The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-05

Dest, ,sctive Ffyc.-About half-pasta eleven
O'Clock yesterday morning o fire occurred
on the premises of Mr. William Taylor, iiv :
ing on Grace street, between 2lst and 22j,
Church Hill, which resulted 10 the entire
destruction OF his new and splendid brick
residence, kitchen, smoke.h house, and stable.
The fire orig mated In the kitchen, and tho
weather being very dry, n only that, but
the dwelling and other buildings were en-
ycioped In flames In an incredible short
space of time. Through the excrtioDs OF
the servants and neighbors, part of the
furniture in the first aud second stories was
saved, in o damaged condition, but all the
chamber furniture. contents OF ;he Kitchen,
smoke house, ard icrage in the stable, were
Tapped up by tho stevouripg element. In
addition to this ioe-, large lot of growing
vegetables and valuable ieuciug surrounding
the place was destroyed, and We understand
thst the 30 me fate overlook two hogs and a
calf that were confined In pen III the rear
OF the kitchen. Mr. TaylOr's loss, including
furniture, groceries, &c, is estimated at be-
tween seventy five and one hundred thou
sand dollars. ortunately for him he is the
owner OF a fine farm In Hanover, (at which
piace he was temporarily sGjourning,) or
else, In the present crowded state oil the
city, IL would be almost Impossible 10 cal
culate the 10ss aud Inconvenience he has
sustained. The fire broke out in the kitch-
en-, aud is said 10 have originated from
spark which fell from the pipe oil an cid
negro woman in heT feather bed.
On the west OF Mr.. Il 3 residence, the
two brick tenements belonging to franklin
seearns. and occupied respectively by Mr..
John ". Nickel and Richard u. Sanxay,
we're several times On fire, and but for the
great tnJrts which were made by 8eyerh
@1tiz ms, who, at The risk of their lives, as
c"nded the roofs and cut away the shin
giles, spread wet blankets down, and threw
buckets OF water on the cracking llmes,
they would undoubtedly have been de
stroyed. The whole OF the furniture in
these teneiaents was removed into the
street, but owing TO the hurry in doing so
and the Intense heat prevailing much of 1t
vas broken up and scorched. Mr.. Stearns's
toss Will probably reach three Thousand
dollars, whiie Messrs. Mckieps and SanEay's
may safely be estimated at one thousand
each.
The roof of the large brick kitchen belong.
ing to Mr. Loitiu N. Ell ett ,on the opposite
side OF the street, was on fire once or twice,
but WAS extinguished each time without
much ioss.
At the time of The breaking out OF this
fire both of the officers stationed at the up
per and lower cages were necessarily absent
from their posts, and it was therefore at
least half an hour before any alarm was
given In the western end OF the CITY,
On account of this delay, and the fire being
on the brink of the highest hill in the city,
(thus rendering livery diGlcult to get to it,
is well as the extreme low state Of the wa
ter IN the river, the fire engines were not
able to reader much assistance. In the di-
rection in which the wind was blowing there
are no other houses for several hundred
yards, or else the destruction of property
would have been much greater