The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-27

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by insurance.
TESExENTs BURNED.
Tn Rr,gy,s row the following tenements
were destroyed: , ,r,,,.
No. coo, occupied by Mr.. William Clay
ton. ~. ~ NJ,
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ton, printer. ,s ,,,.,.
No. eos. occupied by Mr.. Charles
Wheeler.
No. GlO. occupied by Mrs. Cassie Duke.
No. 612, occupied by Mrs. Nolan.
No. GA, occupied by Mrs. Collin.
In Thomas's row the list Is "a follows:
No. 618, vacant.
No. G1s, occupied by Michael Whalen.
No. go, occupied by James Whalen.
No. 892, occupied by Mrs. Davis.
No. G24. occupied by John Murphy.
No. COG. occupied by John Tierney.
No. 62s. occ,lpied by John Muldowney.
No. 63o. occupied by Michael O'Ncal.
The houses occupied ~ Patrick Bolton,
No. 900 south Sixth street. end Mr.. Brown,
; No. 3l1 south Sixth street, were also con-
sumed, and were owned by James Thomas,
Jr.
The people who lived in these tenements
could hut poorly afford TO lose anything,
and made desperate attempt to save their
household goods from the flames. The
crowd Of bysianders lent a ready hand.
and the furniture was roughly tumbled
out of doors and carried off, but was so
much broken up and injured as 10 be al
most valueless.
| STAMPEDE OF MULES.
The occupants OF the houses burnt in
Thomas's row made heavy complaint OF
the treatment they unayoidably received
during the pending excitement at the
hands Of certain parties who stampeded
about hundred mules and horses
from Hobson's stables in order TO
save these animals lives. Thesy stub
bornly refused to be driven out OF the
enclosure for q long time, but finally
crowd Of. people got behind them
. i'm the stable-yard, and with shouts,
sticks, and stones drove them ont OF the
enclosure. AS they passed out and on. the
crowd OF people in the street, upon which
the fire at one end was raging, had to scat
ter and allow them TO pass. The time con-
sumed in this way was valuable, and to
some OF the people IFS loss swelled to a
grievance that seemed sore, Judging from
the complaints both loud and deep that
were let off.
MARROW ESCAPE.
| Mr.. Isaac 4. Gentry. who is manager and
. book-keeper in the factory corner OF Arch
and Eighth streets. made a narrow escape
from the burning building. lie was seated
in his office, and had just asked n friend
IL he thought there was any danger Of the
| factory burning. While awaiting the inyes-
tlsation which hisfriend proceeded TO make
and as he was collecting his books. the
high wind suddenly swept mass Of fame
and smoke into the office, which completely
: suffocatcd Mr.. Gentry. His friends for.
tunatcly came to his rescue, and he was
, dragged from the house in an insensiblC
condition, and the city ambulance con-
: veyed him 10 the house OF n relative, next
to the corner OF Fifth and Cary streets.
FATAL RESULTS.
While the fire was raging ficrccst and the
J excitement was most intense. young lad
I named Charley Bets. son OF Mr.. Loui.
, Belts, painter, who lives 80 the corner OF
!, Linden and Main stfee,s, made his way
into the heart Of the burning strict.
lie was warned repeatedly by firemen tC
keep out Of the way. but he seemed anX-
. ious to assist in removing books and paper
from the burning buildings. Presently
the gable end of Pat. Belton's house was
! seen about to fall. 4 fireman hallooed "a
, Young Belts, who stood in dangerous prOx.
unity, to get out Of the way.
, The warning came too late, ana the next
minute the boy was buried beneath The
: fallen bricks, his body being almost en-
2 tirely covered. His death was almost in
stantaneous. The city ambulance was sent
, for, and the remains Of young Belts was
conv eyed to the house OF relatives. IL,
was about fifteen years OF age.
CURIOUS CROWDS STARVING FOR 4 SIGHT.
As soon as il was generally known that {
| biz fire was raging everybody turned out
D to see the sight.
I 1t only took q few minutes for the newi
to spread over the city. Then all Rich
mond, with Sunday clothes on, came to
f; wards the fire.
t 1t was a strange sight, the long lines o.
r ladies and their escorts, handsomely attiret
and moving with hurried steps towards
Byrd-Street depot, where dense volumes o
smoke and red sparks were being whirlet
: skyward and plainly marked the locality o
, the fire.
Those who first reached the scene wer,
: met returning, moving of to the hill-topi
in the neighborhood, from which better
, views could be obtained. But the crowd
: going TO the fire kept on, 10 be similarl,
disappointed. and then TO 90 in search o
better positions. CANDLES Hill was th'
favored locality. Here terrace rises above
:, terrace TO an cmincncc which completely
i oyerlOoks the burning buildings. Al
{ along these terraces crowds OF people
: Of all ages, sexes, and condition crowded
together, in some places ten rank
4 deep. II is hard 10 estimate the number o.
G people that lined the park and grounds OF
>. Gsmble's Hill, but il certainly did not ial
G short OF five thousand.
; The hum OF voices from this snrginl
: crowd OF human beings could be heart
above the roar Of the flames, the scream o.
c the steam-engines, and the cries OF people
! who were busy leaving the tenements thai
; were in flames below. II was n scene never
5 to be forgotten. The black column o
c smoke rolling up from the tobacco.iactorie'
and stables almost hid the sun. and made il
impossible to see anything behind 1t ex
: cept when heavy gale OF wind would sud
2 denly sweep II away for an instant.
4 Then could be seen hundreds OF people
: on the tops Of railroad-coaches at the Pe'
I tersburg depot, on the tops OF houses in
q that locality, and on the bridge and trestle'
: work OF the Connection railways road
! Sometimes the flames. famed it seemed tC
fury, would break through the dark vel
OF smoke and leap upward to a height ap.
: palling. Then the great crowd would
eroan and echo the dread that seized every
. body, as the very heart OF the city seemed
: to lie at the mercy OF the fiery element,
\ against which the efforts OF the ircmen
seemed now TO be unavailing.