Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-29

brnyely entered. CROPPED around IN the
thickening smoke. and a. fast as the pros
trate forms were discovered they We're
carried 10 place Of safety. The rapid al
vance Of the FIRE reached the place Just rs
the last Of the women was being cafricd
from the building.
RESCUE.
A thrilling rescue from immediate death
was made hy Officer Charles Mayues ana
Officer benjamin about 945 o'clock IN ths
building No. 80 Chauncey street. Edward
E.MhitinC veteran fireman. helped WI
hose ON the building. II grew terribly hot'
The walls threatened 20 fall. and q cry was
raised 10 get back, ~ the roof was caylus.
RUSH TO CIT OUT.
A desperate rush was made by al hands
90 get out of reach Of the tumbhne bricks.
and all escaped save Whiting. lie was
struck and knocked down and imme-
diatclv covered bv the heated 0f'r's.
The fremcn said that he must
be killed. Officers MaYnes and Bon.
iamin. however. thought different and
taking desperate chances theV bfaNeH
the furnace-lle hcat aud thorsE OF falling
walls and tried 20 find the buried man.
d" Ny Cod can 10 QUO help me was the
cry they heard. This directed them To
pile Of truck and timber uu Ter y men ih,,y
n
they pulled and hauled at the bot dtD''S'
EXPECTING TO TT EHlED.
Every moment they expected 20 be
killed with the falling stones or set on fire
by the scething fame which darted out IN
cvcrv direction Brnvoly they kept AZ
work. however. 1hoy rot hold OF
Writings arms and tried % pull
him ont. but the burned skin and
feel came on in their hands. Once more
they dug away at the oc1ris to Tree INC
burned and injured man. They succCedcd
in this and got Whiting ont. II was found
that hisrcht leg was broken. that he was
frghtfully burned about the head, arms,
and body. and otherwise injured. II IS be-
lic}cd tha. lis injuries Will prove latal.
TIE INJURED.
Amongtho seriously injured are: Michael
Atkinson. head crushed by falling granite; ;
John HALEY. hoeeman, laccfaicd tY plate
glass: Thomas I. Quglcy, Inhaled flames
and burned; Dlstrict-Englnoer Bartlett,
dislocattd right shoulder: Edward FrOhan,
fireman. hand nearly cut off: i. Dacy, fire
man. crushed leg: Fireman Russell, oil In
giuc o, leg broken.
While Observation-Disclosures John
Reagan and fourteen men were On hing--
ton street holding the spread Of fire I'D that
direction the kIugstou-strcet front Of %
building suddenly swung out and fcll On
the street to where they wcrc. Tons OIL
granite came down al around the fremen,
and. rehOundiuc into the air fully ten feet.
fell again among them. Nearly every one
of the fourteen were Fncrked down. Dut
none OF them received scratch.
ASSISTANCE oFIERED.
During the day the Mayor received nu-
merou- oilers of financial assistance from
l.. p ffr..tl4nl O. winch
were declined with thanks.
AIDED BY EuS.
Tho fromen We're aided by a pouring
rain which listed from carly la-t evening
until iust about the time ;hcy got the fire
under control a. noon, otherwise tIrfe Us
l,ttle doubt but that other fires would have
been started hy the storm ot cmhcr.. some
of them ass large as half % brick. which fell
Ike n euow-5torm i'm all directions, hut
urincipaliv towards the great dry goods
stores un Washington street. Iha SOAKED
condition Of the roofs, however, aut the
pouring r1iu cXtu"ui-Ati them before
they could 10 any damage. strong ln- hol.
tho wind was blowing all thn mor'n2, ~ 4
the t0rm-,iguais were Displayed from mo
sigual-0llicc room. and tloro is little doubt
flt lut for the dtlu-o poured from fLe
clouds the fire would have swept through
10 the Commons.
LoEED OUT.
The heat from the fire ia the earlier
hours wa, strong enough 90 br painful to
tine ficc- Of tho spectators "a hundred yards
or more away, and the flames were as tail
.rniu ~ fhc 4IX- and seNcu--torv buildings
which we've being consumed. lONouf core
respondent, who SOW tie great lrc of l9t@
and the Lynn fire of two iaySlgo. lt dld
NOT seem possible al 10 4. II. !or human