The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-04-10
Another Fire,

About nine o'clock last Tuesday night Mr..
NJ. l.. Eddys residence, on Garden street,
fire by Robert Mckay, who happened to be
passing. The house was frame, and Ii wa
soon enveloped in q bright flame. The en-
gines came promptly, but could not get to
work At first, on account of the suction hose
being too short. we believe, and Mr.. Eddy's
house was destroyed. Mrs. r. g. Dew's
house is near, and IL caught on fire before
The engine got to work, and everybody
thought il must be burned down also, and
the crowd commenced to take out the
things. But just in the nick of time, one of
the engines got to work, and in a short
time quenched the fire on Mrs, Dew's resi-
dence. The f1remen acted with great brave
~ and GOODNESS. capt. Kuhn's company
obey him with eommendabie alaerity, and
he is certainly a whole team at a fire. They
time Mr.. Eddy's house was falling In, the
pit, Gus cry of dog was heard to come
rom under the floor. 1t smote the hearts
of all present, and efforts were made to res
cue him. Hamp Hays, cOl VINO loves dogs,
was touched to the heart by the CRY, and ak in
hand went to the burning house, tore away
the burning timberS and cut the chain
which bound the dog fast to his post of
duty. The canine was liberated and ran off
before we could ascertain what dam
age he had sustained, but he looked like he
had lost his caudal appendage. The house
was not insured, and Is a severe loss to Mr..
Eddy, who is hard working man. He
thies of all. The fire is supposed to have been
caused a by lamp explosion. After the house
t
the furniture, and came very near being
blown up by another lamp exploding. He
caught hold of sewing machine, and il
was so hot that his hands chung to it.
by the explosion and stifed by
the heat and smoke, he had great difficulty
in getting out. The colored men worked
with commendable zeal to extinguish the
fire and save the furniture.
Four or five hours after the above was
written, about three o'clock, A. M, another
alarm was given, and Mrs. Dew's house was
seen TO be on fire. The wells and cisterns in
the neighborhood were all about dry, and
the hose was scarcely long enough to reach
to the cistern on the public square. The
engines were worked, tor more than an
hour, but nothing could save the house.
Hundreds of men were standing around
the fire companies, who had consequently
to oVRrWork themselves. This is not as ii
should be- After Mr.. Eddy's house burned |
down, at nine o'clock, Frank Herndon went |
ed every evidence of Ere, but some sparks |
was overlooked, and II broke out in the |
closet about three o'clock. Mrs, Dew's |
house was insured for $500.
A correspondent gives an interesting /
iccOunt of Easter Sunday. All OF the sunday
school classes did remarkably well, and 1t
would seem wrong to make any distinction
,annot refrain from saying something
4tout the "Gems of the Church." and the
songs by little Camille Herndon and Duckie
Whitthorne, both of them very small chill
iren. The "5ems of the Church" is class
of nine beautiful young girls,
~ hose singing warrantE us in predicting
hat they will furnish some singers Tor the
uture choir of st. Peters Church, when 1t |
Misses Minnie Branch, Alice Baird, CObey
Leonie Esteye, Mamie Esteve,
enny Green, Clara Ward, Perlie Prestidge,
Willie Mayes.