The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-21

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I~nendi1r~ Fsves Tina alarm Of nre about
eaased by tina burning Of . wooden s.asls 10
catad on Clay street, hetwseo 9th and 10Th,
bsfonsiug 10 William Ira Smith. In the upper
part was ftovcd q large snpp'y Of hay sud
other kinda Of provendsr, which, toss.hsf ~ish
,mitha Ioss vii, probably reach three .hou
saod do.iars. The lire was the work cf an in.
0sBd,axy.
At a fsw minutes past twslye O'clock Saur-
day morning, and before ths frerasn had left
tao scene Of action on Clay street, Q watch
p,an nesx by discovering fellow lurking eas.
p;ciously about tina premises % Il. b wood.
ward . carpenter ehcp, imn.eiia.elr started IN
III, direction where he WAS, wber. 90 hisxreGt
surprise, on reaching the hack part OF the
building, h@ fond that tbs torch Of The incen
diary mad been applied 10 a pils Of shsvin 20
tathad bean placed against tho back door
With the sns.staoce of Some gsellsiDan who
wsro pgssing along she &c. Mt Inc time, tbs
| & e SO cxs;ne, ,ished batare doing nuci: dam
age Ons { sls party, sssing msn n1asiog
"a pid haste from the premises, a:sr;sd in puT-
snit, and chased hiCa AZ far G3 sle Capi tel
Sauare. in which Ia turned aud succeeded in
getting away. Tae darinY fellow, dssssminsd
not to be folisd in his dssigns, returned again
about four o'clock the same morning, aud this
time ACCOMPLISHED his work with considerable
SUCCESS F,rciss an entran;s into the lower
part CT the carpenter shop, he than set Ma TO
lot Of seasonsd plank aud shsvinss, which
had obtsined such nesdTay before 1t WAS d's.
cova,ed a. to render is Impossible 10 put il
out In few minutes this building was an
tifsiy destroyed, togsther with al! sna WORK
mems tools, q vaiuaa,e i3 o. hcih~r, MATS, hnd
everything cleo which was IN it, The fire then
Il n.
The sae: kept IN 3 confectionery store by Ju+
Ian Ali0ise, which. with it. cvn-snss, were
also dsssrOyed
The large wooden building, which had
been standing for the last fifty or sixty years,
hear the corner Of Main aud 9th streets, next
fell q victim to the dev0uring elements, ana
1t, too, proved total Joss. The occupants
of the font part of this house saved all they
had, In damaged condition. In the back
part, however, there had been deposited
about forty superior marble mantels aud
monuments and valuable assortment OF
oil paintings, stone cutters tools, &c, be-
longing to Mr.. John w. Davies, who had,
until within the last two or three years, car
ried On an extensive marble yard. The mar
Bile work has been rendered entirely worth
less from being overheated and broken to
pieces, and the paintings were ali burnt up
These mantels would average $3.50 apiece
ton, will make Mr.. D s loss on them alone
fifty OF sixty thousand dollars.
The extensive brick foundry on the west
of WoodwarG's carpenter shop, for long
time occupied by Francis J Barnes s. Co. as
u CRATE and iron railing mandatory, butt for
the past twelve months used BY Z. +. BAKER
s Go. in moulding and boring she'll FOR the
Government, was also entirely destroyed,
together with large assortment of valuable
II ~i,tS Gy.1 n
on the business. This building belonged TO
Mr.. Ri hard Allen, and SIS there was no In
surance on it his loss will be quite heavy.
The back part of the "AlaSam. or 29J Sa-
,oon," kept 10y Mr. Jas. McGehee, was dam.
aged by Arc and water to the extent OF aocut
i've or elk hundred dollars. This gentle
man, soon after the breaking out or the hre,
threw open his establishment, when the
trcmen and all others VINO chose to avail
themselves of the privilege were permitted
TO partake OF anything he had to eat AID
drink, free CT cost, during the balance OF the
night.
Ile wooden tenemen. on 9Th strest te-
tween Main ard Franklin, whica mas Tor sonas
tins been used by the ladies employed IL the
Q lar masters D .partment, was slightly
burnt ct one Tina it was thought imposrie.e
to aavA this tenement, and all inc records.
desks, &a therein belonging 10 tbs Govern
.r-nt we're therefore removed iuto tins street.
Two othsr wooden tnnsmen!s adjoining, IN
enc cf which Nj. Davies Heaps BOOK "nd
fancy store, we're slightly damaged. by the
timely interference of tne friends CT Mr ID.
tie crowd ygere prevented from breaking iuta
his store. MAD thereby the stock winch Ia has
Ga hand was saved from that destruction which
won,3 have engasd II {. sirsal oT '.atsr had
been tu ns; on, Or il had bSsn m3ve1 into the
street
The reef 20 the War Department. wss st
one tinis on fra aAd gr6at q. p; hausions were
ssls lest thst tne tIiicing would be Destroyed.
With the exception af the foGS6iy oeeupisd
by Baker a. Co, all the fsss Of tie buildings
belonged TO Mr. Dawes, but sas ground on
which they stood was owned by tHe Masonic
frs5srrity Of this city. Hr D.s 1oss, there.
fore. igeludrg his eseortuians 81 ntnteis anu
paintings " hica wege des'royef, wilt no. be
less than from as 900 to s 10000 Baker 4
c.. estimate thsi, loss as ..toua 10 600; llr.
Uooslwasd's will yesch in ioss of tools, na-
tsria!s, Sc, sroa ) 1860 to sl2 coo; ar.
a ism ten baiiding) about s 1880, AM M
aiuiss ION confseti1asriss &c.,) a0out S3OGO
Making ia tins aggregate opo hundred ana
forty five thousand dollars "o,th Of property
destroyed, on none Of which, as far az we
have heard. was there any insurance..
A.an evidence OF tina ;nssEse heat from ibis
fire. oil of the hbs French plate glass which
forms the front doers and windo SIS IF the
ssoses oppnsite, kept respectively by M-strs.
p. H,rtna Kasch, Il. Wenaeutusg & Co, and
the Ucion Sewing Machine Manufacturing
Company, wss cracked in . thouaaai places,
ard in all probability to prevent it, falling
from The frames w-il iave to be removed and
SMALLER pauss inssrtej in its place. Th. meet
of thi. glass was Of iul size OF shs frames
and measured abons 81. i.s by fur taet, wiih
a corresponding shiokas5s- TIA e0eb Of .his
yiass before tbs w&r eYo.edad, we learn, five
thousand do.ls.s; St tsis t;re it cannot DO pur-
ohass3 ~ any ps.cs The n3iss nrodaesd by
the h:essiog Of this glss. was similar 20 she
firing of muskstry, aud = gan!ismaa who c'ss
slee,iug il, ,he store Of K.aoh & Co. on being
awakened by tho rtpo.ts, thinking tas Yam