Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-06-14

be offered for sale by the treasurer, on the nrst
Monday in December. 1877, after due advertise
ment as now provided by law, and thereafter from
day to day, until the whole amount thereof as in
cluded in the delinquent list, shall be sold; and
except, as in this section provided, the county
treasurer shall proceed in reference to the sale OF
such delinquent real estate, according to the forms
and with the conditions now prescribed and re-
quired by law Provided That the cost Of adver-
Using shall not exceed one dollar upon each par
eel Of land so advertised.
Sec. IL. That all acts and parts of acts inconsis
tent with this act be, and the same are hereby, re-
pealed. .'
THE FIRE AT UNION. ...-
The Union Times of the 9th instant gives
a graphic account of the disastrous fire in
that town on the 3rd, from which We extract
the following particulars:
About half:past ~ o'clock, while four.
6fths of our white inhabitants were at church,
the dreaded alarm of fire was sounded upon
Main street, and by the time many could ar
rive upon the spot, the wooden building occu-
pied by w. R. Briggs & Co., adjoining Hill
q Co.'s large brick building. was one sheet of
fame and the boxing under the caves of the
latter building on fire the whole length, and
10 quarter of an hour the whole inside of
the upper story of that building was one roar
ing mass of fame and smoke The wind was
blowing hard from the southwest by west,
and the scene was truly terrific. Large flakes
of fire were flying in the air, alighting on
the parched roofs of stores and dwellings,
near and far, threatening destruction to every
building and fence in its course, for miles.
The shingled roofs Of the houses, from the
long continued dry and hot weather, were like
tinder, and it required the most active watch.
full exertions upon the roof Of each to save
them. Soon the flames commenced to spread
to windward, and in few minutes the
wooden houses of Mrs. E. D. Humphries,
Phillip Dunn, R. F. Briggs "a new one) and
Thomas McNally, were one sheet of raging,
bowling fame, while there seemed no hope
that the brick buildings below, from Spears
& -Colton,a- -Eoatar-6I Wilkins, and the
wooden block below them, could possibly be
saved. Thanks to the slate roof and SUBJ
stantial build ofSpears & Colton's house, they
all escaped.
The flames then leaped, as it were, from
the burning stores to some small buildings in
rear of Col. Young's and the Harris stores,
and demolished them like loose cotton. From
there they took the building known as the
"long house." then the Davies and McNeace
bar rooms and every other building upon that
block and laid all in ashes. But before the
flames had full possession of these houses, the
cry came that the railroad shops were on
fire; and here commenced such a scene of
terror and destruction as we have never be-.
fore witnessed. The roaring flames, the dense
smoke, the terrible heat from the midday
sun, the bowling of the wind. the binding
dust and the flying fakes of fire, all com.
bined to strike terror and alarm to the stout
est hearts. 1t was scene of horror
The weather was so intensely hot that, al.
though the fire had only lasted an hour, the
people were completely exhausted and many
stout men had fallen and been taken from the
streets. In less than FIVE minutes from the
time the fire first struck the building, the
whole upper portion of the shop was one
bowling mass of flames, and the air around so
hot that none could 60 near enough to enter
and save any of the machinery, tools, or ma
terials in it. The lumber around the shops,
three cars on the track, the platforms in front,
rear and ends of the depot, caught almost 81.
multaneously with the shops, and it was i'm
possible to enter the depot. Soon dense
smoke issued from under the tin roof of that
building, and all hope of saving it or any of
its contents was gone. By the time the roof
Of the depot fell in, the workshops, cars and
all around we're completely in ashes.
The march of destruction ended at the depot
shops. 1t commenced at half past twelve
o'clock and by three-two hours and half
the bare walls and chmneys of twenty -four
buildings alone remained to tell of its ravages.
We have never witnessed so great destruction
of property in so short time. This may be
accounted for by the fact that months dry,
hot weather had made the buildings as dry
and infammable as powder house.
HOUSES DESTROYED.
Wooden house, the roofs and wood work of
two brick building belonging to Thos. Mentally.
New story building Of r. F. Briggs
Three wooden buildings of Phillip Dunn.
Wooden building of Mrs. E. D. Humphries.
Wooden building of w. r. Briggs & Co.
Twost brick building of Hill q Culp. In
the first story Of this building was Hill & Co.'s
large store and Gibbs & Co.'s drug store. Tn the
second story was the large town hall, Thos. Mel
sons tailor shop, J. P. Mulinax's shoe shop, Hill
d. Co.'s counting room and sleeping rooms:
One small wooden building In rear OF Fried
berger's store.
Two wooden buildings belonging to Spears &
Colton-one occupied by Charley Jenkins, color
ed, the other unoccupied.
Wooden building of Mrs. M. A. FAINT.
Small building occupied by colored people.
w, McNease's bar room and ten pin alley.
w. r. DAVIS bar-room belonging to John
Rodger.
The long house, belonging to the estate of Giles
Sharp.
Railroad depot and shops, and two small build
ings occupied by laborers.
Work shop of Tinsley & Richmond, belonging
to DR.. A. W. Thomson.
Besides the above, which were totally destroy
ed Mr. Schoppaul, Messrs. Rice Mcclure q Co.,
Jas, H. Roger, Spears d Cotton, ]. T. Hart and
Graham Il Graham lost heavily from the removal
of goods from their stores The first four insured.
Thos. Nelson, tailor, losta fine sewing machine,
J. P. Mullinax, bootmaker, lost everything In
G. P. jacob, watch repairer and jeweller, lost
about 81, ,OOO including all his tools, quantity OF
clothing and furniture
Phillip Dunn lost stock of groceries, but as
Mr.. Dunn is sick at his residence out oftown, we
cannot state the amount of his loss.
The whole loss cannot fall much short Of $780,
600, with only about $35, 900 insurance.
The origin of the fire is attributed to the
careless throwing Of match among some
loose paper by clerk in W. R. Briggs &
Co.'s store, after lighting cigar. He says
he had not left the store more than fifteen
minutes when the alarm was given and the
house was in flames.