The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-19
A FIREMAN THROWN FROM
hose WAGON IN GREENSBORO
Had Close Call. Damage Done by the Cloud
burst of Saturday Night Small Wreck
at Jamestown
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Greensboro, N. c., Aug. 1S.-At an
alarm of fire at 1870 today the Eagle
Hose wagon was being driven at terri
bic speed by Mr.. Walter Fleming, Mr..
Lacy Andrews being beside him on the
box. Just as the rig reached the City
Hall, the horses were pulled short to-
wards the left for CASTOR street and the
hind wheels, being thrown up by contact
with the rails of the car line, whirled the
wagon over and threw Mr.. Andrews
teadlong to the hard ground, his head
striking first. He was Immediately pulled
out of the way, the rocking wagon was
righted in a twinkling and proceeded with
one wheel badly twisted to the fire. Mr.
Andrews was stunned and very badly
bruised, but at this writing the
physicians, Drs. Harris and Robertson,
are dressing his wounds in the formers
office and say that they apprehend no
serious results, though he had close
call He has a deep cut over his left
eye, two fingers of his right hand are
terribly lacerated and there are bruises
all over his body, two especially ugly
ones on his left shoulder and forearm.
Mr.. Andrews is a very heavy man, and
the shot out fall he took as witnessed
by this. reporter, made the blood run
cold in apprehension of the result. He is
resting quietly and will soon be all right
The alarm of fire came from Judge
Schenck's residence and the fire was
cxtinguished without need of the COM
pany.
News from the country so far obtained.
ha Co
night was Immediately in this locality.
Just south of here. in Gilmer and More
head Townships, fruit and other crops
are reported as being completely ruined,
the hail stripping fruit clean. and the
wind and heavy rain gave the finishing
stroke to corn and tobacco. Two miles
south of here there were three well built
new houses about one hundred yards
apart. All are occupied but the resi-
dents of the middle dwelling were from
home on visit. This house was blown
down and wrecked, the others were left
standing. This indicates a narrow strip
of not more than two hundred yards as
circumstances corroborate it. At Van
Lindley's nursery no damage was done,
and people caught at the park said moth
severe there.
Mrs. Drewry Howells dwelling was
overturned and is almost complete loss.
and barn belonging to Mr. Charles
Crutchfield was wrecked A great many
splendid oaks and valuable timber trees
were uprooted.
In the city the foundation of one dwell
ling in the track of the cloudburst was
undermined with the flood of water, and
several had water up to the floors,
Matlock's store on Walker Avenue being
one of them. The roof to E. E. Bain's
lumber warehouse was badly damaged
but no loss of life has been reported any
where, except of quantities of birds In
one yard reported by Mr.. Howard were
picked up 511 dead sparrows and one red
headed woodpecker.
Mr.. ]. j. Laughinghouse, of Pitt county,
who has just received a check for SO 500
from an insurance company for damage
done to sixty acres of tobacco by hail
two weeks ago, is certainly more for
tunate than farmers here who never take
out storm insurance on their crops.
There was a small wreck at James
town yesterday, caused by a passenger
train running into the rear of a freight
train, which had not quite reached the
siding. No damage was done except a
delay of trains for two hours. and the
destruction of the caboose and one car
of the freight
Court convened here this morning for
one weeks trial of criminal cases only,
Judge Mcneil presiding. His charge to
the grand jury was compact and strong.
The corn crop in the dam bottom has
f1ourished except from having spells of
extreme thirst.
There were more than two hundred
delegates present at the Session of the
Colored Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows here
last week.
The meeting adjourned Saturday after
session of four days, and the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: Grand Master, w. w. Lawrence.
New Bern; Deputy Grand Master, C. s.
l.. A. Taylor, Charlotte; Grand Secretary.
5. H. Wick. Wilson; Grand Treasurer.
Maurice Watts, Raleigh Grand Rector,
J. F. K. Simpson, Fayetteville.