Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-13
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News and Comments About Things In
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News and Comments About hin9s III
and Around the Country.
Gaffney Ledger, December g: Two
ladies' driving a horse hitched to bug
gy were going along Limestone street
Wednesday and not noticing negro
boy wheeling a wheelbarrow loaded
with boxes drove into the barrow, up
setting the same and spilling the boxes.
The horse started to run, turning over
the buggy and throwing the ladies
with other things, among which were
two pictures in frames with glasses.
Strange to say the only thing dam
was an umbrella, which suffered a
q broken handle. The ladies escaped
without a scratch, not even the glass IN
the picture frames was broken, ana
the horse was stopped before any dam
age was done to the buggy. go. Mr. }.
G. Jefferies' handsome residence had
narrow escape from fire yesterday
morning. About 7.30 o'clock fire was
discovered in one of the front rooms
the one that a large portion OF Gaft-
ney's male population Is at least 1alntly
acquainted with. A defect in the con-
struction of the hearth had permitted a
sleeper to become ignited. The fire
alarm was turned in but the fire was
extinguished before any considerable
damage had been DONE. ON Tues
day morning. Mrs. VIM. Smith, of the
Macedonia neighborhood, turned the
horses into the pasture with number
of cattle. One of the horses, good
old family horse, failed to show up ana
as he was needed for the wagon to
haul wood they sent Willie Ford into
the pasture after the horse. The boy
found the horse with terrible cash IN
the stomach and the entrails protrud-
ing. 1t is presumed that he was gored
by the bull, which was strange AMI
NAL, having only been in the pasture
few days. Mr.. Smith sent to Carney
for Mr. c. H. Robbins. who Went OUT
to the plantation and found the horse
was so badly injured that it was nee
essary to kill him.
Rock Hill Herald, December 9: c.
B. McFadden had the misfortune to
lose a fine Maxwell touring car by
burning yesterday afternoon about Z
o'clock. Mr.. McFadden was returning
from Fort Mill in another car and
thinking he needed more gasoline, tele-
phoned to Rock Hill for it. Mr.. Young,
who is employed by McFadden &
Flowers started with a five-g gallon can
Of the fluid. When "Duchman's hill,
near the river was reached, the ma
chine, in some way, slid into ditch
and turned up on end. The gasoline
caught fire and the machine also. The
car was practically burned up, with
loss of about $1,000, covered by insur-
ance Never before in Rock Hill
have the firemen fought more bravely,
sometimes at the risk of their lives,
hn
Thursday night. About 9.45 o'clock
smoke was discovered to be gushing
through the halls and rooms on the
second and third floors of the hotel.
The house was crowded with travelling
men, some of the guests having retired
for the night. A general alarm of fire
was given and in few seconds there
after the stair casing of the second
and third floors, together with the CELL
ing nearby. were a solid mass of flames.
The guests were enclosed either In
their rooms or in the halls, both being
filled with smoke, and on account or
the stair cases being afire, the only
means of escape was through the fire
escapes. For a few minutes the es-
capes were full of fleeing guests. The
fire department made a record break
ing run to the scene and with 12O
pounds of pressure the firemen were
soon playing havoc with the madden
ing flames which were endeavoring to
reach upward. The firemen went from
one floor to the other with the stream
and after a half hours battle the vic
tory was theirs. They had practically
saved the building. Many of the guests
spent the night in their rooms at the
hotel, while those who had rooms on
the third floor were transferred to 9TH
er quarters. And a number of travel
ing men spent the rest of the night
with friends in the city.