Moore's Springs Hotel, Several Houses Burned Wednesday Night, March 10, 1926

Moore’s Springs Hotel Burns. . . Several Houses Also Destroyed by Flames Late Wednesday Night—Loss of $60,000

Fire believed to have started from electric wire destroyed the Moore’s Springs hotel, the post office and store and several cottages owned by the hotel company last night (Wednesday night). The total loss was estimated at $60,000 including furnishings and stock of the store. The entire group of buildings were destroyed and were only partly covered by insurance.

The blaze started in the hotel about 11 o’clock and spread to the other buildings in a short time. There were only three people at the hotel at this time, and they formed a bucket brigade but did not accomplish much towards extinguishing the blaze.

Mr. Bradshaw, manager of the hotel and owner of the grocery store situated next door to the hotel, was the only one at the scene when the flames started.

The hotel is owned by a stock company composed of business men of Winston-Salem and Greensboro.

From the front page of The Danbury Reporter, Wednesday, March 10, 1926

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn91068291/1926-03-10/ed-1/seq-1/