The courier-index., 1918-08-16
FIRE SWEEPS BUSINESS DIS.
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with offices In the McClintocx Euild-
ing lost All their furniture ana a
fine library The club carried no In
surance.
The Red Cross chapter sustained O
loss OF over $4,000 With no insurance.
The chapter had its work rooms on
the second floor of the McClintoek
building.
The problem of rebuilding the
burned structures is one the owners
have not yet tackled. 1t is almost
impossible to get building ms terial
ar labor at this time. even II the
owners cared to expend the fabulous
sums OF money necessary to enter
upon building enterprises now. All
those who lost buildings in the fire
state it Ia their intention to rebuild
but Il Ia hardly probable any OF them
win undertake the work of recon
struction before next spring.
For one time at least the Courier
Index desires to compliment the Ark
ansas Light and Power Company.
The power plant had up enough
steam when the fire broke out TO
operate the well pumps at full ca
pacity. and as a result there was
pleuty Of water all the time the fire
was In progress. Superintendent Nc
Gin of the water plant said the res
ervoir had as much water in 1t wnen
the fire department quit work as
when Il began. The pressure was
strong enough to burst one section
of fire hose.
mo tire department on earth could
have stopped the spread OF that lire,
aided as 1t was by strong south
wind. more quickly than did the
Mariana department" remarked an
insurance man who witnessed the
disaster. Certainly no body of men
could have worked harder or fought
more vaIIantly than did the members
of the fire department They did all
that was humanity possible. They
fought the flames from every angle
and with every resource at their
All the fighters sustained
bIistered arms and necks and faces |,
from constant exposure to the Sc
we're heat
The heat from the Griffis-Newbern
building was SO intense that 1t bis
tered the brick paving. causing the /
bricks TO scale badly.
Forrest City. Haynes, Moro. Rondo,
La Grange and other places
visited Mariana Tuesday, Wednes-
lay and Thursday and viewed the re-
mains.
kilograms poured in upon all the
business men from the big whole
,aIe and jobbing houses In Memphis,
Little Rock, st. Louis. Chicago and
New York. and from the larger
,anks, offering assistance OF any
tind
Gov Brough wired City Clerk Nor
nent he was ready to send aid.
Reports of the fire seem to have
,een greatly exaggerated when they
rot away from Mariana. In some
,laces 1t was announced the entire
lily was burned; In others 1t was
tated every business house was de-
troyed Is
Marianne merchants will be fully
prepared TO handle the new cotton
rop end to supply the usually heavy
all and winter demand for merchan-
Use.
II. r. McVeigh sent wire to Rev.
". G. Boone, former pastor of the
,aptist church here. now visiting
elatives at Shaw. Miss. informing
i'm Of the fire. Rev. Boone wired
he following reply: Deepest SYM
'athy for all who have suffered loss
IS. Read at prayer meeting tonight
saiah Al: 10" The passage reads as
ollows: Fear thou not. for | am
With thee, be not dismayed for /
m thy Cod; yea. | will keep thee,
ga | will uphold thee with the right
and Of my righteousness"
TIE vault of the McClintock Bank