The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-16
ANOTHER FIRE.
Total Actual Loss $50, 600
Insurance Recoverable $50
25O-Net Actual Loss
$43,35O.
Ten Of Our Best Business Houses a
Smouldering Mass of Ruins.

oItAHOCs " Z III
the regular edition with a few i'm
material corrections.
Last Saturday night about one
O'Clock the hardware and grocery
house of j. l.. Hill d. Co. on the
South side of the Square, near the
middle of the block, was discovered
to be on fire. The fire was under
full Roadway and the whole inside
of the house was In flames when
the first men began to arrive after
the alarm was given. Joe AleXan
der, cold, barber, made the discOI-
cry and gave the first alarm. Soon
afterwarG an explosion occurred
which caused the fire to spread even
more rapidly, and TO communicate
more quickly perhaps with adjacent
buildings. There we're several ex
plosions of this kind, one of them
caused by keg of powder and the
others by coal oil and whisky.
There were also explosions from
about forty thousand cartridges,
resembling a great volley of mus
kerry. So rapidly did the fire
spread over the building that no en-
trance whatever was made into the
store, either from the front or rear,
and nothing was saved of either
stock or books except what hap
pened to be in the safe. The eX-
plosions also deferred people from
entering the adjoining buildings for
long time, and until il was impos
sihle to enter Mr.. Cakes furniture
store at all. His door was not
opened during the night, and his
house and everything it contained
was rapidly consumed. The drug
store of G. A. Pope d Co. adj dining
Hill d Co. on the west was finally
entered but not in time to save the
entire stock. Much of it was saved
however in a damaged condition.
Soon after these houses were envel
Oped the fire was communicated
from their rear to the rear of Mr..
II. G. Halls grocery store. fronting
on First Main Street, and four
buildings there, including Halls
grocery store J8unch's grocery and
meat store, Asa Fosters saloon and
the Express office, known as the
Richland Savings Bank building,
were burned at the same time with
Messrs. Rosenau & Loveman, dry
goods, j. c. Young's tin and stove
house, and G.. w. McLaurine IL
Co., boot and shoe store on the
Square.
Here were ten Of the best buildings
in Pulaski or any other small town
In flames at once. All of them were
modern brick, built after the latest
styles of architecture and were com
paratively new and attractive. The
National Bank building at the west
end of the block and the store of l..
Rosenau on the extreme east end
were saved by the almost superhu-
man efforts of few men, aided by
the chemical extinguishers and by
water carriers. The bank was three
Stories high, with very high fire
wall between it and the other build
ings, but Notwithstanding this it
caught, and at one time would have
burnt without doubt but for the
extinguisher, and it would have
burnt even then perhaps without
the aid and indefatigable and untir-
ing labor of Y. w. Ewing, Jno. j.
Sullivan, n. S. Townsend, Sam. G.
Mitchell and others. These and
others also saved Lee Rosenau's
house. 1t is impossible for us to
know what each man contributed to
the suppression of this fire, but the
gentlemen above named We know
deserve special mention. There are
doubtless many others. The ex-
plosions referred to deferred every
body at first, and in fact the fire
was under such Roadway even when
first discovered that we doubt if it
was possible even with the most
united action to have accomplished
more than was done in stopping the
ire. The fire wall of Bunch's store
on the alley on first street, aided by
liberal use of blankets and carpets
and water, prevented the fire from
spreading further south. Fortu
nately there was no breeze and the
fire did net cross LIST Main street.
At one time there was great alarm
that it would cross over to the Os-
borne House. Ii it had done so an
other fine block would have been
-graed. The total loss as far as
we have been able to lasceTtainit by
personal interviews with the parties
is about $4,000. This does not in,
Guide the little individual losses of
clothing, etc, which many sus-
tanned. The total insurance was
STI, $50. The total recoverable in
surance is $52, 250. This only in
cludes the actual losses to the I'M
derwritets in cases where the lnsu-
rance was more than the loss. This
gives us net loss of $43,350
which added to the loss by suspen
sions-and the odds and ends we were
unable to gather, will make a to-
tai net loss of at least $4,000.
The losses ascertained from per-
sonal interviews are, we think, very
islriy estimated as follows;
W, F. Ballentine, damage to Ma
tional Bank, $500: no insurance.
Mrs. McCarty, damage to Mill
merry goods. 500; no insurance.
G. A. Pope Il Co, drugs, loss of
stock and damage in removal, 49,
800; insurance $1,000.
p~~-~-- i>oS d., stora
building, $500; insurance $4,000.
J. L. Hill & Co., hardware and gro
eerles, loss of entire stock, S22,Oopi ~
surance $4,000. tF -
j. p. May, loss of hardware and gro
Gerry house, 81, 000; insurance $500.
Jas. I. Cakes, furniture, loss of entire
stock, $4,000; insurance $4,000.
~ ;. Martin, loss of furniture store
H0nse, S5,9OOi Insurance $4,000.
itosehau 4 LOvemau, loss ofdry goods
Snd damage in removal, estimated g.
insurance $4,000. Fully covered,
j. b. Childers, loss of r. d LIS store
house, $4,000; no insurance.
j. G. Young, tin and stoves, damage
In removal, $500; Insurance $4,000.
jas. X. Grow, tin and stove house,
$500; insurance $4,000.
G.. ", McLaurine q Co., boots and
Shoes, 500; no insurance.
II. X. Brannon, boot and shoe store
house, loss $4,000; insurance 900.
l.. Rosenau, dry goods, damage to