The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-03
Fire Record for the Week.

The barn and stables of Mr.. &. NJ.
White on West Boundary street were
burned about 2:30 O'Clock this afternoon.
The origin of the fire is unknown
Loss about $50, with no insurance.
An incipient fire on the roof 4 the
old Legg house. now occupied oy Dr:
J. F. Geiger and family, was discovered
last Saturday in time to be put out be-
fore the FIRE engine arrived. The work
men on the new school building render
ed valuable service in fighting the ire.
Mir. John W. Perry, a promlnent
acd Industrious young farmer, had his
residence at Bradhamville burned to-
gether with all his household effects
dnring the high wind last Saturday
morning. Mr.. Perry had lcome TO Man
ming to attend to some business, leav-
ing Mrs. Perry alone, and when the
fire was discovered it had made such
progress that she bad 90 time to save
any of the household goods, and there
was no help at hand to aid her. 1t IS
not known how the FIRE started, but
when discovered the whole top OF the
house was burning. The value OF the
household and kitchen furniture. cloth
ing, bedding, ETC., was probably be-
tween $500 and $1,000, which was
total loss, as there was no insurance.
The building belonged to Mr.. D. N.
Bradham. who was protected by IN
surance to the amount of $500. A great
deal of sympathy is felt for Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry in their loss, and especially
on account OF the great Inconvenience
to which they were subjected, and 1t IS
hoped that they will soon be comfort
ably adjusted again.
The merchandise store OF Z. B. Brad:
ham & Co. in the Mcleod block was
Quilted by FIRE which was discovered
inside the building about 9:lO O'Clock
last Monday night. The fire department
responded promptly when the alarm
was given and did affective work, though
handicapped by the cold weather which
caused the loss of several minutes be-
fore the engine could be started. The orl-
gion of the fire is q mystery, as the
store force and several customers were
in the building up to S o'clock. The
store was lighted by electricity, and
ther ewas no sign of anything out OF
order at the closing hour. There was
no indication that the building had
been broken into either at the back or
front. Through the work of the fire
mer the fire was confined to the one
room and no damage was done to the
adjoining stores The stock Of goods
on hand amounted to about $4,000, on
which there were Two insurance poll
cies aggregasing s2,700. There was
quite lot of new goods that had just
been received and marked up, but as
for that there were no old goods in the
store, for the business was only started
a few months ago. The fire causes a
serious loss to the Messrs. Bradham,
not only in the amount of goods de-
stroyed, but 10 the interruption OF
nice trade that they we're just building
up. It will necessarily require quite q
while to get the fire loss adjusted and
get opened up for business again. The
building was owned by Mr.. J. W. Nc
Leod and was insured for $1,000, which
will about cover the amount OF dam
age. The result of the fire as it stands
proves the value and efficiency OF Man
ning's 6re-fgh5ing equipment, for were
it not for the work done by the 6remen
there is no estimating the extent to
which the fire might have gone.