Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-06
a DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

Over Oae Nlftfon DnIlAr~f Worth of Prup-
~rty Destroyed ny . sabbath Days Coa-
born Fire that IN. Visited Phsr.a~lpnI.
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PHILADErAHTx. Feb. a-The fereess.
most stubborn aad most destructive
Hre that has visited Philadelphia in
years originated at 3:3o yesterday morn
ing in the cellar of the Hazeltine
building. 1916 and f4fsChestnut street.
and before il had been subsluesi the
Hazeltine building and the American
Baptist Publication soeietyis building.
at ife0 and f4.s Chestnut street. were
destroyed; the dry goods store Of
Homer lie BoutelIier q Co. I4fs and
i4l& Chestnut steeet. was badly dam
aged. and the rear of the Hotel Lafay-
ette. which faces on Broad street. was
damaged TO the extent OF s-s.0on The
approximate total loss by the FIRE Is
sl.O75.oo. the greater part of which Il
covered by insurance
The cause Of the fire 10 not definitely
known When the fr~men arrived
the Haxeitine building was already .
mass of flames The building was sew
eral stories in height. with an ornate
front Of brick aud terra Gotta IL was
very substantially built. and AT first
the firemen Thought that they conId
confine the fire within the walls. The
flames however. spread through the
building with great rapidity. and the
tir- was soon h~yond the control Of
the department
The rear stories Of the Lafayette
hotel lowered high above the Hazel
tine building and the flames poured
OVER the wall toward the hotel BY
this tine most of the guests in the
hotel had been awakened and. as the
building seemed in imminent danger,
they were warned 10 leave Sczntily
clothed men and won~n poured oas
into Bread street dragging with them
their trunks and baggage
All night eabznen in the neixAhor-
hood had been attracted In the seene.
and they gsrnered harvest of dollars
IN conveying the guests 20 other hesel&
Police patrol wagons were also pressed
into service for this duty. and among
those WAC avaiIed themselves Of this
sort of . vehicle was Mayor Porter
King. of Atlanta, and the other Allan
tans who came on here with the Lib
erty Bell
The fire in the meanwhile had spread
from the Haxeltine building To the
four-story marble building of the Bap-
tiss Publication society. and this. too.
was soon a mass of flames Like the
Hazeltine bailding. il extends =o feet
back from Chestnut To ansosa street.
The Lafayette hotel has only beeu
Recently r~op<neSl. after having been
altered and r~furnished NJ coss o.
S5ss.0oo
The sr~nen directed the most OF
their attention towards saving thi.
building. Il was on fre at least halt
hundred times. bat the department did
splendidly efieient WORK. and eonfinesi
the flames 70 the r'oozas On the eighth
and ninth foors. facing the are-
The partition wall of the HazeItins
building. towering three stories abors
the dry goods store Of HoEner ie Boa
TELLER & Co. fell in upoa the latter
/ place and crashed shrough n Skylighi
/ IN the center of the store into the eel
lar The fremen. however poured !
great volume Of water upon the suolx
ing mass of bricks zad szxed the stors
from destruction
| IL was not until the Hazeltine build
ing and Baptist building had been en-
tirely destroyed. and after i've hours
hard work that the fire was sabdued
| Eight or nine firenen were injured
by falling bricks, but none of then
was dangerously hurt Frank Hines
of Pittsburgh, 4 guest at the Lafay
ette hotel. in descending the stairs
tripped aud fell breaking his arm
and several ribs These were the only
| casualties