The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-17

fremen were directed to the protection
OF the house OF Mr.. J. L. Chambers, the
bank and the building occupied by Mr..
e. j.. West and Mrs. Passailaigue. In
these efforts, they, were successful, and
the further progress of the fire in this
direction was stayed. Immediately ad.
joining the store OF MIR. Nail on the
West was O small wooden house owned
by Dir. John McOauthren, and occupied
by him as confectionery store. It and
all its contents were soon consumed.
Adjoining this building stood the large
house on the corner belonging to the
estate of Major John Kennedy. This
was occupied by the family Of the de-
ceased as residence, and by Mr.. J. W.
Rothrock as dry goods store, Messrs.
Bourke & Tinsley as a bake shop, and
Mr.. 8. @. Kaufman as dry goods store.
Across the street from this building
stands tho large and elegant iron front
hotel recently completed by Msssrs.
Smith Melton. The doors and win
dows OF this house were badly scorched
and blisterel. and its destruction pre-
vented only by the untiripg exertion OF
the Stonewall Company. On the oppo-
site side Of the cross street from the
Kennedy building stands very largo
wooden house, owned by Mr.. E. M.
Shannon, and occupied by Mr.. D. A.
Brimer as hotel and Mr.. G. A. Dren.
nan as family grocery store. To save
this building. and thereby prevent the
destruction of large portion of the
town, called out the skill and e1ertion of
the fire department, and of the vast
crowd collected at the fire. The Cham
pion Hook and Ladder Company covered
tho
zeal, while the Stonewall played away on
joint labors we're crowned with success,
and the march of the destroyer in
Westerly direction was thus stayed at
the cross street.
The origin OF the fire is not, and most
probably will never be, known. The
hour in the morning, however, at which
it occurred, together with the fact that
the torch had been applied to Mr.. Nails
store twice nraviaua g The sre ia :Eo
last two years, would point, with almost
certainty, to the hand of the incendiary
as the cause of the disaster. Though
the blow is very serious oae to some
Of the sufferers, and is calamity to the
town, it is great relief to know that
tho major part of the loss falls upon
solvent insurance companies. The
building belonging to tho estate of Maj.
John Kennedy was insured for 50, 500 in
tho Georgia Home. The family lost
furniture, clothing. etc., to the probable
value of $2.500; uninsured. s. G.
Kaufman insured for 81, 900 in the Lon
don, Liverpool and Globe; portion of
his stock saved. Tiasley &c Bourke
saved their stock. E. M. Shannon not
insured; house damaged, probably,
$500. G. A. brennan insured for $500
in the Georgia Home; partial loss from
removal. r. NJ. Cross insured for
81, 900 in Georgia Home; loss by re-.
moval not ascertained. J. W. Rothrcck
loss 81. 200; no insurance. John Nc
Cauthren, loss $1,000; no Insurance.
Pinkston Nail, loss 81, 600; no insnra nee
Mrs. Louisa Melton, loss $500; no iu-
suranoe. I. L. Clubhouse C Co., loss
about $50, 900; insured for $17, 500, rs
follows: $4,000 in the London. Liver
pool and Globe. $4,000 in tho Hartford,
of Connecticut, and So. 500 in the Geor-
gia Home. j. J. Mcclure and j. L..
Agurs, house burned; no insurance. J.
p. Curtis & Co., loss Sc. 900; insured for
So. 500 in the Georgia Home. Wylie,
Roddey & Agurs. loss $50, ,0oO; insured
for $4,000 in the London, Liverpool
and Globe. Captain J. L Agnrs' house
was insured for SO 900 in the Germania,
Of New York; $4,000 would not re.
build it. l. J. McNinch. insured for
81, 600 in the Georgia Home; considera-
BILE loss from removal and water. r.
McE!roy, loss S170 in cash aud the
custom work in his tailor shop. His
sewing machines were saved. Archibald
Hogg lost all the contents of his tailor
shop; value not ascertained. Both of
these last named parties occupied rooms
i'll the second storyof Agurs' building.
Other losses were incurred by parties re-
moving their goods aud furniture from
buildings supposed to be in danger; but
we have no means of arriving at any
just estimate of their amount.
This is the third destructive fire that
has swept o7or the hill in three years,
aud now only four of the old land- marks
Of the business portion OF Chester are
left standing-the storehouse formerly
occupied by MoLure & Harris, the resi-
denco of James Graham, the Shannon
house, many years ago the property of
George Kennedy, aud the house on the
corner, occupied by r. NJ. Gross. These
are the only buildings left out of the
many that crowned the hill twenty years