The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-31

THE Gar Depot Of the Richmond Passeugn
Raiyyvny Burned Down-NsrrOw Escape 81
the IuIaates--LOss, $4,000.

The Gar Depot Of the Richmond Passeugn
RaiSyvny Burned Down-Nsrr0w Escape %
the Iuznates--Loss, $4,000.
From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph Of yester-
day-l
The car depot OF the Second and Third streets Pas
senger Railway Company (iMhm0ndt endl, situated
on the southwest corner OF Edgemoa street amo
morning. the building was 10 rect on EuseIons
street and ninety feet on Lehigh avenue, one story
sengcr railway cars for the night. 1t was the re-
ceivers. the conductors and passengers room. u
was valued at $1,000 and the loss, which ID esss-
mated S. 600, Is iulIy covered Wy Insurance Tnerc
were twenty three cars In the building anu ony IVY
$4,000 which IL covered by INSURANCE In CITY COLL
panies .
AZ one O'Clock tins morning the cars were all
run INTO The structurn The doors OF which wer0
closed. The night receiver three CON suctors, Two
drivers AMI the watcnman Patrick DO uohue, were
sleeping IN the receivers and conduct Ors roohs:
~ about three O'Clock receiver WIS awakened
nv smoke, and on arising saw flames Is wing from
several cars IN different locations lie In sfnediatey
aroused the sieepers and finding the na unes were
spreading rapidly, ran for the outside ioof. y"
the way he stoppel to take his coat froI nan.
The back or the coat burned
All those seepng m the rooms manage 20 o esc
of the windows the bars u which had to be troken
away. The watcanln, Patrick Donohue. dc an
effort 70 get out some o. the cars, and in 50 .oang
the time, and WAS startled by seeing the laiiies
break out IN several cars.
The fire started materially aided b, the
straw In the cars, and In ten minutes the e ltire
building was enyelopeu, ami in about hour here
was nothing lett but the four walls. The fire Den
finding II impossible to save the structure tur ned
Their attention TO the stables which were on uie
opposite side OF ElgcmGnt street, and succeeded IN
preventing Their destruction.
The road was considerably Inconvenience by III ~
mishap hut through the kindness and generosity N
the other railway companies President Binder ~ =
nonnced to us that during the afternoon the car
win he running as regularly as though nothing had
happened.
The directors OF the company desire us to present
their thanks to the various railway companies Of the
city for The Kindness manifested by them In promptly
responding TO the company for u temporary loan OF
sufficient number OF cars, 10y which they have been
enabled 10 resume travel upon the road at once.
The Union, Fourth and Eighth streets, Iestonvilie
aud Green and Coates streets companies rendered
q portion Of their cars to the Richmond company,
end they were placed upon the road this morning
Tho destroyed depot was insured to the amount or
S2a, 900, equally divided among the eight following
comprehensive Association Franklin, American,
state OF PENNSYLVANIA, North American. Royal Re-
lance, Spring Garden.
stems have already been taken for the erection OF
a new depot and for the construction or new cars.
so that the road will shortly be placed in its former
condition