Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-02-10

officials say that thus far it will og-
srcgate S40.000.OO0.
Crash after crash could be heard
within the burning district. but even
The firemen could not tell from what
buildings they proceeded. In the seeth-
ing furnace OF flames all sense of the
direction of location of buildings was
lost.
Hundreds OF merchants and business
men with offices on the threatened dis
trict were notified by watchmen and
police. Many took steps to have their
books removed to place of safety
\. c. Meyer & Co.. and the Carroll
ton Chemical Company removed boxes
containing explosives to point scye-
raj squares away from the fire.
SOME OF THE BUILDINGS BURNED
Among the buildings consumed are
the following
RoXbury Rye Distlling Company;
Allen & Sons leather; Sugar d Shear.
clothing; l.. Stein & Co.. umbrella man
ufacturers; NJ. Friedman & Sons:
Crockin & Co. dry goods: Schwarz Toy
Company; Mullins Hotel: Burgundor
Brothers, clothing; Mas & Kemper.
manufacturers o. confectioners' tools
Lewis Lowry & Co.. dry goods: Dry
Goods Exchange; S. Neuburger &
Brother. dry goods y. Sauber cloti-
inS and SponSing establishment: 4. C.
Meyer & Co. druggists; Carrollton
Chemical Company: William T. Dixon
Il Bro. wholesale paper; Burger & Co.
wholesale clothing; Blanke's saloon:
Thomas Burne x Co.. liquors: James
Gary q Sons. cotton mills. office:
Charles Burger & Co. wholesale cloth
ing: American Cigar Company; Cook
Sanders local agent OF Cluett, Pea
body K Co. John Hurst & Co. dry
goods Hancel Miller & Sons dry
goods Stanley & Brown Drug Com
pany; II. NJ. Hutton & Co. dry goods;
Diggs. Curarn & Co. boots and shoes:
Nolans restaurant: c. Y. Davidson.
gas-iitting establishment: T.. Schleuns
{; Co. clothing dealers: Oppenheimer.
KOShland & Co, wholesale jewelers.:
W. c. Katzem G Co. clothing; c. j.
Stewart * Sons. hardware: O'Connell e
Bannon. restaurant; building occupied
Ivy the National Exchange Bank and
the Merchants and Manufacturers AS
sociation: Hopkins Savings Bank: the
building occupied by Thornton. Rogers
x Co., printers; Carr Owens & Heine-
man. and Blake's saloon: Baltimore
News Company: the Cushing Company.
book sellers; ]. 5. Macdonald & Co.
jewelers.; the Goodyear Rubber Com
pany; Likes Bcrwangc: & Co. cloth
ing; the Wclch Brothers Company.
jewelers.; the Consolidated Gas Com
pany: Cehms & Co. clothiers: C. ].
Delaney & Co.; Huyler's Confection-
cry; Willing Knabe Piano Company:
Samuel Hunts Sons. leather goods; the
James \. Armigcr Company. jewelers.;
The Debrau Hat Company: Kranz
Smith Piano Company: f. w Meal
lister * Co. opticians: Bryant &
Stratton. business college: r. Leitz &
W. pldHOS, lHlWOlu & 60, furniture.
Granger & Co. tobacconists: Ambach
Brothers clothing manufacturers:
Conrad Zeuls Sons. trunk manufactur-
ers: the building occupied by Silber-
man q Todes. dry goods Thalmier
Brothers, dry goods. and the Florence
w. Mccarthy Company; Fussellbaugh-
Blake Company. wall paper; Raschgan
& Garner, window shades: r. Jandorf
& Co, boots and shoes; James Rob
crtson Manufacturing Company. met
ais: Peter Rose e Sons, harness ana
saddlery; b. Cohen. notions: y Pretz-
fielder, boots and shoes: John Murphy
Company, publishers.
LATERAL s o'clock Monday morn
ing the fire was reported uncontrol-
able, with loss fully fifty millions of
dollars. The fire departments of New
York City, Philadelphia, Washington
and Wilmington on hand and almost
poweIless to stay the flames.
News of the Day.