The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-30
lHEN!ORK OF A FIREBUG.
there is Little Doubt that Sundays Fire
Was Of lncendiary Origin.
REWAHD FOR CAPTURE AND CONVICTION
as Meeting Of Citizens It WINS
Agreed TO Ask the Counc 10 @ Ner
$500 amt she Meeting Becomes re.
sp"nSibic-M Money Contributed TO
Relieve the AKnny Sufferers.

- shS HkhAy Su1beEeTBsD
"A colored woman who resides in a
building next to Whitehurst's hall
states that shortly after midnight she
heard the sound Of some one striking
matches ut the rear OF the hall, hut
was afraid to look out or make q noise,
feeling certain that incendiaries were
Ut work. She heard them going away,
and looking out saw two white men
running down the llley. She rushed to
The front and called to the first passer-
by, who CHANGED to be an officer This
has proven, apparently, the assertion
mat the great fire. the greatest in the
history OF Portsnrout TIL was the worl, Of
a flrebug
A GENEROUS OFFER.
Professor Charles l5orjes has rendered
Cne services Of ais military band to
Mayor Baird for any entertainment that
may DO given for the benefit OF the fire
sufferers. 80
,n nmou san: OF people visited Ports
'fouth sunday to see the ruins OF the fire
Durlng the day Rev. j. B. F11nsten
ieotor OF Trinity, and Rev. y. 3. Ear
lailu, rector Of St. Johns EpiscopaI
e n and Rev DR.. George IL. Raw.
OF Central Methodist church caiied ~,
Rev. Fathers Brady and Luck" or 81 81
taul Catholic church, and rendered the
use or their churches to hold services In
rms IS Christian spirit that will be-
sLpplauded by all alike. The use of Ar
l1ory nall was also rendered and was
accepted by Father Brady. Who gives
"notice that services will be held there
until some other ARRANGEMENT can re
made. eaA NC
me loss is thought now will not ex-
go ~, Seo,oVV-SiO,0o0 In the property and
$4,000 on the furniture. Total insnr-
ance $4,000
IL IS also said that the loss will no
over 100000 all told AS Il matter of
Iaot' the total loss will perhaps never
~ sl..curately known, there being much
MINOR damage from small fires.
The brave blue jackets. with the navy-
1910 1910 engine, are entitled to be enrolled
Win the other heroes Of the terrible fight
III clty,s life; also the Rescue de-
partnlent OF the county, colored or
sanlzation. who did excellent works
During the fire Sunday SONG person
went. to w. A. Fiske's printing Office
nursC q panel out the back door. split
a. APP up and built pig pen out of the wood,
me IL Tull OF paper. set it on fire and
left. The opening caused q, drnrt and
blew the paper all over the passare
Mnloh Kept the fire from burning. Had
uils nre gotten off there Is no telling
Where 1t would have ended.
SUNDAY night some one tried for the
l1ui,.n t,i1ie TO set fire to the house on
Siesthut street. next to Race avenue
oeionglng to Mr. Pearson. 1t was nut
OUT pS colored woman before It gained
much headway o'--~
\ gentleman told The Virglnian rem
resentative Sunday afternoon that nhiIe
going UP South street some men saw tv.o
papers sticking out q window, They
pHllei them out and found them saturat-
ca Win Kerosene oil. They notified the
owner OF the house. who said 1t had not
oeen more than fifteen minutes since he
mad pulled in his blinds and thera wero
no papers there. It, is thought that
me papers were put there to set that
mouse orr that night. thinking that no
one lived there.
There was one million gallons Of water
used at the fire, which caused the resar-
Elor TO 60 down four feet. and that left
one million gallons in the stand pipe
ana the reservoir together, and at no
tl!ne was there any trouble in getting
Below we give the amount OF pres
sure at different hours. This table
SHOWS now far a stream could have been
mroWn at the hours mentioned, and Ill
Nlae That by two and you will have the
80. 49, amount OF water pressure, and
Mith seven plugs in use 1t shows that
tine company Is capable Of furnishing
sui1lclent water at all times II necessary:
~ d:ao O'Clock a. M, ITO feet
ht O'Clock down to 60 feet
At $3.50 o'clock 100 feet
At from 4 to o'clock 40 fec,
At from to o'clock 1870 feet
At from to 3 O'Clock varied between
feet viii 1fo
Mr. Samuel ". CASTS wood ward vas
on fire in fifteen places at one time from
THE sparks. There were several persons
Kept IN the yard all the time with water
ready for an emergency.
Inc sparks set fire to a chip bank in
the naVy-yard, which was put out nv
the watchmen.
a number OF other places caught but a
llst OF them could not DO obtained.
Phillips & Mahoney, on Union brodee
mad steam In their boilers and had their
nose attached, and as soon as q sparl,
fell 1t was put out
WIN. CoEgins, the peanut vender. de-
serves special credit for saving a. row of
houses on King street. which caught
Hve or six times. He had on ton his
mouse hose and used to to adyan-
tage and saved much property
Inc Annex boys deserve much credit:
aiso the colored fire company.
NOTES
our friend Glassett, Of the Landmark
'osses $i,doo outside OF his insurance
CORRECTION was taken up Sunday
Hasht at trinity p. T.. church. S3S so
ferers. - : -
There have been no arrests made on
account OF the fire, although there were
rul1iors TO that effect The loss was not
80 n ueaVy as was at first thought
Inc people Of Portsmouth feel decpIy
Eratefui TO Norfolk Tor their blindness