The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-02
Destraactive Fire tBs Chester.
CHESTER @. H. January %. 1870.

Editor Columbia PAemir: A fire
broke out this morning. about | o'clock,
IN the store Of NJ. B. Fricdlcrger g. Co.,
which destroyed property to the value
OF $4,000 or $4,000 before it could
be checked. The cause of the fire is at
yet unascerlained. The building in
which it began was a two.story frame
house, belonging to tho estate Of Daniel
Carroll, deceased. The first floor was
occupied nsa dry goods store by NJ. B.
Frledlerger & Co, and the second floor
as the residence OF Mira. Carroll, and
as the sleeping room Of the members Of
tho said firm. Mrs. Carroll retired be-
tween l and IL o'clock. Mr.. Fried.
lerger aid Mr.. Lucks, his partner, had
gone to their room about 10 o'clock.
About o'clock Mrs. Carroll was ava <.
ened by the roaring "f the flames, and at
once aroused Mi. Fred!erger and Mr.
Lucks. The fire had then progressed
too far to allow them to save anything
in the building. Next to the house in
which the ERE originated was three
story brick building, belonging to Mr..
Il. Fl. Able, occupied by NJ. Isaac
Heyman as a dry goods store on the
first floor ; by Messrs. Mcclure 6 Brad.
ley MS the printing Office Of the Chester
Reporter on the second floor, and by the
Masons and Odd Fellows rs common
lodge room on the third floor. Next to
this bull ling was small one, the prop.
erty of Mr.. j. l.. Agurs, occupied by
Mr.. McNinch as confectionery. This
house of Mr.. Agurs was torn down to
stop tho progress Of the fire. The
building OF Mr.. Able was entirely des.
troyed, together with the contents of
the second and third stories. The stock
of goods Of Mr.. Heyman was removed,
but necessarily nuot damaged.
The loss may be summed up as fol-
lows: House belonging to estate of
Daniel Carroll, (nn'ns,red,) $2,5oo
house belonging TO e. II. ALlc, (un,n.
sureG,) $4,000; house belonging to J.
l.. Agurs, torn down, {uninsutcd,} }
81, 900 stock OF goods of NJ. B. Fried.
lerger & Co., insured in the London,
Liverpool and Globe for $4,000, in the
Georgia Home for $4,000 and in The
Enterprise, of Cincinnati, for $4,000 :
$4,000; Isaac Heyman's atock, insured
IN the Georgia Home, $4,000, and in the
Putnam, of Hartfoard, 90, SEQ; loss by.
removal $1,000; Mcclure & Bradley
Chester Reporter-loss $4,000 in
sured for 1900 in the Putnam, Of
Hartford; l j. McNincl--loss 5000 bv
removal Of goods uninsured Wyie,
R"ddy & Agurs--loss probably $1,000
by removal Of goods. covered by lnsur
ance in the Liverpool, London and
Globe.
1t was by the most strenuous excr-
tons that the whole business portion Of
the town was kept from sharing
similar fato. LII these exertions nowe
bore themselves better than lh. coFored
men Of the town. They work nobly.
The zeal they manifested IN saving the
property that was endangered cannot
lail to bling about better feeling be.
tween them and the white citizens of
town. Nothing was saved crom the
Reporter office bnt the books and n few
cases of type. The press and type Of
the Chester Standard was packed away
IN The cellar Of the same building in
which was the ofics of the Reporter.
1t also was entirely destroyed.
REPORTER.