The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 27, 1905, Image 7
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Has Been In Union
Wind Was Blowir
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JUr. S. Means Beaty's dwelling, easti:
^Pldo of church street, all ahlazo at I;
the same time made a blaze most']
' terrifying and alarming beyond dc- i
scription, such a conflagration as <
would paralyze the most self-com"
posed individual. ]
It looked at one time as if tho' <
whole eastern and southeastern por- ]
tion of the city was doomed, as it i
seemed impossible for the fire de- 1
partmcnt to play a stream of water \
upon every liurning building at the ]
same time, for while playing upon I
one two-nnd three places a fourth i
seemed in imminent danger of being i
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i* ^ Wednesday about 1.20 o'clock 1
p. in. the Bailey Lumber and Manutsr
fiieturing Co. was discovered to be on l
i fire. A general rush was made for
I ^^tlr scene of the fire. The fire dc'
^Ppartmcnt reached the place as i
quickly as possible. The house in
which the planing machine was located
was a large shed 'adjoining a <
two story wooded I uildinu occunied
as an office and store room for doors,
sash, window frames nnd other
I house building material. The wind ,
was blowing at the rate of 60 miles
an hour, and consequently the fire
was not easily extinguished, instead
it spread rapidly until the carriage i
works of Mr. Hughes caught fire, '
then the Peoples Supply Company's <
stahh-8, then the three story brick i
store room, then the old Baptist !
church on South side Main street <
which belonged to Mr. Davis Jef- .
feries and had been made into two i
store roqpns on first floor and tcnenii'tlf
rnr?tv?a in onAnn/1 n*"!
mvsFIRE
LND DOLLARS
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structive Pires That
> In Many Years,
ig at Rate of 60
r?Left Ruin
Path.
burned. While these houses we
mention were burning, the wind
dew sparks and pieces of lighted
bhingles to the two cottages belonging
to Mr. Jacob Rice nearmS mill,
set them on fire and they were
burned. The railroad track was on
fire and also the grass in the Methodist
church grave yard.
Up to three o'clock the wind continued
to blow and everybody was
in despair of saving any of the adjacent
buildings on south side of
Main or Church streets. The saving
of the residence of Mr. Geo. C.
May which stands next to the Jeffcries
building was simply a miracle.
The fire department and many
athcr workers did heroic work to
*ave it, and the residence of Mr. B.
Frank Arthur on the corner of
Church and Main street which is
just across the street from the JefFerics
house.
Thanks be to God the terrific
wind lulled about 4 o'clock and the
fire fighters were able to control the
flames which in the mad onward
rush were consuming all they could
reach and reaching all that they
could consume.
The losers in this fearful fire are
Bailey Lumber and Manufacturing
?o.; Hughes' earring/; factory,
Peoples Supply Co., store rooms
md stables, live stock all saved;
the Masonic lodge, which was in
the third story of the Peoples Supply
Co.'s building. This lodge had
but r?;Ceiltlv fitted ?n
in the handsomest furnishings of
iny in the stated at a cost of ov^r
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NOT IMITATORS
85,000; T. E. Bailey, undertaker;
Miss Emma Brai do r's residence,
which is also the home < f Mr. S
Means lVnty. Cnpt. A. II. Fosfe-i
ami family w? re also there, vait
ing the completion of his lieu
residence; Mr. Davis Jefferici
who I (C light - the old Baptist
church and converted it into two
store ro< ma and tenement rooms in
second story. Mr. Geo. C. May'e
residence was consideraMy damaged.
Hi.; furniture and that ol
Mr. B. F. Arthur was gr- atly damaged
in being thrown cut and
broken to pieces. The two cottages
of Mr. Jacob Rice were cccU"
pied by Mr. Earl Kirl y and Wil"
liam llrock with their families, they
saved tl ? ir furniture, the houses
were insured.
The Ppartanl urg fire d< pnrtment
was tel* pl oncd for 1 y the city
council and message reached the
department at 2.05 and at 2.15 the
firemen were ready to come to
Union 1 ut could not getaway before
4 o'clock; reached Jure on special
train at 4.C8 o'clock, and weht to
work to finish the extinguishment
< f the snu uldcrirg fires, for fear
the wind would agnin ignite and
cause another fire during tlx; ivglit.
The electric win s were badly dam*
aged on Main street near the Peoples
Supply Co.'s building hut in
an 1 < ur afbr the r?^ulnr time the
win s were in g< cd r? pair and the
light was turned on.
All of the burned 1 uildings were
insured and also the stocks of goods,
so that no one sustained a total
loss. Mrs. Louis Sclu ppnul, who had
rooms in the J< fferics tenement,
h 8t a part < f her household goods;
had no insurance, A. Joins
and S. II. McLean also had rooms
in this tenement and lost their
furniture. Mrs. Nannie Porter and
Mrs. C. R.^Roberson, also in the
Jeff.Ties tenement, lost furniture.
Mr. Thos J. Tracy, stock and
household goods, 825.0 loss.
T. E. Paihy, undertakers, stock
$1,500, insurance 81,000.
Rail-y Lumber and Mqnufacttiling
Co., insured.
Hughes' Carriage Works, stock
81.750, insurance 8550.
Miss Emma Brandon, residence
insured.
The Pec pl<-s Fupply Co., insurance
812,000. Ordinarily this would
have C( vred the stock, 1 ut in the
past week they had received a larg?
lot of flour, grain, hay, I upgi< s and
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, Jacob Rice, two hou8"H, insured.
A rough estimate of losses susr
tained is as follows:
Bailey LumlM-r and Manufacturr
ing Company, 82,000.
) llughcs Carriage Works, includ,
ing houses, 82,000.
> Peoples Supply Co., 820,000.
i Masonic Lodge, 85,000.
\ Miss Emma Brandon, 85,000.
Jacob Rice, 81,200.
: J. fTeries. 81,000.
Geo. C. May, 8500.
Dr. B. G. Clifford served hot
coffee to the firemen, which was
very thoughtful and appropriate
and if those in authority would
servo hot coffee or tea instead of
i disp msary liquor far more effective
work would l>e done at every fir .
We wind up this frightful account
of a most disastrous conflagration
by saying that everyl>ody who could
; rendered valuable service in the ex,
tinguishment of the flames, and
; that the Union fire department did
the Ix st day's work of their lives.
( The saving of the two Htory brick
, j building of the Bailey Lumber and
'Manufacturing Co., which stood
| J in 20 feet of where the fir - started,
| and that of W. Newell Smith's
store, Geo. C. May's and B. F.
. Arthur's residences, is certainly
worthy of the highest praise for
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- > VUlHjj' lUHI JUOICIOUS
: management of what was almost an
unmanageable conflagration, and
wo feel thankful to God that the
destruction was no worse and that
no lives were lost.
Local Laconics.
Mr. Almon} Garner and Miss
Sarah Brandf>? were married at the
homo of the bride's parents in West
End, 3:30 p. m.c Monday, Jan.
20th, Rev. J. K. Ih\k ofliciating.
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Tiie Times, as usual, has inside
information of another big proposition
which means a great hen fit to
the town and county. The informatu
n at present is withheld fr< in
pul lication at the n quest of the
promoters.
Messrs. J. G. Fair, A. C. Lyles
and J. E. M inter arc in New Orleans
from this county as delegates
I to the Cotton Convention. Mr. J.
E. Minter went in Mr. B. F. Ar,
thur's place, he not being al lo to
[ leave.
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^ We are showii
ALL WOOL
I LAMINATED
DOWN COM
As light as a feather
MEUCERIZFAND
HALL
in Green, Red and Old
and Figure
Nottingham, Bobbin*
and Irish Point in n<
Prices.
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Bailey Fui
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The Edsoll Winthrop Stock Co,
comes with the r- putation of being
the best popular price show in the
world. Tickets on sale at Union
Drug Co. Prices 15, >25 and 35
cents.
I Archdeacon Weber, of Poston,
will bo hero the latter part t f February
to hold n woek of services in
the Episcopal church at this place.
The Ed soil Wintlmp Stock Co.
will play at the Op ra House four
nights, commencing Fob. 1st.
Indies free op ning night if accompanied
by a gentleman holding a
35c. ticket.
Supt. Williams, of tin: Hi uth? rn
Railway, made no clung-a for the
special train that brought the Spartanburg
fire company to Union to
assist in extinguishing the fearful
conflagration, and Mr. Williams
further offered to do anything in
his power to assist the city in her
hour of dire distress should help bo
needed, for which the city through
Tiik Times returns most grateful
thanks.
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SALE. I
es For On
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[Mean a
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UNION, SOU
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M?ii m ????p 4
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BLANKETS,
? COTTON
FORTS : : : :
and as warm as wool.
D PORTIFRS '
, CURTAINS,
Rose. Bagdad Stripes
'd Tapestry.
it, Arabian, Fish-net a
iw designs at Popular E
rniture Co. I
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| Tim clothing of Mrs. Chas. Rihy
, caught fir" Inst Saturday and slur
I was so 1 adly 1 urn<-d that she liwd
only a f- w h< urs. Mrs. Ril-y had
, horn a paralytic and invalid for
! two vonrs Tl.-r lnul or??l I.e.!
^ a *iUO< HUM lia\t 1 I
! cut of tin? lu us'i only n f? \v minutes
and on r< turning f< unci bis wife's
clothing c n fin*. Mrs. Rib y was a
great sunt ?f Mr. ]Vn F. P? igl< r.
Tlio remains were lnid to r? st in tlio
city cemetery Sunday afternocu.
| Tli?r Cotton Convention in New
Oil :111s in? t Tuesday night and
continued tlirc ugh Wednesday and
Thursday. A large number of del jOgat'-s
frc in all of tho cotton States,
and Northern buyers and ppculators
were present. Wo hope to
he able ivxt week to give a full account
of the proceedings and what
was finally determined and agreed
up ?n. The first st< p to he taken
hy the. convention is the reduction
of acreage. We h< p * our farmers
will agree to do this anyway.
The Times and Metropolitan
Magazine one year for $1.80.
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