Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-06-20


winning over losses and mist axes
We built our first house on the faith
In the business anc your support.
That faith is mistaken. We will re-
bulid bigger and stronger on the
same terms."-A sign that appears
over the ruins OF the Tynes-Laird
building.
The handsome and spacious Tynes-
Laird building, home of the Tazewell
Motor Co. and l.. A. Iynes and Co.,
on Main Street, was almost complete
ly destroyed by lire Sunday after
noon.
The fire is thought to have been
caused by lightning, severe cleo
trlcal storm having passed over this
section Sunday afternoon.
AS soon as the alarm was given the
usual confusion and xc.tcment pre-
vailed i'll getting water hose and 9TH
er equipment to the burning building
to such an extent that when the water
was finally turned on the flames the
IRE had reached such headway that
Its apparently inevitable spread en-
dangered the safety Of every bust
ness house house and residence in
the block. The fire started about 6
O'Clock it was we'll under control, and
the danger of further damage to the
adjacent property dissipated.
large number of automobiles, ac-
cessories, farming implements, Ford
son tractors oils, etc, were burned
In thiQ lnt i,,pl,,I.I
Ford cars, which had recently been
received and which were stored in the
second story of the building. Several
cars of citizens of this community,
which were left in the garage for re-
pair, were also burned, among the
number being ears belonging to Mr..
A. st. Clair, Graf Bowen and w. r.
Bowen. Four or five thousand dol
lars in farming material and auto
mobiles were stored in the basement
of the garage, all destroyed. The Taze-
well Motor Company carried Il large
stock of auto tires, the most of which
was destroyed Some few cars and
trucks were gotten out of the build
ing and saved. TIe large iron safe,
in which the company's valuables were
stored, was found in tact in the base
ment Monday morning. The doors of
the safe were open, but the contents
that had been overlooked in the ex-
citement was unharmcd
While the fire was at its height
some one phoned the Bluefeld Fire
Department for assistance, which was
promptly Forthcoming. A truck and
ladder company made the. trip TO this
town from Bluefield in an hour and
twenty minutes, but the fire was well
under control when the fire fighters
from our neighboring city arrived.
The estimated net loss to the firms
of Tazewell Motor Company and L.
A. Tynes and Company is $40,00000.
Hankins Building Damaged.
The store building of Miss Eta
Hankins, occupied by Miss Hankins'
millinery store and M. j. Hankins
dry goods store, adjoining the Tynes-
Laird building, was damaged to the
extent of several thousand dollars.
The rear of the building was badly
burned and much of the roof de-
stroyed and the inside of the building
otherwise damaged by water. Miss
Hankins sustained considerable loss
to her millinery goods. The large
stock of dry goods of NJ j. Hank
ins was all moved from the building
and stored in the Court House and
other nearby buildings. He estimated
his stock from $4,000 to $4,000
and carried $500 insurance. Much
damage was done to his stock by wa
ter and careless handling.
The law firms of Nye Britts, r. O.
Crockett, Harman & Harman, Greev-
er and Gillespie, II. L. Spratt, and
Chapman, Peery and Buchanan al
'moved out" when the fire appeared
to be making such rapid progress il
their direction. Law books, book
cases, typewriters and office furniture
were scattered all over the court
house yard, having been hastily re
moved from the offices. The telephone
men were not to be outdone and tor,
the telephones from the walls ant
carried them out O. the danger zone
DIR. M. b. Crockett, who occupie:
rooms over r. o. Crockett's Office il
the May building, was the only person
close to the fire who did not move hi
belongings. He saw to it that hi
wife and baby were out Of DANCE
and took chances on good fortune.
The building belonging to G. c
Payne in the rear of the Tynes-Lair
building, occupied rs an Office by at
torney Payne and DR.. w. /. Painte
was completely destroyed with all it
contents. Mr.. Payne's law library an
Office equipment, typewriter, etc, an
few medical books of DR.. Painte
were reduced TO ashes. Mr.. Payn
estimates his loss at $4,000, with n
insurance.
A Calamity to the County.
The Tazewell Motor Co. is one {
the most progressive business firm
in Southwest Virginia. L. A. Tyne
and j. r. Laird bought the lot tn;
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