Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-02-20
NUMBER 4s.
RICHMOND wHIC.

lux fiRE or THURSDAY Nioar.- Being eompsll,d n
'ee 'he scene of coufagraon on Thursdsy nirbt b,s
Tue 'av'ges OF the fire subdued our .t.tem.n, -
exaggerated, and We are truly glad to announce
'oa' the destruction Of property will not
" anything like the estimate therefore, stated by
En- s1'e VI our leaving, the 6re raging fear
uy he engines without water and Il mn. The ,n,-..,
OF all present, that IL would s.e.p ,v.,v,h,,
before IL TO Washington street Por,upa,.,v 4, -.
hned to the three-story brick tenement Of NJ, N c.,
anu oio no material damage beyond that mint NJ c.,s
'ehemeh' considerably damaged 10y water and ,hs c,
s VI hoes through the roof to reach an eligible po.
"o" ''r combating the flames The Hrenen su.Ilv oh
A'eu ,ne use OF cistern on Dr. Chrisiians premi...
containing about 1000 gallons Of water and s,. ,h -.
@ 'he reservoir on the rear premises OF the Rev A.
a Hand iabb street. and to this assistance
WIN 'he'r almost uneqused ererou is the ares, of the
nre al 30 early IN hour to be attributed
The following the only BUILDINGS s,t,.,
med Ns
The tobacco factory in which the fire or;,i,,,.d -,
oy he proprietors Of Centre Warehouse and occun;sd
oy hessrs. Brooks w ilams. Upon the buiIaine ,h
vas no insurance., and the loss il estimated AZ AZ
upon the factory fixtures Messrs b. & w had an ;rsu.
Q, some the greater portion of which was m .h
-hna mr.; Robert Ritrhie agent for this city. ''s
81 tanls protestant EpiscopaD Church knd;,
insured or $4,000, We pleased TO hear in a.
,uai al richmond Upon the Organ yerv sn,.a;,
r. COS, Soma 70 near there was insurance.
dan
pear 10 De in good condition except the rear on f
hoped that the clear loss to the Church will no, ~ ~
10000. ""' DOT exceed
The three story brick tenement Of Nr S,,,., p,
Is entirely destroyed, aud regret to hear thai M,
enre insurance on building, coaches buggies and .o,L
shops does not exceed $3.50 The yres,., aa,, :.
this ia in the Mutual Company et Rcbmos pVion OF
loss viii be at least 800 from all we can bc, ahors
S1SD %, or soou oil his insurance was in the Etna.
MI. Ingram, who occupied a portion of Mr. Rro-,,.
building as Tea and Fancy store was ;rs,,a r. sa.
-sioVo IN the Hartford Office of which Mr. Lewis lima
r;a VI MS CITY 10 Sgent, and $1,000 in the Petersburg
fHe ana Marine Loss fully covered by insurance.
Mr. Grigg's building which is mnch damassd h,, H.
no means total loss is fully insured at 20 OOo in The NJ
Iual his furniture, which ia very mneh mutilated by
we learn Is insured n the Petersburg Fire and
Marine Office, for $1,000 a'N
hessrs. Grigg CoghilI commission merchant, i
aoou. soY oy damage to what and other produce
hr. A H. Jagueneau, who keeps n family proca,, =,
medateiy adjoining Messers Grigg Cogbiii viii Lose h
ereaSage IN removal Of goods and theft combined At I.s,
Inc centre Werehcuse is damaged 10 Some e,,s,, f.
the rear: but the loss is uifing A'en' ia
p one une the house Immediately the north of ST.
u Ihureh on sycamore street. occupied by Mr. ] r.
Aayes, and owned by Mr. A. G. Mciraire was in mino a.,
peril Dy means OF vet blankets and the for,una,a c;r
Il saved. rfe uieeaon'
The framed dwelling of the Rev. Mnton Thrift eorns,
Q. and Franklin streets and directly opposja
Church was several times FIRE hut ultimate
ly saved with tring damage At this ne,;od ~ an e
us appearance was indeed appalling The wind ba,;no
large makes OF hire were swept 10 an easterly dio
reco ior several hundred yards and as there uere
lramtd buildings within the reach Of the m,riads Of
sPark: II was seriously feared they would ignite The
wa washington street ~ E. Church roof well supplied
win men, prepared with buckets and wet wooena n,
tingnish any Ere which might fall rpou il.
Is Useless Tor us to ehoin upon the Council the abso
u'e Necessity OF Immediately providing abundance of
water Let measures already commenced be prosecuted
WIN vsor and fastened speedy completion So Of
zen nave we adverted to The subject argument an
=, 40" aost unnecessary We have, however those
n
any we need but point to the charred and bl.
oil hat once beautiful block in front of the store of
OF ST. PanTs Church and other buildings VET bot i,h ,h
hFeS of Thursday night l'st--Peters6arg Express.