The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-01-01

The Sumter Transfer Company. Of
which Eugene stansill is manager,
was burned out last night bySa fire
which caught at about the middle of
the stables and quickly spread to the
rest of the building which was quick
~ destroyed. Six mules were burned
in the fire. .g
The loss entailed by the fire is esti-
mated at about $1,000 with insurance
ofeabout $1,000. The building was
valued at about $4,000 with insurance
OF $1,000 ana Mr.. Etansill stated that
his loss would probably b ab6r.
$4,000 with insurance Of $500.
The fire was first discovered a. few
minutes after 10 o'clock and aided by
a gust Of wind it was quickly SWEPT
towards the front Or the building.
The structure was an old frame builti-
ing and seemed to be built Of heart
timber, Tor 1t burned with q 'fercs
heat. that made it more difiicult Tor
the firemen to go near the fire. Frotn'
o few minutes after the fire was firi,t
discovered until they were under corr
troll about an hour later the fiamas
RACED Under the brisk wind which was
blowing and repeatedly adjacent prop
erty was threatened and it seemed
that nothing could possibly check the
hre from crossing the street to other
buildings. s'
The firsmen did some most excel :
lent work in hghting the fire. Chief
Wilder stretched four streams cf
hose at the start and concentrated his
efforts in preventing the blaze from
crossihg the street to the Booth Boyle
Lave Stock Company building. which
was in threatening position. At the
same time the residence owned by
Mrs. Sadie xSingletary. only a fev
tfect from the burning stables. was
threatened and while two streams
were placed to guard z the Booth
Boyle Company stables the other two
streams were guarding Mrs, Single
'tary'ss house On this building there
was no insurance. The flremen. mot.
|withstanding the derce heat. smanag.
ca to Keep near tho buifdins lwhsle the
,kind was blowing the flames and
smoke over their heads and by throw.
ing on theafour strsAms tof water witt
q persistent force the flames were al
last conquered. "; i
LttlS damage Mas suffered by thu,
|Booth-B Boyle Lave tstocks Company,
w. B. Boyle comaany was saved b,'
their brick walls And wire-g glass win,
dows. The glass was bent ana warp,
ed, but the wire heldsit and this pre-.
vented the interiots Of the building
from catching. rhe cutters were
melted. Mrs. Sadie singlstary's resi-.
dence had all Of the window -pane.
broken and, the bbards were charred
in some places. but. no other damage
was done. a..
The building was owned by the Pier
son estate and has been used as q
stable for many years. 1t was occu-
pied by the Sumter Transfer Company
Mr.. stansill. the manager Of this
company. stated this morning that he
could not well estimate his total loss,
but thought It to be about $4,000 or
$1,000. He had Blk mules burned In
the building, all OF his tools, nachin-
cry. vehicles and a large amount OF
hay. corn. fodder and other food for
the animalss +,
Mr.. stansill has been very unfortu-
nate In his business In that he has suf
fered heavily Several times from fires.
He was burned out nearly three years
ago In building on South Main
street. Less than a year ago the
barns and stables at his home were
burned. and a few months ago he was
burned out in the Shaw building on
Sumter street. Besides these fires, llo
also lost nsarly everything he had a
short time after his marriage, when
his home was burned during his and
his, wife'siabsence
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