The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-12-15
And STILL ANOTHER FIRE.
The Old johnson Block Corner Fifth
and Liberty Found in Flames.
PARTLY SAVED BY, The FIREMEN
Occupied by Second Hand Clothing
Store a Colored Lawyer and Doc
tor and Others The Insurance
Placed at $2,OOO-It is Thought
to Have Been an Incendiary Fire.

StOfe d COlOFeO Lawyer anu DOC
tor and Others - The Insurance
Placed at $2,OOO-It is Thought
to Have Been an Incendiary Fire
The dreaded fire alarm again sound
ed over the city last Friday few
minutes before 3 a. M, and there was
great apprehension when it was seen
by those who anxiously rushed to
windows and doors, that the fire was
in the central part of the town.
1t proved to be in the old Johnson
building on the corner of Liberty and
Fifth streets.
The fire had started in the back
part ofsthe structure and soon gained
much Roadway, as the building was
entirely of wood. The Winston fire
being stationed in front of the en-
trance to the Farmers Warehouse.
1t soon had stream playing on the
back porch where the fire apparently
originated.
Plucky little Salem came rushing
up some twenty or twenty-five min
utes after the alarm had been sound
ed and connected with the hydrant
at the corner of Liberty and Fifth.
1t is said she had up IS pounds of
steam when she reached the fire. She
did most effective work.
Thanks to the promptneSS of the
f1remen and the general dampneSS
caused by slight fall of rain, the fire
was kept from spreading.
Buildings near by which were in
comparative danger were the Buxton
& Lemly block, the old First Nation
al Bank building, where the bank now
has its temporary quarters; Mrs. Al
lens clearinghouse and Mr.. JEFF
Kings residence. The fire was out
about thirty-five minutes after the
alarm was sounded.
The building was not entirely burn
ed, much of the northwestern pOr-
tion still standing.
Part of the building was occupied
by A. NJ. Citrenbaum, who conducted
a secondhand clothing store on the
first floor. He also occupied several
rooms upstairs as residence.
The South room on the second floor
was occupied by DR.. Jones and Law
yer ]. S. Fits, both colored.
Citrenbaum and his wife, who is
quite i'll. were both asleep and had
The roof of the building was in the
act of falling in when they were
awakened and rescued.
The basement and corner store or
Fifth and Liberty streets were unoc-
cupied.
Citrenbaum had 81, 500 insurance on
his stock of clothing, but none on his
household property. Jones and Fits
were also burned out with no in
Surdnce.
The fire originated either from the
back porch or in the shed on the
East side of the house. The suppose
tion is that it was the work of an in
cendiary, as there was no store in that
portion of the building.
The loss falls quite heavily on the
owner of the property, w. B johnson.
He had it repoired in the spring at a
cost of about $500 above the insurance
received from its destruction on the
morning of February 1st last.
His insurance now is 1000, but the
question with him is whether he can
repair it or not, since the city passed
the ordinance which forbidS the cree
tion or repairing of wooden buildings
within one Thousand feet of the court
house square.