Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-24
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pkTERsnuRe. March q. 1885.
SUNDAY ,nernmg witnessed another
isstructisc Ere in our city--thc third
within y week and the last being the
worst Of the three. The large tiyc-story
brick building on the .tppomattox river
hsown as the I" The City Mills, . owned
" The City Mills Milling Company. and
NE large bark and smaac mill near by,
sperated by Mr.. W. N. Jones, we're
bxraed, with oil their machinery aud
slosk.
TuE ByhFTNO OF THE BARk-MiLb.
When Mr.. Butler, the night-watch-
nan At the bark and snmac establish
nent OF Mr.. ". N. Jones, went his
rounds Of the buildings on Saturday
s,eht about IL o'clock he found every
department securely fastened. The
baiiding in which the mmac was stored
was fully forty yards from the
ether buildings. in which fire was or
dissrily kept. and Mr.. Butler having
taken every precantioD TO make the
doors fast. returned To the Office and
sat down 10 eat late supper A
few minutes after O'Clock. while thus
engaged. fire broke out in the store
room in which the sumas was packed,
aad which he had just left. Going to
tAe building be found the door which
he had fastened thrown wide open and
he iire making rapid Roadway with the
dry leaves. From all the circum-
lstspscs connected with the origin Of the
Are there appears 10 be every reason
~ belle, ing that il was the work Of an
secondary. The flames made quick
wsrk with the establishment. which
WAS entirely consumed.
Mr.. Jones held sll,G00 insurance on
BIS machinery aud stock, placed in the
following companies:
On stock Globe. 81 600; Fire Assoc
siation, 81, 900, Home IN. VI. $1,000 :;
Portsmouth,, $4,000; Firc and Marine,
11,OO0; Hartford, 81 800; Hope New
oyleaps). 81 900; Southern Insurance
Company New 0rlcans), 81, 1000; Pcli-
san New Orleans). 1000.
On machinery: Globe, 81 200; Hart
fsrd, $500. and 5000 on bags.
Mr.. Jones's machinery cost over
e4,o00, and he had large stock Of
bark and sumac. lie estimates his loss
ever and above all insurance at about
$4,000. lie employed about forty per-
sens in the mill. The building was for
Derly the old paper-mill. and was not
insured.
puRNING OF THE CITY HILLS.
The large building known as the City
Mills was only short distance from
The bark-mill, and the wind drove the
beat and flames directly towards it. II
was, therefore. soon ablaze. and the
eacrts Of the Fire Department to sub
due the flames were unavailinG. Floor
after floor gave away in succession, and
in short time nothing remained but
the tall walls and the mass of burning
stock and timbers within. This build
ing was purchased by the COM
psny few years since for $4,000.
and very recently they have added new
and improved machinery costing s2G,-
ESQ. making the cost of the property
4Gl, 900. 1t was probably one Of the
ssst-equipped mills in the South, no
effort or expense having been spared
70 introduce the best machinery for
making -four and meal. lis capacity
was about $50 barrels Of -four and 700
bushels Of meal per day, and was kept
ysHping day and night, employing sf-
teen hands.
On Saturday night there were in the
mil 500 barrels OF -four. 500 bushels
Of wheat, 5000 bushels Of corn, large
quantity of meal and mill-feed. bags,
barrels, &C.. the value Of which was
between $4,000 and 10000.
The company lose heavily on both
building, machinery, and stock. The
following is full list Of the insurance {:
On building. On Machinery.
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