The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-09
THE FIRE RECORD.
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE BURNING OF PLYN-
OUTH, NORTH CAROLINA.

FULL PARTICULARS OF THE BURNING OF PLYM-
OUTH, NORTH CAROLINA.
RALEIGH y. C., Feb. 2-Fire destroyed the
business portion of Plymouth thickly built with
brick. The fire, beginning in an Office in the
ter OF Water street, worked its way up and down
the street until ii had swept away every build
ing. The buildings and stocks DESTROYED with
losses are as follows: HornthaltsS Bro. four
buildings, including store and stock. So OO0 J. F.
Norman, store and stock and two other build
ings. $4,000; J. p. Newberry. three buildings.
stock and 100 bales of cotton, SO 900: !. w Ayers
store and stock, $1,000; William Ayers stock
81, 600; y. ID. Norman. two stOrehouses 1000; w,
H. Ward. druggist. Sl.j00: John Piercey store
81 600: Bunch x Bros. store. 81, ,OO0; y. b. Genmer
store, &. 600: Wm. Harrison's stock - 500 Sam
uel Virgins bakery, $500; James BurZwynne,
500: Gnce Protestant Episcopal Church, $780,
jackson Posts store. ST, 600; James +. JacksOn's
store. 1000; Mrs. WhitehurSt, two houses s. 00O
James NJ. Reid. 100 bales of cotton. 5000; HON.
thai x Bro. about fifty bales of cotton and 100 600
shingles $500: Jas. Newberry's storehOuse $500:
Charles LathamS law office, Il CO., w II. Hamp-
toms warehouse and three seines. 5000: samuel
Latham, warehouse and one seine. S2,OO0; +. :.
ArmiSted,. 500; the Court House, $1,000; J. L.
Swains store. 81 800; Felerton, store 81 000 sun
dry small losses. 5000. Captain Scion Askew. of
burning warehouses and saved considerable prop
erty. The losses amount TO sl27, 800. HOmthal IL
Bro. and J. +. Norman were partially insured,
and the other losers were not insured. The
Church was brick.
AN EXTENSIVE CoNFLAGRATION.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 5-The extensive wholesale
house of the Greely Burnham Grocer Company,
on the southeast corner OF Second street and
Christy avenue, caught fire abont 10 O'Clock to-
night and within fifteen minutes from the time
the alarm turned in the building
was totally destroyed, the west and north
walls being flat on the ground and large part OF
the east wall having fallen. The fire then extended
across Christy avenue TO the large candy factory
of o. III. Peckham 4 Co.. running from Second
street east to an alley, which was also totally
destroyed. and the paint and oil store of Leon
Baucher adjoining ON the north badly
damaged. To the south Of the Greedy Burn
ham House were 5. b. Sale Il Co.. grocers who
sustained a total loss, and south of them
Long Hail. general storage, was also
a total loss. The stock of the
Greedy Durnham Company was valued at $3.50 600;
insured for $4,000 on the building. which was
entirely new and had been occupied only about a
month. 1t was owned by Carlos 5. Greeley; cost,
$50, 600: insured for $4,000 Sale d Co. estimate
their loss at $50 600; insured for $4,000 Long 4
Hall had about $4,000 worth OF coffee, rice mo
| lasSeS, etc, in storage. The insurance is not
| known. Leonbaucher's loss will not be large
The fire originated by the falling
of a platform erected midway be-
tween the floor and ceiling OF
/ the shipping room in the rear OF
/ the building, upon which were piled about d
/ thousand cases of matches. These ignited when
they fell, and in two minutes the whole building
was in flames. The names of the insurance com
panies not be given at this writing.