The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-14
FIRE DESTROYS
BEAUTIFUL HOME
Residence of Mrs. Eva Edwards
On Frsnklin Street Entirely
Destroyed Yesterday


Originating from defective electric
wiring, presumably. fire yesterday
morning entirely destroyed the pref
ty cottage of Mrs. Eva Edwards at
S01 franklin street and did consider
able damage to the home OF l.. Gels
berg, which is an adjoining house.
Mrs. Edwards, together with a
guest, Miss Susie McGill, discovered
the fire about $3.50 O'Clock, both of
the ladies suffered considerably
from the smoke before they could es-
cape from the house. They awakened
the family OF John A. McGiIl, close
by. and Mrs. McGiil telephone6 the
alarm in to the fire station. The call
was answered promptly and the fire
apparatus Was ON tha scene before
the fire had gained considerable
headway, but owing to che fact that
no water could be thrown from the
hose the Edwards house was COM
pletely destroyed, and Mr.. Geisberg's
home had 9 close call. The water
pressure, was so low when the fire
company reached the scene of the
Conflagration, according the Mr. Nc
Gill and Others who live nearby, that
the firS men were forced TO pour wat
er out of the hose into water buckets
and coal Rcuttles and throw II up to
the roof. According to the statement
OF spectators the firemen could not
get the water to the roof OF the burn
ing building.
Discussing the matter with an In
telligehcer reporter yesterday, Chief
Jackson said that he did not care to
make any attainment about the fire
except that he could not get any wat
er. He said that, after he telephoned
to the sub-statlon Of the ;poweY COM
pafy aFh inforfiaiyss tsssiiSs5i OF the fire
that he got all the water he needed
hut before that time he was. power
less ana had TO wRtcn the building
burn.
Mr. McGiIl said that the fire depart
u,ent reached the scene in plenty OF
time to extinguish the, flames and
save the building hna it been pos
slhhif2 SC So. ~:assss: ~:ssss:s and sAessts .sAessts that ss
II was the members OF tho fire do
partuient deserved great credit for
having been able, TO save Mr.. Gels
berg's dwelling. Mr., Geisberg also
Says that had It not been for the
faithful effoTta Of the fire department
his home would have heen complete
" destroyed.
.lnAuIGu lot Htl-
pruxirnately $4,000 In the CitiSens
Insurance, Company ard d rtinloF was
going the rounds yesterday 10 the
affeet that this eompa NY would insti-
4tlite sliit against fllis company for
isaes 9ailsza * tsi. u 81 IA 49,
4 3s How sasSt; lteFg OF tho
f::sstiseEh Instr ce patlg y aaisi last
Hfghf that they q ithofizah no such
abatement, liS Y, gs.Fs lI, Z,
IL a. Orr. OF the Southern Public
gjtllitles Company said yesterday
that lust as SOON ,as word reached the,
PRESSURE was applied hat according
TO hia statement the Telephone wires
Sgefel Ia bad shap pc ms a result of the
Weather and that 1t was iiInpossibie
10 get q call through for moro pres
sure for sometima efter lie blaze
was dlscovered He saya that 1T was
through no fault OF his company.
That clearly his company can not sbs,
blsnle1 f1r the falt, that the teie-
Dhnnes were not working.
3 pnp feature OF the case OF special
note Is that this Is the second time
Mrs. awards has lost her aqme by
Tire, her house in the Mountain,
Greek section OF the county having
been destroyed about 12 years ago.,