The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-23
PANIC AMONG
FACTORY HANDS.
A Fire h the Kinney Establishment
Causes a FURRY.
TWO COLORED WOMEN ARE HURT
Nv tanning From SecoDd-story VIM
doys to the sidewaik--p"'n"se
Amounting To $4,000 Done ny
the Biazc--The Insurance.


Dacare 10 tho amount OF not less tnan
1900 was done by fire when broke ou'
sho,, II 20 O'Clock yesterday morning IN
,he leaf department on the second noor
of the big establishment OF the Kinney
Tobacco Company. at Twenty-hith ana
Cary streets. The FIRE originated IN
drying machine, and is supposed to nave
hsen caused By the stoppage OF the ma
ealnery while heat was being applied
Tho fire Itself was not such serious
matter being quickly subdued by the
orompt efforts OF the fire department
aided by the private facilities OF the iae-
tory hut the panic which resulted among
the hundreds Of employees. male anu ie-
,.ale white and cOlorcd. almost event
uated in the loss OF life Several OF tli0
coIored employees we're more or Jess ga
tnred. and a number Of both c0lors hus-
tanned nervous shocks froia "hich Vi''
dad not recover for some NM me-.
PUTTING OUT THE FIRE.
Al soon as the ire was discovered
number OF the employees unusr
the direction Of Manager Hh4la." -.
walker attempted to eAtinBuish the
hlaze by the use OF the private apparatus
with which the building Is ven edulPpe1'
The fire seemed 10 be gaming he"",
way. however. 50 an alarm was 'urieu
I'm from the private box III the i~c'oi y
No 2l5. and in "a very Few moments,
cant John II. Frischkorn and Chiel
shaw were on the ground. Win engines
2 and S. and truck company 10. z,
n was only a few moments after the
arrival OF the department before the las.
spark OF fire had been oxtnguished' ana
the first and second floors were knee-aeep
in water. 49,. ali
Meanwhile, however. the employees an
through the factory had taken rue eIaIin,
and q scene Of the widest excitement
ensued. A panic was on in toii force
but the heads Of departments came 10
tbe rescue. and Gained the greater num-
Der. - IAN,
A TERRIBLE FIaChT.
The white female employees ON the hIS1
door rushed iIom the buildinB many
screaming IN their fright. several "enl
into mysteries. and were borne iorth Dy
~. sooler comrades. None OF them
we're hurt. but 1t required much persu@-
sion TO induce them 90 return 70 "oiA
after all danger was past.
Tha colored employees on the SECOND
door aid not fare so well. Many OF them
made for the steps heiieF-akel'er' iai'ins
ayar each other in their haste TO reach
the omen air. Josephine Melvin, VINO
lives AT Twenty-eighth ana sueO'9'
could not wait 20 get down me e'ep9.
hut tried to jump through window, anu anu
sustained a very severe CuS III H'i ism
arm from broken glass.
Julia Smith also jumped through
window. and her head was severely sash-
cd and bruised by the fan. me aihpu-
lance was summoned, ana Ut q. "
provn Jr.. dressed the injuries or poth
women. which turned out not to De seri-
Gus. 49,. .. 49, foo
tory. tainted. and was at hrst thoushV
10 be dead. She was taken 10 her hoihe'
where she soon recovered
IRONY OF FATE.
FOR nfteen months a force or nahus
had been working night aud day on Ihe
box In the department where the H'e
occurred, and the work would nave Deeh
completed at / o'clock to-day ana inc
tobacco removed. IL seemed the irony OF
fate that all the work should have gone
for naught IN the very moment almost
OF its completion
Mr.. walker said that he supposed the
damage. at rough estimate would not
fan below 5000. This consisted OF the
injury done the machine ana silshl
damage TO 5000 pounds OF tobacco
large numbc, OF hoCsheaas OF TO-
hacco were rolled into tAe street, anu
tAus saved from damage.
This is the frsr fire which ever oc-
Cured In a drying-machine. ana I Is
thought to have been caused, possibly
by stoppage Of the machinery whlie
heat was being applied.
THE INSURANCE.
The insurance on the building and
stock and the companies by which II
was carried is as follows: