Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-01
THE GREENYILLE FIRE.
The OIL MILL AND 2. 400 BALES
OFCOTTON BURNED.
Several Dwellings Also Consumed The
Loss Over 100000, and Only Partly
Insured-List of the Sufferers with the
Amount of Insurance.
Special to the Commercial Herald.

Special to the Commercial Herald.
GREENvILLE, MISS, Dec. 29.-At
1870 this morning fire broke out in the
southeast corner of the William Stead
& Co., oil mill. There was stiff wind
blowing from the southeast, and it
took but very few minutes for the
whole mill to be in flames. The whole
building was about four hundred feet
long. On the north and west side
there was anumber of small dwellings.
These were soon burned, some eight or
ten in number.
The cotton yard, which was north
east of the mill, was full of cotton and
as near as can be ascertained contained
about $500 bales Of cotton. The
sparks and pieces Of flying burning
lumber soon set the cotton on fire, and
in few minutes all of the cotton.
except about two hundred bales on the
west side of the railroad, was in
flames.
In this yard was a cotton
seed house which soon burn
ed. The fire company worked
bravely, but owing to the start the fire
had and the scarcity of water, they
could do very little. The city cisterns
gave out and the engine had to be
moved on to the wharfboat After
that they did considerable good work.
The streets leading to the FIRE were
full of women and children, with their
furniture and bedding, that had been
driven out Of their homes, and some
that moved out for safety.
The remains have been burning all
day, and the wind is still blowing, but
the fremen are working and watching
close.
The loss is estimated to be near
100000, with as near as can be ascer-
tanned only $4,000 insurance, unless
some Of the cotton that was consigned
to New Orleans merchants was insured
by said merchants, which we cannot
find out to-day. The loss on the oil
mill is estimated as follows Mill and
machinery $4,000; seed stored in mill
$4,000; oil and sacks $4,000 On
this they have only 1000 insurance.
The cotton in the cotton yard be-
longed to the following: Carter & Co.,
about 800 bales; H. & N. Wilczinski,
about 900 bales; Whitman & McBath,
300 bales; the balance belonged to S.
Goldsmith, Weiss & Goldstein, e. q.
Marshall, Heathman & Smith and
several other merchants here and in
New Orleans.
There was, as near as we can find
out, about $4,000 insurance on the
cotton, $65, ,450 was in companies repre-
sented by Furgerson, Finley s. Co.'S.
agency. Their insurance was divided
as follows: On the cotton, Carter & Co.,
900; H. & N. Wilczinski, $l7,500;
Weiss & Goldstein, $4,000; S. Gold
smith, $4,000. In other policies 5000.
There is some other insurance in for.
eign companies which cannot be found
out this evening.
The owners Of the dwellings are not
known yet, nor can we tell about the
insurance on them.
1t was terrible fire for our town
and a sad blow to our business inter-
ests, and will throw greatmany men
out of employment.
The oil mill alone employed near
one hundred men.
The cotton merchants are buying
again to-day and will soon be shipping
again.
1t is not yet known whether the oil
mill lirm will rebuild or not.