The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-13
THE WEST vIRGINIAN
.OF April 1875

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ether side, YET we are none the less.
grateful to thosew who responded vita
Of assistance g az appeal.
made IN our desperation, when We
knew not what ellie 70 DO
THE IRE soon communicated from
d. N. Fleming 70 a. 9. Halls build
iag, occupied BY himself as residence
and book store and Postofice: The
stores and business rooms Of Halls
we're soon III part Invested of cor.
tents, although to the misfortune Of
many. large part Of their merchan.
disc was left 70 its destruction tie
intense heat, the smoke. and the "a.
pldlty with which the conaagration
made its westward way. rendering It
Impossible for even the large force
employed to remove all the goods. j..
3. Fleming next to the Postofice,
saved small proportion, only, Of ais
stock Of groceries, &C. F. NJ. FleEi.
ing, next, saved the greater part Of
bis stock Of boots ami shoes and mo.
terial, and the hands in his employ
saved portion Of their tools. A por-
ton Of the material, only, of the Index
printing office was saved. The office
was located above ]. E. FlemIng's
store. c. j. Corbln, tobacconlst, saved
the greater part Of his material ana
stock. Mrs. f. Arnett, milliner, res.
cued a large part Of her stock, but
sustained serious loses otherwise. NJ.
NJ Comerford, druggist, succeeded in
saving a considerable portion Of his
stock and c. B. Carney. druggist, like
wise, a large part Of his stock. But
a small portion Of the material Of tie
West vlrginian Office was saved ia
such shape as to be in future availa-
bic. We may here appropriately re-
mark that with The utmost care AMI
caution exercised there is more or
les damage done in removing print
ing office, but to move on the rapid
transit" style is of incalculable in.
Jury to the best regulated printing of
fee we adopted the rapid transit
method on last Sunday morning. We
couldn't avoid It The last building
burned was the residence owned and
occupied by Mrs Annie Turney, on
Jefferson street. Mrs. Turney saved
most of her household goods. The oc-
cupants of buildings below F. A..
Fleming's shoe store were even less
fortunate than those above Mr.. j.
b, Fleming and the Index Office are
named above. a. G. Hall lost most
Of his stock OF books, stationery, &C..
and saved but small portion Of his
household goods; ne succeeded, how.
ever, in recovering most Of the postal
appurtenaces and the mail then in
tile Office. Mrs. Ella Koran, milliner.
and Miss Maria vanzandt, mantlla.
maker, both OF whom occupied rooms
In the west end Of T. NJ. Jennings
residence, lost the greater portion Of
the stock and material on hand; Mr..
Fleming, in same building, saved
none of his household goods, except
ling a sewing machine and feather
bed. Mr.. e. c. Kerr lost most OF his
household goods and saved but n
small portion Of his materials and
stock. Mr.. Schuppach and others be-
low saved but little. Captain Fisher
losing dwelling, most of his house.
hold gods, and a large quantity Of
packed bacon and lard-the latte"
valued at $5OO--and Mr.. Frank Chris
ty losing dwelling, most of his house
hold goods, and q building occupied
as tailor shop, besides sund'y other
yaluables. A. R. Menear, on the cor.
ner lost large quantity OF furniture.
ID, w. Lott, in same building, large
amount Of produce, On west side Ct
the street 7. +. brock lost nearly ali
his merchandise. Thomas Prender'
CAST everything, Including even cloth
Ing Of himself ind family: Barton
Bean nearly all Ills stock of furniture.
swlsher & Carpenter building and
large stock of merchandise. NJ. A
Chlsler two buildings and stock CT
groceries and provisions. I. Forman
Photographic stock, &C., and DR.. ]. H
Bpwnfield his dwelling and a large
part Of his household furniture, &C.
We append below a list of the SUI
ferers, appended to which are the
amounts Of their Losses, respectively,
together with the insurance in each