Wilmington journal., 1875-12-31

IN the same grave. The people we're
| 20 lncensed against their assassins that
IL was thought be',5 to bring them to
Nashville The Brarswelis have loup
| bten regarded as desperate char cters
anu are stlil supposed to have been
de"ling IN counterfeit money. Three
Cards. with which they had been play
ing thr"t-card monte. were found upon
their persons at The jai, last night.
Destructive EIro at 1in,m on.ville
y. C.s-EEDovy a."sscs-sBc.n-
dkarisln.
We give below the particulars of a
destructive corfagratluu at IiInmons-
vile, s. c., which commenced last
Saturday night at Z! O'Clock.
Tie news reaciit d TIL, city Sunday
morning through the conductor Oh
the Incoming train OF the w. O. & A.
Railroad, Capt. Walker. This train
passed 1immonsviiie at II O'Clock p.
M, at which hour the destructive ele-
lnent had done its work Capt. Walker
| was told Icy the X. Il. Agent at the
depot, tiui Nj. kdgsdale, one of the
most prominent ana tn'erprloing mer
chants OF IiinmobHvIie, lad suffered
the entira loss OF LIS large store. to {.
getntr with ali its contents, amount
Ing to
FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH oE
PROPERTY
upon which there was an insurance of
ten Thousand dollars. Capt. Walker
heard that there were only two other
stores burned at the same time, the
amount of the value Of which he did
not ascertsin but that the fire had it's
origin III incendiarlsm. Through this
gentleman we learned that this is the
second time within the last two years,
that MIR. Ragsdaie has been the VIC
tim of incendiarism.
Since writing the above we have re-
ceived an extra of the TimmonsvIlie
NeacS from which we make the fol-
lowing extract Of particulars:
Last uight at y o'ciock, when all
the cares aud sorrows, the thoughts of
troubles and sufferings were put away
village were enjoying the gay and So
cial festivities OF a merry Christmas,
the" we've aroused by the alarm of frel
fire! The demon had put it's Destroy
ing clutches Oh the store of Capt. l. r
Rsgsdale. Nearly everybody in the
place, both white and coiored, were
soon at the spot, Du; the wind blew up
a brisk gale and the flames progressed
so rapidly aud the heat aud smoke
ware so intense that nothing coutd be
done either TO extlngulsh the fire or
save any of the goods. Everything
thar could be WIS done to arrest the
flames here, but alas! they were not
to cease. Tbey soon communicated
with the store of j. I. BrisGOw, and
from themes to the dwelling and shoe
shop of @. G, Moore, a.. OF which were
consumed Here the fire was arrested,
but with lmmeGco exeruOns, Mr.
Bristow's books and small lot of his
goods were saved. Mr. Moore saved
lis household furniture, his shoe-tooi5
an most of the wearing aparrel.
1t was with mu ,h ado that the dwell
inGo OF Dr. Wright and Capt. Rags
dale were saved IRON the flames. Both
the buildings, with the furLiture, are
seriously damaged. 1t was also
aud damage that the bar-roOm of Mr..
W. Il. DeBarry was saved.
Goods OF every description, furbl-
ture, clothing, as well women as chill
dren who had been compelled to de-
sert their homes to evade suffocation,
were scattered IN various directions,
and the most wild excitement pre-
vailed throughout the burning. In
the meantime the rogues lost no time
in leaping their harvest. Negroes
could be seen sneaking off in dark
co, Iers with sides OF bacon, segars,
tobacco, clothing, &c. But much to
the credit of the best part OF the col
| cred population, they worked mau-
tul y and vigorously to extlngulsh the
| flames and save the adjoining build
1ngs.
lu one hour from the time the
| fire was discovered the buildings
were all leveled to the ground aud
! IN ashes.
Capt. Ragsdale saved his books and
ali h.s notes except about $1,000
! worth.
The entire loss is estimated at about
329. GOO, which was only about half
covered by insurance.
Ragsdais4 s4-Loss and dsmnge, SO,
600; insurance. Si3, 900.
Hritow-Losss aud damage to stock,
81 ,OO0; Insured for $500. The build
ing occIred by Bristow, belonging tc
J. D. Johnson, Agt., loss, 81, 600; III,
renee, S50ti.
Loss Of buildings occupied by @. @
Moore, tie property of G. d. Huggins
$500; inaurence, $500.
w. FL. DeBerry, Agt.-I.oss anC
damage, $400; insurerce, $500.
The damage to adjoining buildings
and household artic es is very heavy
bnt We are unable to give an estimate
The Loss OF Crpt. Rogsdale's store
will be heavily felt by many families
throunhout this section, as no les
than 25.O0O mouths were fed there
from. Many of these were ent1rel.
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