Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-02
RAVAGES OF FLAMES.
THE ENTIRE TOWN OF GAINESVILLE
ALMOST IN ASHES.
In Buildings SEQ. 900, Stock $4,000
Shelter and Aid Needsd-Otbcr Fires.
Especial telegram TO the Dispstch.I

OXFORD. N. c.. April THE entire town
of Clarksvllle. Va, is in ashes. AT 2
o'clock this afternoon FIRE was discovered
In house adjoining PettingilPs store. but
was thought TO have been extinguished.
! Later it was again found that the store
building of Pettingill was on fire. Astrong
gale was blowing at the time, and despite
! the most strenuous efforts OF the citi-
Gems the flames spread rapidly from build
ing TO building, sweeping everything be-
| fore them on both sides or Main street
down 10 the river. and within two hours
the element had done lts work. Only
three buildings on Main street escaped
VIZ. Richmond and Danville depot, Ma
gee Warehouse, and Bugs store.
OXFORD RESPONDS.
| As soon az the FIRE was discovered aid
was teegraphed for from Oxford. and the
Oxford Fire Company. about one hundred
strong. promptly responded and reached
the CITY on special about AS. but the
| town was then in ashes, yet by their ct
! fort tho Richmond and Danville depot was
saved. Never was town moro completely
swept away. Most of the residences, both
| the hotels, and the Episcopal church were
burned.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Two colored men, whose names were not
| learned, were burned to death. Ono OF
them was seen to go into the Alliance ware
! house, but the roof falling he was never
/ seen afterward. The other was rescued IN
dying condition.
THE LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
The following are nearly all OF the build
ings burned with the losses and insurance
L. N. Williams, law Office, 5000; IN
PettinriI, store, $4,000; insurance,
$1,000.
Alliance warehouse. $4,000.
J.B. Taylor's residence. $4,000; insured.
Lipfert's two stores $4,000.
Lipfert residence. $500.
It. N. Williamss Office, ST.; insurance,
$500.
Exchange Bank building. $1,000.
A. Braces store-house, $3.50; in
Exchange Hotel, $1,000; insurance,
Judge W. f. Holiness store and resi-
deace. $1,000.
l.. b. Gilland. dry-goods store and resi-
dence. $4,000; insured.
l.. b. Gillande's drugstore. $4,000; in
sured.
L. +. Humphreys two stores. $4,000.
Roanoke Valley Hotel, 5000.
Morton Brothers Il Co., $500; insured.
Daniel Owen, 81 800; insured.
w. +. Morgan's ivery-staole, $500 no
! insurance.
Wlliams's hvery-stable, $4,000; insu-
rance. $500.
Jacob Rebels, residence and store,
| $4,000; no insurance.
Z. N. Williams, Office. $500; no insu-
rance
Barber-shop and cooper-shOp, $1,000;
no insurance.
r. G. Goods. brick-factory, $4,000: in
sured.
Joe Davis, residence. $1,000; no insu-
rance.
Magee's prizery. occupied by American
| Tobacco Company, $4,000; insured.
Gooch's hquol-store. $1,000; no insu-
rance.
Summervlle store. 81, 900.
BENJAMIN Pury ear's store house. 81, 900;
insured.
p. II. Buggs residence. 81 900: insured.
Mrs. John Forman's residence. 81 600; no
| insurance.
Mrs. Tazewell Hsrgrove'S store, 500; no
| Insurance.
Spencer TOrian's store, $4,000; no insu-
rance
The American Tobacco Company's loss
Will be 100000 pounds valuable tobacco
valued at S25. 900. which was insured.
orHrR VICTIMS.
The following also were burned out DR..
| Brakes drugstore, q. n. Wells J.. b. Gill
lind, dry goods and drugs; Planters Bank,
Chapman X Bagby, Mrs. Baily, William
Reed, f. l.. Morton, leaf dealer; w. III.
Gooch. liquor; 0lso residences of 7. X.
Williams, James FIELDS. Summerville
Brothers. c. J.. Doggett, three fertilizer
houses, and Miss Alice Horgan, millinery.
Very little was saved by any one. The
loss TO buildings is estimated at 100000
and loss on stock from $4,000 10 $4,000.
SHELTER NEEDED.
There are hardly enough houses left to
shelter the inhabitants, and some of them
are in pItiable condition, having lost
their all.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
GAINESVILLE. Va. April 1.-The most
disastrous fire in the hist orr of this town
has lust occurred here. The entire bust
ness portion has been burned. Starting
OF 2:30 L. n. in the western district of the
town the fire spread with almost incredi-
BILE rapidity. 1t burned from j. ID. Petten-
gilrs store on both sides of Main street to
the river. As near as can be ascertalned
the losers are: j. ID. Pettengill, $1,000
insurance $1,000: Phyle AlcCtt. $4,000
no insurance; j. P. Taylor. S2,0O0-in-
surance unknown; Episcopal church,
$2.OOO-no insurance; i. n. Williams,
| S5,OOO-lnsurance unknown Alexander
! Bruce. S4,000-insurance unknown; ID.
NJ. Stith, machinist s3,0OO-insurance
1000; c. l.. Doggett, $3,O0O-insurance
$4,000; ID. A. Stientorf, SG0O-no in
surance; Miss Olive Morgan, millinery,
S7OO-insurance $500; NJ. A. Barner
Exchange Hotel, furniture, Sl,2OO-
no insurance: j. w. Spencer. postmaster,
| loss unknown-no insurance post-ofiice
and everything belonging thereto, Roa-
| noke Valley Hotel and all the furniture of
| j. G. Walden and Henry Gooch, Ben Pur
| years old store. A. W. Magee's fine to-
/ bacco factory, occupied by the American
| Tobacco Company. loses about 2OO,OOO
pounds of tobacco-insurance unknown,
| and J. p. TAYLOR loses in tobacco from five
to eight thousand dollars 4. l.. Morton,
about 100000 pounds of tobacco-in-
surance unknown; Wayne Gooch, whole
| sale and retail whlskey dealer. about
| So. O00-insurance $4,000; ID. g. Lyon, bar,
| S3OO-no insurance. +. j. Lipfert, dwell
| ing, furniture, store. and two other store
! houses, loss unknown: II. ID. Slsemore,
grocer. entire loss; V. p. Patterson. hard
| ware. So, 0OO-insurance unknown DR.. j.
| A. Drake, dwelling and drugstore, loss
| unknown; G. f. Geoghegan. grocer, entire
| loss; l.. b. Gilliland. DIVE ling and store,
| entire stock-insurance about 5000; l..
b. GIlliland, drugstore; L. f. Hum
phreys, jeweller. loss unknown; Nor
ton Brothers. dry goods, entire loss
insurance unknown; w. L. Morgan,
liveryman, loss $1,000; Gooch & Mason,
liverymen, 5000; Il. n. Williams, large
livery stable. insurance unknown; Will
liam Read, machinist. entire loss, no In
surance; Volen Hampton. dwelling, no in
surance; 4. A. Fields, dry goods, 5000,
partly insured; Mrs. Bailey, all her furnl-
ture. loss unknown; Mrs. Dabbs, board
| ing-house. entire loss; Sommerville IL
Brother. whiskey dealers, entire loss, in
| surance small.
The whole business part of the town IS
now in ashes. The Richmond and Dan
vile depot aud A. w. Magee's Warehouse
are all that IS left. Numbers OF families
are left homeless, having lost everything
they possess.