The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-25
In ASHES.
Greenyyllle Visited by Another De
strucilve Couilagratiou on Sunday.
Tho Corrected Roster of The UnfOriu-
nGIes- Their Insurance.


GRrENyLLE. March % Especial. This
place has suffered again ON another large
and DISASTROUS fire. The entire east side Of
the square, except Oue brick building con.
sisting OF ten frame bultinge, 10 now a
nags OF smouldenng ruin. The Hunt
'ounty Bank building is The only one left.
TINS fire started about o'clock this morn
ing in the livery stable OF Malone q II a..
thews. The origin VI the hre Is not known
but II Is supposed 20 be the work
OF IN incendiuy. 30 rapid was
the spread OF the flames among the hay and
other dry feed that ouli nine Of the
the ttfle escsped. They seemed 20 becQnN
frantic with fear, Tho two omnibgshorses
persisted, for which the OwneTsNG ere offered
only last evening $3.50 on those saved
several are badly s,ngsd The fire was not
checked till IL reached the bank. This was
subjected 10 fierce heat on The north and
east sides, sud it is due TO the ire COM
that it was saved at oil. The court
house in the centre OF the
square was several times on The
point of blazing, but a Neli-direoied stream
OF water prevented 10. Sparks set fire 20
Inc buildings On the nUtth side OF the
square, hut the fire was ex,inguished before
any DAMAGE was done. The buildings
Western Union telegraph offlcas, Waehine-
ton hotel, Hunt county jail and engine
house. The fire eng ne Itself came near
baing destroyed. The engine house is just
.crcss from the aipble where the fire
stmt.d, and sitter getting the engine into
the street tbs flames buDling through ihe
rOol oil the stable made such intense heat
that Il had % be aban3oued. About "A
dozen citizens eu0 iiremeu however req
cued IL. Tao io.lowinR i5a list OF the prop
erty owners and their several lossea.
w. 3. Wise, Of Paris; stable building; val
ued at 81, AGO. insured for 81, 200 in the sun
Mutual.
Malone & Mathews, horses and feed val
ued Gt So 600; insurance, 81, 800; in the iol-
lowing companies: Crescent, $500 Western,
of Toronto, $500; .HamoSrg and Bremen,
$1,000.
II. NJ, Lore house valued Mt $500, Insur-
ance for B400, in the Sun Mutual and in
the Crescent, Tor $3.50.
DIR. JEFF. Schoonsver, postmaster. house
used as a post-office, express and Western
Union Telegraph oflice, valued At 800; in
surance, $500; IN the Householders Mutual,
OF Nashville, Tennessee.
The express and telegraph com panies 9re
damaged 500; the posi-ofiice matter
$3.50.
Colonel Dan Upthegrove, house valued
at about 81 400; insurance $500 in the Sun
Mutual.
Major A. f. Clements, VINO uses the
above house as a store and saloon, is away
and his damages cannot be ascertained.
His insurance on STOCK with the following
com nhnies IL. Western Of Toronto S6l2 80;
in Home, OF New York, $500; IN Germanis
$6l2 so; 10 Hamburg, OF Bremen, $500.
Mrs. John Rattan, house valued at 5000
insurance $500, in Sun Mutual.
W. /. Whitman. Of Paris, house valued At
s.. ESQ, insurance 81 GOO, in the Sun Mutual
Il w. Knight, photograph stock valued
at $500; insurance 5000, in the Crescent.
John 0'Eesl, three houses, valued 1t
81 700; insurance, $1,000, in the Sun Mu-
tual. One of the ABOVE houses was the
Washington Hotel, another the famous, or
rather infamous, Red Light bagnio, which
disgraoed our town Tor such q long time.
The Hunt county bink building is dam
aged, but beiuga fine piece OF work vii
lAai DOUBTLESS Tor years. When the iail
osught fire the prisoners confined in IL,
some eight or ten in number, yelled most,
woefnlly TO DO taken out. They were taken
out by Sheriff Ross sud this morning con-
veyed to Mckinney. N. Is. Haney lost
horse aud buggy valued at 800 in the liv-
cry stable burnt. The Jail is valued ct
81 600. and was q total loss there being no
Insurance. upon il. The engine house
owned by a stock company, was valued
$500; insured for 5000. Firemen Marx An.
drews and Munroe Gee distinguished them.
selves by their bravery and daring servic es