The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-03-19

ONE 7 EAh..... ''
SIX MONTHS...... 1oo'
Two Dollars IL not paid In advance.
Il ss5, 900 FIRE.
The Most Disastrous Conaagration thai
has Visited. Anderson in Forty Years.
Alter an exemption from serious 6re'
since The great Are Of April, 1s45, which
:, burned off the old wooden buildings
which then enclosed the Public Square
il Anderson, our city WAS again on Non,
day night the scene of q disastrous burn
81 ing on the North side Of Depot street
About hatf.past ten o'clock Mr. John NJ :
Hubbard, while on his way home, dis
Z covered dense smoke issuing from the
rear Of the second story of-tbe brick
bulldogs on Depot street. He immedi,
ately gave the alar,n, and large crowd
gathered rapid ! at the scene of the FIRE,
and the Fire Company we're promptly on
hand and diligently at work. The great,
black volume of smeke that issued from
the second story Of the whole block, told
s Al Snce that serious work was on hand,
San and That the FIRE was extending rapidly.
The block Of buildings had common,
sco,ntinnous tin roof, the tiDbers for the
! selling extending across the walls. There
/. .swera also numerous openings in the
walls, BY which FIRE could communicate
from one 10 another. Il was almost
impossible to locate the.fre, and as
conseausnce some time and work was
q expended without profit. and the flames
Anon burst ontSin the second story OF
Moss & Brown, and Dennis O'Donnell't
stors rooms. They: were then past con
! troL and the fremen directed their work
SO resarding the burning, which il was
sevidsnt they could not prevent, thus bus.
enabling the merchants along the line to
have most Of their goods carried out
before the flames reached the lower story.
The lesses BY the Ere were as follows ):
sss ;sss Mrs. :E. a. Bell. store.room. valued at
4 5000 90. Insured for 100000.
IS B SNF. . D. {, Taylor, stock Of goods bad
sly damaged By water aud waste in re-
moyal, thought TO be covered by his IN
I, suranse 81 policy for $500 90.
rs: Messrs. Moss & Brown, store.room, !,
valued st$s0O0.oo. Insured for $4,000 90.
stock of goods syalued,at 100000, dam.
aged q 81 81 FIRE, water and waste in removal,
about $500. .0o, !, on which there was s
$1,000 90 Insurance. !.
Banister Allen, store room, valued
lsats250O .OO, ION which there Was no nom in s
( ssuIance. :.
5 hiessrs Broam 8 Allen;S lost BY damage
IN Isl removing stock about three hundred
dollars, On which there was no insurance.
Mr Dennis O'Donnell. store,roo
8 yaluedgat $1,000. 90, insured for $4,000
Damage on stock in removing covered y
ipsarances Of 500 90.
Ths estate Of Mr. NJ. D. Kennedy,
store.room 81 valued al 100000, insured for
100000. q
q. +. Tolly, about s25oOo, by
s'lemoying s,ock, tearing down fencing
and shed ierections.
Sc The Anderson Journal, about ntty
dollars in removing type. &c.
IS. s2;: Messrs. r. S. Hill g. Co, McCuliy,
Gathcart & Co, Hill Bro, w. B. Todd.
Isewiiog machine ofhee;l John 9. Whit.
5feld, Esq., llaw Office, ] and perhaps some
oo,thers o,I moved many of their goods and
! furniture but being further from the
fire than others, sustained only slight
damage:
The4c.ne at the the fire. was one OF
wild excitement and confusion, the
3 crowd at sgetting in the way Of OF 10.
dremen, and everybody pressing up with
s. an ners plan to stop the burning. Ihe
Rren,en we're inexperienced, aud at flr''
! q wasted quantities of water, which served
3. ~, only 20 drench the crowd that was press
) ing around them, but as the ire pro,
S,ressed and became thoroughly located
they got in some excellent WORK and
!, arrested the flames, thereby saving =
preas deal Of valuable property on the
s. s,ppes side of the street. The cltizen'
are delighted with the work of the Fire
Department, which in this one night'
work has paid fr itself many times over
The bucket brigade was also on hand
and :, did valuable service in saving thu
wooden building Of Mr.. 9. F. Tol,y
which stands about fifty feet from 'n' u,
burned buildings.
The people generally did good uorl
4 in removing goods from the burning
stores, and the police promptly ant
efficiently guarded them, SO that ther
! Was very lille if any pilfsripg asthe fire
On Tuesday morning, two barrel can
of kerosene oil were found boiling ant
s unconsumed in thss6rein Moss & Brown
store. This shows that they kept al
excellent and safe quality OF oil. Th
City also has reason to congratulate itsel
that no serious accidents occurred at tn
{ FIRE. Messrs. f. Wahl, F. A. spellmau
"a. J. Means snd A. w. Todd received
severe bruises, but able to be out the mex
morning. The whole damage by the fir
reaches from s2O,oOoOo to s25.0oO. 90
most of which vas covered by insurance
Mr. Banister Allen is the only one VII
sustained heavy loss without any insu
e rsnce. The buildings burned were oil