Volume 16 , Issue 29

12 August 1910, Big Fire At Hot Springs VA

In the Summer of 1910, August 5, in the Highland Recorder, in Hot Springs, Virginia, you might have read about the Hotel Alphin being destroyed by fire.

The hotel was crowded, and the guests worked vainly with the fire department in an effort to save the building while the guests of a nearby hotel assisted in saving personal property. No one was reported injured, though. The property loss would reach $100,000.

Curator's Sale of Personal Property

There was also a curator's sale of personal property of Charlotte Bird, who had died, and they were selling at public auction, at her late residence on Back Creek, in Highland county, 11 August 1910, the following personal property: One horse; three cows; two heifers; on sow and seven pigs; six ewes and lambs; one good buggy; one rifle gun; one mowing machine, one buggy rake; one sewing machine; one cook stove, and utensils; some farming implements; all household and kitchen furniture, such as beds, bedsteads and bedding, chairs, tablets, etc.

Terms: A credit of four months would be given on all sums over $5, the purchaser giving negotiable note with two good endorsers. Cash would be required for all sums under $5. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock. Peter Gum, curator of Charlotte Bird, dec'd.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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