Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-24
Every Bushes House Except Bank
Burned rlOnday Night !
CLARENCE PARSONS LOSES LIFE
Burned Up I'm StOrehouse-=Sixteen
Houses Burned. Loss 100000.
Small Insurance. ~

yards of some buildings, except on the
east, where the distance from Mr.
Payton's residence TO the last house
burned was somewhat greater.
The fire spread from Wharton store
to Duer's Hotel. on the south. and
across the street to Houston's store on
the north, east on the Georges Island
road and west on the Pocomoke road.
A travelling salesman in Duer's Hotel
was thrown from his bed by the force
of the explosion in Wharton's store and
for a while was unconscious. He soon
recovered and helped fight the FIRE.
Proprietor Duer was in his sitting
room and was nearly thrown from his
chair. Justice of the Peace w. o.
Payne, was sitting in his store when
the explosion occurred and the force of
it threw him out of his chair The ex-
plosion was heard AS far az Girdletree.
three miles distant
Hundreds of persons visited the scene
Tuesday. A. S. Bromley, whose butch
er shop was burned. is erecting tenn
porary shanty from which to sell meats.
Many of the merchants are already
making plans to rebuild. 1t is evident
that the Stockton of the future will be
far better than the Stockton of the
past.
As has been the case of many Mary
land towns. owing To the lack of fire
protection. insurance rates have been
high and little was carried.
The following is list of the losses,
with Insurance.
Zadok r. Wharton. storehouse. loss
81. 800: insurance. 81 600
=. T.. Wharton and Son. stock of goods
81. 900: no insurance
". T. Wharton. store. occupied by
Payne. $780, no insurance.
& L. l.. Wharton. shop. occupied by
Johnson. 500; no insurance
&c Z. T. Wharton, dwelling. occupied by
James Barnes, $500: no insurance.
L. ?. Wharton, warehouse, 5000; no
insurance.
Z. p, Wharton, storehouse. vacant
81, 500; no insurance..
~ W. Q. Payne, stock of goods. $3.50:
no insurance
> King b. Johnson. barber tools. $50.
no insurance.
James Barnes. furniture. 500: no in
surence.
= T.. J. Duer hotel and furniture, SD. 600
insurance, 50. 100
T.. J. Duer. storehouse. 81. 600, insur-
ance. 200
+. H. Taylor and r. f. Powell. resi-
dences, known as the +. r. Taylor
place, 81, 500; no insurance.
Mason & Houston. storehouse, s.. 500:
insurace, 81 900
a l.. j. Houston & Son. stock of goods;
81, 900: insurance 81 900.
A. 5. Bromley storehouse, $500; in
surance. $500.
4 A. 5. Bromley, stock of goods, $50;
no insurance.
y H. f. Shockley. stock Of goods, $1,000
insurance, $3.50.
James K. Smack, storehouse, $500:
Z James r. Smack, stock of goods,
$500; no insurance.
4 James X. Smack millinery store. 500
no insurance.
a James r. Smack. dwelling and shop.
81. 600; no insurance.
Miss Justice, stock of goods 5000
no insurance.
W. II. SturgiS, stock Of furniture.
$500: no insurance.
Marcelus Paradise, storehouSe. 81, 100:
insurance. $500.
Inc TOWN OF StOckIon mas Il poputd-
ton of 500. has one Of the best equipped
high schools in the county, is one of the
principal oyster shipping points along
the Sinepuxent Bay. has four churches
the Methodist Protestant. Presbyter-
ian and Episcopal. Aside from the oy-
ster industry. it has lumber mills and
one barrel factory. The citizens are
permanently engaged in the oyster in
dustry.
The banking firm of Taylor 4 Powell
is a strong financial institution
The fire insurance companies which
lose are The Kent County Mutual, Mu
tual of Cecil, Somerset and Worcester,
and Montgomery Mutual.