The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-04
COSTLY TREASURES TREASURES
WENT up IN Smoke
Fire Destroyed Home Of William
Laughl.n.
OIL @ STOVE BURST
House I Enweloped IN Flames When
!. che Fire Department Reached
Scene---No One Hurt.

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Fire 6t9 O'clock last might scomtiIstn-
~ destroyed tho pretty nome 6s vii.
liam Iaughiin at 740 North Main.street
together with: all the furnishinRs and
ia number of valuable relies and an
tiques' chat 1t had taken Mr. and Mrs.
Laughlip years to collect,
The alarm was turned ibt exactly at
. oPlo1k and the fire. department, ma lie
splendid run to the scene but when
they reached the house the flames
had already, burst through one sids OF
the Kitchen and 1t was then easy to
see that the building was doomed.
'he department made a splendid fight
OF at least an hour In an nieavor 10
save the burning building hat without
avail. - -
According to. 9A4ffr. .I.aughiin,s state
ment last night as to the oriE.a of
the fire, his wife had lighted an oil
stoFe In the kitchen. and had then
gone on into the front of the house,
where she was talking to him. They
heard what they thought was the ex-
pioston OF the stove, hut at the time
they thought that 1t was merely the
closing OF q door somewhere and paid
no particular attention to the, no,se.
IsNithin thecnext few minutes ,neighbors
3 = the q ouss and In ed
that. tho building was in flames. When
tney rushed into the kitchen they
ipund the room envelopei In a blaze
ticles. / az u
Members of the fire department.
when asked as to whether or not they
We're abel to get sufficient water pres.
sure with which to do effective wnrk
against the flames, said that Fey had
more pressure than they had had In
several months and that the water was
SO strong that IL blew the nozzle off
the hose when the stream was first
turned on. They sail that their In.
ability to cope with the fire was not
due 20 any lack OF water pressure, hut
instead was due to- the fact tsati the
names had made such headWay be-
fore the alarm was turned In. The
house was made OF very tat pine and
burned like tender, mating ii dense
smoke. " 80 - II
Mr. Laughlin said last nstyfif. that
SO far rs the furnitfue AMI house was
conSeEand, the loss waS fully covered
by insurance but said that In the mouse
were many valuable articles 5f4yirtue
that money could not replace. N
The chief loss In connection with
the lH,,e was tnats OF the priceless silks.
lsees. tapestries. etc. that Mr. ana
Mrs. Laaghiin had obtained IN touriaE
Europe on visits to his old home IN
lIfelandg It Is impussfhls e. casauIaIe
sslset The; tss1es4s of shese assss.!... ss...Is
amount TO but e win certaftiIS reach a
large figure. Aceortiinssy set,nnneiaf
report there was one pfeeatlof sgilk
alone. brought 20 thigt country bS AIfa,
Laughlin, for which shs had refused
an offer OF $500 from New york not
long ago.
Mr.. Latgklln said that had, Il moi
been for his presence his wife would
hayo gone back into the burnjn tbuiid 4.
Ing In an endeavog "a save some Al
these treasures and that she wouId
nrnhnhlv hnrn lnst Mar Ti4ss ~ a. q Z t-
tempt. re restrained her
Inc building wa eomPateiy h,iFnad
! firc ransackinG every pa.rt OF it and
there e not enough or It left 70 eves
make rehuiEzing posSihle hEE. Laugh.
lln,s many fEIeTsss ol'er ssntl lina
hisl horne ann the sal ssnls oe anu
ques, etc. -