The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-05-08
FIRE At MT. STERLING.
$4,000 Worth of Property I'm Ashes
with Only n Light Insurance.

$4,000 Worth of Property I'm Ashes
With Only n Light Insurance.
Yesterday morning Mt. Sterling was
visited by destructive fire, which origi-
mated in Milt Halls blacksmith shop on
the north side of East Main street, at
about 2 A. M, probably in the room of
some colored people who lived overhead.
The fire alarm brought the fire company
promptly to the scene, but everything
was so dry and the fire had gotten such
start that it could not be controlled
until it had burned every house, includ.
ing the Commercial Hotel, to tho corner
of Wilson avenue. The wind was blow
ing to the east.
Halls shop, with its contents, was
totally destroyed. He held 5000 on the
shop and $500 on the tools, which will
cover all he lost.
The next building was Jerry Wilson's
two-story frame, occupied by him as a
meat store, and by j. Gordon as a cloth
ing and dry goods store. Wilson's loss
is estimated at $4,000 for the building
and 5000 for the goods lost, with 81, 200
insurance. He also lost two cabins back
of the building, worth perhaps 800
each, with no insurance. Gordon lost
5000 with no insurance. In the second
story of Wilson's building the Oddfel-
lows had stored a lot of lodge fixtures
which were lost, without insurance, and
worth probably $3.50.
ThOs. II. Carriers building, a frame
structure used as a tin shop, was the
next victim of the flames. The building
was worth $500, on which he held $40O
insurance, and in tools and stock he lost
about $4O0, with no insurance. He also
lost two cabins at the rear, worth 800
each, which were not insured.
j. G. Trimbles brick livery stable,
occupied by Cockrell & Co., was licked
up next. His loss is $500 with no
insurance. Cockrell & Co. lost in feed
and damage to vehicles, livery equip
ments, etc, about $500, and held $4,000
on these and the live stock.
Last, in its eastward course the Com
mercial Hotel, the property of Mrs. Ann
f. Turner, was completely destroyed
with a large portion of its contents,
amounting in all to about $4,000, on
which she held insurance to the amount
of $1,000 on house and furniture. She
was the heaviest loser, and her mauy
friends will very much regret to learn of
the great loss sustained by this good
woman, who has worked hard for what
she owned. In the same building Capt.
BOmar and wife lost about 5000 in furni-
ture, etc., with an insurance of $500.
About the time the flames in the Com
mercial Hotel had reached the climax,
the wind changed northward as by an
intervention of Providence, which doubt
less saved the Methodist church from
the general ruin. 1t was not damaged
to any considerable extent.
On the west of Halls shop small
adjacent building burned, which was the
property of Taylor Fitzpatrick. We
have not learned the extent of the loss
or insurance, but the loss was light.
The next building west, two-story
brick, owned and the second story occu-
pied by the Union Benevolent Society
(colored), and the lower story occupied
by O. w. Howe, Wholesale liquor and
retail grocery dealer, made narrow
escape. The building was damaged con-
siderably, but covered by insurance. Mr..
Howe lost in goods damaged and burned
up In shed at theTear about 81 900 and
held an insurance policy on stock Of 81
600. The fire company did noble work
and deserve much praise for their heroic