The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-08

wing OF Converse College is burning. The
ire o-iguat~d I'm tho furnscc used for heat
Jog the building. The alarm was soundei
half afier IL. When the first persons
reached the building the fire was small and
had not reached tho main building. For
wan. OF en- adequate tupply ofwater, II could
not bc checked. The fncDly ard s'ude't'
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crkins Institute roe E. the students had net
mt South Boston, and Isl cation.
y e lAa 'ad hn,s nSsv visited TSa
- cncsryy-. - .s,,,.rt. :, the home. OF cur
citizens, snd there Is room with warm
welcome for n hundred more. Several ar
rived TO day md were taken care or ire:i-
dent wilson thinks ho will be able 10 begin
his class work on Tuesdry morning. The
board Of directors met to-day au1 sent tho
following information to their patrons aud
friends:
Tic large annex of Converse College is
saie aud contains accommodations for dormi-
tories and class rooms The board Of direc-
tors have unanimously decided TO rcscmc
exercises in the College at once, and they
ask the cooperation of parents and guar
dians.
Boarding arrangements have been made
for all pupils ID. T.. Converse,
President of the Board of Directors,
Il. r. Wilson,
President Of the College
The DETAILS OF THE fIRE.
The burning of the main building OF Con
verso College reminds some of us Of II iri
in the spring of 1859 which burned the
chapel, music rooms, recitation rooms
kitchen and dining room of the Sparinnburg
rcInale College, where the Fitting school
now is. About a hundred girls were hus-
IL Il out of their rooms Mt midnight, am
furniture, books and trunks were scattered
over tho campus. The citizens came to the
rescue. tho girl, we're taken good care ~,
the college exercises were resumed III ic"
,lays, aud the session closed prOsrcrouNly y
la .uly.
The citizens of our cIy arc no lcss g"ncr-
on, and helpful to-day than they were IN
1850. They have opcnci their doors ana
heightened their tables and sent Invitations
enough to accommodate two huu1rcd gI,lS
The board of directors acted wisely III dc
cil.ng to con'innc the col'cGr aud beginning
TO rebuild at once. 1t is II great dIshppoIni
mcnt to all Of us. and especially to Prcsi'lcn
Wilson and his associate teachers, brt thCj
arc not cast down. They will ri'c surc'i",
to u is mis- fortune, and Converse t,llcgc vii
open next October in . bui ding superior t.
the ne burned down.
The girls are taken good care OF FOR n iC v
days by the citizen., and there IL room IL
sst 1Smltes 'RSSr RsSr 2htt VIZ Of a." a"
those for whom there 10 not room III ,ht
annex. The patrons of the school are callr'
on now to show the 4 Interest and good wiI
by letting h,ir daughters rcmni". Speak
ing from the slandpo of nn ol,l tcnch' 4
We can assure them that they will not rcgrc
j.. This hrc will prove MI incentive I" ih'
pi csdcnt and all the teachers 10 do the be-
work they have ever done. Let MI th'
girls remain right here and let rhnsc VIII
arc away return ut once.
The origin of the fire is not clearly known
Tho dining room IAN lack frcm the IN III
hmilding and WAS nttachc to it. Ahvu
twenty -four feet from tie dining room Wa
the kitchen with hoatnS furnace and boiler
underneath All iudcntI"ns show that 'h
In originated in the furnace department "
the kitchen story. II is said that Miss Nc
Maxim. n music teacher, went around th
various rooms Mt 10 o'clock, saying that sh
smclt something burning, but she could no
ascertain what it was. The alarm Wa
given about hulf after 10.
Many of the trunks Of the pupils wer
lost, aud in some instances neatly ull thci
"utttrurtu the Annex. The weatHSf'' 'W6n
ifr'ZinS, the Thermometer having droppe,
below 32
President Wilson haS !orne himself will
great chccrfulncs' and ~ not cast down
Mr. Converse is already Planning for work
on the new building. While all regret th,
- no no one is hanging his head and wccu
'hI. opartanburg cannot be duwncd will
aF'o0oO fire. The insurance - $l7, 900
his will about place the building back
VI hout the piauos and furniture About d
q zen hne new pianos and magnificent pjvt
organ were burned. Much # the furntur,
hT' uSht out WAS broken in handing
Inc hre department was ont promptly and
dill good work. The water was not alun
daht aud the pressure was not strong. Ia,
nearest hydiant WAS fully 800 f,ct irrm tn,
irht of the build ny. The agcnt of ia,
water works says he had on full rr, s>ur,
AMI that the distance the wa'cr had t. II ~
through the hose wctN,ncl i's force !
I'll" had been two hyur,nis near ia.
bull ing they think they could have throw,
the streams to the top OF the bu, ding
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