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Sumter County |
BIG FIRE AT EPES.
Business
Portion of the Town Almost Swept Away.
Livingston. January 30.--(Special.)--The business portion
of the town of Epese situated on the Alabama Great Southern railroad, in
Sumter county, was entirely wiped out by fire Sunday morning between 1 and 2
o'clock. The losses were as follows:
Dr. J. D. Henagan, $500; no
insurance.
E. Levi, $600; no insurance.
F. Bowden, $1,000; no
insurance.
Dr. J. H. Reed, drug store, $500; no insurance.
The next
store was B. C. Lawler, who saved most of his goods. M. H. Levi lost two large
stores, valed at $3,000; no insurance.
A vacant storehouse belonging to
P. L. Smith, loss $3,000; covered by insurance.
B. J. Levy saved the
most of his goods.
R. G. Cathey store and goods almost a total
loss.
Eleven buildings were burned, entailing a loss of about $25,000,
with only $3,000 insurance, covered by T. L. Smith.
The fire started in
Bowden's store and burned the entire town in
an hour and twenty minutes. Only two stores are left and they are
on the west side of the railroad. It is believed that the
fire caught from a stove.
