The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-03-30
PULASK1'S FATE
Again overtakes Her With Fire and
Destruction.
Five Negroes Buried Under the Falling
Walls and Badly Mangled.

Walls 6H4 ooS4y 3eugtS9.
The alarm of fire was given al
about 1 o'clock yesterday morning
by the ringing of the alarm bell,
and Pulaskians assembled around
another of our periodical house
warnings. This time it was the
southeast corner, and within two
hoursthe walls had fallen in upon
the stores of l. Hanneberg and w. r.
Craig. When first discovered the
fire was bursting out Of the cellar
windows where about sixty bales of
cotton were stored under Hanne-
berg's store. The clerks, Isaac Gold
berg and the two Davidoffs, were
sleeping upstairs and barely es-
capped with their lives by jumping
from the front windows upon the
awning in front. They were
awakened by the dense smoke in
their room and their bed was on fire,
and before they could escape their
hair was singed and their faces
burned. They came down in their
night clothes and not a thing was
saved from the entire stock of goods
in Hanneberg's house.
Messrs. H. E. Thompson and
Chales A. Kirksey were sleeping
above Craig's store and the alarm
given them was the dense smoke
and fire itself, and they made their
exit by the awning also, but escaped
being burned. The two houses
were built together and there were
but few moments left to carry out
any goods from Craig's store. Some
of the stock near the front door was
saved, but the bulk of it entirely lost.
The next house was Gibson d
Gilbert and was saved only by the
most heroic effort. The awning was
torn away and the double brick wall
alone saved the house. 1t would
have burned anyway if it had not
been for Capt. Arrowsmith and a
cOlored man, whose name we would
gladly couple in this connection,
who alone ventured upstairs and
the window frames,
already blazing.
Hanneberg's entire stock was lost,
estimated at about $4,000. His
insurance was $4,000
Craig's stock was ectimated at |
bout $4,000. He was insured for
$1,000 and saved probably 1900. |
Gibson and Gilbert's loss is in |
lamage of removal and is fully |
covered by insurance.
Mr.. Osborn's loss to property and |
damage to furniture will reach
bout 5000.
j. II. Taylor, saloon; J. n. Mat
news, saddlery; Owen Callahan,
,oot and shoe shop; the telegraph
,ffice, and the Linden House, each
light damages in moving
md stealing.
The cotton in the cellar caught
ire from the fue several months
go. 1t may have caught the same
Tay this time, but it is not known.
'1r. Hanneberg has been in Alabama
everal days.
The houses burned belonged to
;apt. J. D. Flautt and Mrs. Marion
jhildress and were insured for
5000. The loss above that will
be about $4,000.
The law offices in the rear were
damaged by the rear wall of the
tore falling in upon the roof. They
re owned by Capt. Flautt and Col.
I. +. Rose. The first was occupied
V Taliaferro 81 Allen and the next
y Rose d TinnOn. Their books
nd papers were damaged in remov-
ne The damage to the building
) about 5000.
The walls of the burning build
ngs all fell in within two hours ex-
ept the south wall About Z
clock yesterday morning it fell
4 with a sudden crash, injuring the
blowing persons, all colored, who
-ere proving among the ruins and
ldiscreetly exposing themselves:
THE WOUNDED.
Tom Bell, boy, skull broken and
wounded.
Bud Bell, boy, slightly bruised.
Will Carbon, boy, bruised.
Levi Vance, young man, both
,gs broken below the knee and 9th
rwise severely bruised.
Jackson Hobbs, man, badly bat
cred about the body and legs.
1t was reported that one or two
Tiers were under the bricks but it
not verified.
The fire engine was not disturbed Z
l its silent, rusty repose in the lit
e house around the corner. We !
Ould mention names of several who
id heroic work, but we would omit
ONE perhaps. There were willing ,
nd brave men at all necessary ,
oints, but there is an apathy !
rowing gradually upon the nerves
f some of those who have often,
nd unthanked, risked their lives !
attling the flames. I
Craig moved two doors further
outh and is still second door
ON the corner" The business {
the street is uninterrupted, save 5
ne complete holocaust to Mr.. Han t
eberg. Mr.. Skillern suffered some I
amage to furniture but is now in I
Ill repair.
There was more than ordinary I
ealing going on and much of the :
amage, outside of Hanneberg and s
raig, came-from depredators. '
Many incidents could be related 5
f good work done and curious con I
net. One man jerked the red-hot !
linden office stove down. Another {
,ok deliberate aim with a bed-slat '
nd saved a costly chandelier. The
'uck of the fish-hook and step-lad-
err brigade was hauled out and
lrefully placed where the fire could :
OF scorch it and lamps suspended t
round it to keep persons from soil /
lg the paint. &
Following is a list of the cotton
l Hanneberg's cellar, the owners
nd insurance: {
Goldberg & Co. = bales $500 ms. T
L. M. Smith 10 g $50 -
H. F. Gordon zoo g
|. b. L. Gordon IL 500 a"