The news & observer., 1901-03-07
FIRE AT HIGH POINT
Many Buildings in the Town
We're Destroyed.
The Greatest Fire in the History Of the Place.
The Loss Believed 10 be at Least
$4,000.
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High Point, \, c., March G-What
proved to be the biggest fire in the his
tory OF the town broke out here this
afternoon at 2:I5 o'clock from a gas tank
of a peanut roaster in the store of Alf.
Fraley, in the basement of the Edwards
House, at the corner of youth Main and
Hamilton streets. U
The boarding house was owned by Mr.
Dougan Davis and leased by Mrs. Ed
wards. Built Of wood and old, it burned
rapidly. A barber shop, grocery store and
shop also were under this roof The fire
spread out down Main street among
lot of wooden buildings, carrying before
it ohm Suits building, the barber shop of
Jesse Edmondson, restaurant of Th0s
Best, store and building of j. Elwood Cox,
occupied by X. T. Chappefs grocery; J.
C. Welch's large livery and sales stables,
including buggy houses and sheds Mrs.
p f. Jarrelrs three story building, occu-
pied by Younts and Campbell, a barber
shop and Kennedy Bros S grocery estab-
liShment.
Here the fire reached the brick block
of Ragan and Mills and by hard work it
was saved, but with some damage. in
the rear Of the block the warehouse of
w. 7. Kirkman and Company, merchants,
and the High Point Hardware Company
were DESTROYED The fire made clean
sweep from the railroad to the above
named block, a distance of about one
tenth OF p mile.
The following is a list of the losers and
the Insurance carried as far as can bs
ascertained tonight:
Dougan Davis Edwards House. insur-
ance fifteen hundred dollars.
Jno Suits store house. insurance, three
hundred dollars.
Mrs. Edwards insurance, two hundred
and fifty dollars.
Steod and York, groeers, three hundred.
Tbos. Best. restaurant, no insurance.
Alf. Fraley fruit stand, partly insured.
Alberton, shoe shop.
Morris Il Co, fruit store, no insurance.
Jesse i1dondson, barber shop. two hum
dred
r. t. ChappeE groceries, three hundred
J. Elwood Cox, store house, four huns
dred
j. C. Nolch's livery and sale stables.
no insurance.
Campbell & Youths market, two hun.
dred and fifty.
Barber No. 2, no insurance.
Kennedy Bros, grCcers, four hundred.
W. T. Kirkman d Co. furniture de-
partment loss about five hundred.
J. ". Harris &, Co. grocers, insurance
two thousand.
High Point Hardware insurance five
thousand.
w II. Ragan,. office furniture.
Mrs Frazier. no insurance.
Hammers grocery store. goods damaged
in being moved
Tomlinson & Co. goods damaged IL
removal.
Davis & Burns, goods damaged in re-
moval.
w G. Bradshaw residence. furniture
damaged by removal.
Bert Field. residence badly damaged
His wife had pneumonia and had 20
be carried out. The fire seemed uncon-
trllable and many residences and stors.'
had their effects removed. South Main
street was literally packed with goods
of very description for quarter of
mile
favorable draf, kept he flames from
thc FARRELL hotel. This Is q very large
structure built before The war and had
it caught The results would have been
awiul.
During the first several residences some
distance away caught from sparks bur !
were eytinguished. The wind was strong |
aud blowing towards the factory districc |
caused considerable apprehension IN that |
part Of tho town. The buildings being OIL !
wooden burned rapidly. and by five o'clock |
the IRE had spread itself. when it cople
in contact with brick walls.
The net loss cannot be correctly tst;- |
mated. At present rought estimate places
it al 100000 probably more. The n
surance carried is comparatively small. |
The burnt block no doubt will be re- |
place ny brick at an cart ate