The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-04-08
THE LAKE SHORE HOUSE
TOTALLY DESTROYED.
SEVEN BUILDINGS BURNED.
Families in Numbers Without
Shelter.
LOSS FROM TIN TO TWELVE THOUS
AND DOLLARS

AND DOLlgaR>
At abont eight O'Clock last evening. n fir
9 broke ont in the small irnemen, house ad
joir ing the Lake Shore House. The huila n
being wooden one.was soon completely en-
veloped 10 flames, and hut short time
: elapsed ere the entire Lake Shore Block
|. composed Of seven buildings, was mass o
, burning debris.
The frat bulding in which the fire orifi
mated was occupied by two families. named
Spencer and wadswor,h: They hid no
time 10 remove their goods. and in cons'-
qnrncn loose nearly everything. The
f m es had TO max. their exit from The ln' /.
ing builiing or short notice. The housr was
owned by Mr.. Bragg.
Next WAS the Lake Shore House, kept by
Samuel vickers. who had only been in it
shor, time TIE bnilding was the property
of r. II. Kennicnt. In this house was II
large number Of hoarders. 2 number of
~hsm are loosprs to greater or less ex-
tent, AZ but little was removed from BE-
| burning building. This bn-lding heiny
plastrrrd. burned rather SLOW, which en-
aided fau.lirs in the adjoining buildings to
,pmovs the mast Of their goods. A portion
Of the household goods in the Lake Shore
House. Together with some liquors and 9TH
-r stock, were saved, Int the proprietor is a
heavy looser. the larger portion of his fur
niiure having been destroyed.
Adjoining the Lake shore House was the
Oakla House, owned by Mr.. Jpnnison,
and kept by Mr.. Greenweli as boarding
house.
Next was thu house Of John hammers
insured far $40 in Wheeling Company.ad
ioing which was the barding house Of Ms.
Krpiar, and adjoining this was another
boarding honse kept hy Mrs Malony, aud
The last building in the block occupied bg
Mooney, were all destroyed The furniture
nr the LARGEST portion of il WIS removed
from the last mentioned bindings, bnt in
damaged condition. The losses will fall
heavily upon several of the unfortunate
families, and they have the sympathy Of
the communi'y.
twas only through the greatest eyer
tions tina, the house Of Mrs. Jamison. in rear
OF the Lake Shore House, wa. saved. Citi-
Zens lahor-d with determination, and by
the aid Of wet carr''s IA ippn the
r,of. and constant pouring on of water. Ler
house still stands, damaged. brwrvpr. TO
sone extent. by heat. We have witnessed
IN my fires. but never have We sen citz.us
lend u helping hand more readily than Ia t
evening. in saving property from the d,vonr.
ing elem mt. They are entitled TO a Great
deal ef credit. and the suffering f.rnili. s
heartily thank them fer the valuable scr.
vice rendered. Such pxertion nut forth
with plenty ot water at hand, and the fire
never col'd have went beyond the hnilling
where it first originated. In yesterdays
RECORD we spoke # The plan now being az
Hated to some cyarnt, Of running pipes
from the spring on the McCr"a farm to umr
v llage to which hose can he attached in
C ,se Uf fire, and water can be carried TO
any part of the town. hy a proper placing
o. the hydr,nts. AT present we have no
facilities for pntting ont fr"s. our engine
bling nearly or quite worthless, and we
may postpone action in the matter until
Washington str, ct is laid In Iu'rs ly the
famrs, as it is eviA'nt that should fire
break ont in Washington street. it would lie
next to an impnssihility 10 say" building
In the fire last evening seven huidinas
were destroyed, and a number of lam lies
nonses are a scarce article in Petroleum
Centre.
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