Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-16
DISASTROUS FIRE.
GREAT DESTRUCTION ALONG THE HEw-
RIVER Road.
Hundreds Fighting the Flsmes-hous''
and Stock Destroyed-rimely
Showers.
rcnrrn.pondnncs Of the Rlchmond pispa.cn.l

tCorrospondence OF the Richmond Dispa'ch.l
CRITzs DKPor, April "a. 1882
We have Just had ono OF the most disastrou'
fires that ever Waited this section OK the country
Friday q special train passed up the read ~
rovts for stuart's. II put out IRE one mic
west Of here, and also at Patrick Spring de-
pot The two 1res started undor a neaNy
wind aud travelled very last puInins
everything Ia thoir course. such a. dwellings.
barns OF tobacco. fences. COWS, hogs, otc. me
Are on FRIDAY a. O'Clock y. NJ. presented DIS
trnssing and alarming aspect fhow vino Deins
high It could 10 heard ior miles roaflhg nj
thunder Several hundred men had asscmDled
10 Fight H.. fearing greatly the result during the
night. FAtupstoiy a slight shower fell ABOUT
Midnight which spbdued the flames 10 some OK
tent On yesterday the nre broke out airesh ann
much mora damage was done. The country
visited by the fire Is mountainous ana embraces
an area OF ten miles long aud from three 70 sl1
miles wide. This area was inhaDited Dy poor
and needy people. A..
They are destitute OF everything except the
clothes they have on. One man IL reported
burned 10 death, and several others are missing
Tho loss is several thousand dollars
Il is now raining slowly, and the IRE can %
The last report is that from fifty to sixty cows
and all OF tue hogs on the tract were burned.
Ihe Worst news Cenfirmed-Terrible
Deatructfon Of Stoch.
Especial telegram TO the Dispaochl
DANvrLLE VA April 1a-Information II here
TO-DAY 81 n tcTribie ure IN IhtflCA cOuHty a'OhA
the line OF the DaDvilie and New-RiVer rahroad
The fire started on Saturday ana Is said 10 nave
caught from an engine Of tho DanvIlle and New
River road but this Is denied by the railroad
people. Whatever was the cause the flames
began near Crtz's depot and spread rapidly
sweeping everything before them-bouseS
fences tObacc D-barns COWS, hogs. &c. strong
wind was blowing az the time, and "a there was
much dry material 70 feed the fire tho flames
rushed on In a most awful manner and the hum
dreds Of people who turned out 10 arrest
tnenl were unable % check the fre-1end In It's
mad career. It's not yot known how many houses
we're burned. but some say ~ many es hum
dred people are left without homes. This IS
probably an oxaggeration. however. Many
dwellings are known % have been burned, be-
sides numerous out-houses, stables. &c. ono
Tsn WAS burned TO death and several others are
mis- ing II Is known that six horses, hfty head
81 cattle, and more thsn no hogs perished IN the
flames. The COVE and hogs were panic-stricSen
and knew not how 10 escape. In some instances
the hogs rushed madly into the flames and we're
destroyed, while the cows crouched down ~ the
mountain SIDE and we're soon scorched TO DEAN.
There IA no telegraph station at Crizs, and II -
hard 10 get defnite reports, but letter re-
ceived today by the Danville ReGfSf>r gives
enough 81 the details 20 show II was the moH
disastrous forest fire ever known IN this section