Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-12-11
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Dispatch Property Is
Destroyed In Big Fire

The plant of the Henderson Daily
nspatch was virtually DESTROYED
The morning of Wednesday, Decem-
her 1. with loss running into
thousands of dollars. and n machine
shop, an electric store, n radio cs-
Enlistment and furniture storage
we're wiped out in fire of undete r
mined origin which started in the
rear OF one of the shops across an
allev from the Dispatch building.
The blaze was discovered short
ly before three o'clock in the morn
0ing and quickly destroyed the
stores and the furniture storage and
leapcd the alley to the Dispatch
STRUCTURE.
Damaged i'm the fire. in addition
to the newspaper. were the Sattcr-
Nhite Furniture Company. Duffell
Electric Company, Carolina Radio
Store and the Reliable Welding and
HMachTe Works. All the property
<was directly across Young street
trom the Henderson fire depart
ment.
All available city fire equipment
INas brought into play, including
Hour bumpers. and firemcn over
&Samc the blaze after three hours
iorly wncn it had largely burned it.
+ self out in the Dispatch building.
7 Three linotypes, including n new
Model - Blue Streak, installed only
hast month after being on order
more than two years, were COM
5plete wrecks. together with Ludlow
and EIrod casting machines and
scther machinery. The second story
floor held firm. however, and none
81 the equipment fell through to the
ground floor. The papers Duplex
press on the first floor was damag-
cd TO an extent as yet undetermined
approximately ten tons of news
Irrint was destroyed, although the
principal supply Of paper was saved
ihy being stored in a warehouse in
Rnothcr part of town.
Partial insurance coverage was
tcarricd by all concerns wrecked or
damaged by the flames.
The Dispatch corporation owned
Ethe building in which it's plant was
|houscd.
Henry A. Dennis, president and
EDITOR. and NJ. l.. Finch, secretary
treasurer and business manager.
sole owners of the newspaper, said
publication would be resumed as
quickly as possible in another town.
pending repairs.
The lapse Of publication during
Pine past week was the first time
the Dispatch had missed an issue
|hy any catastrophe OF any kind
since it began business in August
1914, more than thirty-two years
|agO.
The present building will he re-
paired and rebuilt and again &C.
cunI"d by the paper. as quickly as
possible. under present plans, the
publishers said.
FIrcmcn fought the early morn
ing blaze in sub-frcezing temper
athrrS. and water froze on wires
leading into the building and on the
street
Business office and circulation re-
cords were carried out Of the build.
ing before it was wrecked by the
flames.
New equipment has already been
ordered by the Dispatch and will
De shipped as rapidly as it can he
made available.
{; d. Legrandc, representative
IN North Carolina of the Mcrgen- {
mailer Linotype Company. spent
I'VE days in Henderson making up
inc order and writing specifications I
ior me linotype equipment. Charles +
- khame, manager OF the COM .
pany,s New York sales agency. as
Snred the publishers by telephone .
mat every possible priority would .
De accorded in meeting the cmerg-
ency.
The same pledge OF speed has
peeh given by the Ludlow Typo
staph Company OF Chicago as to
firm.
numerous other machines arc en-
pected to be shipped by priorities
~ me earliest possible date.
Efforts will be made by local .
to speed repairs to the
so as to permit its occu-
Pdncy again as soon as possible.
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