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"The Shenandoah Herald" (Woodstock, VA), Friday, Jan. 19, 1900, p. 2, col. 6. 

          WINDSOR'S BIG BLAZE. 
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  Suffolk, Va., Jan. 14.-Fire broke 
out at Windsor, Isle of Wight county 
Va., at 4 o'clock this morning and 
burned every building on the princi- 
pal block in the town. 


"The (Richmond, VA) Times," Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1900, p. 5, col. 6. 

          WINDSOR FIRE SWEPT. 
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The Principal Business Portion of the 
          Town Destroyed. 
 SUFFOLK, VA., January 15.-Special.- 
The principal business block at Windsor, 
Isle of Wight county, was burned early 
Sunday morning.  Combustible wood 
houses and southern breezes helped the 
conflagration. 
  Twelve buildings were burned, including 
three stores, two woodworking shops, two 
saloons, a barber shop, a doctor's office, 
two blacksmith shops, a warehouse and 
dwelling. 
  About 4 o'clock A. M., a blaze was seen 
in a wareroom annexed to R. W. Atkins' 
store.  A general alarm was sounded, and 
in a short time half-dressed men and 
women from all over the village had 
rushed from their homes to witness the 
work of destruction. 
  Windsor has no fire department, but the 
citizens worked hard to stay the flames. 
There was much confusion, which was in- 
creased by cries of distress from the wo- 
men.  A breeze sprang up and fanned 
the blaze until everything in reach was 
turned to smoke and ashes. 
  Mrs. Atkins, who slept over her hus- 
band's store, had barely time to escape 
in a night-dress.  She was slightly 
burned. 
  Considerable property was taken from 
some of the burned buildings.  Thirty 
boys from a boarding school did active 
work in this way.  Much damage was sus- 
tained by goods in removal from the 
possible course of the fire. 
  Most of the burned buildings were small. 
The largest losers are: R. W. Atkins, 
building and merchandise, $7,000; E. W. 
Eppes and W. T. Barrett & Co., $2,800 on 
building and stock.  About 40 per cent of 
the burned property was covered by in- 
surance. 
  The origin of the fire is not known. 
There had been no fire in the wareroom. 
The only conjecture advanced is that the 
blaze was started by burglars. 
  The total loss will be about $14,000; in- 
surance, $5,630. 
 WINDSOR STATION, VA., January 15.- 
Special.-The flames spread rapidly and 
the people worked heroically, but had no 
means to extinguish the fire except by 
buckets and knocking down buildings. 
The following are the sufferers: 
  R. W. Atkins, store and contents loss 
$8,500; insurance, $3,000. 
  C. W. Bailey, wood and blacksmith 
shops and part of the contents, loss $600; 
insurance, $330. 
  E. W. Eppes, store-house, loss $1,500; and 
said to be insured for $1,000. 
  W. T. Barrett & Co., stock of groceries 
and liquors, loss partial, as most of the 
goods were gotten out; covered by insur- 
ance. 
  W. J. Bradshaw, barber shop fixtures, 
furniture and implements; loss small and 
no insurance. 
  Wm. H. Andrews, blacksmith and wood 
shop tools, material, etc; loss estimated 
at $300, covered by insurance.
  Maj. I. W. Duck, store, wood and black- 
smith shops.  No insurance. 
  Mrs. Monroe Gray, and Eddie Gray, her 
stepson, two buildings, ahd household and 
kitchen furniture damaged, loss $300[?]; in- 
surance, $200[?]. 


"The (Richmond, VA) Times," Thursday, Aug. 16, 1900, p. 7, col. 3. 

       ___________¤___________ 
             SWEPT BY FIRE. 
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 More Than a Dozen Houses Destroyed 
              at Windsor. 
   (Special Dispatch to The Times.) 
 SUFFOLK, VA., August 15.-Fire last 
night broke out in a clothing store at 
Windsor, a small town on the Weldon and 
Powellsville Railroad, and burned more 
than a dozen houses, some of them small. 
There was no adequate mean of fighting 
the blaze, and despite the strenuous ef- 
forts on the part of the citizens the dis- 
trict had been swept in two hours.  The 
fire's origin is unknown.  The loss is es- 
timated at ten thousand dollars, and is 
partially covered by insurance. 
  A barn owned by N. W. Bradshaw, and 
containing feed stuff and peanuts, was 
burned last night at Nurneysville, Va. 
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["The (Richmond, VA) Times," Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1900, p. 5, col. 6. 
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["The Shenandoah Herald" (Woodstock, VA), Friday, Jan. 19, 1900, p. 2, col. 6. 
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["The (Richmond, VA) Times," Thursday, Aug. 16, 1900, p. 7, col. 3. 
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