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Destructive Fire in Chester.

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TO one of the sufferers arc wo in
dcbtcd says tho PhUnix for the follow
ing account of destructive conhagra-
ton i'll tho town of Chester. We sim
ccrcly hopo our contemporary will
not be discouraged, but will soon rise
from the ashes:
CHESTER g. H.: January %, 1870.
EDITOR PHOENIX: A fire broke out
this morning, about I o'clock, in the
store of M. B. Frcidlcrgcr & Co.,
which destroyed property to tho val
ue of $4,000 or $4,000, before it
could be checked. The cause of the
fire is as yet unasccrtained. Tho
building in which it began was q two
story frame house, belonging to the
estate of Daniel Carroll, deceased.
The first floor was occupied as dry
goods store by NJ. B. Frie,llerser e.
Co., and tho second floor as the resi-
dencc Of Mrs. Carroll, and US the sleep
ing rooms of the members of the said
firm. Mrs. Carroll retired between II
and 12 o'clol. Mr.. Fricdlcrger and
Mr.. Lucks, his partner, had gone to
their room about 10 o'clock. About
l o'clock Mrs. Carroll was awakened
by the roaring Of the flames, and at
, once aroused Mr.. Fricdlcrger and Mr..
Lucks. The fire had then progressed
too far to allow them to save any
thing in the building. Next TO the
house i'll which the fire originated was
three story brick br ling, bclong-
ing Mr.. T.. III. Able, occupied by Mr..
Isaac 1Eeyman as dry goods store on
thc first floor hy Mcssrs Mcclure e.
Bradley as the printing Office Of the
Chester Reporter on the second floor
and by the Masons and Old Fellows
rs common lodge room On the third
floor. Next 10 this building was a
small one: the property Of Mr.. J.J.
McNlnch as q confectionery. This
house of Mr.. ASurs was torn down to
stop Tho progress Of the fire. The
building of Mr.. Abe WAS c.u:rc!v dc.
stroycd. together witli the contents
OF thy second and third stories. The
stock Of goods OF Mr.. lIcyman was
removed, hut necessarily much dam
aged.
The loss may be summed up as fol-
lows: House hciongil,y to the estate
oi Daniel Carroll. (uninsurc;l.) -. 500:
house belonging to J. l.. AgurS. torn
down, (unnSurcd:) $1,000; stock Of
goods OF NJ. B. Fricdlcrgcr d Co.. in
snrcd in tho Lon;lon, Livcrpool and
Globe for $1,000, in the Georgia Home
for $4,000 and in the Enterprise, of
Cincinnati, for ,5Oo0-s9, 900; Isaac
licyman,s stock, insured in the Gcor-
gla Home, $4,000, aud in the Putnam,
of Hartford, $4,000. loss by removal
$1,000; Mcclure & Bradlcy-Chestor
Reporier-loss 2,00O-insurcd for 81.
500 in the Putnam, of Hartford J. J.
McNinch-loss 5000 by removal of
goods-uninsurcd; Wylic, Roddey &
Agurs-loss probably $500 by re-
moval of goods, covered by insur-
ance in the Liverpool, London and
Globe.
1t was by the strenuous cxcrtions
that the whole businass portion of
the town was kept from sharing
similar fate. In these exertions none
bore themselves better than the COL
ored men of the town. They worked
nobly. The zeal they manifested in
saving the property that was endan-
gercd cannot fail to bring about
better feeling betwcecn them and
the white citizens of the town. Not.
hing was saved from the Reporter Off
&c but the books and q few cases of
type. The press and typo of the
Chester Standard was packed away
in tho cellar Of tho same building in
which was the Office of the Reporter.
1t also was entirely destroyed.
REPORTER.