The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-01-19
SECOND CONFEDERATION OF
PRESENT SESSION.
Frame Dormitory.
Building Valued at $4,000; $10,-
900 msurance-Cadets
Escape Safely.

QUO mSurance-CadetS
Escape Safely.
Carlisle school suffered another
disastrous confagration last Thurs
day night when the H. J. Brabham
hall, the large dormitory on the
southern end OF the campus was
completely razed to the ground. This
was tremendous building, one OF
the largest in town, the first portion
Of it having been erected some 80
years ago and a considerable addi-
ton having been made to it on the
east end in more recent years.
The alarm of fire was sounded
shortly after nine O'Clock and few
people had retired for the night. Or
dinarily it would have been possible
to save at least part of the build
ing as the fire appeared to burn
slowly for probably 80 minutes after
citizens arrived on the scene. How
ever, a number of the regular yolun-
teer fire fighters were in Orangeburg
for theatrical performance; in ad-
dition to this it was with difficulty
that the automobile fire truck was
ever started and only after consider
able delay, and on top of it all thele
was very little or no pressure on the
water after it was turned on the
blaze. Probably no such unfortu-
nate combination has arisen for
many years to aid Bamberg fire in
it's work of complete destruction.
The blaze was discovered on the
roof near the middle of the building
at the extreme top and not a great
distance from chimney. It was
burning more fiercely underneath the
shingles than on the surface, and it
is therefore hardly probable that a
spark ignited the roof especially as
there had been recent rains and the
shingles were damp. The exact orig
in of the fire can not be stated def
niteIy unless it was caused by de-
fective fue or chimney The build
ing was constructed of exceptionally
good wooden material, and while
slow in getting under headway once
the building was enyeloped in the
blaze the fire became one of the hot
test and most spectacular here in
years, the flames bursting forth high
into the air and sending sparks and
lighted debris quite a distance much
to the discomfort of residents in that
part of the city, although no other,
houses caught.
The students all escaped easily and
uninjured and saved practically all
their personal effects. The contents
of the building which were not insur-
ed were nearly all gotten out but
some of these belonging to the school
were damaged in the excitement OF
removal. The H. J. Brabham hall
was valued at approximately SIS, 1000,
and the insurance on the building
covered two-thirds Of that amount,
$4,000. An adjustment will be al
together unnecessary, as the only
things left are the brick chimneys.
The So boys who were rooming in
the burned dormitory underwent
some slight inconviences the night OF
the fire and the classes were discon-
tinuer Friday for the whole school ON
account of the general confusion re-
sulting therefrom. The trustees held
a meeting in Bamberg Friday and
satisfactorily adjusted matters so
that the entire school is functioning
smoothly again and everything going
we'll. All students, are being amply
cared for without over crowding or in
any manner interfering with their
proper study or facilities and ocn-
veniences for their work. The old
headmaster's home on the corner OF
Elm and Carlisle streets was fortu-
nately unoccupied and this has been
brought to good use housing the
boys while about Is others who
could not be comfortably accommo-
dated in the remaining school build
ings have been placed with friends OF
the school in their respective homes
in the vicinity of the campus.