The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-28

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e2sT, $50.
Notwithstanding the crowds OF curious
people that came out 10 see the fire Sunday
Notwithstanding the full report OF the
scenes and incidents in Monday morning.
Dispatch, hundreds upon hundreds went
down 10 the locality yesterday during tho
day to view
THE RUINS.
II was worth the trouble. The rain OF
the previous night, and the efforts OF the
fremen, had put out all traces OF the fire,
save that seen In smouldering ruins OF the
| brick factories, where piles OF tobacco were
still burning, the scent Of which could
easily be detected In the breeze, and also In
the piles 81 cord-wood lying near the burnt
portion OF the Tredegar lron-Works' rail-
way trestle, or what was in fact the wreck
OF the same.
The fire here was still burning, but did
not send out sufficient smoke to obstruet
| the view, and any one could stand at any
point between the Petersburg depot build
Ing and the bridge across the James and
survey the entire field over which our fire
brigade made such fierce contest with the
flames on last Sabbath.
MIRE AND MUCK
did not keep out the curious. Despising
such obstacles, crowds OF men, boys, and
women wandered around in the burnt dis
trict and made their way across the lazy
flowing streams OF water and through bazy
volumes Of smoke which marked the place
where few hours before were the homes
Of happy families and buildings wherein
important business enterprises were being
transacted There was nothing to invite
the eve, except by comparison with what
once was. Everything looked dismal,
SMOKY, AND GLOOMY.
The scmi-circular shape Of the Tredegar
trestle railway was easily traceable, the
long lines of railroad iron, now red-hued
from contact with water while heated.
showing il some places, while in others the
tall, blackened, and charred pieces OF the
trestle-work standing bolt upright, but
shrunken to the size Of a cornstalk by the
fire, marked its route. The sites of the
frame buildings were only identified by the
brick oundations-nothing else renamed.
The walls Of the brick tobacco-factories
had i'm some cases fallen in, but in most in
stances portions OF them remained.
THE BRIDGE
across the river fell down the stream, or TO
the left hand as you approach ii from
the Richmond shore OF the river. Nearly
all OF the cross-ties could be seen, having
only been partially consumed, and these,
along with the iron and the screws and
bolts in the bridge, could be distinctly seen
stretched from one side Of the river TO the
other, tangled mass Of ruins. On either
side of the river, ut the breach in the road
caused by the fire, a barricade has been
placed across the railroad track to prevent
injury to ignorant or unsuspecting people
who might approach in the dark.
MANCHESTER
escaped with the loss OF the Kaolin-Slills.
Colonel A. $. Buford is the president Of
the Virginia Mining and Manufacturing
Company, under whose control the mills
had been erected. He Is absent from Rich
mond, and in consequence no definite in
telligence rs TO the future action OF the
company can be ascertained. When he re-
turns meeting OF the Board OF Directors
will be held, and steps taken perhaps to
have the works rebuilt. II is the opinion
of the engineer that the engine and large
boiler could be used again without the cost
OF extensive repairs.
SUFFERING FIREMEN.
Many OF the members OF the Fire Brigade
suffered severely in the brave fight they
made against the terrible onset OF the fire.
Yesterday morning the extent OF their in
| juries could be more readily seen. The
skin on the faces of several members was
scorched and contracted, the eyebrows OF
many were Singed of, and one member
! (Mr. John Redwood, foreman OF No.
] .r1an al RI.
fully. the heat from the fire OF the day be-
fore having injured his eyes so much as &c
cause serious fears TO be entertained that h'
would lose them entirely.
The entire force acted well, and deserve
the thanks of the community.
The wood set on fire now makes the mos
OF the smoke seen rising in the locality o
the fire. The major part OF this was owned
by Colonel +. l.. HObson, who estimates
his loss at between =, ,0OD and $4,000. Hi
stable, &C., valued at $4,000, and twelve
hundred cords Of wood, which cost him s;
per cord, were totally destroyed, upoi
which he had $4,000 insurance-Sl,0 900 IL
the Connecticut Fire-Insurance Compan!
ON the stable, and $1,000 in the Scottish
IJJnion and National on the cord-wood il
his yard.
The heaviest individual sufferer @as Mr.
James Thomas, list Of whose uninsure'
property is appended, as follows:
Pour-story brick factory building. occu-
pied by Mcssrs. Thomas c. Williams 40
tO..................s.... %SiVo
Four-story brick factory. occupied by ,a M
| Messrs. X. a. Patterson to.........s. !o'UV
Ten brick tenemenis... lV'oo
Total 1890
IL will be several days before the fire wi
die out, and as long as 1t lasts the rum
, will be q scene OF interest.
THE BRIDGE TO BE REBUILT.
The railroad authorities are determine
TO 90 ahead at once aud replace the bridge
and with this end in view the Richmon
] and Petersburg, Petersburg and Weldor
: and Richmond and Fredericksburg Raj
: way Companies will probably unite a
? Their forces and proceed to erect a tempe
: rary trestle bridge across the James.
c ii Is thought that within Thirdly days tn
= temporary yiaduct will allow uninterrup
= ed railroad travel over the present breac
: in the line. Unless some accident occul
l. To prevent, this feat will certainly be o
: complished within the time named. 4
= the same time work VIII be commenced Q
an iron bridge, which in twelve montl
will supersede the trestle structure, viii
h at the same time its construction will NJ
/ interfere with travel over the temporal
n structure.
" Losses and Insurance.
1t is estimated that the losses will o
q proximate a half-million OF dollars. "
Is were unable to get full list OF insuran'
's for our paper Of Yesterday. Below Is CIV,
+ q correct list Of the anounts each OF u
u assured had, and also a list OF the comp
nics carrying these risks and the amour
insured by each. In almost every ca
L lLaro was a Total lnss and the cOmpani