The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-21
ANOTHER LARGE FIRE.
wrV1Y THOUSAND DOLLARS
-voryu or PROPEBTT DESTRoYED.
81, Entire Department Called Out and tho
conaaeration Drowned o"t IN Less '"""
.ualf Hour-Firemen Indignant


.-o.ncr destructive fire visited the city
.r carly hour yesterday morning oes'
..,,iac property valued al from twenty 'o
.-.r,y-ave thousand dollars.
a. 2.G " NJ a cry Of fire was raised
IA 0mccr Folkes turned in an alarm
,-,m box 81. at the corner Of Fourteeh''
md Main streets. and steamers 3 ana
,ere quickly on the ground
The flames were hrst seen bursuht
.-,~ the third-story windows OF the
.,,bIe brick store occupied by the hIa'1
rrer and Candy Company. Nos. 10 anu
81, south Thirteenth street. and Chai''
r Tavior a. CO.. wholesale grocers anu
r,yor dealers. Nos. "a and l6 adJo'l,'+s
ro Krltz establishment on the 49,
r. Tho window frames Of the -
.rd fourth stories of the rear hy
f.yr-story brick building occur shoe
stenheq Putney a. CO., whoies1' also
s.,t.~s fronting ON Main street, was .,,o
ablaze. Che flames issuing .se Kratz
,,irfo,gs ON the north side OF lN' .,,tb
house having been swept 10y '
wind into the shoe house. ,.5 no re-
AL soon as chief Pulcr arrll,N Gr. IN
l.,,t-,t that DO was an uht a,,~r,
handle. and he turned in ..,rar~tus
No., ,.,irnf another relay OF "tt -,
~orgf.fIug of engines & ana 80 -
,.o--psrv NO. j. The thfts So
,iso .oundcd later ana '"hlH1a "liu
rssrorged Tho fire was altatNeu lIoin
,t. and roar and. with the execution
,r. .goa store of stephen Putney
o. o., ,.ss confined TO the third story OF the
49, Iyiaae. where 30 originated.
.-r.s room and the one adjoining b. over
lt.r..e j. Taylor a. co.'s. was used as a
.... factory. and 81 considerable amount
~ waste and trash IN barrels was packed
,, one corner. 10 is supposed 20 have
..-..f from spontaneous combustion, or
f-.- rats erowluc into some matches.
r.4rtIty of fireworks We're also stored
a., fE.. room. which made great noise
-,f shutter when ienited. interfering ma
..1afy With the efforts Of the ilremen TO
inter the building.
81. ,rse case of drown-out. however.
"a .ra fire was quickly eXtiuguisned
.es- Tho entire department got TO work.
Tho heaviest loss was that sustained
ST.. stagteu Putuey & Co.. principally from
,,.a- although The flames entered the
.-1 and fourth floors TO "a considerable
t.rtn and burned % large number OF cases
~ shoes Am the floors were flooded, and
rs remaining goods more or less dam
-.I The loss cannot be well estimat-
d urH the stock IS overhauled. but it
he vdmsiy estimated at from 5000 to
rm The stock was insured as fol-
.rs commercial Union, 5000; North
r-r.sa and Mercantile 5000. sun Fire
oH,e $780, and the London Assurance,
$500 Total $4,000.
TIE Building. which is owned by Mrs.
insured in The
Liverpool London and Globe The dam
.-- amounts 90 about $1,000.
-e Joss Of Messrs. Charles f. Taylor &
r8. which was sustained wholly by
utr Isl estimated to be between 5000
and $780, This firm was insured as fol-
une Guardian. of London $500. Com
narI Union. London, $500; Scottish
Ilu and National Edinburgh 5000,
aai tine Lion. of London. $1,000.
Tie stock of the Kratz Fruit and Candy
Company. Mrs Kate Kratz. propretress,
IS almost total loss, the goods that
escaped the fire being badly damaged.
me Insurance was PLACID with the fol-
loving companies: Virginia state, $500
% stool. two-thir1s of which was rein
E-ed in other companies. and 800 in
rs sun Fire office. The insurance viii
rIre than cover the loss.
The double building occupied by Charles
Taylor a. Ce and the Kratz Candy
nl Fruit Company. is the property OF
ur Beuimin r. J bscomb, and the dam
tee. which SIS estimated TO be about 3d..
at IS covered by policy of $500 in the
Liverpool. London and Globe
THE Western Union Telegraph Compa-
Iyt building made a narrow escape but
uer suffered the loss of two Of its ariel
cables each composed of a large number
Of small wires
The business of the company was not
SERIOUSLY interfered with but it will cost
several hundred dollars 90 repair the
damages.
Great praise is accorded the fire de-
lartmeut hy those who suffered from the
fire Tor the prompt manner in which 81
was handled. In "a half hour or less from
the time the alarm sounded. the fire
which was located I'm the densely built
pan Of The city ana pronounced 20 DE
O. r'dt c0nhagratiOn. was not only under
control bat out
The cectrlc-nght wires ON Thirteenth
street endangered the lives of the fire.
men, and by Chief Pullers orders Super
hien1e1t Thompson of the hre-alarm sys-
iem, 'pnoned the power-house TO turn
of The LIGHTS. This they refused To 90
unless receiving am order from the Mayor.
hs that was impractcabie at such an
hour, the lights continued 10 burn during
ue fire. Chief Fuller and his men are iu-
o'faani at what they consider TO be very
BAD treatment by the electric-nght poo
ra-