The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-12-29
MORE DISASTROUS FIRES
Three Residences and a Livery Stable
Burned.

Three Residences and a Livery Stable
Burned.
The handsome residences of w. j.
Liipfert, Clement Manly and L. l..
Lunn, on Summit street. were burned
Monday afternoon.
One month and four days ago, when
the people of the Twin-City were Gel
ebrating a national holiday; while the
deyout were attending the Thanks
giving services in the various churches,
and all were enjoying short surcease
from business cares or household WOr-
ries, the wild, demonstrating tones of
the fire-bell broke the quiet stiffness
and rang out the death-knell of the
beautiful Hotel Zinzendorf.
Monday was another day of rest
and recreation and one, tOo,of thanks
giving-nOt for national success, but
for the gift, of Christianity and its Au-
thor The vibrations of sweet Christ
mas bells and carrolling of Christmas
choruses had hardly died away, before
the bold, braZen notes of the tire-bell,
so painfully frequent of late, again
pealed forth their tale Of terror.
The fire was first discovered in Mr..
Liipfert's house by some children
playing on the street. The alarm was
turned in very nearly at half past one
o'clock and the fire department re-
SpOnded promptly. but the nearest by
drant was at tie intersection of Fifth
and Spring streets, and here the Win
ston engine was stationed. There be-
ing a lack of hose at first, the Salem
engine was stationed furtherup Fifth
street, near Summit, and the Winston
engine fed it. 1t was two minutes af-
ter two o'clock when the first water
was thrown.
The fire in the Liipfert residence
had gained Roadway with rapidity
and at a quarter before two the flames
were bursting from doOrways and vio-
lently forcing their way through the
closed shutters, up stairs and down.
Mr.. and Mrs. Liipfert and children
are away visiting relatives in ClarkS-
vile, Va. Everything was locked up
in the house and the fire was not dis
covered until it was too late to save
anything but mere handful of furni-
ture. A carpet and one or two articles
of furniture were gotten out.
About ten or fifteen feet to the
right of Mr.. Liipfert's house was that
OF l.. l.. Lunn, which was recently
completed and into which the family
had recently moved. Strenuous efforts
were made to save it, but because of
the difficulty in getting water it was
soon seen that it was doomed. All the
furniture and contents, however, were
saved.
About forty feet to the left of the
Liipfert house was the newly built
residence of Clement Manly, still in
the hands of the contractors, Miller
Bros, and only waiting for coat OF
paint and few final touches before
being ready for occupancy. This socr
ignited from the intense heat, auC
burned along with the others.
The house opposite Ne. Liipfert's
occupied by G.. A. Wood, was consid
cred to be in danger for Time, anc
the roof was literally Watered.
stream from the hose was later play
ed on it also.
The burned residences were quit
handsome, and of the most approved
style of architecture.
1t is especially sad when homes burr
UP, and the circumstances yeSterda.
seemed to intensity the pity of it. MI
Liipfert's family being away an
totally oblivious, of course, of the Il, II
sisiious work of the fire ffend: MI
Lunn's family spending their frs
Christmas by their cosy flreside; an
Mr. Manly's family looking forwar
with bright anticipations to an OccJ
pancy early in the new year of thei
handsome domicile.
The fire is believed to have origin:
ted this way: A negro man, servar
of the family, was left in charge. wit
a key to the basement rooms. II
built log fire in the fireplace in tt
kitchen, and it is supposed careless
left it burning when he left I'll
house.
The. houses of Messrs. Manly ar
Liipfert are burned to the groun
That of Mr.. Lunn was partly save
by the application of the water wht
it was finally obtained. A little fran
work is still up.
The ffremen say that the plug
which they attached was 4-inch pi
and that it is only with great difficl
1y that an engine can pump from al
pipe less than a 6-Inch one. Ih
say they had 1850 feet of hose OF
When asked if they would not ha
saved hose by making a short c
from Spring street to the burnt
house, letting this be the hypotenu
of right triangle, of which the 9th
two sides would be Fifth and SUNNI
streets, they said mo" That
saving in the number of feet of he
would only have been small when ia
ing into consideration the hills
climb by pursuing that method.
Mr.. Hfnshaw, when questions
said he thought the short cut shor
have been taken, and further more
maintained that there was enou
water, and that 4-inch pipe was I
too small. He thought the frem
were delayed some by numerous kin
- in the hose.
The insurance held on the variC
klildings is as follows: Liipfe
k5O0; Lunn, 81, 800; Miller Bros.
kly's house, 81, 900. Mr.. Lunn b
land Mr.. Liipfert 81, 900 on til
hold property.
ANOTHER FIRE.
her alarm was sounded shor