Lenoir Chair Plant
Has Fire Damage of $30,000
Lenoir, March 1—A $30,000 fire occurred early Thursday
morning when the finishing and packing buildings the office of the Lenoir Chair
Manufacturing Company were destroyed. The buildings with their entire stock of
15 finished cars of chairs and $8,000 worth of leather were a complete loss.
The blaze was discovered by the watchman when he was making
his midnight round. He immediately turned in the alarm. The fire was beyond his
control and on account of the nature of the building and its contents the blaze
gained such headway by the time the firemen reached the scene that their
efforts to save the building or any part of it were futile. The only thing that
they could do was to play the water on the side of the building nearest the
other buildings and on the surrounding buildings in order to keep the fire from
spreading.
Even before the blaze was brought under control S.S.
Jennings, secretary and manager of the company, began to make plans to continue
the operation of the factory. In speaking of the loss, Mr. Jennings said that
he was unable to give anything but a rough estimate. He placed the loss in
round numbers at about $30,000. The insurance is placed at about $12,000.
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