Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15
$4,000 loss by FIRE.
Il. III. Acker, Mrs. L..G. Holleman and
Tate-Burley Co. Heavy Losers.
(Andetson Mail, 1Oth. }

"A fire, discovered at IL o'clock last
night, gutted the building occupied
by e. H. Acker, on the west side of
the Public Square, destroyed his en-
tire stock, valued at about $500,
burned through the lofts of the two
store rooms adjoining on the south,
occupied by Mrs. l.. G.. Holleman's
millinery establishment, and the
Tate-Burley Supply Company, hard
ware dealers, and did some damage
to the furniture and fixtures in the
Citizens National Bank, adjoining on
the north. The total loss will be
about 100000 to $4,000
Mr.. Acker will suffer the heaviest
loss. His stock was insured for only
$3.50 and is total loss. The origi-
nal stock was valued at about $4,000
few months ago and had been kept
up to this standard. In addition, he
had just received between $500 and
$4,000 worth of Christmas goods,
which had been opened up within the
past few days, and on which there
was no insurance. The building,
owned by Mrs. Josie Peoples, was
insured for $4,000, which will cover
her loss.
Loss by Removal Ait. Water.
Practically all of the millinery
stock of Mrs. Holleman was carried
out by the firemen and others and
stored in the Bleckley building, SO
that the loss there will be chiefly from
removal. She carried insurance
amounting to $4,000 on the stock,
and there was $4,000 on the build
ing, which Is owned by J. e. Peoples.
The loss to the building is about so
per cent.
The damage sustained by the Tate
Burley Company resulted chiefly
from water used in eXtinguishing the
flames in the loft. Insurance
amounting to $1,000 was carried by
this concern, and there was $4,000
on the building, which is owned by
Mrs. George bennett.
The loss to the Citizens National
Bank is only slight. 1t consists of
damage done to furniture and fix
lures, carried out when it was feared
that the flames would spread to this
building
The firemen were on the scene
soon after the alarm was sounded,
and forced an entrance into the
building occupied by Mr.. Acker by
breaking in the front door. On ac-
count of the darkness and the dense
smoke, however, it was some time
before the flames could be reached,
and when they broke through the
roof Of the building there was little
or no chance to save any part of the
stock.
The Adjacent Lofts Guttcd.
There is no fire wall separating the
second stories of the rooms occupied
by Mr.. Acker, Mrs. Holleman and
the Tate-Burley Company, and the
flames swept through the wooden
partitions at terrific rate. The
presence OF fire wall, separating the
Citizens National Bank, in the Max
we'll building, saved it from a much
greater loss than was suffered there.
1t is not known how the fire origi-
mated. The firemen insist that it
started in the cellar and swept
through the building, while those
who first discovered the smoke be-
lieve that the flames began in the
roof of the Acker store.
The damage to the store rooms will
amount to about SO per cent in each,
probably more to the room in which
the fire started, occupied by Mr..
Acker, and less in the others, so that
the aggregate will reach something
like $1,000.