Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-02-06
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We CLEAN, the following particulars
of THE feeehF fire fh''nAbBsvi1fe ftbM

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Ct The feeeht Hrs fh'"AbBsvi1fe ftbm
thes,Press H'sBamner "''' '-'lxok nl Ia
.4As,! 4As,g!ai1 fit It Is DIR said duty Is r6if.
qlss sfaho othsg !dsstr Gc;tiya frs, Being the
third in . SPACE of q LITTLE Oyer TWELVE
months, xShiSB Has aoa1ssignsd W 9;' sS t6S ashes h
ahetbss Of soqE finest R9siDsss iyle ranges, a9p
| Qn4theI 19h JIaanpsaarY, l872, THE Maj
SHALL Haqss, end md ths Court. House, House,
with the iptsryaapiTAg yaapiTAg buildings, 3l1ilt3 dweFe,
swept off bys the. flames ,pf the. dsaa
treyesa, onx the l7ths eNoysmber.l .lsts
the Granite, Range, shared yfhs same.
fate; and now again, On last MQndayt
evening, the. 27ths.inst, Cothran &
WILSON s4naw rapgesan Washington
street, with thas, ,eKeeph9R of the fine
store occupied byn TsoWbridke& Co.,
which had arisen, tphanix-liks from
the. zpinsi Of. the first &re,qwas cops
signed to- dust aud sashes-mI.p.i .ienalleE
,SA little before .$,lo'clock'iin the
evening" thesalarm,was 'giHen.sspThe
flames had been disooverediinrear.o Of
the store oftMesrssMarse,& Mipep
being the second. STORE from the, East4
ernsend oftake'buildihg ,sand when
first 7seehs were confined" to "a baref
Of kefesenen iandrths 4obrs adjacent
the back DIOR of"the store e'bsingopsh:
The flames rapidly'' extended tb the
adjacent stofes: The 'st5fa 6str Pc:
low waa Occupied BY. Mrs: 'Ftsnaes
LomnasaS, as a coofeetionerY; the Gext
store was M fitted Tass i j. retail grocery 3
and a4aaantity Of lq1Sf was stoFsd
here, tie property q NessEs Cliffs
tianl tl q Wilson i The The store, ,nskt5 s.E5 above
was7 occupied, lag e. a GROCERY store .Pg
Mr.. "A. ,Bequesa, and. the two 9e1t ads
joiningas general dry yslgoods store,
occupied by Messrs, Kaphan& & Sklaszs
the fine grocery store occupied by
Trowbridge &Co. closing the lista the
rooms 'abovelhad, with thasexaaptlon
Of the barbershop ofGovernor .Craw-
ford, ,lbeen recently vacated and were
unoccupied. .p~l. 7avo 70 'r4,.,a =. ...,,
The thinness, 1.-The walls separa-
ting the stores, and the open passage
between the rooms above, .precluded
any hopeof savingthe first sixstores;
and the efforts were directed to saving
goods, and also the store Of Trow4
6ridge.& Co., on the one hand, which
was protected by q thick. wall, and
alsoto staying the flames from the
wooden building Of Seal Sign :a&
Robertson, which was adjacent on
the other side. A line was formed,
extending to the spring, and up and
down went the buckets in rapid sue
cession, and, for hours. until the bat
tie was ended and the victory won,
whites and blacks Wed with, each
other. Seal, Sign Il Robertson's was
flooded with water, and passed the
ordeal safely :; Trowbridge.i& Co.'s
was exposed to intense heat from the
adjacent,ibuilding, but Was saved by
persistent effort. ,AJ Gasi1b ,-sa'i.
= CouhTan WILSON -eetimate..tha
value of their burnt building at from
$4,000 to $4,000, covered by an in.
surance of $4,000. Marae t& Miller
lost stock of $2,oOO-total loss no
insurance. Bequest lost 81 500; COW
cred by insurance. Kaphan & Sklarz
estimate their loss at from $4,000 to
$2,5O0, covered by $4,000 insurance;
Mrs. Lomax lost from $500 to $500
no insurance J.. D. Chambers & Co.,
in goods stored, $75; Governor Craw-
ford, effects in the barber shop to the
amount of $75; Mr.. A. Hamblin,
some effects in the house, and Messrs.
Christian g. Wilson, some liquors.
Mr.. Dodson, photographer, was dam
aged by. removal to the amount Of
$50. Messrs. Brazealo, merchant
tailor, and S. B. Norrell, harness
maker, also sustained losses by re-
moval. ~ '-'i"'i'@ '-.'' -
The fire was clearly the work. of
incendiary, prompted doubtless by
the love Of plunder. '''' = '''' ''''' '''