Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-02-06
1.-The AbbeEHle, Eira.oo
d We CLEAN the following particulars

II
Ct the recent fire IN "Abbeville from
the Press &'.Banne' .''s' '''iz"A 81 "a
.'Hs Again it is our said duty 70 chrro5hnif-
E Gle .anot other destructive FIRE, being the
third in q spacee'" of a little oyer esr twelve
months, which has consigned to ashes
another Of our finest business r ranges,
On the 18th January, 1872. the Mar
shall HOUSE. and the Court House,
with the intervening buildings, were
swept off by. the. flames of the des7
treyeri, on, the l7th November. last,
the Granite, Range shared the same
fate; and now again, on last Monday
evening, the. 9th. inst, Cothran &
Wilson s,new range,son Washington
street, with the, exception Of the fine
store occupied BY TroWbridke & Co.,
which had arisen, phmnix-ike from
the ruins OF. the first fire., was con.
signed to- dust and ;ashes-mt,, iso .ilaz
IA little before $50 clock in the
evening" theealarm;was giyen.,nThe
flames had been disoovered'in.rear of
the store Of fMessrs. Marse,& Miller
being the second. store from the East
ern end of'the building, rand WHEN
first seen; were confined to a barrel
Of ketesene' iandrths floor adjacent
the back door Of thestore being open:
The flames rapidly extended To the
adjacent stores. The store hext Be:
low was occupied BY Mrs. Frances
Lomax, as a confectionery the next
store was fitted as q. ). retail grocery
and a, quantity Of liquor was stored
here, the property Of .Messrs. Chris
tian g. Wilson the, store. next above
was occupied as grocery store by
Mr.. A. Bequest, and. the two next ad7
joining as general dry goods store,
occupied by Messrs. Kaphan & Sklarz,
the fine grocery store occupied by
Trowbridge g. Co. closing the list; the
rooms above had, with the exception
of the barbershop Of Governor Craw-
ford, been recently vacated and, were
unoccupied. = @ .rs..a i. -
The thinness of the walls separa-
ting the stores, and the open passage
between the rooms above, .precludeei
any hope of saving the first Six stores,
and the efforts were directed to saving
goods, and also the store of Frow-
bridge & Co., on the one hand, which
was protected by thick wall, and
also to staying the flames from the
wooden building of Seal, Sign &
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 We'd W th each
other. Seal, Sign Il Robertson's was
flooded with water. and passed the
ordeal safely; Trowbridge & Co.'s
was exposed to intense heat from the
adjacent building, but Was saved by
persistent effort. oasfI .-ssI
CoJhran- Wilson estimate. the
value of their burnt building at from
$4,000 to $4,000, covered by an in
surance of $4,000. Marse & Miller
lost stock of $2,000-total loss; no
insurance. Bequest lost 81 500; COW
cred by insurance. Kaphan g. Sklarz
estimate their loss at from $4,000 to
$4,000, covered by $4,000 insurance;
Mrs. Jomax. lost from $500 to $500
no insurance ]. D. Chambers & Co.,
in goods stored, $75; Governor Craw
ford, effects in the barber shop to the
amount of SIS; Mr.. A. Hamblin,
some effects in the house, and Messrs. !
Christian & 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.
The fire was clearly the work of
incendiary, prompted doubtless by
the love Of plunder - Ia 80.