Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-13

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was also raided when it became
evident that the hotel.was doomed
and walking canes, pipes, tobacco,
ETC., were grabbed by the handful,
Of course it is not meantto charge
that all who carried away these
articles did so with felonious in.
tent. Far from 1t. Many were
reputable and honest men who will
restore the goods to their ownerSif
they have not already done so, and
were simply seeking to aid in
carrying out some Of the stock,
but there were some otberswho
were availing themselves Of The
general disorder and excitement
to seize whatever they could,
DORIS STORE ON FIRE.
At half past 4 o'clock smoke
was buIging out of the roof and
out between the walls joining the
Montgomery buildings. DORIS
building was well protected in
front, but in the rear the tailor
shops were all exposed to The blaze
in the rear of Whites and were
soon on fire. In spite of all that
could be done, the flames ate their
way in from the rear to the front,
and the Dorr building was badly
damaged. though the walls were
not seriously injured. The thick
wall which has served as bulWark
against fire Oh both sides stopped
the flames from going further down
Broad street, being aided by; the
direction of the wind which was
blowing diagooally across the
burning block from the direction
of the Georgia Railroad Bank
towards the possofice. The new
buildings which have just gone@up
on the burnt district of the last
big fire, which for a time wele slp
danger of being destroyed again,
remain intact the fire having been
arrested at the uptown wall offhe,
new Montgomery building.
THE ARLINGTON HOTEL ABLAzE.
The Arlington annex and. the
stores beneath it, al part Of the:
old Central hotel property, aliutted.
the store of J. B. White on tAs d o.
town side, and all was involyedin.
the first onslaught o. the fameal
after getting outside of Writes
big store. Next came the hand
some Masonic building, iDto this
the flames ate their way from the
rear. When this became thoroughly
ablaze there was no longer any
possibility that the ArilingtonSnotel
could escape. 1t has always had
the reputation of being exceedingly
vulnerable, and when the Hames
reached it from the rear of Masonic.
building it was soon ablaze.
A MAGNIFICENT spEcTAc Gle. :a
It was a magnificent spect acle
when the flames were at9itheir
he,ght4on the Masonic building.
and the Arlington hotel - aiese.
we're the tallest struc lures on the.
block. and turrets ran high UP on:
the front. The tremendous bon
fire was doubtless visible for many
miles in MI directions, aud to those
who were far enough removed to
look on the tower of fame crawling.
higher and higher into the heavens,
and bearing still further aloft a
perfect volcano of b! azing PARTICLES
md burning sparks the scenej was
grand, despite it's terrors. At this
stage of the fire, the heat on Broad
street was intolerable. and the
crowd which had heretofore lined
the opposite side of Broad street
had to move down as far as The
Chronicle building and up in front
of Bligh's.
BY this time the front of the
Dyer building was asa stove and
the occupants of the front rooms
began cutting away the cloth
awnings over the windows and
pouring water down the face of the
from the roof. Never
was the value of Broad street more
demonstrated. Had Broad
street been as narrow as Ellis and
Jackson, and the buildings on both
sides been attacked at once, moth
ing could have stayed the destruc-
ton of a large portion Of the city
Fine Northern Apples just received
at L. E. Jack. en- & Co.'s.
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
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