The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-20
Jameson and Martin Buildings
in Glen Elk Are De-
stroyed by Fire.
LOSSES ARE QUITE HEAVY.
Widow Woman and Children
Homeless and PenniIess
Narrow Escapes from Fire
Sundays Fire Losses.

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clarksburg Wholesale confection-
cry Company. Jameson & Barnett,
stock, $4,000. Insurance $4,000.
James 3. Martin estate. building.
$4,000, no insurance.
Glen Elk Produce Company Ed
ward starcher, stock, $4,000, insur-
ed.
I, 3. Lee. coco-cola plant $4,000,
insuraSee $1,000.
Mrs. Quinn, household goods.
5000, no insurance.
$3.50.
Dr.. G. R: Brown, once furniture.
Charles D. Johnston, building.
$3.50, insured.
Peck G Monroe, $500 or more,
insured.
Lester 6 Miller, $780, Insured.
With the Jameson three.story
building on North Fourth street gut
ted and the ]. B. Martin building adj
Joining very badly damaged, the sew
eral stocks of goods in the two
buildings practically destroyed and
Mrs Quinn, who Is q widow lady,
and seven Of her children homeless
and penniless and possessing nothing
in the world except their clothing
Sunday morning opened sad to all in
the neighborhood of blaze that
broke out about i O'Clock that morn
ing and destroyed between $4,000
and $4,000 worth OF property.
The fire was discovered at the
hour stated by Police ofiieer Harry
Brooks and about the same time by
G. W. Barnett, who slept in the
street room of the Jameson build
ing. The alarm was sent in, arous-
ing the citizens generally and calling
the fire department to the scene.
Upon discovery the dames had got
ten under much headway in the rear
end of the Jameson building, and
by the time Barnett was aroused
from his slumbers by the heat the
flames had almost reached him, ana
he escaped only by by making a dash
for the open. rushing out with only
his trousers and slippers on, and
leaving behind his pocketbood and
other personal effects.
The building burned very fast and
the flames soon spread to the Martin
building on the north, which was
badly damaged before the fire depart
ment and many volunteers got the
FIRE undr control. At one time the
entire row Of buildings on that street
was threatened and much alarm was
felt The Jameson building was
Quilted from basement to top, with
the exception Of a small portion Of
the front end of the basement. and
the office part at the rear, and the
street story of the Martin building
was destroyed, though the walls re-
main intact, but may be worthless
for future use.
In the Jameson building, 7. L.
Lees coco-cola plant was destroyed.
The stock Of the clarksburg whole
sale Confectionery Co., Jameson
6 Barnett, proprietors: and the Mrs.
Quhn boarding house, and in the
Martin building the stock of the Glen
Elk Produce Compay, owned BY Ed
ward Starcher, and the household
goods Of Patrick Riguey on the
second floor. On the south side In
the G. D. Johnston building Lester &
Miller's stock and Dr.. Browns Office
furniture and physicians equipment
were damaged considerbIy BY heat,
water and smoke, while on the north
side Of the Martin building Peek &
Monroe sustained damage TO thelr
stock OF plumbers and gas fitting
supplies in the same manner.
The Lester G Miller stock was
mostly carried out into the street
to save it and would have escaped
the flames had they gotten under
headway in the Johnston building.
A number Of cases Of the manu-
factured article Of the coeo-cola
plant, stored in the frontpa Of the