The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-06
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DESTROYED Loss, Twenty rlrs TaogsaND
DoILARs COVERED BY INSURANCE. At half.
mas, . O'Clock this morning the chapel OF The
handsome new Broadway Baptist church
VAS discovered to be on fire, and the hitnes
having spread throughout the room were
then already reaching up to the timbers OF
the roof. Before the first engines We're made
available the interior of the entire cbapel
was filed with sheet of fine, consuming
with the church furniture DR.. Burrows's'
nriys.e library, which ~ said to be one OF
the finest in the city.
The Ere originated in the chapel from the
furnace used ia heating the building. The
a mes steadily worked their way to the roof
o( the chapel and cyept steadily towards the
BODY Of the church. which Is located on
Rroadwav. Thesmoke soon poured heavily
into the main building, only to be followed
in few minutes hy the fumes. which licked
nm the light aud combustible material about
the altar rs IL It had been chat. The mag.
nificent organ, one Of the best 10 the city,
and which cost over Eve thousand dollars 10
Raston, had formerly occupied position az
the end Of the church next TO Broadway, but
had been removed TO place on the lsit nano
| of the altar, and was only injured ny water.
! Tae portion Of the building entirely gut
ted was The rear, ending in the alley between
Brook aud First and Gray and Broadway
streets. The furnace is situated IN the oase'
ment directly under the lecture.room, whicn
Is Just in the rear Of the pulpit. The PTS
tors study, containing his library, was STU
ated IN the northwest corner Of the cburcn,
next to the lecture.room. Above is the sun
day school and infant classroom. Ali this
portion, forming the entire rear portion, IS
entirely destroyed. The h,mes spreaa SO
rapidly that the firemen were unaole 10 Set
| any control of it whatever. While tney
were trying to extipgulsh the flames IN toe
wes'ern portion the eastern portion OF II
caught fire. The burning slate.soof caused
4 BLUSH flame, presenting weird and pic
,uresu1e scene. The fl lmes spread over the
roof of the main portion OF the building,
which ut the time of going to press the fire.
men were gradually getting under control.
DR.. Burrows is not in the city, but Is on bis
way to Toronto, Canada. The loss will pro-
baby reach twenty-five thousand dollars at
4 the prese 1t calculation, but future estimates
may place it at larger figure than this.
The church was one Of the finest IN the
city, being built OF browa stone at cost OF
about one hundred thousand dollars. The
building was completed three years ago last
May. Las. summera year ago the walls were
considered unsafe and torn down. The re.
construction was finished last December at
cost of about twenty-five thousand dollars.
By this work the church was greitly i'm
proved in its appearance, and changes made
that added much to its beauty.
The library was insured ia the companies
represented by MIR. j. NJ. Gleason for two
thous md five hundred dollars, aud was val
ued mt eight thousand dollars. The insu-
rance on the building in the same office
amounted to forty-four thousand dollars, the
building being valued at seventy thousand
dollars.
Latest..-At 4:15 the flames got advantage
of the 6remen in the root of the main build.
ing. and the probability is thst all of the roof
may be destroyed Courier, I'd.