The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-18
SULPHUR
az THE WHITE SULPHUR
- SPRINGS.
ruc,-,>Sp DOLLARS WORTH W
TN PROPERTY DESTROYED
-. Fire OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sna 'h'A-
N"" dents. &c.

August II, lS'4.S
,.;or nulrtin dispatch which ] sent
Iac 'I' ,,,,nr announced the DESTRUCTION
Ss.ucaA ,",n ., the most valuable prop
~ mr. ! " ,he White sulphur GROUNDS. !
e';y W. WIZ" Grr;ns a great portion OF Tue
wa a"""s an Of sickness, and whea tHe
Ej~"' .! ', ,;r., sounded it did not lake me
&'2:N WIS., ,:,,r =" 10 put on my clothes and get
li3Gh .''''',,~.h al the cottage where WAS
60 -,.,r6. il. Alabama row.
Ii'''"''' ALABAMA ROW
=. Knows who has been to the
, ,,.t'., st!rhur springs. s',ua0u ~ 'nS
" '" ,',r rnr,i OF the GROUNDS, neai W ahu
We, nor;A Of the mineral sprinS' iu
.,., IN tni; portion OF tne TO" WIZ
''"'. ,,.,,cAtd ~ the fire have not peeh Iseu
W" t,,.r<rr,t. IL ca,rs OF cmergencs' nls'
I" 80, ,'c, we're made available ny ieasoi
So" crowd visiting TINS reno"neu
a TX ',.1sr Na;rring.pia and this summer
sra i,',n gg,.,n brought into reqhi>it'oh. oe'
'", ,:,,,c AZ TIE lire were not ali occup!eo.
,nE FIRE At FIRST.
,.,.sri.u.,. about o'clock when the hre
''.' discovered. Ii was then pursuing
w, H. w., r,rnar Of DIR. Cald~elfS private sta-
J. .'' t;.h ~, ,ht WAY. WIS unused al TIE time
t''' N'''..,r.t,..,on. The stsole was situated
O. ~ ~. IN! Of Alahama Row. Ii al
IL. v-.,.I,r,,, .clursoom.> and was
.'" -, MY ,hc tub-hou-e and towel
'"> f,,., -.s the bottom. AlthouSAa lie"
.'.,. wr.,. >..rring NJ the time OF tne nie'
I. vt, j,llg l!.jf m hour before Tue a,ni II
...,,,, .rn,.I and before the alaFih ociI ~
III ,... .,tlu,cd. When it was, many
'r, u,j>.ouh lts ringing for slguai ioe
i. weston. ard pad very ll'tie atien'oh 10
:, I~.rd. ! nav" sine heard that IN extra
- .r.,,n no YVES: waS expected TO arrlse
'".-.....rt,. ,,r.,A'. and some Of the gentlemen
.,.,,,.I Y,i,. the office Of the hotel thought
80 n was probably sounded 10 rouse the
,,..n ,l.rk Ht.. The alarm proved &c be Tor
~ djlIrrcn. reason.
rxcITgHE>r ~ THE HOTEL.
S,,sr,l pCr>or> who were quartered in the
,,. h.rliue Greatly excited when 1t was
r..,..-,i,y known that fire was raging on
-,,.ir,i., spG 4 few OF the amusing scenes
a..... yr-, enacted in the second and third
,,.,.;., he,a:. The excitement was allayed,
p. h.r,, Described 10 he, but 1t Will make
+. letter Ia long 70 mention them now.
I'm rho other hand, however, grca; number
., ,.,r,,,r. never heard Of the tire at all until
H., came down 10 the sulphur Spring and
AZ Tie runs. Or heard the news in the
t.nl..rogm w.Ilieat breakfast.
IHE ErILplsGS BURNED.
:. i coulid.Ifiy believed that the fire,
y originated in Mr.. Catdwefs private
,a... whI"l! Mas unoccUpIed. and IN which
;.,ir va. ~ OCCASION for any person TO be
q the, line uf The morning, was the work OF
-. ,rr,Laiary. and il is SAID tia. suspicion
,utr.r, 10 >n!u4 one who has been living
h:".
Tie fire soon consumed the stable, and
rp,r attacked lh- " cillt-roomS,| in which a
.,,.r va, in progress at the time. This
H. linz, together with large frame house
x#oiniug i. IN tha lower room Of which
number @. h.d-rcads, feather-beuS, mat
i.,>,>. g.. Wcr. >:Orcd. were also speedily
C.,.ioyr,!. Tie contents Of the lumber
!..U wcr, removed. however, before the
r. w:t> burned.
L, tki> tHu- several hundred persons,
Lj..!- been aroused, fastened TO the fire.
\ tl- available blankets were secured ard
Nrt.ll U,,au III" roots Of the cottages in Ala
tlLu r5w, AID Il inc formed from the sui
y.ur ping ~ The fire. along which buckets
q water wrr" passed in rapid succession
1Ni !orcd upon the flames.
&R. CALpwgLL'S RESIDENCE DESTROYED.
ID>p.,r0ftt" efforts oithe large number Of
visitors warirnLegcd valuable aid at the fire,
To- Inn, soon reached 4 pile of cOrd-wood
la. b"twr,H Wr. CaIdwell'S residence and
iII' .urHn- iuuHei-roOm. aud attacked the
caT3. ana perch Of bis cottage. and getting
under The thu roof. BAIL d every effort to ex-
t.a-gt>h them. Frum the roof the fire
>lIt"',I 10 every room in the building. Much
I" TIE furniture was removed. but Il great
t"2. Of It VI, destroyed entirely. In addi-
Iul" A.> IT, ia furniture, be had large
a.! beautiful coiciion OF statuettea, vases,
glassware, a!G other articles Of luxury and
t.'sILre many Of which came from Europe,
hI- Il" arcumWia' ion OF years. Nearly all
d these Ntrc destroyed. The heat in the
b ii>r "a> :" .,at th.t these beautiful arti-
c1.> cEumhri! under The touch in the at
temp. Ia remove them.
H. tG"G.a; that much more might have
'nr" >''ru Tao Mr.. Caldwell appreciated the
"1lIrr Which ,Urloundcd him and sooner
"rrp'rd lne a~>i>tance which was SO will
!.-!! lrujcIcd bin. At the time OF the fire
~ T. i'd"cI!, together with his wife, daugh-
-. ana OF" or Two female friends, were &C.
'.'!&@ Il" house. Mr.. Caldwell, at pres
cH', mot c.,ili!a'e the amount OF bis loss.
"ihrF> estimate i, however, at about $40 900,
.ll Nl!2tI there i an insurance of 81 600
GOWN beng upon The house and 81 900 upon
liz furniture.
Adjoining Mr. Caldwcl's residence was a
SIMMER >t"ck-.rlck cottage, which was also
's'.! dr>l1nJ"d. This was IN reslilya part
:. u, F"'!G,I-c, being occasionally occupied |
T.. hin.
10" TIH FLAMES WERE ARRESTED.
d! A4ii-Ifi>' o'clock the stable, the |
"-%i : den. lumber room. Mr.. CadwepS |
'E>''ac., anu line double brick cottage bad |
:" %rh burned. and the illmes were just at |
{, HG- u" ROOT OF room No. of Alabama |
'' Il 1rcltnc evident that several cot. |
49, Il mol The entire row, would be de- |
49,. avg" Uh!:>s one or two of the rooms were |
.' H"1s III order to arrest the flames. Up |
- '"I '''iir don't think all axe had been |
:, "u" Oh ih. place. just before 6 O'Clock |
-Iouh's around the fire were thropged |
.,1 ''u'e> and gentlemen, and heavy force |
"etd Tie work OF tearing down No. |
.. ~ o'C:' 70 leave gap between the brick |
wI,5c' III the row aud those of wood, |
".'1 o'S"A from No. 10. About O'Clock |
-. ,,-. t'N dozen axes were brought from |
r"S,, .@l'''h. ana in few minutes every |
,. g,'n ''on No. to No. 10 was unrooled, the !
's !VtN a"ay, nearly all of the dry and |
a,m ~.",Iio'c material removed, and the |!
'-u4' were arrested.
l,9.," >uH up we have five buildings
,i,.,'-- "AH len rooms or cottages torn TO |
p.,,a, asa Euht fer use at present. MIR. |
,.,!, "" WIZ hardly lose more than 300, ex- |
,,., I'1"s deprived of tue use OF the cot
'Vt tue accommodation Of his guests.
INCIDENTS, ETC.
Y,,r. "ouiQ not be just 70 mention several !
,G~' , "i'noul giving the names of all per-
ttr WI. "%o isDored faithfully TO put out the |
>n1 'Nu VINO cared tor those guests of the |