The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-11
aiPBRT OF THE Loss BY FIRE
Total Damage Will Probably
Amount to $4,000
Part of Horses Covered by lnsur-
ance-Hannah Box Shook Com-
pany. il il Stated, Will Rebuild
List of Those Who Were Burned
Out.

Out.
The total amount Of damage done
bv the fire which started Mohua4
afternoon in the plant OF the Hanhah
Box Shook Company, in the northeast
ern section OF the city completely des-
troying that large woodworking plant,
and burning a number OF small frame
houses situated near there, ii is De-
lieved will not exceed $4,000, ana
part OF this was covered by insurance.
The burned building. which was
built several years ago by the VIII
mington Tobacco Warehouse Co. and
later leased 10 the Hannah Company,
was valued at about $4,000. with $450O
insurance. carried with the local in
suance agencies of Col Walker Taylor
and Col J. VanB. Metts.
The heaviest loss will fall on the
Box Shook Company. The machinery
and everything in the building was to-
tally consumed by the flames, the
value of the destroyed property being
estimated at $4,000. There was also
on the spot tremendous amount OF
kiln dried lumber. ready TO be used in
the plant. All this. lumber, whicA
burned like tinder. was consumed. 1t
is estimated that one million. five hun
dred thousand feet Of lumber We're
burned. causing an approximate loss
of $4,000 The company carried So.
600 insurance on its property. this be-
ing in the hands of Col J. VanB. Metts
The following other buildings were
destroyed:
One story frame house. owned bv
Mr.. w. NJ Cumming and occupied by
! Stanley Morrison, cOlOred. valued at
$400 one story frame house owned by
Mr. w NJ. Cumming and occupied by
Andrew Evans. colOred, valued at s4OO;
office building of the Hannah Box
Shook Company, on the corner Of
| Tanning and Anderson streets, owned
| by Thomas Smith, cOlOred; one story
| frame house owned by Thomas Smith.
| and occupied by Annie Brown, cOlOred
| valued at $500; one story frame house
! next to above, owned by Smith AMI
occupied by JAS Grant, cOlOred valued
at $3.50: one story frame house on
Moore street, owned by Mr.. w. NJ
! Cumming and occupied by Van Moses.
colored, valued at S125: one story frame
house on Moore street, owned and OC-
cupied by Ben Keel, cOlCred, carried
| insurance to the amount Of $3.50 with
! Willard & Giles Three other small
| houses, owned by Mr.. George O. Gay
| lord and occupied by John Smith.
| Richard Moore and Lizzie Martin. re-
| spectively. all colOred, were slight;
| not having amounted to more than
$50.
In addition to the above three box
cars of the Atlantic Coast Line. situ-
ated alongside the burned plant caught
| fire and they were damaged probably
to the extent of 5000.
| The fire, on account of the peculiarly
| infiammable nature of the material,
got big headway before the depart
ment arrived on the scene and there
| vas Iui llcI ucIdy JIlti VII d'NoulI VI
! the distance from the nearest fire hy-
| drant to the burning building Hose
wagons, Companies Nos and each
stretched 1000 feet of hose, one from
the corner Of Bladen and Eighth street
and the other from Eighth and Red
Cross, and the lines lacked 300 feet
of reaching to the fire. A wagon had to
be sent back to the engine house fO'
the necessary hose and before this ar
rived the destruction Of the plant WIS
seen to be inevitable.
After the fire got under control at
4:3O D. M. fremen wer" kept on the
scene the rest OF the crternoOn ari
throughout rest OF the night throwing
streams on the piles of lumber and
saw dust, which were burning. II was
not until 10 o'clock yesterday morning
that the last detachment Of firemen
left the scene.
It is understood that the Hannah
Box Shook Company will rebuild their
plant at once, on a different site, val
liable contracts on hand making 1t ex-
pedient to resume work at the earliest
possible moment.