The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-20
3 a q Bricks.

What's up" We don't know. But
there were heaps o. bricks tumb-ng
down last week. Strange 10 say-the
fail Of SIX new G-story buildings IN New
York. was followed by an enormous
Warehouse in Brooklyn (the place where
Thurber, Wyland \ Co.. made soap.
They had ten tons Of Sylica, or barytes,
or North Carolina so&p-s:oue stored on
the sc zond hoor;) and teen a National
Bank building tumbled il Waco. Texas;
aud then Ito show how our folks catch
on to- Yankee iashlons-Dr. John H.
McAden's four story brick store IN
Charlotte, on Trade street, hear the rear.
or eastern trout, OF the Central Hotel,
came down like ten thousand q bricks
making the Charlotteese fancy that a
new OUTPUT" OF Mt. Nesuvlus, or the
Mayoralty Muss had occurred.
The Charlotte fall, happily, was tree
from loss OF life: and seems to have tai
len upon pockets well able to stand 1t.
The cause was the digging out OF a cellar
To ItIlidIt TIC -AlltII bhlANtI@ ni4ASA =
burned Feb. Goth. Charlotte O5Serrsr
says
"Schitt's newly excavated cellar Is
filled to the top with a mass OF wreck
age. and the ruins OF the hardware store
tower up IN a compact mass from ten to
twenty feet high. 1t VIII be u task OF
weeks to clear away the debris
Previous to the fire OF the DIST OF Feb
ruary the south side OF Trade street.
from the Central Hotel corner to Col
le1e street, was one splendid block of
handsome buildings, but o only three
houses remain on thabs.de Of the block.
These are the Central Hotel, the lates
building, and the corne building, owned
by Is. K. Smith. The Gap from the
Central Hotel tC the Yates building
gives that portion of the city the appear
ance of partial humiliation.
Al Yesterdays wreck was OF al acci
dental character, the insurance policies
held by the parties interested will pot
secure them from loss. On all policies
issued is the clause that whenever a
building c~ollapses, and a fire results
after the building falls, no insurance
money Will be paid. The fire in the
"ICCh }tSlCIddS O0OuiItu dlltI VIC IdlI
Of the building, and under circumstances
that relieves the insurance companies
Of their obligation to cover the losses.
DIR. j. II. McAden, who owned the bull
ding, looses on the structure $4,000. Mr..
Yates building is already injured to the
extent of 1900, even if no further dam
age results to his house. Hammond &
Justice have a stock valued at $4,000
lying under the wreck, but; of course,
their loss cannot yet be estimated.
They have an insurance on their stock
against fire to the amoun of Sll, 900,
but will probably receive no benefit from
it. Their entire stock will be damaged
more or less, but it is believed that they
will save probably half OF it in a COM
paratively good condition.
Gen Thos. +. Drayton, whose room
vas located in the building, was among
the crowd collected at the scene after
the first section of the wall fell. When
the big crash came, Gen. Drayton vas
overwhelmed in the surging crowd, fall
inc to the pavement under the heels of
the stampeders. He was very severely
injured, though during the excitement
of the next halt hour he did not notice
IL. ldtCl nc udu " tdhc 10 HIS bcu, anu
was assisted to his room in the Central.
His arms and legs are badly bruised,
and it is feared that he has received in
ternal injuries. Gen. Drayton antici-
pated an accident of this character, and
had decided to move his office. He had
relted a room over the Merchants &
Farmers Bank, and was to have moved
into it Wednesday afternoon, but met
with some delay. This wa unfortunate,
as the General lost a valuable library,
several fine pictures. some highly priced
historical mementoes and all his bust
ness and private papers, all Of which
would have peer saved had he been able
to have moved.'