Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-04

o'''s acont twenty feet from the door he
saw Eek. Pinned down by joist, rafters,
trick, mortar, aud spars, "Gua. "a he
is Familiarity called, had nevertheless
fought battle which saved his life.
Captain Foxwell after some difficulty
reached the right hand Of the pinioned
man, and brandy having been secured
he was given swallow 10 raise his
spirita. He reached for il with his right
band the other one was pinned down
by his side.
For two hours the rescuiug force
worked without moments rest Here
a great joist lying directly in the path
had TO be cut away. There hundreds of
BRICK had 10 be tossed aside, and every
where were most serious obstacles en-
countered.
A TOUCHING SCENE.
1t was n touching scene. There be-
meath great pile of Debris was man.
brother fireman-who must be saved.
Above the heads OF the rescuers, seem
lngly ready to fall, hung huge bluestone
hntels, portions of topping wall, and
Jagged iron cornices Would they fall
and crush the rescuers? The men who
stood in the street and gazed into the
fallen structure almost held their breaths
In awe. They could not see the pinion-
ed man, but they could see the rescuers
and as well the topping wall hundred
feet above.
1t was after o'clock when Eek, whose
perilous ascents up steeples and build
ings have often been described, was lift
ed from his perilous position and placed
upon stretcher and carried to the patrol
wagon.
A SHOWER OF BULLETS.
One Of the greatest obstacles in fight
ing the fire was the wholesale discharge
of cartridges of heavy calibre and fire.
works and other explosives. They seemed
to come from the Prior building The
balls, conical in shape. flew across the
street, shattering glass half an inch thick
in Charles h. Torsch 4 Brothers crocke-
ry-store, adjoining the colored church.
Every window IN the establishment was
broken, and it was dangerous to get in
the way OF the shower of bullets, which
lasted over half an hour. Meanwhile
rockets assembled in the air as if a minia-
ture volcano was III a state of eruption.
Finally, as a fitting wind-up Of the pyro-
technical display, the heavy stone slabs
Of the pavement broke into pieces and
fell with rumbling noise into the Gel
lar. and through the opening was vomited
forth big sheet Of flame. II was the
gas escaping from the suppIy-pipe.
Cypress alley was "A scene Of complete
destruction and demolition. All the
rear walls of the Lombard street build
Ings were down in part, and bricks and
mortar covered everything.
The list Of killed and injured is as fol-
lows;
KILLED.
George Bowers, No 2 Truck Com
pany.
Thomas Wagner, No. 2 Truck Com
pany.
John Acomb, No. 2 Truck Company.
Perry Ryan, No. Truck Company.
Harry Walker, No. Engine Company.
George I. Kern, No. 7 Engine Com
pany.
Hiram McAfee. No. 7 Engine Com
pany.
INJURED.
Captain George W. Horton. No. 4
Engine Company, cut in the knee.
John W. Kelly. Truck Company No.
?, badly bruised and cut.
A. l.. Ecks, Truck Company No. 2,
badly bruised and cut.
James Elliott, No. 10 Engine Com
pany. severely cut across the wrist
William West, Engine Company No.
1, bands cut.
John Gill, Truck Company No. 4,
head and arm cut.
Louis b. Sheive, Engine Company No.
7, struck by cartridge.
The following is careful estimate of
losses and insurance