The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
GREENWOOD BURNED.
Mrs. Annie Moseley of Central Hotel
Burned to Death.
PROPERTY LOSS IS VERY HEAVY.
Ono Half OF the Business Section
OF the Progressive Little
City Goes up In

City Goes up In
Smoke.
A special dispatch from Greenwood
to The State says fully one-half Of the
business portion Of that town was
wiped out by fire early Wednesday
morning. The property loss Will ap
proximate Sl33, 600, with about S70-
600 insurance. Mrs. Annie Moseley,
proprietor of the Central hotel lost
her life in the fire.
The fire originated, it Is believed,
in the kitchen of the Central hotel,
located In the building owned by J.
entire second story. The first alarm
was given at 3. is a. 10. by an eng ineer
on =. & w. @. 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 fiendish rapidity and the
smoke was already filling every room.
D. NJ. Spisel, one Of the owners OF the
building who has a room in the hotel,
was the last one to be aroused. He
escaped by making his way to the
front veranda and jumping to the
ground.
Mrs. Moseley's continued screams
revealed her presence in the building,
which was completely enveloped by
flame. The few present, having no
ladder, were under the window trying
to get her to jump. Just a few min
utes before a ladder arrived her cries
hushed and the red tongue Of ilame
fIing her window told the horror
stricken few that her death agony
had come and was over.
FIGHTING TIE FIRE.
The fire department was soon on
the scene, the town team and the two
teams from the Grendcl mills aud the
Greenwood mills and under the direc-
tion Of Chief a. S. Her were ready
with their connections in a short time.
A miserable, petty spout Of water was
all that they had to work With. 1t Is
the practice here in case OF bre to
cut Off the connection with the stand
!. Z. + run, pSl the power
house. The engineer at the power
house was not aware Of the fire and
could not be telephoned, the wires be-
ing burned. NIr. w. p. burst 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.
M. Spigel, Greenwood Hardware COM
pany, offices OF Baker s. Nichols in
surance, and Greenwood Loan and
Guarantee company, were completely
destroyed. The building just across
the alley from the hotel, owned by
w. r. Bailey and occupied by S. G.
Hodges, drugs, was at this time in
great danger. Good work and the
turn Of the flames in another direc-
tion 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 otlice fix
lures Of DR.. Nj. a. Bailey, dentist and
the telephone exchange in the second
\ floor.
\Slowly but completely the flames
Wrapped themselves arounl the build
ing Of the First National Jank. The
officers of the bank, Mr.. S. ii. Nc
Gncc, president, T.. j. Cunningham,
cashier, and N. y. Craig and Kenneth
Baker, had previously entered the
vault and removed all the books and
papers not in the time-lock safe. The
money and securities were in the safe
with time. lock and colld not be
opened. The vault was closed and is
believed to be intact. by sunrise
Thursday morning the bank issued
handbills announcing that they would
cTnen for business as usual at o'clock
Thtflh.oay morning. They are occupy
ing paru ucf t.de Store used by Miss
Bertha Wadsley andNA. l.. Rheinhard,
jeweler. Their prompt work is be-
ing greatly praised. Out OF their
adversity they have mNde fine and
lasting advertisement. "A
TIE BANK BUlLDwNG.
In the building on the ground floor
was the stock Of j. W. SpH:oles stoves
and tinware, which was corr, pletely de-
stroyed. Upstairs was lot of furni-
ture stored by b. f. McK..ellar, Jr.,
and the Office of DR.. b. w. Cobb, anc
wareroam OF the Greenwood Hard
ware company. From this b, ilding tC
the deep cut Of the scabo1rd road
which runs through town, the tire
made clean sweep. Nothing escaped
in this row. The stores Of the New
York bazaar, A. Il. IIagan, d., j. ~
borne, M. Switzer, Palmetto irocer1
company, e. Borgerro, western, Mea
market and Lloyd's restaurant. Non'
OF these owned their buildings. Mex
came j. |. Chipley, owner OF thre,
stores and stock OF goods and machin
cry, row of wooden buildings Owned
by G. A. G. Waller, livery stable In TIN
rear owned by 9. A. G. Waller aid oc
cupied by S. t. Marshall and S. Twill
ingford and frame dwelling owned b.
Mrs. Gibbs Of Columbia. In front o
this row Of burned buildings was TIN
Waller block, comprising six store
and about 20 feet across the way. Th
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