Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-02-15
FIRE IN TRENTON.
Nine Busintss-HOuses Burned - The
work of an Ineendfary.
over eIOO, 900 worth Of Property Des.
1r0yed-A Fire Department
Wanted.
From an Occasional Correspondent.l

TRENTON, Tenn, February I2.-Iast
night most disastrous confiagaration visited
this place, which in a short time swept away
Court Square. The fire originated in an attic
over j. o. Burgessis drug store, the property OF
Grigsby Bros. and A. 3. Curry. The alarm
was given about nine O'Clock, and in an half
hour the hIe had burned south the entire
length Of ColOnnade building, when a breeze
sprung up which turned it east, where IL COM
municated to the hardware house OF Dave
SentCT, from whence it continued round the
square until il had reached and burned the
elegant brick building built by w. E. Pybass
and W. NJ. Hall, occupied by Pybass, family
grocer, and William Baughn, a saloon, and
htted-up and used in the second story as q
city hal. Here the FIRE was stopped, after
having burned down thirteen business houses
and two or three smaller frame houses.
The losses as far as can be ascertained are
about as follows: DR.. Love, owner of the rear
end OF the COlOnnade building; no insurance;
W. ;. AdamsOn, down stairs, same building,
tailor, so; DR.. Loves office and fixtures, down
Briggs Holbrook, projectors Trenton Nel0s
printing office, loss $500, insured for sl000 DR..
7. u. McCulloch, sleeping-room, by dam
aged furniture etc, S75: ] o. Bu reess frOr end
ColOmade building druggist S5O00 Insurance
$500 Drs- McCUllOch and MCGEE, damage to
once fixtures, furniture, etc, 5000; up-stairs,
A. ;. Currey, part owner OF property, county
superintendent administrator, etc, 5000. no
insurance; PlatOnian literary society, library,
sl3D chairs, tables, etc, 500, no
out in your city year or two
ago in the grocery business, book seller
sIauoner, etc. ID. q. C.Senter, hardware, $3.50;
insurance Sl5OO; John b. johnson, owner Of
mouse, s50JO; insurance, $500: W. Oppen-
helmer, house, s9JOl, stock, $4,000; insurance
on stock, sl5O0i stock partly save; no insurance
on mouse; j. Ebert, stock, $1,000: Insurance
s5OCOj stock partly saved. G. +. smith, timer
anu dealer IN stoves, etc, stock, $500; insur-
ance, s2OJOi loss, 500. Oppenheimer owner
OF mouse, 5000; no insurance. Cook & Rogers
candy refinery, loss by damage of moving
up blalrs Louis Oppenheimer's sleeping
room furniture, etc, SEQ; no Insurance.
george ,. Ooon, carriage factory, loss by dam.
age from moving, ETC.; Colonel Ed. RaineS
house, SZOO9, no insurance; J. Freed, stock of
dTy-goOos, 1900, loss 5000, no insurance; Mrs
Mclean, house, $4,000. no Insurance stock s2OOO
shoe manufactured, etc 5000 in
sured for 5000; Mrs Seal, owner Of
house, 5000; no insurance; w. Z. PybasS
grocer; stock, $500; insurance, Si50O; stock
partly saved; William Baughn, saloon stock
$500, partly saved; up stairs, silver cornet
band, stage fixtures, seats, ETC., Of the CITY
hail. 5000; no insurance; Pybass 4
Hall owners OF the building, S6S5l;
No insurance. Besides the above, eonsidera-
bic losses we're sustained by parties running
their stocks out of reach OF the IRE. The
scene was indeed a wild and terrific one and
many are the incidents connected Herewith
Now, Messrs. Editors, il you feel any inter
est in the welfare of your contributing
towns il might do some good for you 70 urge
the necessity for them TO secure hre-eng1nes
and organize companies This matter mas
been time and again urged by our nome press
but home folks are never as smart as "iorelgn-
ers," you know, and we would like 70 see you
write up the subject.