The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-20
MARIETTA IN THE oLDEN DAYS.
Another Chapter.

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Denmesd, built the ware house cp,
posite the depot now occupied by
Winters, Alexander 4 Legg during
the year 1855 no opened 40 Agency
of the City Bank of Augusta, the
first Bank Agency established in
Marietta, he done a large bushes in
this section for his Bank, and this
Agency was a great benefit to the
merchants Of this city, Our city
was u good cotton market, and Mr.,
Denmead made liberal advances to
the cotton buyers, which caused
Marietta merchants to have a heavy
trade during the cotton season. In
the Spring of 1896, Mr.. f. Den
mead projected and had erected the
Kennesaw Mills on the site where
they now stand, (Shermsn and his
vandals burnt them on their march
to the Sea la the course of their
cree lion the miller learning Mr.. e
Denmead's birthday, laid his plans
to have every thing completed aud
set the Mills to grinding on that day,
he carried out his arrangements suc
cessfully, and the first wheat from
the celebrated Kennessw Mills was
ground on the 18Th day Of March,
1857, the 44th birthday of Edward
Denmead. After Mr.. Denmead had
finished the Mills be had the smoke
stack built higher, at the completion
of the stack one Of our poetical boys
got of some verses 10 rhyme, the
closing lines of each verse was "all
because Denmead built his chimney
higher"
The largest fire that ever occurr'
ed in Marietta commenced about 3
o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th
of April 1857, 10 the cellar OF the
drug store of Sabal & Tenneut, 10
Colorado Place. on the ground now
the millinery store of Mrs. J. g.
Brumby. The following account
gives the origin of the fire 10 MARS
eta May l4th 1857: AS the late fire
here was caused by the taking fire
of spirits turpentine / thought you
would like to know something of it,
| give you Mr.. Sabals statement
Ga the afternoon Of the 18th of
April about 3 o'clock, Mr.. Sabal, of
the firm of SabaI & Tennent drug
gist 10 Marietta, took candle plac-
ed in a glass globe lantern and went
into cellar, it being dark one, to
draw off toto a can some spirits OF
turpentine from barrel that had
been leaking several days duIing hi,
absence from home. He bad ne>
gro man with him and commenced
drawing. and directly he heard the
globe of the lantern crack, and saw
flame, then tried to put it out with
handk erchief and hat, but the
flames seemed to be vapor or gas
of the spirits turpeDlioe, and shot
almost directly to the measure about
half full and several feet off, the bar
rel bursted aud they fed for their
lives, but was unhurt, but the flames
spread so rapidly little of their stock
was saved. The house being wood
the flames spread very RAPID and one
hotel, some IL or - stores, post Of
fee and other buildings were con-
sumed.
There were 4 store rooms in Col
onade Place running toward railroad,
with the Suider block, 3 brick ttore
rooms two stories high, on the ground
where Merrymans store and the lum-
Der shed now stands the flames soon
spread across the street aud the
Howard House and the Howard row
covering block TO Roots corner
were soon 10 ashes, during the burn
Jog of the Howard House, Wade
White and others sew q colored
man named Jeff Harris ascending
ladder with sack Of salt with which
he int ,nded to extinguish the flames,
when alb ut half way up the ladder
it broke and down came jeff, salt,
ladder, &c nobody hurt. The fire
was checked at VIM Roots on ac-
count of iron window shutters and
fire proof roof. All the merchants
10 Roots block removed their goods
out ON the square, they we're cOnsid>
erably damaged, many stolen, &c.
The block now occupied by Nc.
Lellan, Northcutt, Heggie, Boston e.
Hunt, Kiser & Co., and Strong was
. wooden row of two story buildings
this block was soon burnt to the
ground, and the fire vas only check
ed by the uest block being in an
unfinished condition. Mr.. Den.
mead's ware house, where it DOW
stands, was also burnt, it was full
Of wheat, lot of hands worked all
night removing burnt wheat, but
they could not stop the fire. While
the fire vas raging most rapidly the
old Presbyterian, DOW the Colored
Methodist Church. caught on fire on
the roof and bat for our daring boys.
with Bill Lanier 10 the lead, climb>
ing on the roof when the ladder was
several feet short, and putting out
The FIRE, there is no telling where it
would have stopped, as the wind was
very high. Atlanta came to the
rescue with ATLANTA Fire Company