The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-06-28
THE T. 1 4. i; i lEND
Visits .rRE HUsILlNE LITTLE
CITY ORNoR II
Blair's Hotel, q Res,denee and Two
Stores Turned With 9h-ir
Tntire ConteDrs.

The hus:llng little city OF North
was visite1 on Thles 7ay oy che fire
hend, resulted IA tho mcst ,destrUc
tive corlfl .grati, u rtat ever visited
that towo. Tae hce vas discovered
about half past leven O'Clock IN tot
morning, in the rsside, C OF Mr.. Z Q
Johnson, one OF the iesding business
men Of the place. II is sad TO hav.
started in t. 9 garrett, and as the
was no fire In t e house at the time,
it Is probable that the fire had heeI
smouldering sometime, or was causec
By rats getting bold OF some nnatcne /,
PIT i6 ,s not kno wn definitely wha,
sused the fire.
The alarm spread quickly and soon
very business, place was closed END
jyarybcpdy was fighting the fire. But
Is the toAn L:.s no waterworks system
nor fire fighting apparatus little coulc
be done but to carry the contents ont
of the buildings nearest the fire. TIE
flames spread so rapidly that for a
while the whole town Was Threatened
with destruction. Many buildings
caught On fire but were put ous
promptly.
While everybody, both white and
black workad heroically to stay tie
flames, the people of North feel CRATE
full TO the following travelling men who
happened to be there and did valiant
service, for some Of them were eX'
perienced fro. fighters. Messrs. A. B.
Josey, b J Mi1son, Elliott Solomons,
Jos. G.. Green and Earle @. Page.
Mr.. T.. @. Johnson lost his splendid
two-story residence and practically all
It's contents, for the roof was falling
In half an hour after the fire began.
The fire soon spread to his barn and
stables and then to his big furniture
warehouse. He had just added a solid
or Of furniture two days before. Mr..
lohnson carried $1,000 insurance on
lis home and 81. $50 on his warehouse
md furniture. His total loss will be
I6 00o, with s2.750 insurance. L!V-
Ing In Mr.. Johnson's bone WAS Mrs.
j. r Mack, a widow, and her daugh.
ter, who lost all their household ef-
fscts. They had no insurance.
Mf. J. w. Blain lost his big general
merchandise store ard nearly all OF
his stock together with bis hotel
which was all near together is copser-
vatively estimated at $4,000 with
ss. 400 insurance. He had IS, 500 on
his goods, 81 800 or his store and al,-
600 on his hotel and furnishings.
This loss falls very heavily on Mr
Blain for this was all the property be
possessed and represented the savings
of a lifetime. II 1t were not for tie
SS,4O0 of insurance he carried he
would have to begin all over again.
Mr.. BIsin is q conservative and very
successful business man and Is already
arranging to open up in business
again In one OF the vacant storerooms
here A sad fact In the burning OF
MIR. Blein's hotel was that Mrs. Blaip
was sick in bed and had to be carried
out on an improvissd stretcher.
It was only by the most heroic ef-
orts that the home OF DR.. Geo. Rick-
bnbaker was saved after 1t had caught
n fire. It was saved only by covering
lG with wet blankets and keeping the
roof sprinkled with water. The livery
stable uf Mr.. J. L. Reeves mad very
narrow escape. It was given up for
lost several times but luckily 1t was