The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-12-16
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Mas BURNED. Between and q O'Clock
this morning, che alarm of fire drew the
gallant red shirts to theicorner of Ire.
mont and. Strand. The extensive whole
sale clothing establishment OF .Oohn
Brothers, known as the Moro Castle, was
in flames. Spreading along the Strand,
the fire took in its wny Jalonick & Smith,
dealers in sash, blinds, &c.: Burns &
Gee, hardware; Alfred Ball, Jr., cloth
ing; Magale. liquor dealer, who had O
large stock on hand; Craig & Ruff, Ii
quors; Lynch & Co., auctioneers; Shields
IL Co., agricultural implements; the fine
building just erected by the Merchants
Mutual Insurance Company. and occu-
pied by numerous cotton factors and
commission merchants; and the Ruby
Saloon
On fremont, it first took M. w. Shaw
o. Co., jewelers.; Reinicke & Co., tobac-
oonists; Rice & Baulard, paints, &c.
Robinson & Co., news dealers; bar-room
and Palmetto Hotel-thus making clean
sweep of the entire square, Colin Bros.
are understood to be fully insured. Of
the other sufferers, we could not learn
particulars.
Crossing Mechanic street, from the
Palmetto House, the sparks soon kin
died flame in the roof of the theatre,
and thence to the picture establishment
OF MIR. Vanzile, grocery store of Mr..
Hartney, the restaurant of Mr.. Brette,
boot and shoe store and frnit stand, oc-
cupied by parties whose names are un-
known. In the other direction from the
theatre, it first took the barber shop,
and then the saloon and boarding house
of Philip Dubie, on the corner of Market
and Twenty fourth streets.
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to the frame building known as Girar-
dins Hall, occupied by q colored man as
billiard and drinking saloon; thence it
took the gun and ammunition store of
Joseph Labadie and the large ice house
OF s. B. Lewis & Co. When the fire
reached the cartridges in Labadie's store,
the explosions removed many an old
soldiers heart to the stormy days around
Vicksburg and Port Hudson. Fortu-
nately, most of the wardrobes belonging
to the theatrical company were saved,
and part of the stage furniture.
To the West the flames were driven
from the corner of Twenty-fourth street
to tho grocery store of John G. Rost C
Co. tho saloon and boarding house OF
w. Werzlow. the dwelling house belong
ing to w. Richardson, the boarding
house of Mrs. Davidson, the boarding
house of Mrs. Connolly. and thence
through to the corner of Bath avenue.
The flames had already crossed Mar
ket street, swept on the Westward, lay
ing the entire district between fremont
and Bath avenue n mass of smouldering
ruins, with the single exception of new
brick building occupied by Mr. Thomp-
son as q jewelry store, on the corner of
fremont and Market.
To the South, all the buildings as far
as Church street, between Bath avenue
and Twenty fourth street, are consumed,
and all on the block between fremont
and Twenty fourth and Market and Post
Office. In short, the only house left
standing on the ground between the
Strand and Church street, and fremont
and Bath avenues, are Ufford, Arm
strong and Berlocher buildings; from
corner of Mechanic to the alley way, the
frame store formerly occupied by Bern
stein II Co., and the building fronting
fremont from Sam Harlan's to the alley,
fronting on fremont; the fine brick, but
just finished, on corner of fremont and
Market, and the frame buildings on Ire
mont, between Post Office and Church
streets.
The total loss is generally estimated at
about 81, ,5O0,0 900, but this can only be
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insured by our old home, Union, Fire
and Marine Company is 44,50O. We
have not been able to learn the amount
insured by our other home company, the
Merchants Mutual, as their splendid
building and Office are among the ruins
Whether their books and papers are lost
or not, cannot be known until they can
reach their vault. now covered with the
fallen walls and fire.
In the Merchants Mutual Insurance
Company building, on the Strand. one
of the finest in the city, tho following
firms had their offices: Geo. Butler &
Co.. G. H. Jordan, Neill Bros & Co., A.
J. Ward Co., Dnble e Wooters, Allen,
Lewis e Co., and A. G. & M. w. Baker
all cotton factors and commission mer-
chants.
The heaviest sufferers by this terrible
fire are, Of course, the smaller class of
property owners, many of whom have
lost their MI, and some of them will
probably need assistance to save their
families from suffering.
[Galceston (7sras) Neacs, All.
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