Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-07-19
CITY NE VS..

ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.-Oar city has ts
hiy trrn vsrd with regular rsson o fires som
~ III IN tn" I!ian usually destructive RoI Two weeks ia
elapsed since we had 10 record The burning OF the extensive
l"harc" establishment oi NJ: James Thomas, Jr, Gducne
i"Ss {" ahout s-DUOU Ne have record the loss o.
thee more establishments, similar kind also Involving
The proprietor" and insurance companies in very heavy losses
TN Thursday night about II 2ucock hie broke out in
BLOCK of story brink buildings situated between
-t anh I'D slrerIs and extending depth from Cary 10
""ef street on he Dock The buildings belonged 10 the
,eis 81 the late John Enders and all occupied To-
o'c'" factories The fire originated The building occupied
asn i"c"ry hy Mr. james Riley aud communicated
p,hs Oh HE "nsI occupied by Messrs William Robinson
-" h ~ building on The east in The occupancy OF
h"ssis i1a""61 and Blackburn. These three buildings
WIRE wn'Y consumed with nearly their entire
ar .Nrcy III whose building :he ifo first broke out
s''rd bHt hue oI nj. stock and fixtures His loss will
''nt IL believed Ia not less than Sc 0U0 which there
" an Insurance OF So Geo The uhce Of The Tglua Fire
and Marine Company
icssrs. Robinson & Co some inconsdcrale por-
ion ni ihe stock and hSture yet their oss Is very heavy
DC ire caught them with urasuay large stock rnd
rwr"n f't: aud sixty hogs ghcas Of had been nr
chased ana deposited in the factory the daY previous the
ufc They insured the slu 600 rc IN.
and IN ltG Virginia Fire uni Man.r Office, and Ike
amount III the nhce Of The Richmond Fire Association,
NJ ssfs llaf"uot & Blackburn meet with nett Dss ui
one o Iwc Thousand dollars, whsaniing cnnsdara.
Tile portion ol their stock and fixtures saved They
"st . t"Hs',ratj OF tobacco about the number OF
hogsli'ad- oi slcns di large quantity of plank in addi
non Ia the aia cnnicnts OF large ufac turing establish
III nj.
The loss in buildings about SIS OOO on which there is
an Insurance OF Sl3 UiU in the Office Of the Mutual Assu
rance Company Of this city.
Gentry and HllGhefs tobacco iacury Joining, immcll
icly on r East The buildings destroyed had narrow es
cape The root was injured snd the stock and hs
lures much damaged by removal und the water from The
hose. They insured in The Fire and Marine Office
ihr lire "nSnaca IN an upper story OF M tleys ldcio
~ used for "dryug tobacco. Whether IL the result 0
accident the work Of an ncendiary, is no, known.
The square between 2ls and 22d streets, where the fire
occurred, contained SIX large buildings three Of which
Though lie exrrt6ns o The temen, saved
The entire loss by this fire will probably reach $50 600
THE LATE FlRE-ln our notice OF the fire which oc
cured Thursday night last omitted 10 state tha
Acssrs. Harwood Blackburn insured TO the amount
81 SGUUU in the Fire and Marine Office Their nett loss as
we stated is between one and Two thousand collars
III" entire loss a. this fire may be summed up as nearly
as eau be estimated, as follows:
Mcs,s Robinson il Co. SIG 00O loss 900 insurance
Alr James Riley 10000 do. GOO0 do
Ilarwood " Blackburn 5000 do. 5000 DO.
Gentry Il Hatcher 800 do. 500 do.
Buildings 10000 do. iUOO do.