The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-18
LOCAL MATTERS

DKsrRucrrvE FshE.--About o'clock
last Saturday asfnoen fire broke ont In the large
frame building lSth street ct .s utersection 9TH
owed most destructive threatening at time to
,n.uu,s Shockoe Warehouse, short distance North
OF It
occupied In part By Messn. Eddins Brannon. foun.
dsrg MessrI ONsil L Els, carpenters and tuners
and M.ssrs Turner and Taylor, sssh and blind ma
rpdly 10 the upper portion Of the shop occupied BY
Msssrs. Turner 4 Traylor. and ths wind blowins {
ssif breeze from the South at th. tins, the famed
spread rapidly that the whole house was In baz
before any resstanoe could be offered to the devour
IL element From this bu'ldius the Gre communi
street, and .SisiDIns sSecios W.r.houss uhiss
burned liks psper, setting on FIRE the shutters and
widow frames ut the south end OF the warehouse
arrival Of engine company No g. who ran their hose
into the warehouse AID stayed the flames until Nos
Sand came to their asslstanee.
The flames next crossed the street, and communi
Gated to alsrse fame house owned by Messrs. War
wct Bsrksdae, (occupied by their servants whist
was soon enveloped In sheet Of fire. barely allow
From there It spread to the .shsekoe shsd !" sdjon
log on the west side Of the street. under which
stored severa hundred hossheads Of tobacso aud the
wind increasing In violence at the time but lit ts
hopes we're eptertaised of checking its progress,
til the Phenix boys, with their splendid engine,
cane sp and heinz warmly .sscnaed BY Companies
they aid after long and arduous fight the wind il
the mean time blowing parts OF burning shiu ges
erai hundred yards, and all the property
In the neighborhood.
Immediately west Of Mes,rs. Warwick 4 Bark.
IA ali probability would have been destroyed but fol
splendid str cam Of water played from forcs pamr
In that building BY Mr.. Edwin Muudn. who also a.
slated the fremen with his stream In satu ratinl
'Shoekoe she'd" aud saving 1t fiom destru stion.
Immediately south Of Eddius l. Brannon's fouo
dry. Q portion of David w. sharp's new mill race
was buried. And In the shop occupied by O'Neil 4
Ella, Mr. A Foster, pattern maker. lost large
number Of patterns. .. =
The Losses roughly estimated. may be thus su ~
and shed, 81 SEQ. The State of Virginia. on two
hundred hogsheads Of tobacco. damaged by water
5000. Messrs Warwick Bsrksdale, on servants
honss and furniture $500 Mr.. Mosby stable and
provendsr $500 Messrs Turner Taylor. on
ready made work, stock aud tools, 81, coo. These
gentlemen had Just completed lot of sash for
church in Goochland to be shipped to-day, all Of
which were destroyed MetErs ONsil l. Ellis (neW
besinpers) on stock and tool. $500. Mr.: A. Foster
fixtures in foundry S5oe. And Mr.. David w. Sharp
on mill race $3.50.
We take pleasure Ia bearing witness to the aotv
ty, perseverance, and endurance of our fremen eve.
~ man of whom did his duty fai thfully, and many
of xhom risked their lives In eodeavoring to SUI
p,ess the FIRE. To the Manchester fremen, who &C.
companied the Phaniy boys to the scene, and labc.
red side by side with them, we return the thanks Of
our citizens.
far "a we have bssn able to learn not one CT the
sufferers by the conf grafton had dollars worth Of
insurance. and most of them poor Industrious
hard working mechanics the loss falls heavily upon
them.