songs will e practically forgotten. It was the feeling which prompted le government to make the phonoraphic records of the voices of the reatest of the living chiefs tor the les of the nation. For some time ast, now, these warriors on their eriodic visits to Washington have scorded on the phonograph their )ngs and their legends for the .files f the nation. i so many years to pay for it/' sobed an old man at the break of day, s he gazed upon the ruins of his ome. He was led away by a kindly fficer and given a warm breakfast. The loss to .the Augusta Chronicle ill total more than $180,000. The andsome new 10-story home has een practically destroyed. All the oodwork has been burned out and ie structure presents the appearance f a brick kiln after the fire has died way. v ; The flames from this building, looting more than 200 feet into the ir .last night presented a lurid scene ) the visitor entering Augusta. The mpire Life building, an 18-story :ructure, has been damaged to the stent of about $200,000. Prominent Augustans said today lat rebuilding operations are to bein at once. Coffee was a much so'Ught beverage lis morning. Thousands of Augusids after an all night vigil flocked ) the cafes and there was also a reat demand for sandwiches. It as impossible to secure milk. Today thousands of people viewed le ruins of the houses destroyed last ight. Sudden?Almost Impossible. "It was all so sudden," said a 3ectator, "and it did not seem posble." A high wind was blowing om the west. Once the Dyer buildLg was aflame, burning brands were mt flying in all directions. House Eter house flared up and disappeared 3 if by magic. The fire was no re- 1 )ector of brick houses. They seemI to crumble away like snow houses nder the rays of the sun. Many of ie finest houses in Augusta have sen destroyed and the loss will run l to the millions. The dying out of ie wind was the only thing that tved the entire town from destrucon. There were many unusual features I > the fire last night. One well known ugustan, seeing that his home was oomed, removed several thousand hilars worth of cut glass, silverware ad jewelry to a relative's home sev-al blocks away. On swept the imes, finally destroying the arcles. Augusta professional men began serious hunt today for offices. More tan 400 lawyers, real estate dealers, actors and others found themselves ithout a place of business. The Southern railway freight deat, although in the path of the fire,! scaped without injury. Among the Columbians to make te trip to Augusta last night was ol. O. K. LaRoque, private secretary i Gov. Manning. Col. LaRoque was " >r many years chief of the Marion j re department. He was placed in j large of a Columbia squad and j 1 3 1 3 tliQ niffllt tn OTKeU Iia.ru <1111 UU&iiuuc ( op the ravages of the flames. The best of order has prevailed in' ugusta during the disaster. 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