Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-08
$4,000 FIRE!
Nos. 4 and 8 North
Main ST., Burned
Sunday Night.
THE ORIGIN A MYSTERY-DE.
TAILS OF THE LOSSES.

TAILS VI The LVSSES.
AT IL :l5 o'clock Sunday night some
young gentlemen were return
ing from the homes of young ladies
whom they had escorted 10 church,
when bright light was seen on the
west side of Main street, between 9th
and 7th. The light was first noticed
from the corner of 9Th street and lis
discovery was followed by a crack
ling sound and flames shot out at the
front windows of No. 4, North Main
street, a store room occupied by Mrs.
j. Stauft's millinery establishment.
The alarm was quickly given, but
the first parties who reached the
scene report that the whole interior
was a sheet of seething, roaring flame
which had already bursted out at
both ends of the room. The bell was
sounded vigorously and in about fif-
teen minutes the fire company report
ed for duty. II was some little time
before they got to work, as bursted
hose caused delay after steam had
been raised. 1t was not until about
IL o'clock that two good streams be-
gan to play on the fire from the
cistern at No. y Main st. After an
hours hard work the flames were
subdued and the fire confined to the
two store rooms. These rooms were
fine new two-storY bricks erected
early in 1888, after the big fire of
Oct. 1882. No. 4, where the fire
originated, was owned by Messrs. J..
| W. Pritchett and L. w. G. Edwards.
1t was occupied by Mrs. Stauft below
and by Breathitt & Sites law Office
above. No. 6 was owned by E. W.
Henderson and occupied by Hender-
son & Sons grocery below and by
DR.. Andrew Seargent's Office above.
Henderson & Son saved their books
and show cases and two barrels of
flour. These were the only articles
saved from the two buildings burned.
NJ. D. Kelly's jewelry store at No.
s was saved by the fire wall. His
fine building appeared at one time to
be doomed, but the adjoining build
ing fell in just in time to save it. Mr..
Kelly moyed out everything, and
sustained heavy loss in the way OF
damages to his goods.
The City Bank, the only building
that was lett standing on the burnt
district in 1882, again withstood the
flames like salamander and although
the roof caught and was burning
vigorously on the inside the intrepid
flremen entered at the windows
and put out the flames and
the building still stands, ga little
disGgured but still in the ring" The
windows of the brick buildings in the
rear ON 7th street, separated by a
narrow alley, were burned out, but
q bucket brigade fought the flames
from the inside until the engine got
to work and the building was saved.
1t is the property of E. W. Hender-
son and was occupied by ID. NJ. Tay-
lor's saloon. A 25 pound key OF
powder exploded in Henderson 4
Sons grocery about II o'clock which
shattered the large plate glass win
dows in Jones & Co.'S store across the
street aud the fragments fell in a rat
Ting shower to the pavement. For
tunately no one was hurt. The sec
} ond story of the City Bank building
was occupied by NJ. W. Williams
dentist, and Lucian jones' bedroom
: was in the rear. Mr.. Jones was
aroused Just in time to get out il
safety, leaving all his effects behind
The following will give an idea O
fire.
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