The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-10-30

scores Of Young Ladies In Peris OF
Their Precious Lives.
acrsrs OF assAr EXCITEMENT AND coNFu
sIoN--psscUgp By LADDERS YOUNG
xApY JUMPS rRox rHg THIRD STORY WIN
pow--Loss ABogT $4,000.


fsssitimoye Amerlctn.I
THURSDAY afternoon about & O'Clock an
alarm OF hre was sounded from Box No.
sI2, corner Park and Clay streets. wnicn
was caused by Ore being discovered 10 Tue
store on the southwest corner OF HOWARD
and Lexington streets. Persons IN she We
chilly saw dense volumes OF smoke pouring
ont Of the doorwsys and windows OF the
store. and heard the piercing shriekS
~ sffrighted saiesladies as they rushed
from the large store occupied by IL.
I,owentbsl as a ladies' furnishing es-
tablishment. Soon after flames SHOT
OUT Of the store. and by the time the hTe
department arrived the store was IN blaze.
The material inside being very inilsmmable,
the fire blazed fercely, and the scenes
durine The conflsgfation were quite excl
Ting. ewing 10 the plumber of young ladies'
eYnploved by the various firms occupying
the building. The building is No. l03
north Howard: is occupied bythree firms
n. Lowenthal using the cellar and ground
floor as q general ladies' furnishng-gocdS
store. Upstairs ID. j. Goldenburg has
large room for the wholesale department OF
his millinery store, which Is next door mo.
81 Howald). lie also has several rooms 10
which his family live. The third story Is
occupied by Godfrey Tallerman, nlanuiac-
tursr OF ladies' laceS and cress-tTimmings.
He employs about twenty young ladies,
and all were at work when The IRE broke
out. IL was about hsli-aiter O'Clock
when Mr.. Goldenbufg was sitting at
his desk 10 the wholesale-room In the sec
ond story. BE had sent out for some cigars,
and was awaiting the boys return, when
dense volumes OF smoke rolled into the
room from the rear, seemingly coming from
down Stairs. Before he had time TO give
an alarm everything was in confusion. The
young ladies In bis employment rushed into
the room, and began Il series OF screams and
sbrieks that deaiened for time the asst
RANGES OF safety from the men. Mr.. Gold
enberg at last succeeded in diving num-
her from the room, and Gained the rest.
By this time the smoke in the apartment
was so dense that no one could see to move,
and hence very little Of the stock was re-
moved 10 place OF safety. Down Stairs
the scenes were more exciting than on the
second floor, because the flames made their
appearance there first. When the smoke
was seen issuing from the cellar into the
rear Of The store the young ladies' bethought
themselves Of flight, and not only thought
OF it, but some did ily.
The store is long one, with large coun-
tiers running up aud down each side, and
double one in the centre. Table-cloths,
laces, handkerchiefs, etc, were hung on
rods over the counters, and rs the girls ran
out they seized these notions and New
screaming from the store. The crowd
which had gathered outside assisted the
Young lpdies to unload the goods, and pre-
vented many Others from rushing back into
the flames for more OF the finery. IL Is said
thar only a'iew acted thus; others were so
bewildered that they could not move, but
were carried ont Ia the arms OF the fremen.
Three Young ladies who were 10 the rear OF
the store, seeing the flames so near them.
lost all control OF themselves and tainted
AWAY. This new catastrophe served to
heigbten the alarm, and some difficulty was
experienced In getting the unfortunate
Young ladies from the burning building.
The fifemen did their duty, and before the
flames had made much Roadway the store
was cleared OF all the most perishnbie goods.
Just as the fire in the lower stories was
burning brightly the young ladies at Gold
enberg's in the third story discovered their
poril. Rushing to the windows, they raised
them and looked out. The sight OF some
twenty salesladies, at about half as many
windows, all screaming in deadly terror,
while the flames from the lower stories
formed sea between them and the earth,
was enough to excite any crowd. The fire.
men saw their danger, and ladders were
raised immediately TO the windows. But
before this was done c0mmoti0n
occurred at one Of the windows;
number OF girls were seen en-
deavoripg TO hold back one who
seemed intent on jumping out. The fire.
men also saw this, but before they could
reach the window the determined young
lady broke loose from her friends and leaped
out hesdlong. Luckily she did not spring
very far out towards the street, but fell
upon the awning at the second story, where
she was rescued. Her name was Miss Katie
Hutchinson. She was taken down the stairs
and across the street 10 a store, where she
was cared for. The other young ladies were
rescued by the fremen. The flames played
havoc with The goods in the first two sto-
ties.