Last Thursday morning there was a small fire in the northwestern part of town. A small frame building was destroyed and a negro man, who was in the building, was burned to death. The building was only a shell of a house and was used by Mr. F.R. Sharp as a cooking place for some men who were working for him on some construction work he is doing here. It is hard to conceive of anyone losing his life in such a fire, but the negro had been sick and was laying around the house. Only this particular morning he had reported that he was feeling better and would get up soon. When the fire was discovered it is said by some that he came to the window and was told to jump, but for some cause he turned and went back. The negro’s name was Robert Neal, and was from Iredell county, and had been working with Mr. Sharp for about two years.
The building was the property of Mr. W.C. Bullock, whose loss was slight, as he had purposed to tear it down and erect a good house, but the loss of Mr. Sharp is estimated to be about $500 on goods he had stored in the building.
From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, August 5, 1925
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