The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-01
GREENWOOD BURNED.
Mrs. Annie Moseley of Central Hotel
Burned to Death.

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Burned to Death.
PROPERTY LOSS rs VERY HEAVY.
One Ealf Of the Business Section
of the Progressive little
City Goes up In
Smoke.
A special dispatch from Greenwood
to The State says fully one-half Of the
business portion of tnat town was
wiped out by fire early Wednesday
morning. The property loss will ap-
proximate sl33, 900, with about s7o-
900 insurance. Mrs. Annie Moseley,
proprietor of the Central hotel, lost
her life in the tire.
The FIRE originated, it is believed,
in the kitchen Of the Central hotel,
located in the building owned by ].
s. D. NJ. Spigel, and OCCUPYING the
entire second story. The first alarm
was given at 3.l5 a. 10. by an engineer
on G. & W. c. freight train standing
in the yard. The train crew was soon
on the spot and the boarders were
awakened by them. Mr.. r. A. Aber-
nethy, who occupied the room next to
the kitchen, was almost overcome by
smoke but was able TO wake Mrs.
Moseley, WHO was sleeping in the room
next above him. She was greatly ex-
cited and began screaming. 1t was
supposed that she would at once es-
cape as all the Others were doing. The
fire was eating it's way into the build
ing, with fendish rapidity and the
smoke was already filing every room.
D. N. Spigel, one Of the owners OF the
building who has room in the hotel,
was the last one to be aroused. He
escaped by making bis way to the
'front.' yeranda and jumping to the
ground.
Mrs. Moseley's continued screams
revealed her presence in the building,
which was completely enyeloped by
fame. The few present, having no
ladder, were under the window trying
to get her to jump. Just few min
utes before. a ladder arrived her cries
hushed and the red tongue Of flame
filing her window told the horror
stricken few. that her death agony
had come and was over.
FIGHTING THE FIRE.
The fire department. was Socn on
the scene, the town team and the two
teams from the Grendel mills and the
Greenwood mills and under the oirec-
tion OF Chief a. S. Her were ready
with their connections in short time.
A miserable, petty spout OF water was
all that they had to work with. It's
the practice here in case OF q ire to
cut of the connection with the stand
pipe and start the pumps at the power
house. The engineer at the power
house vas not aware OF the IRE and
could not be telephoned, the wires be-
ing burned. MI. ". P. Durst mount
ed horse and rode TWO miles out to
the power house and had the pumps
started. By this time The Central
hotel, stores and warehouse OF j. & D.
NJ. Spigel, Greenwood Hardware COM
panv, Offices Of Baker & Nichols, IN
surance. End Greenwood Loan and
Guarantee company, were completely
deseroyed. The building just across
the alley from the hotel, owned by
W. r. Bailey and occupied by S. c.
Hodges, drugs, was at this time IN
great danger. Good work ano the
turn Of the flames in another direc-
tic. saved it. Part Of this stock was
damaged in moving out but it is all in
shape Thursday morning. The build
ing is damaged, as were the office hx-
lures Of Dr.. NJ. a. Bailey, dentist and
the telephone exchange IN the second
floor.
Slowly but completely the flames
wrapped themselves around the build
ing of the First National bank. The
officers Of the bank, Mr.. S. Il. NC
Ghee, president, E. J. Cunningham,
cashier, and n. a. Craig and kerneth
Baker, had previously entered the
vault and removed all the books and
papers not in The time-lock safe. The
money and securities we're IL the sale
with a time. lock and could not be
opened. The vault was closed and IS
believed to be intact. By sunrise
Thursday morning the bank issued
handbills announcing THAI they would
open for business as usual at 9 O'CLOCK
Thursday morning. They are occupy
ing part Of the store used by Miss
Bertha Wadsley and a. L. Rhelnnaro,
jeweler. Their prompt work is be-
ing greatly praised. Out OF their
adversely they have made fine and
lasting advertisement.
TIE BANK BUILDING.
In the building on the ground Ioor
was the stock Of J. W. Sproles stoves
and tinware, which was completely de-
stroyed. Upstairs was lot OF furni-
ture stored by B. F. McKellar, Jr.,
and the Office of DR.. 3. W. Cobb, and
a wareroam Of the Greenwood hard
ware company. From this building to
the deep cut OF the seabord road,
which runs through town, the hre
made clean sweep. Nothing escaped
in this row. The stores Of the New
York bazaar, a. F. Hagan, D. J. Ra-
borne, NJ. Switzer, Palmetto Grocery
company, E. Borgerro, western Meat
market and Lloyd:s restaurant. None
Of these owned their buildings. Next
came J. I. Chipley, owner OF three
stores and stock Of goods and machln-
cry, a TOW Of wooden buildings owned
BY c. A. c. Waller, livery stable in the
rear owned by c. a. c. Waller and oc-
cupied by S. B.. Marshall and S. Will
inoTor0 and frame dwelling owned by