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Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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A fire broke out in Joseph Ganahl's cotton warehouse in Savannah on April 14, destroying the building and 1100 bales of cotton, with losses of $33,000 ($27,000 insured). Suspected arson; neighboring warehouses saved by fire company and citizens.
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Fire! -Between 10 and 11 o'clock last night a fire suddenly burst from the large wooden Cotton Warehouse of Mr. Joseph Ganahl, on the Bay corner of Abercorn-street, which in a short time enveloped every part of it, together with 1100 bales of Cotton stored within it. By the exertions of the Fire Company and citizens, however, the neighboring warehouses of Mr. Joseph Cumming were saved. The loss, as we learnt last night, is about $33,000, of which $27,000 is insured principally in Augusta.
The building, it is said, "was fired by an incendiary—the large mass of Cotton (1100 bales) was still burning when our paper went to press; without any immediate danger however to property in its vicinity."
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Savannah
Event Date
April 14.
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loss of about $33,000, of which $27,000 insured principally in augusta; building and 1100 bales of cotton destroyed; neighboring warehouses saved; no immediate danger to vicinity.
Event Details
Fire burst from the large wooden Cotton Warehouse of Mr. Joseph Ganahl on the Bay corner of Abercorn-street between 10 and 11 o'clock last night, enveloping the building and 1100 bales of cotton. Suspected to have been fired by an incendiary. Fire Company and citizens saved neighboring warehouses of Mr. Joseph Cumming. Cotton still burning at press time.