The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-07
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Owen Davis Tobacco Prize Fac
tory Burned,

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Owen Davis Tobacco Prize Fac
tory Burned.
Monday afternoon about O'Clock
the three-story brick prize factory Of
Mr.. Owen Davis. one of our well known
and enterprising tobacco dealers, was
discovered to be on fire. The flames
spread rapidly and in an incredibly
short time had burned through to the
roof. The citizens and fire department
independent volunteer companies) re-
sponded promptly and while it was
seen that the burning building could
not be saved everything possible was
done to keep the fire from spread
ing. On the same street and close by
the burning binding was another three
story brick structure occupied as leaf
factory by Buck Davis and in the rear
a little further removed was a three
story building belonging to Harris,
! GOOch & Co., the second and third sto-
ries of whicl are wood. Between this
and the one on fire was an old wooden
storage house used to keep guano in
and lot of old stalls, all of which
seemed to be in imminent danger and
the burning of which was sure to ignite
the Harris. Gooch & Co. factory aud
cause the fire to spread no telling where
to. The stalls were torn down and remov
edand the guano house caught fire on top
several times. The Burweil residence
occupied by Capt. Shaw was in danger
from flying sparks but was well guard
ed. By the timely arrival of the hose
companies and the prompt attachment
of the same to the hydrant to the
corner at Kelly's store, bold
stream was turned on and the fire soon
got under control. But for this the
damage would have been a great deal
worse. This was the first fire since
the water works have been COM
pleted as far as tho work has pro-
crossed, and: at the very beginning thou
sands of dollars worth of property was
saved thereby.
The fire originated from the bursting
Of tobacco orderer and was purely
, accidental. The house was full of
tobacco only small portion of which
was saved. Mr.. Davis loss was con-
, siderable, but at this writing he has
not been able to ascertain the exact
amount. He had insurance on the
stock for $4,000 divided among the
following companies.
In Claude Hunters agency, $4,000
in the Insurance Company Of North
America 81 900 in the Sun Fire Office
&l,000 in the Queen Insurance Co.,
$1,000 in the Commercial Underwriters
Assurance Company.
In J. r. Young's agency: a1,O0O
in the Hartford Insurance Company,
81 900 in the North British and Marine
Insurance Company.
The building was owned by J. A.
| Kelly and cost $4,000. He had 1000
! insurance in the Guardian Assurance
Company, represented by Claude
Hunter.
Mr.. Davis had been carrying s12,
! 900 up to short time ago, but con-
sidering this the safest risk he had al
lowed part Of it to drop. Heavy as his
! loss is it will not affect his business in
the least. He has plenty capital at
his command and will continue to con-
duet his warehouse as heretofore and
buy as largely as ever. He has had
offers from various friends of his of any
amount of money that he might need,
but fortunately his reverses are not
such as to necessitate his taking advan-
tage Of any outside help.
Much as his misfortune is to be
lamented Owen Davis is man of too
much courage and energy to be set
back by anything of the kind. He
| smerges from his crucial test unem-
barrassed and with stronger resolve
| and greater determination to push on
ward and upward, and while deeply
ap preciative of the sympathy and offers
Of assistance given him is determined
that in the prosecution of his business
hi. friends and patrons shall know no
difference save in the endeavor to serve
them more faithfully and to better ad-
vantage than ever before.
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Convenient Railroad Schedule.
Owing to change in the schedule
of one Of the trains on the Atlantic
Coast Line North of weldon. a great
convenience to passengers travelling
over the Raleigh & CASTOR road has
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Henderson on the Shoo-Fly'' at 6:36
p. m. arrive at weldon $50 p. m.
Leave Weldon lilo p. m. and arrive
at Richmond 2:35 a. M, and Washing
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