Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-19
NO LIQUOR At FIRES.
eoARD or COMMISSIONERS MAKE A
REQUEST OF CITIZENS.
Heavy Fines Imposed-Two Safes TAKEN
from the Ruios-Pspers Intact
Employees WIN Not Suffer.

meeting held last night, unanimously
adopted the following preamble and reso-
luton, offered by Captain Charles +. Iay-
lor:
Whereas knowledge has come TO this
board that liquor was freely ohereu Dy
citizens at the late fire TO the firemen, and
recognizing the great danger OF such mis-
taken evidences of kindness. and owing TO
the fact that the men would be uncontrol-
liable if under the influence Of liquor. the
use of which is positively forbidden by
this board to the men therefore be II .,
" ResoluNi. That citizens are respectfully
requested to abstain from this KIND OF nos
pitality TO the men while on duty. mas
much as tho safety of life and property
depends upon the cool, deliberate. ana
sober work of the officers and men whlle
engaged IN fighting fires.'
CAUSE or THIS ACTION.
The reason for such action on the part
OF the commissioners * explained by the
fact that hquor was quite freely dispensed
nj the Allen & tIinter fire and thht the
accident 10 Steamer No. was largely due
10 this. Although the board appreciate
the kindly feelings and consideration OF
citizens under such trying circumstances
tbev feel il necessary 10 restrain the mem
bcrs Of the department from lntoXlcants
Of all kinds. and have taken tins course TO
prevent the possibility Of any Casualty Dy
The presence of such stimuants.
IL vas TumOred last night before the
meeting of the board that several hremen,
including some FIVE or more OF steamer
Company No. 7. would ba brought up for
violating the rules OF the departmeht IN
tins respect at the Tuesday morning dlsas-
ter. A representative of the DISPATCH
saw Secretary PavDter after the meeting,
but he said he was not authorized 10 dls-
close the proceedings Of the body further
than TO give out the above resolution. II
is understood, however, that the firemen,
some eight or ten ID number, were hued-
some Of them quite heavily.
The damage TO No. 7. which was disa-
bled a, the big FIRE, is not near so great as
was at first supposed. IL WILL bs repaired
at once.
The board directed the secretary to send
| n letter of congratulation to each company
! IN the department commanding the MEM
| Der. for their unhiuchIDg devotion TO duty
at the late fire.
Considerable routine business was trans
acted during the session: Those present
were Me-srs John II. FrischkOTn lprc5l-
dent. +. p. Burke. Joseph /. Levy, James
Il. Sheppard, Charles +. Taylor, and G.
/ Watt Taylor.
Aftermath Of the Big Fire.
Major Ginter and will look after the
| girls. saId Mir John Pope to the DlsrATcH
! reporter who interrogated him Yesterday
| afternoon ~ to whether or not the young
| ladies would be paid for the time they VIII
/ lose by reason of the blg ire OF tuesday
morning Continuing upon this subject
| Mr.. Pope said that SIX carloads OF mi-
! chinerv had already arrived and was beng
| put up in the hig building utilized ~ a ieat
storehOuse at the corner Of Cary and Skin
/ streets and IN the stemmery on Cary street
/ between TWentv-ffth and IWent; SIKH.
! Mr.. Pope assured the news-gatherer that
| oil possible speed would be made IN the
/ matter of getting the factory operatives to
work. Many of them will return TO their
| duties this morning, and by Monday all the
| young ladies' Will bo restored TO employ
ment II is safe 10 say that Messrs. Gintcr
/ and Pope do not intend that anv OF their
| EMPLOYEES shall suffer TO even the slight
/ est extent by the disaster of tuesday
/ morning.
CUTTING THROUGH THE DEBRIS.
Early Yesterday morning Nr. w. A. o.
! Cole, who was given the contract to eXtrl-
cate the large IRON safes from the Allen Il
| Ginter runs, was engaged in this work
with a large force Of hands. The mon
went right into the de6ris with axes and
picks and cut their way through. first,
| 10 the big safe containing the books and
! papers Of the American Tobacco Com
! rany. BY 3 o'clock IN the afternoon
| tins immense IRON chest was "
ing in the street. 1t was Only
| slightly damaged, the paint not even being
entirely burned OF. Some falling tlmbers
had broken the handles to the sate-doors.
/ but the cOmblnatlOn-knObS were intact.
I Later in the afternoon the private safe Of
| Major Ginter was dragged from the charred
| timberS. In this were deposited many OF
| the personal securities and papers OF
| Messrs. Giuter and Pope, amounting IN
| value to several millions of dollars. When
| the safe was opened few hours later Its
| contents wero found IN good condition.
| except that a little dampness prevailed.
The private safe OF Mr.. Pope. which il
| still in tho wreckaSe. suffered more than
/ either of the others, being seriously
| cracked bv some means. 1t IS not thought
| that the papers in either OF these reposlto-
| RES have been seriously damaged.
DESTRUCTION OF BOOKS AND PAPERS.
| Tho destruction of important books and
rapeIs will involve serious loss and great
| inconvenience To- the Allen 4 Glnter peu-
| pie Except the regular sets OF books IN
| daily use and few papers which were
| locked In the safes. all Of the records Ol
| the business for the last twenty years
were destroyed. Even the letter-hles,
containing the business correspondence
| up TO- date, went to feed the flames. 1bere
Is, however, IN one Of the safes a type
! wTltten copy OF an inventory OF STOCK
| taken December 20, 1892.
| The work Of removing the machinery
from the ruins has not yet begun.
ARRANGING TEMPORARY QUARTERS.
Temporary quarters are being fitted ur
bv the Valentine Meat-Julce Works, and
! The manufacture OF this commodity
Will toe resumed as early as possible.
| Many Of the valuable cttriOs IN the
Valentine Museum are badly dam.
aged by water. Everything was re-
moved from the apartments yesterday.
The highly-prized piece of tapestry Is
! damaged but very slightly. This old relic
IS over 800 years Old and was made entirely
! by hand. IL represents the Goddess OF
| Liberty distributing her gifts, the vaiua-
| bles going 10 the rich on her right hand
| while the scraps and bones are thrown e
the poor on the left. This was obtained
by Mr.. Valentine from the collection OF
the late Baron Manutilo. of Berlin, and
was once III the possession OF tue Duke oi
! Burgundy.
The recent disastrous fire has caused
much talk among the local insurance peo
pie of the eXpediency of the formation OF
q salvage corps.
Messrs. w. ID. Moses 4 Co. have sent
their check for $40 TO the fremen's coffee
fund.
There was some fire IN the Allen 4 Gin
ter RUNS all yesterday and last night, and
II was necessary TO keep an engine con
stantly al work from the corner OF SiXtt
and Canal streets.
a Small Dwelling Burned.
At 9:ls o'clock yesterday morning an
| alarm of fire was sounded from Station 63
and few moments later another signal
| ,.,.s turpo1 IN from RoV No SO The cause
was the burning of the dwelling owned
and occupied by William Watson (colored
at No. Gil Crouch street. The damage !:
unknown, but 1t is partially covered by i'll.
! suTance.