Smyrna times., 1902-12-17
cENTREvILLE, ND. SWEPT BY FLAMES
Business Section of Town Visited BY DIsas-
trOus Fire Early Sunday Morning and
$3.50, 600 Worth of Property Destroyed.


trOus Fire Early Sunday Morning and
$3.50, 600 Worth of Property Destroyed.
The most destructive fire which eyer
visited Centreville, Md, broke out
Sunday morning at 4 o'clock in the
two-story brick building occupied by
W. H. Smith and conducted as a
gentlemen's furnishing store. There
was no loss of life. The property loss
is estimated at 1926, 900, with about
$4,000 insurance. The stock in the
different stores is almost an entire loss
and was especially heavy, as the mer-
chants had recently obtained goods to
supply their Christmas trade.
The fire was discovered by John
Slemmer, who turned in the alarm at
the firehouse. The local volunteer
company arrived on the scene in a
short time. Finding the supply of
water in the stand pipe very low, P.
B. Hopper, the fire chief, realized that
unless outside help was procured the
entire town would be destroyed, and,
acting upon his suggestion, the Town
Commissioners telegraphed to Will
mington, Del, for aid. About
o'clock two companies, fully equipped,
arrived there on a special train. By
almost super human efforts the local
firemen had sucdeeded in gaining
some headway against the flames, but
were thoroughly exhausted by their
unaccustomed work. The visiting
companies Immediately began work
and soon had extra streams of water
playing ON the debris.
Buildings Burned and Losses Sustained.
The burned buildings and an esti-
mate of some of the losses and insur-
ance is as follows: w. H. Smith, cloth
ing; $4,000 stock, insurance $4, 800;
$4,000 building, insurance $4,000.
Tucker & Holland, pharmacy; $4,000
stock, insurance, full value; 1000
building, insurance $500. E. M.
Forman, pharmacy, stock, $4,000, In
surance $4,000; building $1,000, in
surance $4,000. Morris Dry Goods
Company; stock, $4,000, insurance,
$O,OOO; building, $4,000, insurance,
$4,000. Alfred Green, department
store; stock, $4,000, insurance, $12,
600; building, $4,000, insurance, So, ,OOO
E. A. Cam, grocer; stock and build
ing 1900, insurance $4,000. George
Smith, residence and furniture, 81, 200,
$500 insurance. Centreville National
Bank, $4,000; $4,000 insurance.
William E. Thompson, residence, ST.
400; insurance, full value. Mrs. S. E.
Costen, millinery store, $500. insur-
ance, $3.50. "Gus" Heating, grocer,
$1,000; insurance, $500. John O'Con-
nor, paint dealer; building and stock,
$500, no insurance. Chesapeake Ring.
gold, building, $500, insurance, 5000
stock, $4,000, insurance, $500. Wright
& Eddins, $8, 600 stock and bailding
insurance $4,000. Lawson & Whitley
$500; no insurance. S. G. Allen, 81 800
insurance, 81, 800.
Some Properties That We're Damaged.
The following buildings were
damaged: Offices Wned by the McKen
ney estate; dwelling and storeroon
owned by Mrs. M. E. Whitley of Bal
timore, storeroom of Wright, McKen
ney & Low, in the Harman Building
storeroom occupied by J. E. Brambl'
and L.Tilghman II ayden and residenc,
occupied by Thomas Davis and Harr.
McFeeley. The origin of the fire i
unknown. State Fire Marshall Rober
M. Price when asked about the origin
of the fire said he would not express
an opinion until he had an opportunit,
to make thorough investigation.
Most all the persons whose places o
, business were burned are maxim,
active preparations to rebuild. Tn,
Centreville National Bank will erec
fine banking house, which will b.
handsomer even than the one whicl
1 was burned. The furniture alone il
that one cost over 81, 600. Alfred Greer
will build large and handsome stori
building. The Queen Anne's Nation
al Bank will also likely build a ney
bank which will surpass the old one
One of the narrow streets of the tow
will be widened and all the new build
ings will have to be Of brick.
/ ppHTTy CHRISTMAS wlNDOW DlSpI avs.