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The Daily Dispatch: February 22, 1865., [Electronic resource] 13 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 26, 1864., [Electronic resource], 200 dollars reward. (search)
Destructive fire at Ashland. --A most destructive fire occurred on the premises of Mr. Charles Stebbins, at Ashland, about four o'clock on Sunday morning. The alarm proceeded from one of his out houses, and before the flames could be arrested they had spread from one to the other till the whole of them, save his kitchen, had been entirely consumed. In the stable were one horse, one mule, and several cows, all of which were burnt to death. In the smoke house Mr. Stebbins had a large lot oone mule, and several cows, all of which were burnt to death. In the smoke house Mr. Stebbins had a large lot of bacon, beef, meal, flour, and other provisions, which, with the building, were also a total loss. It is estimated that the amount of property destroyed by this fire will not fall short of $0,000 or $12,000 Mr. S does not know how the fire originated, but thinks it more than probable that it proceeded from a pile of hot ashes which were thrown immediately in the rear of his stable.
The Daily Dispatch: February 22, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
unobserved, and were quartered at the house of his brother, Mr. Charles Stebbins, in the upper part of the city, or had taken refuge with somthe situation of affairs.--Near the street window were the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Stebbins, where they had fallen with their faces downwards,Mrs. Stebbins, where they had fallen with their faces downwards, as if in the act of rushing back to the assistance of their children, while, in the other part of the room, the charred and almost limbless k I arrived at the scene of conflagration. I did not see any of Mr. Stebbins's family, but distinctly heard, before I got to the house, Mr. SMr. Stebbins crying for help; also, a female voice crying for help. When I arrived there, there were only a few persons present. I made an efforte platform outside. The doors were all open. I asked a lady if Mr. Stebbins's family had escaped; she told me she thought they had. I had no third story I could have saved the bodies, if not the lives, of Mr. Stebbins and his family. R. J. Christian, having been sworn, testifi