The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-12
4 BUSINESS BLOCK
BURNED IN ATLANTA.
LOSS UPWARDS OF HALF MILLION DOL
LARS.
Fairly Covered by InSurance-Bulld1ngS
Destroyed Out Of Date and I'm
proyements Will Result.

DESTROYED Out OF Date ana In
proyements Will Result.
Atlanta, Ga, Dez 9.-Flre today
in the heart of the down town SECTION
OF Atlanta wiped out almost block
of business houses, causing a loss
estimated at between 100000 and
$500, coo The fire originated in
the furniture store of Shook & Aus
tin. on Whitehall street viaduct and
was first discovered at 4 o'clock in
the morning. It spread with great
rapiditY to the Norcross building, a
structure on the corner OF Peachtree
and Marietta streets, whose six sto-
ries were largely taken up with the
Offices of physicians, dentists and at
torneys. The Norcross building and
the Snook building were entirely
consumed, only portions OF the walls
remaining
The building occtpied by the Ja-
cobs Pharmacy company, adjoining
che Nercross building on Marietta
street, was completely Quilted and the
Jacobs company and the SRook COM
psny sustained the heaviest individ-
nal losses of the fire. Water did
considerable damage to several stores
adjoining and across the street.
The Williams house, small hotel
located on the upper floor of the
Jacobs pharmacy building contained
about 65 lodges and for some time
rumors prevailed that loss of life had
occurred among the guests of the
hotel; but Fire Chief Joyner declared
tonight that all the guests had es-
capped unh8rmed.
ALL STREET CARS STOPPED.
The entire street ear service Of the
city was suspended for about four
hours, during the fercest progress OF
she fire. The burned buildings were
most Of them old and their material
value was not great. The Norcross
building, the most valued of those
destroyed, was to have been demol-
ished within year to make way for
modern Office structure. It was
built at a cost of about $4,000.
The heaviest monetary loss falls
upon the merchants in the various
burned buildings who lost their stock
and fixtures.
There was considerable apprehen-
sion early in Che morning that the
flames would spread to the Kimbah
house End involve the entire central
business portion of the city but the
herolc work Of the fire department
confined the fire to q comparatively
morrow area. It is not believed that
the Whitehall street viaduct is seri-
ously damaged.
The Shook building was originally
the old National hotel which during
the early reconstruction days was the
headquarters of RobertToom Benz
n. Hill, Alexander Fl. Stephens and
other Southern political leaders.
THE HEAVIEST LOSERS.
The heaviest losers with insurance,
SO FAR as ascertsined, are as follows:
Jacobs Pharmacy company, SIS,
900; insurance $4,000.
P. 81. Shook & Austin Furniture
company, $4,000; insurance about
the same.
r. Nj. Rose & Co., liquor dealers,
$4,000; covered by insurance.
Guarantee Clothing company, $40,
900; insurance $4,000.
Williams hotel, $1,000; insurance
5000.
The other losses have not been
tabulated, but they will swell the ag-
gregste to an amount over four hun,
dred thousand dollars. Almost all
the plate glass windows were broken
in the retail stores across from the
Norcross brildins on Peachtree street
George Seton, a London writer
has published budget OF anecdotes
one Of which tells of fashionable
woman who appeared tefore Pops
Leo in very low necked dress
His holiness disapproved of the COS