The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-11-23
gBv telegraph 10 The Herald ,

loWihS >'"'",cnt " ne trSt we knew ~
The Grc was when boy ran into our sI,n,'
and said. There is fire here; GET ON, ~ ~
>oon - YOU can. We all took our thinc.
md vent Tor The windows, and a. we asa
~ th' smoke droNc ns To the further side
Of Ire bN1ldlhg, next to Main street. Tho
.irl- We're terribly excited, and we baI
vr, difficult work 10 control thon NV
fi>i broke out and opened fhc ,vinl,,,,''
First saw two girls who were ,l,ou, :,
iump from the window 10 thr fr",o,'
ground below. | stepped in between thn,,'
and toid ,hom To wait lill the ladders won"
brought. ! held them back and hclnod
jacm D. lest | could, but finally they Lo.
,amc tCrror-strickcn and jumped from tbo
windows. with the shocking result Won SOC
before Won. and n he said this ne noin,rd
fo thc dead bodies Of Miss Ga>Sott and
M,> ,ool.
SCENES or TERROR.
,hlriaa Farmer was the first man 60
arrive 70 the scene of the lire. When he
~ there Zee witnessed scene that alno.,
l-sr> description. 81 one end 81 fine
windows were two Girls who were cry
u- Murder. help, mother" At the
>nD in>tlu; he saw another window omen
r.r thc FIRST one, out of which spr1ng
toun- man who seized a small tclcnbonc
vir. nd hung on 10 IL with atcnacitv flint
.rt TIE fear OF a terrible death lv fire
.Hf} Lave produced. He was nnally re-.
...i - 81 fireman. The first truck fn an
..,, was me patent skinner. which wheel.
.l ruuuG INTO Mason street past tie brew
OIL. building. and then around again 10 a
position near the structure. Then follow.
,ta terrible sight. In the windows were
.rin- and shrIeking women and .,jrl.
f,f fear being WILDLY depicted uuon
t..-r ,ouuteumcCS. Before the skinner
nH.l, could be- got into position two lad
u.., were thrown oH, one OF which WIS
...,.. a-ain>t the building and the other
.t H0 'h' ground.
BRAVE RF>cUEE.
fy,mcn then turned their attention
-f patent truck, and There l. where the
t....i. seems 10 have BEGUN. Below were
f fr,iu-n. .alorinc with the cumbersome
..r.lta0,e, while above were the dis
t.~.d auman beings wMtine-waiting
unu,u;, that seemed to them a> hours.
deu'y stood ont from the crowd Chris
..lr riwmon>, driver. who rapidly
.r gp ~ ladder that rested against the
.plun-. and. standing ON the topmo>t
re.i leaned over against the burning
STRUCTURE. He told the girls to >lilc down
lie i..h. They did -. and. taking one
rr' .r each arm. lac made his way 10 the
ground. These were The first OF the girls
rescued from the building. BY the time
D.-ot 20 d, ground the patent truck had
r.f been raised a foot from the carriage.
oiEi> LEAPING TO THEIR DEATH.
d.. flames were pressing Tho girls TO the
windows. md great volumes OF smoke
v.r. hiding them from view. suddenly
ta.r. WIS D shrek and thcu >ickcnine
t.l. followed quickly by other thud>. II
$3.50, The sound Of falling bodies. The
iris. Departing of >uccor from the fire.
mr. laued from the windows Of the
iomih -0ry. falling upon pile Of old bar
i,l, th' had been thrown into a little tri-
angular space fenced of with pi,k et>.
Almost tie first ono 10 Jump was little
short -irl. who fell upon THIS picket fence
h,aI i'r~t. From thence she fell 10 the
ground. hut no sound came from her. Her
q I.i had been swift and terrible. The next
Nr. Farmer saw was a man jumping from
fl. window facing Calender street. He
i.l Nth ID solid. crushing thud, his heavy
N.i-ht adding 20 the velocity Of his Eight
4. ta- -rlund. Thi, man was picked up
>ili,bin. with pain and carried across the
street ana placed on blankets. This was
Timu. Mann. Hi, lett Lee and left
.ru We're >haitercd. The skin was rolled
I... from INF, hand, and arms like ~.orched
I.r meHi. He had been badly burned
I.i 81. hD jumped. and though manned and
t..g-d w. conscious ol ms terrible ~Itur-
rl. While he W., living thus q repre-
-...,iy, q tho press ran and obtained an
express won from the freight depot.
.u board was wanted. and after con-
siderable, trouble the press reporter loohd
ou broad enough 10 bc used as >trctcAcr.
N.,a fhe board was brought 10 the 'ld' ol
-af,rrI ,hc police ambulance had ar
fr.l. .ai ina few minutes the nl3E Wa
removed from the ground and taken 10 ms
-.-It,uc..
.!uE FIRST ALARM.
.u-.u, Fi.k. foreman I'm Grant lrWcirN
l.f.r,. who gave the first alarm to the oc-
...ut- ol th- fourth floor, sad: - h3d
l.,- started down stairs, and reaching lhr
...f landing below our shop >Incllcd in'
smoke. snd seeing il pouring out oil ~,
o..-lou-l dIyiug-room. / h1'lthe" ""vN
.u rI.>f.ir- and notified the hands I'D our
shop and also i'm R0bin,on'>. V'r 'h"i'
U.l lWen'v-thrcc or twenty -lolH iaiu''
tI.-.. i.ine girls. and they al! got o'ii. meg
..r..4 j.f,e slower in Robinson : 10 move
.I.f when th~y got ont into the cniiN ,"'
,.oko ws- pouring up the stairway 700
t.n.. for them. | suppose. lieic J. y, :. =
,.rh. who was in The shop amer W. ,
D.,r,,. Clark. referred t. 10y FISK ,i'l' 0
rr immediately upon iearnh5 l"'' 81
friend co. hi- wa. still in the hului"3
,,.r, hack og.,in through thu smoke au'
ff.inv 10 ind him met half do|eh Sn
.,.I.yrd IN Eobin.on',. H. tricd To u
...,'..,..e thelo 10 follow him hach "S"',
I.,utla...ir-. but their courage N"N'i,"
.,,jti.., won't back into their shop i,l'
....,5.ue.. wa~ not a pleasant one III
..f,.n. lock t. the street p'' -
.Ili,.J III ron down the -tolr"a! ~
,...,rr tbr dcn,c,t of the Sh"Nc; "i,''
amaze I'D, twice ne rolled through .n'
u.,.. .inoine hi, mousiache, ana p|ItN
i.,,,,i',,, III. eyebrows and hair. hau TN,
.ir'. foilo,,.d him he thinks ali Wou'W u i'D'
b.,. e,ot onr alive. some OF NJ Ic,Io"
,lnnlo,... escaped by Jumping a'ou' NV !"
,,.i oit Of Il back window Oh 10 ,;n.
p.fir.on'. -hop there were u" -" :" s.,,,
inu. opcnins on 10 the low rooI' ''i' iIn.
,o,,,tr window the girls jumped. ~
,.,-to reo.h the roof. There NeI' III" ''. !
.t.I. IN ROBINSON, shop this noiilIlT' VI,
- G,.t nr,,lor five failed 10 roach 'n' io~'
and ,.u 80 fbe ward. Two 81 th''' 1t
ILL.,, d., faliine on the pickei-iene'' nv
l,l,r ,lr,c were those whose l"'
,horrht. would prove ia'h'
rrfif THE DYING sCFfERhE-. .;a.,o,
.r,. \r,, YORK Boston and PfoNi '.''i,';
d,.t va. turned into 4 tchlpoi" ." ,.dr
I '. bore the wounded girls W'I' ,",.
,.,'d Fior.ncc ReddiuS Whcn .',' ~,
'rf'd' j" rni.ed. and bleeding. IN
was pare ~ 'D,., ,bc cot IL The greuhd