Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-27

- N" 'he burning brands that fell
I,irson I,imoh .ne Market-street front of the
iiirsch building fell into the stren, 4
torrent OF FIRE wclled o,,, "a a.
across the wide street. ana hrole ogatrs,
Wanamakcr's. '''"o asai"s'
WANAMAKEg's CATCHES
inc building shrivelicd and bllstered be.
e." ea'' 'ne herco deluge. and a tongue OF
~ - o' up IRON the high clock tower
% me corner OF Thirteenth and Market
streets The Jets from the hose could
not reach the flames I'm the tower and
'e entire building seemed threatened
W" obstruction. The tower crumbled
""N zen and this proved the salvation
"e oulding, for the firemen were then
"oIe 10 night the heart of the fire and
9ooh had IL under control. although the
ehure Market-street front OF the store
was aeluged with water. and the whole
Du"uins was filed with smoke. Under
e we direction OF Chief Baxter. of the
rHe department, Mayor Warwick and
DIector tor-oi-Public-Safety Ritter, the fire.
men old magnificent work. and by noon
they succeeded In obtaining the upper
hand OF the ire
though the fronts Of the buildings on
the east side of Thirteenth street were
scorched. the FIRE was confined to the
olock IN which II started Hirsch
"rothers' building was completely de-
suoyed, and all the other buildings on
tne Market-street front with the excep-
lon OF the grOcery-stOre Of Shovel a.
Fryer, at Juniper and Market streets
went down TO destruction. The small
stores along Thirteenth street to Silver
street shared the same fate. but the rest
OF the block ESCAPED entire destruction
1t was gutted and ravaged by the flames
OUT the losses at that point will not be
total
While the nremen were struggling with
the fire two alarms came in from other
sections Of the city and it was necessary
to withdraw several engine companies.
and send them whence these alarms
came.
Fortunately, these fires were small. and
the companies were able TO return to the
scene of the greatest destruction. As
manv Of the losers by fire were tenants
it was impossible to get all the losses,
but the greatest losers. with the amount
of their insurance, were as follows:
THE LOSSES.
Hirsch & Brothers, umbrellas; Hanscom
Brothers, grOcers. and A. w. bennett
restaurant, 1909 to 1877 Market street;
building a total loss. Loss on building
and contents. $4,000. The loss to the
three tenants and on the building is fully
covered by insurance. The building was
owned by the estate of the late Henry G..
Gibson.
No. 1919 Market street, owned by Henry
c. Lea ana occupied Dy blum D4Ot-.e. a.
cloak manufacturers; loss on building and
contents, $4,000: fully covered by insu-
rance.
The Dunlap building, 1906 to 1910 Filbert
street. owned by John Wanamaker; loss
on building $4,000; insurance, $35 900. The
building was occupied by numerous ten
ants, the principal losses among whom are
the Dunlap Printing Company, whose loss
is covered by an insurance of $4,000: the
Wilbur Printing Company loss covered
by an insurance of $1,000; the Collins
Carriage Company, loss $4,000; fully cover
ed by insurance.
John Wanamaker's stores, Thirteenth
and Market streets. 100000 loss, mostly
by water, covered by private insurance.
The Joseph Harrison. Jr, estate owns
Nos 1901. 1903, 1905, 1907. and 1925 Market
street. the rear of 1927 and 1929 Market
street. the rear Of Nos p and q north
Jupiter street. and Nos. 6, s, 10, 12, II, 10,
1S and 20 north Thirteenth street. Most
Of these were small buildings. and were
badly gutted. but the loss is pretty COM
pletely covered by insurance. These
buildings were occupied mostly by tenants
in small lines of business. and most Of
them carried lines of insurance nearly
sufficient 10 cover their losses.
The losses were distributed among so
many that only an approximate idea Of
the total loss could be gathered, but the
greater part IS cover "a by Insurance
The total loss will probably not exceed