Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-05
Sunday NIGHTS FIRE
WARNER mcoRE's STABLE, CONTAIN
ING rs HORSES AND MULES, BURNED.
, uo.e-Driyer Ipjured In n Collision and
acoIored Youth Drowned-pamase
Nearly Covered by Insurance.

A bright light in the soutnern poiV'VH -
the skv Sunday night about s;2o O'CLOCK
showed that the alarm OF IRE turned IN
Co.., r,oments before was not without
cause.
No sooner did the bells begin to rinG
tbon hundreds from every section of tho
city. most of whom had been spending
ouiet evening et their own or some otner
nerson,s nome. began 10 move towards the
no;nt from which the signal came-Box
ia Seventeenth and Dock streets. -,
Oviny to the Usual Sunday quiet Whlcn
was pervading the streets ~ TINS noul
the noise of the responding. apparatus
seemed much greater tnah orulnailis' az ~
g. a lew minutes the streets seemed TO be
alive with engines and hose-wagons.
Tho f;re was in Warner Moore IL Co: snew
n,ooIen stable. lust in the rear OF their
warehouse at the foot OF seventeenth
street. ,o-,,,,l,,
and were nut TO work at the dock near anu
on Seventeenth street. a rev minutes
after he arrived Chief Fuller sent IN phi
yate call for Steamer 4. and IN snort time
1t was also on the ground.
HORSES AND MULES BURIED.
In the burning building were four
borses. eleven mules, and quantity OF mar
mess and feed. The stable was so far gone
when the department arrived that there
was no possible chance OF saving elther tne
strnctnre or its contents. All that could
he done was to extinguish flames TO prevent
their setting FIRE to the surrounding pro
nerty. some of which was also wood. Inc
moor animals sduealed piteously, put no
help could he given them. The IRE ele-
ment was quickly conquered. ana IN an
hour from the time the departnent was
called a few charred planks were OIL tnaI
remained to tell the tale.
The stable and all it contained were
total loss. the entire damage being placed
at about "a, 500. On this there was an IN
snrance of S3.925 in the North British,
Germnnia. and Orient companies, repre-.
sented by ]. b. Moore & Co. The origin OF
the fire is not known, but 1t 10 believed 10
be the work of an incendiary,. as When the
doors were locked an hour before after the
stock had been fed everything was IN per-
feet order.
HosE-cARRIAoE AND TRUCK COLLIDE.
In responding TO the alarm No. truck,
which is located on Grace street near
Eighteenth, came straight down the latter
street. No. 2 hOse-carriage was driven
along Main street. and in turning INTO
Eighteenth street the two pieces cOlllded.
The bose-carriage was smashed to pieces,
Driver Ellington was thrown violently TO
the ground. and the horse was go badly IN
iured that it will probably have 10 be
killed. The truck was also badly bent out
of shape.
DROWNED IN THE DOCK.
All of the engines were working on tne
dock. and large crowds surrounded eacn.
By some means or other one OF the hume
rous spectators managed to get INTO the
water. Somebody called out that there
was n man overheard, but no attention
was maid TO the cry owing to the con-
fusion. After little the engineers atten-
tion Vas called to the matter and search
was made tor the missing person. Joe Ed
wards. the celebrated diver. who has taken
many subjects from the bottom OF the
dock. plunged in and after working about
three quarters of an hour recovered the
body of q negro youth who appeared TO be
about eighteen years old. he was a
stranger to all around him, but IN his
pocket was letter written from Danyllle
and addressed 10 Moses g. Graves.
THE CORONER CALLED.
Coroner TAYLOR was summoned and soon
arrived. After viewing the remains the
Coroner 'phoned 10 the almshouse ana
had a wagon sent down to take them to
the moTgue.
y
called at the almshouse and said the de-
ceased was his son and that he would go
to see the Coroner about moving the body.
He did call at DR.. Taylor's Office, but
finding him out left word that he would
cali again. This he did not do, and the
presumption is that he found ms missing
child.
Last night the body was identified as
that of Moses d. Graves, aged eighteen,
who lived at No. 800 east Main and worked
in Mayo's factory. Mr.. i. Il Muse, who
resides at this number, went to the aims
house and identified the, boy by the
clothing. Graves went to the FIRE Sunday
night. and az he did not return yesterday
Mr.. Muse became convinced that it was
he drowned and his fears were correct.
The boy came here a month ago from Dan
vile. where he lived on Franklin street
with his mother.
The youth, it seems, undertook to pass
between the engine and the dock and fell
over the guy-rope to the suction-pIpe, and
into the water. He must have. been
stunned by the fall, as he sank imme-
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