Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-03-14


elevator. he owned the building south
of 1t and fronting on West Race St,
near Raleigh This was q onc.story
frame structure Is feet wide and 100
feet long. This was packed ful OF
wagons and all sorts OF farming I'm.
PIGMENTS. and all were consumed. In
the elevator, which was a three.story
frame building. 40 feet wide and loo
feet long. he had about 1900 bushels
of corn. a lot Of oats. wheat and feed.
In the two.story warehouse back of
the elevator he had a lot Of hay and
straw Everything was destroyed
MIR. Licklider places his loss on
building and contents in all at IS 5000,
with an insurance Oh $1,000.
The loss on the e v. elevator is
placed at sio.eoe. ftlly insured as is
customary with the railroad company.
Near by the elevator on the cast is
the large four.story brick storage
house owned By Mr. " II. Heiston.
leased to the Berkeley Storage 60
With a confiagratlon Of the proper
tions OF this one 80 near, il was In.
evitable that It should take FIRE But
by the well directed efforts of the
firemen the building Was saved from
destruction. though The top story was
burned off
The building is a7xT6 feet IN di-
mansions. On the FIRST floor front
was the office of the Berkeley Buggy
Co. The balance of this floor is used
for storage as were the three floors
above. A dozen or more people had
household goods stored there. The
goods on the top floor were all de-
stroyed by fire. while those on the
other floors we're all more or less
damaged by smoke and water, with
which latter the house was deluged
The loss on the stored goods is placed
at $4,000, fully insured The Berkeley
Buggy Co.'S loss by damage on goods
by water and smoke Is estimated at
about $500, the loss being covered by
insurance
The damage TO Mr. Heiston's build
ing viii amount to about $4,000 on
which he has insurance of $1,000
Besides the damage already describ-
ed. the freight and passenger eleya-
tor in the building Is destroyed and
the Orders spruns MIR Hieiston
says that some automobiles and
other vehicles in the building were
damaged TO the amount of 5000 by
leaky fire hose dragged through the
lower part OF the building.
Several freight cars standing on
the switch at the c. " elevator were
pulled away to a place Of safety be-
fore they caught fire,
Much credit is due the firemen for
their heroic work in preventing the
further spread of the fire While
they were unable to- save the Lick
lider and elevator buildings because
the latter were a mass of flames al.
most in minute after the fire was
discovered, yet they did save the
Heiston building close by. which I'M
der ordinary conditions, would have
burned down. There was good water
pressure and effective use was made
OF It, While the fire was practically
out by 4 O'Clock this morning, some
of the firemen stayed at the scene
for several hours later.
Had the Heiston building been de-
stroyed nothing scarcely could have
saved the Heiston mill machinery
and office building close by. a large
brick structure also fronting on West
Race street, and then the Heiston
residence on the east would likely
have gone up in smoke and there Is
no telling where the fire would have
stopped.
Starts Up Business.
Nothing daunted by the costly fire
that visited his premises. Mr.. Lick
lider went to work today and put up
a small temporary Office building at
the ruins where he will conduct bus
mess at the Old stand. so to speak.
Until he gets his telephones In he
can be reached at the Office OF the
Vehicle Company. across the way
For the present he will use a large