Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-27
DISASTROUS FIRES.
Thirty Buildings Destroyed at
Richmond, Va.
Loss Probably s6oO,ooo-A 100000
Blaze at CIeyelard-Minor ConRa-
grations Labor Strikes -
Crushed by Falling Wall.
MINOR CASUALTIES AND CRIMES.
BIG BLAZE.

Destructive Fire at Rtehmond-One
Killed. and Three Others Injured
Loss, s6OO,OOO.
RICHMOND, Va, March 26.-About noon,
to-day, the southern end of the Richmond
and Pittsburgh railroad bridge was discov.
cred on fire, and when the firemen arrived,
the whole staucture was ablaze and soon
tumbled into the river. When the flames
reached the Richmond end OF the bridge,
they seized upon a. large
four story brick tobacco factory OF
TN. Rutherford & Co., which was quickly
destroyed The fire spreading with fright
ful rapidity, laid in ashes the large brick
tobacco factories of r. A. Patterson 4 Co.
and T. c. Williams & Co., the three tobacco
stemmeries of J. A. Hutchison, the
two stemmeries of c. X. and
F. D. Burksdale, the stemmery
of Aborn and Edwards, the Vulcan iron
Works operated by Bruce and Archer,
twenty tenements occupied by poor people,
about 300 feet of trestle connecting the
Tredegar Iron Works with the Richmond
and Pittsburg railroad, ten new freight
cars of the Tredegar Company, /. +. Smith
grist mill, and number OF minor ouild'
inps and quantity Of coal and lumber.
At the southern, or Manchester end oil
the bridge, the fire destroyed the Virginia
Mining and Manufacturing Company
Koaline Works. The total loss is cstlma,
ted at $500, 900 10 100000. about half oil
which is covered by insurance.
The rapid spread of the fire was owing ia
heavy gale. One life was lost, and there
were several minor casualties.
PLArrsBURGu, y. y. March 25.-The
round house and the freight and passen'
Cor depot of the Chataugay Narrow Gauge
Railway is burned. Two locomotives, apas'
senccr coach and two freight cars destroy
ed, Loss $25, 900 A boy named Lowell,
twelve years old, was burned to death IN
the round house.
CLEVELAND. March pa destructive
fire occurred this afternoon IN Strong
Cobb's wholesale drug, paint, oil ana var
nish establishment on superior street
The flames broke out in the basement
among varnishes and oils. While
il may have been caused by spontaneous
combustion the suspicion OF arson Is en-
tertained, because man was seen hastily
1lmDlDp lulO DuSSy a' thO iSSa auC
driving rapidly away few mom.S Sn t. befor,
blaze was first seen. The III spread quickly
from the basement a...ung first and seconC
floors, and through the back elevator TO th'
fifth story;. Ten steam engines worked wig
ororS&iy, and in the course Of two hours th'
confagration was subdued. The stock wa
valued at about 500, 900. The damage Il
estimate at $4,000 on stock and between
S., 900 and SIC, 900 on buildings.
Sr. JoHSsBURG, W., March 26.-The Free
Baptist Church burned to-day.
PHILADELPHIA, March PA fire in th'
warehouse OF Charles NJ. Russell, dealer il
casks and brewers supplies, caused dam
age OF $4,000; insurance $4,000
ST. LOUIS, March 26.-Ex-Governor Hunt
OF the Rio Grande and Pecos railroad, ar
rived here tonight from Laredo. Texas
He has completed arrangements for build
ing the first section OF that road, 20 mile!
from Laredo to the coal mines.