New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-08
BIG BLAZE IN PETERSBURG
THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE FIRE THE VlR'
GINA TOWN HAS KNOWN SINCE THE WAR.
THE HANpsoMEsT BUSINESS BLOCK AMONG THE
su,1p1Nss DESTROYED = LOSS ssoO.Ooo.
WITH ASSURANCES OF $3.50, o,ooo-A
POLICEMAN KILLED.


Petersburg. Va. Nov This city to-o"y eu'
tanned the heaviest loss by fire that II mas
since the war. Flames were disco'e'.u -.
policeman about a. m. in the rear % o. .n' g o.
of A Rosenstock & Co. or George H. D"
- :. a-io;nated Soon flames burst out
va. - 49, 'front.' door. and spread with great
:Ss.. Al alarm was sounded. and the Fire
y~-.., resnonded but being unable TO make
- I..auav help was asked from Richmond.
-, i,r sent Two engines, but the fire was
a.,,oaIlv under control before their arrival
IN. huildngs in which the fire started were To-
Gated in what is known as the iron front block"
in Svcamorc-st near Tabb. The block consisted
of five stores each five stories high, and was the
bandsomest in the city. The block was soon a
mass If flames. which communicated to the build
ines on each side. and swept across the street,
DESTROYING sixteen places of business.
The stores burned on the east side OF the street
are those Of J. II. Robert furniture dealer; ,. ,.
Brjdgers, general commission merchant; A.
Rosenstock * Co., dry goods and notons;
George II. Davis. wholesale and retail dry
Foods and notions; NJ NJ. Davis & Co,
Wholesale and retail drygoods and fancy goods;
w It. Plummer & Co, wholesale and retail
dealers in hardware: T. w. Price. wholesale and
G. W. Brooks, stoves and tinware On the west
side of the street the places burned are those Of
p NJ Steward 4 Co, carriage and harness makers
the Western Union Telegraph office. Odd Fellows
Hall. Young Mems Christian Association Hail. A
J. Clements boots, shoes and leather; law once
of W. L. IL I. G. Watkins and Mayor Charles
F. Collier. z. S. Seabury, auctioneer, and H.
Nichols, coal
The total loss is estimated at 100000 and the
insurance at s35OOOO. The individual losses, as
far as obtainable, are follows:
Robert Co.. $1,000 buildings, $4,000 on stock
Insurance. $4,000 Etrcks Ma'oaca Ba'tersea cotton
Manufacturing Company IS $4,000; nearly covered
by insurance George II. Davis Co., stock $4,000 TO
s0o OoO buildings $4,000 both losses covered by nsof
snee. ID. NJ. Davis Co.. stock $4,000. w l. flUh-
msr Co. stock $40 600. partly insured store owned by
y 6 I.nrsv & Co OF New-York. A. ROsenstock Co..
stock $50 COO $4,000; loss ON buildings sIo-
peo. insurance $4,000.
The iron block in which the stores were To-
Gated cost 81 %. 900. The Odd Fellows Hall
cost about 1000; it was erected hity years
ago. In the building were the Young Men
Christian Association Hall, the office OF W. H.
Nenable Il Co., and the office of d. Calender
agent for the Ettrick Matoaca and BatterSea
Cotton Manufacturing Company. lhe Odd rel
lows Association lost everything except lle fecoFu
book of AppomattOX Lodge. The bullmhg Was
insured in the Liverpool. London ana OlODe lof
81 900 and in the Hartford Insurance Company
If Connecticut. for 81, 600. The furniture is IN
eured in the Petersburg Savings and insurance
Company for sl,073. Other losses are;
s s. Bridgsrs general commission merchant, stock,
"a 400. psrty insured w L. & T. 6. Watkins $1,000; ;
Insurance al 6OO EpDes Hsrgsve, groce $4,000; in
suranoe. q. 500 A. Price, grocer stock, $4,000;
inssns v ss... 100 Ss'5Glns ssry Insured
The Virginia Mutual Insurance Company has
approximate insurances on the burned places or
$50 OOO and the Petersburg Savings and Insurance
are losers are the Liverpool. London and GiobeI
Virginia State Insurance ompany, Imperial, OF
New-YOrk: London and Lancashire, Hartford Fire,
Hamburg Bremen. RoyalJ Phoenix, Northern
Association Fire Association of Philadelphia, Com
mercal Union, OF London, and Georgia Home
nan An unfortunate occurrence was the killing of
Lieutenant Gs"rge Crichton, 0i od the the
with Joseph W Hargrave, to get a small amount
of money that the latter had IN the money-drawer.
PARTITION wall of A. W. Prices store. and was in
stantly killed His body was terribly burned.
Captain Esnes, chief of police, helped to get
Uargrave out Of the window. He also endeavOred
10 get Crchtons body out before it was burned,
but was driven back by the fierce heat. Iiargraye
escaped with slight cut on the hand. Crlch-
ton leaves widow and six children
The origin of the fire is unknown, but is sup
posed 10 have been caused by defective fue
John Brewer, cOlored caterer. arrested to-
day for using incendiary language in the public
street. The expression which he was charged
with using was addressed 10 an assemblage Of ne
groes, and TO the effect that Lieutenant
Crichton, who was killed al the fire this morning,
ought 10 have been dead and in hell years ago.
The Mayor fined him $1,000, and required .
peace bond penalty Of $500. On an appeal he
was required 10 give both an appeal and peace
bond, in the sum Of 81 900 each.
The negroes are much excited over the arrest or
Brewer, and their talk has been such that Mayor
Collier deemed il advisable to put an extra
mi aaft frf fx4yoy