Smyrna times., 1922-01-04

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PARTIALLY DAMAGED BY FIRE
s.UrO yum BY FLAMES MONDAY
,ro Have Started From a De-
'i,t'e ai,,i,s FTIue-BloOd Fl e Stained Stair
' S,r Of Revolution Destroyed
',nt - Hail." the beautiful and
..o-ir .srI-fer home Of Cummins E. Speak
''It |, +be I, southern edge Of Smyrna,
80 sa-.islIy :, ID destroyed by fire Mon
. ',ninr p'l entailing a loss of about
sIdS b 09lIIlie which It is understood is par
"A, n.y. ,orered by insurance. The fire
al9st ~ from sparks from a blazing
:..s & fire to the roof and once the
cot into the old shingles, the
!. y ,oTtbvest wind, bitter and cold,
Ike wildfre, cutting the front
w. a tbe building, cupulo, third and
l.,J stories, leaving nothing but the
n walls Of the old editice standing
~ Grim reminder. The back part
iSs residence was saved as was also
!, Inst floor. The famous old stair
AZ leading to the cupalo, where the
lrsdcan sentinel died after being
| Mra British spy,duing the Revo-
sm' leaving the blood stains that
4. seu and viewed by many up to
! 4, rrsent day, is gone forever. Mr..
,,,alman and his men on discovering
4, in which was shortly before ten
ilrk made heroic effort to put the
n @t but were unable to get buck
kd water to it fast enough. The
md famed the flames rapidly and
4 he time the Smyrna fire company
riysd the whole top of the building
Il in flames. Helping hands assist
sNr. Speakman in saving what fur
iHre they could which was practi-
ali all Of the heavy and valuable
Ises except a four post colonial bed.
TR furniture was carried to the lawn
slkter stored in the garage. At no
the was the garage or Outbuildings
ingened as the wind was blowing
h sparks strongly in an opposite di-
sim
NINA Firemen Had Stubborn Fight
Fnm the time the Smyrna filemen
ih their fire engine arrived, it was
laf stubborn fight and it was due
he fremen Of Smyrna and Clayton
ni the whole building did not burn.
N Dover fire company was summon
aut their engine broke down on the
VI The Clayton fremen were quick
The scene and did effective work
E1 their chemicals and assisting the
NINA fremen in handling the Ions
iz Line from Lake Como across Od(
itloES Cemetery to Belmont. Smyr.
Is combination fre-engine never die
tzE work. With one end of tht
ls cut thru the ice in Lake Como
mel Engineer Earl w. Grant, pu
Y engine to its severest test an,
rAn slip of a cog pumped waite
Volumes and drove it thru the lon.
e Of hose to the scene of the fir,
y saved BemlOnt Hall from a tota
s1actOn. In a bitter cold wind
',h tnelr wet clothes freezing to tn
W OF sSies Of the building, the fire
a worked like trojans. The ther
-le'ef Vas lowering around 20 de
ss and the bitter cold wind mad
uncut to get about. Quantities o
"a ~ were thrown which froze into
~ mass Of ice. The fremen stuc
glAd
N'nOnt Hall Recently RemOdeIed
y, Speakman had recently CON
81 ienoyating the old historic res
- winch descended to him fror
lO.lef' Mrs. Caroline Elizabet
- reterson Speakman, who ide
n .4,, y Vct. 2, 1920. Last fall Mr.an
y HaEard Emory and children .
-''llie, Nd, came to spend tn
.Is IA Win the Speakman's and the
!. ~; passed thru a delightful yul,
fortunately the fire occurred
~. ,-'i,e instead Of night for ha
u - .s uafS' the fremen would hay
',1 ~oG1 al more handicapped in the
h =. q. ! Monday night following tl
H. y ~ Speakman's and Emery's wei
~ q, SSle Of by Smyrna friends. The
s,,.. GAen = the residence of the la+
b ~ m n "ilds on Mt. Vernon sire,
i Bsm.OocCc l occupy it temporarily or VI
pl b '4' ,ta nan can be rebuilt, whiC
p,Ers. a.Sfled up in the spring. M
h n l'sa al. will put forward every e
rg s' restore the building as it W;
hundred years ago.
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