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cury.Noiific^llo llro.Monttlt;*Ik AJvoratrOn lost Monti ay morning, » fewminutes after twelve, a. in., our usually quiet little village was disturbed by the alarm of fire, which was discovered emerging from the house formerly known as the Drug Store, thou occupied by J. M. Bauson lt;fc Co, a# a dry goods house, in which was locnted the poetofltee, and when discovered, the names were under such headway that there appeared no prospect of rescuing any of i:s contents from it, unrdo we believe it was attempted.The wind being from the north-west the flames boon communicated with contiguous and adjacent buildings with such rapidity that.the progress of the flro seemed almost uucontrol-able. The flames spread so swiftly that by 3 a. m., they had engulfed Mis. Wilson’s, Beal’s, Dales, Fair-mau’s Colin’s and Mrs. Block’s. They were not the only sufferers—their’s were the houses, except the Wester-fleld’s, in which the fire orignateri.-The destruction of the aforementioned property was entire, none of the contents were taken from them except Benson’s.Cohn, $15,000, insured .........$10,000Ben sou, $3lt;00 “ $3,000Dale, 50,000 $1,000Mrs Wilson, $5,000, no insurance. Wester field, 2,000,Mrs Blc ;k .. 1,000, “Beal............ 200, “Bprich.. .....350,IhKlwell 150,1‘epper * MW, •*Fairmuu ......50, “Doss $32,850, insured $17,000This is considerable for a little town like Monticello to lose in three hours, and supposed to he the work of an incendiary. It is not possible for us to give a description of the progress of the Are, or the incidents connected therewith, or the heroism and labor of those who endeavored so energetically and faithfully to save property from destruction, and comfort those who were the sufferers. Some exerted themselves so excessively us to faint, others to full prostrate from exhaustion. We were uot there, and therefore cannot say.
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The Comet
Jackson, Mississippi, US
Sat, Nov 12, 1881
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