The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21

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FIRES.-The outside la-e> u tin
paper are printed On Saturday 81 each
week consequently tile 1T 81 fire.
gwen OH the ith page. must II supple
mented b. a long lst If similar dlsa--
ters which have or,urTr since >atur-
CAV. The Charlotte collaboration APP
vas first supposed. 1t te9an IN a new
house which Was Just completed Tor
Mrs. Jake Rintel,. near Oates cotton
factory. not tar from tie Air Line depot.
The wind was blowing a hurr e;tle aud
soon ate up Mr.. Al, IT,. Iate'> new
residence (iust finished. furnished. and
ready 10 be occupied mex dan loss
$1,000; Mr.. L. I'll Gaitller atospIu.
residence. loss 5000 tl.nut aut IL
~urauce. He aud Mrs. Ga tiscr barely
escaped through a side WINDOW. with
,cant clothing on their bacA-. In the
hope al >aviu. something Mr.. Gather
went into a back room al Il Wa m'i e.
d;ately surrounded IN tire. He rolled
Dtll Vi tue A4iihOH lltltu-A Niti LAAil1t~.
escaping without burns. but having hI-
eveiashes sin.ed OF. The only hat he
has TO wear i one that somebody threw
out the window. aud l. the same hat
that Mr.. Gather Wa wearing when lie
IA caught in the great AR Line acct
dent several years ago. Charlotte Dir
seyrer thus describes the fire:
AT one time. Just at the height #
the fire. the residences Of Capt. Fred
Nash and Misses Alexander. the new
residence OF Postmaster W. W. Jen-
kins. two or three kitchens and a barn.
along the Trade street side. were OH
fire. The heavens were lighted with a
trail Of sparks and burning brands that
were waited over the city in a sOutl-rly
direction. passing over the opera house
building. Richmond Il Danviile freight
depot. the graded school building. and
on out over the old fair grounds and into
the country.
"A momentary lull in the wind caus-
ed the sparks to come down on the city
in a perfect rain OF fire. and IN a few mo-
ments an alarm WAS sent III from the
Richmond 4 Danyiile depot. where tour
bales OF cotton We're fired hy the falling
sparks from neal the Jail. where the
house OF Mr.. Neal Jami.ou was in
flames. and from opposite the p~ostoffice.
where the building belonging 10 Mr.. w.
II. Cochrane was burning Oh the root.
The alarms from the different quarters
we're raised III quick succession. and Il
general Generalization ct the fire fight
r. wa. imminent. II seemed. indeed.
a. if Charlotte was doomed. but in IA
moment the gale fre>hened. the down
pour OF sparks ceased. and the fiery
clouds were once more driven brisklv
over the city, falling III tho ticl,ie clear
of the houses. The fires AT the depot
platform and the fires AT the TWO houses
above mentioned were tXtlnguished
without drawing any oil the department
away from the burning buildings. and
their united efforts were directed to
saving the threatened houses and check
ing the progress OF the TIRE. Within fit-
" Yards OF each other III tie middle OF
Trade street were stationed the engines
of the Hornet and Pioneer companies.
their own sparks lost anon" the dcs-
cending rain OF fire that came down So
thickly tlat the engineers were ON
PEELED to turn up their coat collars to
httB Aioii it IL iIifh ~ lht ~ldI ~.
Flving shingles arlow with flames and
millions OF sparks pe!ted the residences
along Trade street iucessantly for an
hour. Here and there on a roof top a
big sheet Of flame would sprlng up. only
to be knocked out BY the watchful lire
men. and in this way the i-ht was kept
up until the glow OF the fire died down.
and a glow i'll the east sprang up. and
daylight had come"
-"Monteiths Mills" IA well-kno~n
political aud local rallying-point in
M~ecklenbuls county, were burned last
week. so was the p~ostolfice at Eaylc
Mills. Ircdell county. All the contents
of the store went up as smoke.
W ilnlington lad several alarms
last week: none serious MIR. 4.
III Slocumb's residence. neal Fayette-
vile. was DESTROYED OH Friday.
MONTGOMERY .Star: Mr.. David De
Berry's cotton gin at Vaudeville. was
destroyed by fire last Thursday night.
-Wadesboro Times: Mr.. sam scar
boro. near Edlnboro. Montgomery cnun-
ty. had the misfortune 70 lose his house
aud contents Oh Sunday last by tire.
There was no insurance THE steam
saw mill of Mr.. g.. L. Horton. about IL
miles south OF here. wa totally Destroy
ed by fire oh SATURDAY last. together
with a lot of luml'er. There was no III
surance. The loss is about $500.
BY a fire III Wilson. Rountree &
Co. lot l25 bales ot cotton no i,isur-
ance. The building used as a Lookup in
Toisnot was burned Friday night A
negro charged with theft was waiting TO
be transferred to the Wilson, aud wa,
with the utmost eX, rtion saved.
Two biz fires in Philadelphia at one
time. though ten miles apart. Loss
s250,OOO. The Disston Saw Works also
lost A 100000 building.
A telegram to the .Nerx. Observer
says Hobgood foundry and mills at
Batfleboro were burned bv inceniiary:
loss about $1,000.