The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-01-18
The Fire Fiend in NeWberry..
&9n Afnfs Eine.

Yesterday morning about O'clock, the
handsome iron front building, occupied BY
DR.. W. E. Pelham, as drug store, and by
G. L. Sease & Co, as asaloen. vas discover.
ed to be on FIRE; aud before 3 O'Clock il
was in unsiahtly ruins. The FIRE began on
the second floor in the Office of Silas John
stone, County Master, and. is supposed to
have come from a defective chimney hue,
l"ading from fireplace in Pslham's Drug
Ssorr. Sir. c. G Jaeger:who had an Office
and bedroom IN thesecond floor, vas rous-
ed by the sitting smoke; be gave the alarm
to Aessrs J. W. Pelhsm and Geo. Gillilsnd
who had sleeping apartments On the same
floor, and the three had barely time to es-
cape-Mr. Gillilspd escaping through win
dow: by means of ladder that was raised
to his assistance In q few minutes after
the FIRE was discovered, the building a.
wrapped in flames. The burning building
was separated from DR.. East's Drug Store,
on the East, by solid brick wall IL feet
thick, and from Wheeler Brothers Confec-
tionery Store, on the West, by similar
wall It had been raiuing, and the neigh
boring roofs were very wet this circum-
stance, together with the brick walls just
mentioned, arrested the spread OF the;
flames; and the adjoining buildings were
saved, almost by miracle, il seemed
Those who had the heart and willingness
fought the fire with midland water dipped
up in the streets-but to little purpose.
When the flames reached the barr Is of
kerosene and liquors in the Drug Store and
Bsr Room, they sent up dense volumes OF
smoke. and licked their lurid tongues far
out into the night-and the town vas saw
ed By the rain
The building was Owned by Ar. ]. A.
Crotwell; il was worth about $s,o00, and
wasinsured with dr. e a. Scott, agent,
:for SO, 600.
g DR.. Pelham's stock Of goods was &estim-
ated al about $1,000; insurance, $l,S76
with Mover & Jones, Si,l5o with Boozef
q Son, and 81 .325 with Glenn & Pool. DR.:
Pelham saved two or three hundred dollars
worth Of goods; bis stie containing books,
papers, &c, fell throughi into the cellar, aud
has not yet been recovered.
Messrs. Sease & Co. saved two. or three
barrels OF wl.iskey and their safe. - We
hare been:unsble to.fnd cut the vslue OF
their stock, bu suppose the loss was cover
,et, by insurance, which is as follows. With
Glenn & Pool, 81 800; and With e: A:!
ScStt, 81 100 - sGs
: ,Saas Johpstqnes gastrr; occupied a suite,
ofsihree rooms, on ths second floor, as an.
Office. All his Office furniture, togeth.
with the papers and books. relating to his
Office was.destroyed !; nosinsurance. This
Isl heavy loss.
Mr. @, G J9ger 3ssysd nothing his
furniture, books, an papers being wholly
DESTROYED. BE Bss Register in Bankruptcy,
and all the plpNrs and books of that Office
were consumed So insurance.
Ar. j. W. relbsm. saved nothing except
few articles oil wearing apparel, No in-
snrance.
Mr. Cilliland sared nothing; but bis
bedroom fatri are End %esrins apparel
were covered ., i.surance ofS2sh. TIL,
loss of the four las. gentlemea cannot DC es-,
tin,ated in dollars and cents.
The stock of the Wheeler Bros was very
considerably damaged by removal, that of
DR.. East, that of O.. P. Pant, and that Of.
Flynn Co, suffered .o,nc daln.ge. hus the
loss in each case was covered by insurance.
The tso adjoining buildings were injured,
but both are insured.
Newberry has no FIRE department, and
doesn't seem to care for one, the people
prefer to trust their property to Providepce
and the Insurance Companies-rather the
ntter