Tuesday afternoon about 2 o’clock, fire was discovered in the home of Mr. R.M. Fain, and the alarm was given, but the blaze had gained such headway that it could not be checked. The volunteer fire department was soon on the job with fire fighting apparatus but were unable to save any of the main part of the house. One or two small outbuildings were kept from burning. The fire came most unexpectedly after a day’s continuous downpour.
Mr. and Mrs. Fain were away from home at the time. A daughter, Mrs. K.V. Weaver, and two small children were at the house at the time, and according to the small boy, the fire was started by the smallest of the two children playing in the fire and getting clothing in a nearby closet on fire. Mrs. Weaver was busy at the time and did not discover the blaze until it had gotten so well started that she was unable to outen it.
It is understood that $2,500 of insurance was covered on the property, which is considered about half its worth.
From the front page of the Cherokee Scout, Murphy, N.C., Friday, Dec. 7, 1923. She was unable to “outen” the fire. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, this verb was used in the eastern north midland and south Atlantic states, and it means to turn off a light or extinguish a fire.
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