Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-04-28
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TERRIBLE FIR e INF ANVILLE !
TWENTY HOUSES BURNED
LOSS S5U,000 80!


l'ANNll.lsI. .pln lSop.
DEAR DIspATCH: hasten to give ynu full nc
count of one of the most destructive fires ever tx
nerienced in OUT town. The loss by it is vari
an.ly estinated--by some it l. put down at 800
oo1 or 500 900 and by others at Ss0UUO: aln
inclined to put it at the last sum my self and
think that will approach nearest the actual amount
of property destroyed. $4,000 of the loss was
covered by insurance.
About 10 O'Clock last night our citizens were
aroused by the cry of fire, an upon Fastening to
the scene of conlagraton found that the large
building on Main street South side between bridge
and Craighead streets owned by Bannister An
derson estate and occupied by Hardy & David
son, was in flames. From that the flames barn
ed all the buildings on Main street, from Craig.
head to Bridge street.
Below | send you an accurate list of the hou-
ses burned, their owners and the loss sustain
ed:
Exchange Hotel. owned and occupied by Mr..
Williams, DESTROYED and with it $1,000 in
cash. Insured for 81, 500.
grocery store occupied by Davis & Moseley
destroyed. No insurance.
Lumber house occupied by Williams on, Graves
q johnson. Noinsurance and loss small.
Lumber house occupied by WIN. S. Patton, on
the south side of Main street. No insurance and
To- small.
A large brick house, owned by Fleming James
and Col. Claiborne. Mr.. }. Il. Lpscomb occu-
plea one of the tenements store. Part of his
stock saved. He was insured for about So
0O0.-The other tenement was occupied by Cal
lum Il Craghead drug store. They were
insured for $1,000.
A small house owned by Craghead L. Suther.
lin and occupied by Neal Il Coleman as a commits
sion office also destroyed n. n c. lost all
their books and papers. The value of the build
ing was small.
The house belonging to the estate of Bannis-
AID Il b,,I Z
son. Insured for 81 600.
Two tenements owned by Mr.. Ben Watkins
Oae tenement occupied by w. II. Robertson,
who was partly insured, and the other by Hardy
x Davidson grocery store, who are also part
ly insured.
A handsome frame building, just finished,
owned and occupied by Thomas Pierce as bar
Der shop. No insurance.
A large frame building owned by Smith, Bar
nard & Cabel and occupied by j. 7. Price and
Mr.. Handy, grocery stores. Partly insured.
A large frame building, owned and occupied by
j. b. Galloway & Co, "a dry goods store Par
TALLY insured.
The corn mill belonging to Mr.. Burnett. No
insurance.
Messrs. Rice & Rainet, tailors, were burnt out,
and Messrs. Mosely Il Davis, confectioners.
The wheat mill next to the Exchange Hotel,
and the bridge, were saved by strenuous exer-
tons.
1t is supposed that the fire was tho result of
accident, perhaps from lighted cigar or candle
imprudently left burning.
The losers among our most beloved and re-
spected citizens AMI we all sympathize deeply
with them.
Not having engine here, it was found mpos-
sible to quench the flames, and all the buildings
enumerated above were destroyed before he fire
could be gotten at all under control.
| will send you further particulars.
Yours, T..