“Tenant House and Contents Burned Near Orrum Sunday” from
the April 5, 1926 issue of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C.
Occupants Lost
Everything Except Clothes They Wore and Help Is Needed
A tenant house and practically its entire contents were
destroyed on Mr. J.Z. Stone’s place in Orrum township about 2 miles this side
of Orrum, by fire which was discovered about 1 o’clock Sunday morning.
The
house was occupied by a Mr. and Mrs. Brown and daughter and Mr. Roy Britt and
son. Some of the occupants were up at the time but the fire had gained such
headway that only a few quilts were saved, the tenants losing everything they
had except the clothes on their backs. Origin of the fire is not known.
The house was being repaired, some of the work having been
done. Mr. Stone, who was a Lumberton visitor this morning, estimates his loss
at about $1,000. No insurance. He says that help is needed and will be
appreciated.
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