The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-03
PETER sBURG.


$3.50, TREMENDOUS RAIN-ST0RM-MAG-
,,,rs>T ELECTRIC pISfLaY--MoRTUARY
N ~, IN THE NUMBER OF
~ NESS OF 4 WELL-SSoWN MAN.
,',0.os,,o,,f.,,ce of The Richmond Dspa'eh.l
SEPTEMBER 9, 1873.
,,,n mos. destructive fire known in this
-. ,,, vnorS occurred this morning, break
' 90, n,,t il the store OF Mr.. Danei Rahliy
,,,,,nnn y and O'Clock. The cause is
.,,,ynnwn. some aitributin@ it to lightning
.."t,n 1urinr the severe thunderstorm in
49,, Early par, OF the night, others to an IN
~. ~, dow The tire was first discovered on
, ~" third Aoor OF the building, on which
' ~, s,nrcd . large quantity Of liquors
n"d other goods OF an intiammab'e
oharoctcr, when added greatly to the
;.',n,,s;iy al The fire. As the barrels were
imrnrd through and the liquor ran out new
fnpl was added 20 the fire. The fire was
nonsned 10 this huildin" for nearly an hour,
hr,. finally bursting through the roof, was
communicated 20 the corniceS OF the large
hujjajng Of the Petersburg Library Associa-
tom. separated by an alley only few feet
,r;6r The t:eneu were unable to reach
-hr tail roof ii the Library building By rea-
snr. il i said. Of mud in the water-pipcs.
which clog ceG tic steam engine, and the hre
>nreadinc soon took firm hold upon the roof.
Nthen The tircmen got their engines III good
working order the Roadway OF the fire was
,no orc1f 70 successfully combat il, aud the
Two inner floors OF the beautiful Library
hu;Idinr were doomed 10 destruction. The
lujIdinr was sixty feet square and three
stories in height. 1: was butt III lSlS-oJ,
and belonged 10 an association OF stock
holders. II contained 5000 volumes, some
al them very valuable works-oniv about
oYc-hali OF which were saved i'll damaged
condition. The building Is insured FOR
Ga. 600 in tie Virginia Mutual Of klch-
1sopd. and -. coo in the Granite Company,
Also Of Richmond. There was no insurance
on The book. The Library building cost
IL fine vicinity 81 $4,000, independent OF
fine site OIL which il stood. The loss. there
Sore i much more than the insurance.
Mr. EYhliy's store was insured Cor $4,000
il the Mutual C: Richmond. and his stock
iar $4,000. Gi?ldcd among the following
romuanic> Liverpool. London and G'obe,
-. 600; Franklin Of Philadelphia, $500,
and the Atlanta Of New York. $500. Mr..
Eahiv's estimated loss above his Insurance
j. $1,000.
Under The Library building are four
stores. the >io,h> OF goods IN which were
mainly dama-cd hy water and removal.
Mr. John W Bradbury, hardware incr-
chant, occupied the store st the corner or
Sycamore and BoliiD@brook streets. His
assurances are: Five thousand dollars IN
the Royal, ii Liverpool: $1,000 IN the
Home oil Columbus. Ohio; $4,000 in the
Rome 81 Georgia; $4,000 in the Peters
hur. savings and Insurance Company-to-
tel, $4,000. Estimated damage TO STOCK,
fifty per cent. al value.
The adjoining store WAS occupied by Dir.
Y. s. Bulci:. news dealer. Loss, $50; no
insurance.
Mr.. W. y. smith, furniture. occupied
the next store His stock was badly dam
aged by water. Insurance as follows :
ROYAL, OF Liverpool, $500; Home, of Co.
lumhuS. $500: PhmaiX, OF New York,
$3.50: I,nperi. and Northern New York;,
$3.50: Commercial Union, Of London, $500.
. Alc>Srs. J. Fcihcman Il Brother, dry
goods merchants. occupied the store on
SYCAMORE stree: un0cr the Library. Stock
badly damaged by water. Insurance.
Richmond Banking and Insurance Com
pany. 81 GOO: Home, of Columbus, 81 COO;
Phoenix. of New York. $1,000; LynchburG
Fine. $1,000: Merchants and Mechanics,
Richmond. $1,000.
Mr.. |. Rcinac!l's store, adjoining Mr..
Nahlily'S, was somewhat damaged, and the
stock ri dry goods badly injured by water.
His in>urances orc rs follows: On the build
in@. 81 300 in he Mutual, OF Richmond; on
stock. S4,J00 in Liverpool and London and
Globe: $1,000 in the Phoenix, Of New York ;
and $4,000 in The ROYAL, OF Live! pool also.
SGo0 on furniture in the Liverpool and Lon
don and Globe.
1lr. J. Is. Rrsdy's stock Of gastiytureS,
in the store aGioining Library building,
was damaged about $500; insured in the
Home. OF Columbus, for $1,000. The
huiidln" was damaged about $500 or $500 !;
owned hy James W. Tallcy. aud insured
Tor 81 600 in the Mutual. Of Richmond.
The directors % the Petersburg Library
As ocialion viii meet tomorrow AFTERNOON
10 decide what course to adopt in view OF
the destruction OF their property. The
debt OF the association is about $4,000,
and ii is more thal probable that the affairs
Oi The institution will be wound up, and its
operations cca>2.
The .cytre~t .tOrm OF the season occurred
here last night. lasting about one hour and
a bali. The rain fell IN torrents. drenching
the city and country for miles around. The
dis play OF electricity was magnificent. and
almost continuous. Some OF the flashes
We're binding in their brilliancc, followed
ir crashes OF tluader almost deaftnlnS,
and shaking The houses in the city. Light
nlno struck in TWO or three places in town,
but fortunately did bat little damage. The
new GiItield Baptist church, on Perry
street. was struck and slightly injured, and
Il lamp-PoSt on sycamore street was shat
tered. 1t is learned from the country that
the lands and roads were in many cases
badly washed by the heavy rains. The
churches here were all closed by the storm.
The mortuarv report for August shows
that the number oi deaths from all causes
in the city during the mouth was IS, being
II less than in July. There were reported
in addition tive >ti!i-births. OF the total
IS were males and Il females 20
were whites and 33 colorcd; IL married,
40 single: widow and widowcr; thir-
teen dled under the age OF one year, and IA
between the ages Of one and five years. So
that over one half OF the mortality was
among children Of tender years. There
were nine deaths in First Ward, live in Sc
cond. five in Third, thirteen in Fourth, ten
in Fifth, ten in sixth, and one at the Aims
h0li>e.
The health officers report 10 the Council
is yery gratifying rs regards the sanitary
condition OF the city, which during the past
few weeks has been very much improved,
with corresponding Improvement IN the
health OF the community. Disiniectants
have been freely used, and all refuse matter
La;i!ed ont OF the city.
Mr.. William \. Gregory, an old and
prominent citizen OF Prince George, is very
il! OF paralysis. lie is not expected to live.
Rev. T. Il. Eaton preached his third an
niversary sermon Yesterday. He stated that
during the past year Is persons had been
added to the church. The present member
ship Is Col. There was contributed for va
A.. x.o,r