The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-05-21

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smaklng RUIN. on Thursday lrhe day after yoa
EFF about o'cieck the kitchen of the W sshinr
ton Hall was discovered To be on fire l. soon
communicated with the hail, from there 10 the
buildings in front, then TO Bonds store Il Is
sufficient TO say that there is not one house ieft
from Bonds "a Eckies and on the other side of
the street. not left from Lambert's corner
where Mckinney kept to Mr. Vests dwelling
The house where Berthlot i Archer had their
ONCE, old Mrs. Thompson that large house of
Berrys where Westcott lived Berry ; store DR.
WaddelPs house, Mr. billiards house. where
Demily lived, The Pulaski house and every house
IN and about that place were all burned excepting
Planters Hotel. All the houses from the Wei
ford house until you come TO those small no Ises
oil Mrs. Reas DR.. TaylOrs, and every house be-
tween here and there is burned down. The fire
advanced with fury until it got up to Mrs. Rea's,
when the wind changed and blew pretty fresh
from the east for a few minutes. which turned
the flames. They tore down two of Mrs Reas
houses and the fences. Copeands house was
also burned Ii was with great difficulty that
Mr.. Bottoms and Mrs McMullen's were saved
Kerr q hirksey saved only part of the goods
from the first story. Their loss is heavy. At
the Washington Hall nothing was saved Mr.
Harris lost everything, even his money and
clothing The boarders lost all their clothing.
DIR. Scales lost everything and all
Bond did not save third of his goods Minis
lost almost everything Lloyd i Rogers saved
but little; Martin saved his dry goods and flour
Burgess Hobby saved all Ward & May saved
about a third ot their goods; Flag saved all the
rest all lost more than they saved; Hayward
book store saved nothing; Hayward, Berry
Coleman Coemans Exchange and all the stores
about there were burned. There is not one
store left not drug store store OF any de
scription left in Tallahassee We were in great
danger ourselves. The flakes and sparks show
cred over Us whole burning single fell al
our gai0 We had man on the house aud
every tub and pail iull of water ! had the beds
al ted uIt the things all put up in trunks anC
carried QUO The things were all taken out d
BaltZells house and they were carving them
away. when tho wind changed and saved us
The stree WAS S're"n with goods and furniture
from Mr.. Kerr TO the Court House. You
school room IS now filed with goods When
write again vii tell you what the loss is esii-
mated al and how many houses were burned
AM sorry for Mrs Bull she has lost all hel
support.
The walls of Kerr x Kirkseys store hav.
fallen in. All the printing Offices except tht
Star were burned.
/ Afectionately your sister,
a. GALBRAITH