When the fire was discovered the
flames had made such progress the oc
cupants barely had time to escape
Nothing of any consequence was saved
by either family. Two of Mr. Good
rich's children were sleeping up stairs
and one of them, a good sized boy, had
a narrow escape from being burned
alive, having gone to sleep again after
being aroused by his father the first
time. Mr. Parham escaped with his J
wife and children, and leaving a little
child that he had taken out with his
wife as he thought, he returned to the
burning building for something. A
little later Mr. Goodrich went into the
house to get a suit of clothes that were
hanging in a convenient place. Hear
ing a noise behind the door he looked
to see what it was and found the little
Parham child that had been carried out
by its father a short while before,
crouched behind the door. The roof
was then about falling in and catching
up the frightened and half dazed mite
of humanity Mr. Goodrich hastened
from the burning building with the
child instead of the clothing.
The fire is supposed to have caught
from the stove pipe. The loss falls
heavily on both parties. They lost
virtually everything they had, clothing,
household and kitchen furniture, bed
ding, &c. Both are poor men and had
no insurance on anything. Mr. Gooch
had the house insured lor 8000, m
Claude Hunter's agency.
1
known. Trice 25 cents.
june 6.
