Eight Fires Reported in State in First 15 Days of December, 1920, Total Loss of $390,000

Raleigh, Dec. 20—Every one of the eight fires reported to the state insurance department for the first half of December were isolated localities where there was little or no fire protection. The following fires in the state in the $10,000 class and over for the first 15 days of the present month have been reported, making a total loss of $390,000. Mt. Olive, two dry kilns of Enterprise Lumber company, $105,000; Elkin, tobacco sale warehouse and adjacent supply store, $80,000; Greensboro, four story brick dormitory of Bennett College, $40,000; Battleboro Oil Company seed and hull house with quantities of raw seed and sacked meal, $35,000; Roxobel Supply Company building and goods, $25,000; Ayden Midway Garage, including autos and accessories stock, $40,000; LaGrange garage and Norfolk and Southern passenger station, $35,000; Hickory Catawba Creamery Company, packing and refrigerator rooms, $30,000. (From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, Dec. 20, 1920)