Washington County GaArchives News.....Gin House Burned October 15, 1889
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Sandersville Progress October 15, 1889
  Mr. Charles G. Rawlings Meets a Heavy Loss. Yesterday afternoon the gin house 
of Mr. Charles G. Rawlings on his plantation about 2 1/2 miles from the city 
was consumed by fire together with about 40 bales of cotton and 3000 bushels of 
cotton seed.
  The fire caught from a match in the seed cotton, which Adams Spinks, (col.), 
who was feeding the gin, says he heard strike as it came in contact with the 
saws, and a moment later the whole lint room was ablaze.
  Mr. Rawlings had two new gins, a feeder, and a press in the building, all of 
which were burned except the feeder. The gin house was a large two story 
building only recently erected.
  The loss is estimated from $4,000 to $5,000. No insurance.

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