The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-10-20
ed at once; and some OF them endangered
buildings half mile away,

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playing on the ruins until Monday after
noon without completely subduing the
fire, which is still smoulderine as the
NEWS. HERALD goes to press. Consider.
ing the circumstances under which it
labored, the department did excellent
work.
IL is strange fact that while the
Richards mill should burn the cooper
shop and old B. & o. S..W. station, both
near the burning building, remain intact.
Both we're smoking at times but were
saved by the bucket brigade. The con.
tents Of the freight depot were removed
to places OF safety, and all the papers
and utensils in the passenger station
were likewise carried away. A number
Of freight cars in the B. & O.S.-W. yards,
some of them loaded with coal oil, were
pulled away by the faithful engineer of
the yard engine, who whistled up
crew and got the cars out of the reach
OF the fire.
The buildings and machinery of both
mills are total loss. OF the $4,000
bushels of wheat in the grain warehouse,
some hundred bushels we're not total
loss but are so damaged as to be almost
valueless. About 300 barrels OF flour
we're saved by volunteer helpers, who
kept rolling them from the burning mill
until the flames made such headway as
to render further efforts in that direction
very dangerous. Some enterprising
draymen and truckmen took advantage
of the opportunity and were busy to a
late hour carting away the -four, freight
and household goods.
The total loss as nearly as it can be
estimated is about $4,000. OF this the
firm of J. M. Boyd & Co. is the principal
loser. About three years ago the mill
was almost completely refitted with new
machinery of the most improved kinds
at an expense of $4,000. The iron
warehouse was added at cost $1,000.
1t contained about 10000 bushels Of
wheat belonging to the firm and 1900
bushels belonging to farmers, most of
which was uninsured. The building
occupied as a feed mill by Harry Rich
ards was the property of Messrs. Philip
Jeans and Chas. Utman and was valued
at 1900. MIR. Richards estimates his
individual loss on machinery and stock
at 81, ,25O o$l, 800 Capt. Haller's stable
was probably worth 5000.
On the property of j. M. Boyd & Co.
there was $4,000 insurance. Of that
amount $4,000 was in the agency Of
Mr.. H. d. Waddell and the remainder
in that of Mr.. Jas. Reece, Sr. The firm.
which is composed of Messrs. J. M
Boyd, L. B. Boyd and Bert Mitchell
will therefore suffer net loss of proba
bly, $4,000 to $1,000. The Richards
mill was uninsured, the agencies con
sidering it dangerous risk. In conse
quence the fire was a serious blow II
Mr.. Richards, for whom great sympatb!
is expressed.
The origin of the fire remains mys
terry. There had been no fire in tn
building since midnight Saturday nigh
and Mr.. Mitchell states that the part o
the building where it originated con
tanned nothing that could cause spon
taneous combustion. There Isl genera
suspicion OF incendiarism, strengthene'
by the numerous apparent attempts, ev
identity by incendiaries, to set fire t
the cooper shop. The latest was at mid
night last Friday night, when the de
partment was called out by an incipien
.. blaze in that series of rattletraps.
The plans of the firm are at presen
in chaotic state, but it is more tina
likely that the mill will be replaced b
a newer and finer one as soon as tn
losses can be adjusted and the debri
. cleared away.
SPARKS.
Fire is hot stuff.
The anti.wat works mossback
very unpopular just now.
t Landlord Schermer, of the Nation.
. Hotel, turned in the alarm.
Oh, no! Hillsboro doesn't need wate
! works
A Night in Pekin wouldn't compal
with such fireworks.
The water works scheme has a gre,
. many more supporters than it had
, week ago.
< Mayor Davis swore in some speci
). policemen to keep pilferers from gettin
t in their work.
Mr.. James Carlisle owned l,1OO busl
els of the wheat that was destroyed wit
the warehouse.
: The big brick smoke stack did N