The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-16
FIRE LAST NIGHT.
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE
rO wHITEHURST & OWEN.
. r.rgc Crowd Prcsent-Much Danger q"
Adjoining rroperty-The Fire Depart
ment Hard at Work-fuiiy insured

Yesterday was stormy. clustering day.
Tho wind was high. and. in fact. was lu-'
the SORT of "A day that "A fire l. dreaded. nv
rain that had fallen during the day was hn'
enough 10 prevent a fire when once ,iail'n'
M tirp occurred. however. until about 80"
o'clock i'm the afternoon. when an alarm
was turned in from Box II. which H. on the
corner of Tenth and Byrd streets.
Company promptly responded Nhi,n
was soon followed by companies , ana .
and hose No. and hook and ladder No. l.
THE FIRE.
If was soon discovered that the mr. NH-
i'm the large brick binding of Nc~-l b.
Whitehur-t X owens planning mis- "n'
manufactory Of -a-nS. blinds ana u'"
which i, situated on the -ou'hr~'
ner of Byrd and Tenth streets l"-'
,ri,us,nlarly oppo-ite from the alarm p"N'
when il VA. d discovered that the fre wa, in
this building great cNciieinrnl litN"'i''i ~.
for il vas readily seen that the large amount
81 drv lumber contained herein would cause
-, LARGO fire consequently IN quick time %
LARGE crowd had assembled before the iirt-
mon could cot their engines and hose ready
for work.
ORIGIN oF TIlE FIRE.
Bv this time the flames were bursting niil
Of fhe top II the cnginc-rOom. where ih'
flames were supposed 90 have originated.
Notwithstanding the ilamc- had maze con-
siderable Roadway IN the rear of the nuiid-
inc the streams Of water which were NOW
pourine upOn them from almost every
direction soon caused them 10 hecnni
somewhat abated. But just little PARTNER
toward the east Of the building tine rane-
BEGAN 10 rise and the hoscmcn again u,co
all the skill. which. especially ou ihl-
4
The ladders were used. and the roof soon
gained. II was when this WAS done THAT d
became evident that the flames were e'iih-
under the control Of the iiiemcn.
HE LIGHTS.
Great difficulty WAS encountered by ii'
iircmen in getting around the nuildin-- H'
| darkness rcigns supreme in lhi- N'ln"s
the street lamps being few and far between
Nfter the outside namc- had been sub
ducd. the men then turned their -ireah'
! into the interior Of the building. which -opI
oXtingui-hed the flames.
HOW THE FIRE oIfGINvr
II j. the custom 0f the foreman of tho en
9inc-roOm 90 put ont the fire. in hi- cn-lh'
every evening about o. o'clock. lui- Wd'
done ~ usual Yesterday evening. Ihr hon
If the bOilor-rOOm ], covered n some
places with bard wood; BOO Other.
there j. nothing but hard. naked ground
But on the floor and around the cngln.
are lain great quantities Of shaving 1u'
pieces II timber used for fuel IN iah in.
the Goals ont Of the engine some Ol ihr Dos.
one, WAS supposed tO have fallen into ih
fuel. thu, causing the fire. This is ih' nnll
reason that can Boz given for thc accident.
Mr.. II. y. owen. One Of fhe firm. WAS i,eI
mg IN and lcii the office about noon. Nui Nr
Whitehur-i remained until niehi. and Na
in the act of leaving when DEE discovered ih
firr 10 night Waterman Is employed %
the mills and thc office j. some di-iIur
from the cngiuo-rOOm. Thu. 10 cHn H
easily seen that the fire could llNe -Ntft'
some Roadway before 10 Was discovered.
Tie property WAS heavily m-ur d. ln'
the loss is fullt covered. u WAS impossible
10 get al even rough estimate OF fle dam
age done. hui il wa, pronounced nf in
Chief Engineer NOT. m his opinion. iDeN
cced >2.Vo
REAL DAMAGE.
The damage viii consist nof STD much 10
the real damage done hy ihe ire a- Wiii DID
incurred hy the long delay which ml-
necessarily take place before fho MACHINERY
can Doe gotten in perfect unnIr1 Orie
again. \ great quantity % water MH
thrown upon the machinery 1nd other in
Elements. which must he cleaned.
OTHER ALARM.
Yesterday evening about b O'Clock SOD
alarm was turned in from B0N -i. 900 in
corner of sixth and Main -frNDt-. ll' hr
was found % Doe boo fAo residence 80. N1