Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-10
TAD BEEN WARNED.
80 sAlL DID NOT MOVE, Ako HIS
"" STORE WAS euRN1c.
IA I'm the Early Morning by the
r,ams.-LOss and Ins"r'nee-h'''sa
bya Falling chimney.

-. t,smo building occupied by Mr. 4.
IN a a residence and store. ana To-
D. 49,. !, the intersection of Twenty-n'nth
ca. .,1 the Nine-Mile road. inst Q guar
si'., mile outside the corporate limits.
~ ~ .,ed 20 the ground yesterday morn
- ,.,,vsen ? aud 8 O'Clock, and there are
MS ns ~, 10 believe that its destruction was
y, y, work OF an ineend'ars' -
w ~. ,hree weeks ago sorp' unknown
Ato'i ~ a note at the hous Sddl essed
PER. ian. and when be opened J, ne saw
70 o. sesd A. follows: loG nao oe.1cr
tl.. ~ Won are IN danger" Inc mSstcfi-
Communication was sisnvu
-.r . and Sir. Han, having 20 cneulies
~ ho knew Of, attseheu no l ',s;e5 sasS9
M n. but the recipient ,ngugh. ~ was S
ssse1eol.boy prank. ana thereioie 'o0A no
ae'.ee n wW,oiay one Of his children saw
-. t.,l mn on the store, and upon IN
tall 70. ~ was found TO read: You bad
sl., .'.e, move on; II you don't, III
tt..H .o Sir. Hall. thinking that he
nas. s-,.os,ou 10 be alarmed, did not
bil ~ shout the note, but yesterday
W., while sleeping. he was aroused
noil'..' ....,., in the store. and spring
~ - his bed he ran IL the. drec-
ii- 't-,re the sound proceeded. In
tnN o.t. eayv that the whole lower floor
t-,i9,nr was filed with smoke, but
q ,.' ,. te could not discover where the
u ssl-.l.iss'.,'si lis' TO have originated. Thinking
L'e' ,t, lampi the store might nave ex-
ll1ii lli'5 fe hastened 10 investigate, but he
.-l hat the flames must have origi-
..-i from some other cause.
rvosr uAzED BY THE DENsE SMOKE
r-.,-,s minutes he was dazed. as the
I'D the smoke almost suhocated
e,.''' ir, finally recovering his presence
L,,'-, he aroused the rest of the fam
% "'n 'n.. rr,fe who had been quite sick for
w. laws. managed TO get out OF the
'. ... a. aid also his two sons. who were
l....-.,rg on The top floor OF the building.
,t,-,.hi m, the flames spread with aiarm-
...',s.ii,fy. and although neighbors and
i- Who had been attracted by the
..-. st,onpted 10 extinguish them. the
80 ,rss soon burned 10 tho ground.
s-.-,. household articles OF little value
..,. saved but the entire STOCK In the
w., NTH the exception Of an oll-can,
Is.i-ov.l. As the building was sew
,.'. her.rel yards outside the corporate
r~.tstae IRE apparatus could DO nothing,
...E.r-0 sr alarm was turned IN from
S9'-a. ,el the hremen rendered what as
r.'arcs they could.
,g,rip8 cHMSEY Kills CHILD AND IN
JUREs oTEKns.
sra.rhborhoOd in which the fire oc-
,,,-si a athickly-sottled one, and large
e.'r7 was attracted by the flames. While
o.. erlers we're smouldeTiDg chimney,
-.,tln.l by the heat and having its sup
,.-t,. ken away, fell upon several eolored
n i-,a who were standing near. Willie
Am Fylu-. d giri about years OF age, was
.f-..s bs Tic falling bricks and horribly
r'.rr'e4 She was taken from the de1rlS
r'.0s. immediately, but died IN less than
t1 minutes 1be unfortunate child, who
g.s carried 20 her home few yards OH
Ia.er spoke.
I..eaDna Watkins. aged 6. was also
Ii. hurt bY the accident and one OF her
sr..e. was di.lOcated, while Mamie Todd
hlaleg broken by the catastrophe. Dr.
latW.rr, the coroner of Henrlco county,
waved tie remains OF the oead grl, but
deemed au inquest unnecessary.
Itr ulding which was literally burned
4. tl. ground. was insured tor : 900, but
4. ..li 10 have been worth considerably
-.. BIZ. Hall carried about 5000 in
.gngce on hrs stock and furniture IN the
National Fire Insurance COMPANY OF Baltl-
r.e effected through :. h. Pulliem a
o.. tle hlchmond agents, and although
,lrv everything was DESTROYED, he does
tt link he will lose more than Sl5O after
Isl lo.icies are pad
NR. HALLS ACCOUNT OF TEE FIRE.
lr sneaiing of the fire TO a representa-.
t,. of the DiTATcg yesterday Mr. Hall
sI that he was first aroused from hls
sruh-rs by q noise IN the store. which is
.rirated from his bed-chamOer bv aroom
r.-I s- bar. lie was unable to tell how
f.elames originated. and thew had made
.-,at Roadway when his attention was first
str.cfed. lie could not say whether the
i1.dng was set atTe 10y an incendiary or
rL Is far "a he knew he had no enemies
a.fa.uays endeavOred 10 deal fairly with
i. i-.Iow-men. Ihe ANONYMOUS commu-
r.ar0n, received by him seemed 70 have
...n written IN mans band, though the
unu.crIpt was rather small. He had no
.l,i WaO sent them.
l.r Ha.l las been keeping a store and
tf Iu the county since last September.
50 or 60 wears of age. lester-
la, le moved TO No. 23l0 Nenable street.