The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-03
United Fire of Baltimore. 5000
St. Paul Fire and Marine............. 500
ms. Co. OF North America. 5000
Hamburg-Bremen Of Germany...... o,6o)


The building was occupied by the gen
eral offices of the Chesapeake and Ohio,
except the ground lloor, and also by
the establishments of Muscoe H.
Garnett. the Commercial Building and
Loan Association, and the passenger office
of the Chesapeake and Ohio.
In the building are the Offices of the
Third vicc-President, Decatur Axtell, c.
E. Wexford secretary; c.. Z. Potts, treas.
urer; George W. Stevens; general mana
ger; c. f. Doyle, general superintendent;
c. c. Walker, division superintendent; L..
F. Sullivan. comptroller: George S. Sipp,
superintendent Of car service; O. D.
James, auditor of freight receipts; Geo.
Poe, auditor of passenger receipts: e. D.
Hotchkiss, general freight agent: William
Sullivan, assistant general freight agent;
J. II. Handbook, paymaster; w. S. Morris.
superintendent of motive power; G. B.
Wall land agent; E. s. Goodman. chief
train dispatcher; w T.. Wickham, gen
cral counsel; w T. Labonta, purchasing
agent, and the general telegraph office.
FIREMEN OVERCOME.
During the time that the men We're
at work fighting the flames, two OF them
were overcome by the excessive cold and
were carried home. Captain l.. w. Dor-
scy. of Truck Company No. l, while at
work III the northwest corner of the build
ing, was overcome by the severe cold and
was unable to work. He was SO COM
pletely prostrated that he was brought
down from the fourth floor, upon which
he was working, and carried in Stumpfs
restaurant and was warmed until the
chiefs buggy could be brought to con-
vey him home, where he was given the
necessary medical aid
Fireman Mercer Ball had chill and
had to stop work for a few minutes be-
@,,J sic -rrl-f hut hi
was not for long, as he was again taken
i'll and had to be removed.
Fire,nen Conway Johnson, of Engine
No 1, mashed his hand severely and had
to be relieved. and George Shubridse fell
upon the ice and hurt himself badly and
had to be taken hone.
Before the tiremen had stopped throw
ing water the hands of the Richmond
Railway and Electric Company and the
telephone men We're at work cleaning
away the ice and s!eet from the wires
ard track. To break the icicles from the
wires the long pixies, which are used i'll
hoistin- poles were used, and in this
way the men were able to break the ice
from the wires, which seemed ready to
break under its weight.
Many of the telephone wires were una
bic TO stand the shock of the pixies or the
weight of ice and broke, doing consider
able damage
THE ICE KING.
The work of taking down the pipes and
ladders and cleaning the upper floors was
almost as severe as that Of fighting the
fra and was much more laborious. When
the men came TO take down the large
l,d3e, on the front of the building it was
ca coated with ice that it could not be
nniointed and the ice added largely TO its
weight. besides making it very hard TO
handle. In order to get it down block
and tackle was fastened to the roof and
10 the end of the ladder and another fixed
to the third-story window. and with the
aid of lines tied 10 the ladder to keep it
from striking the house it was finally
brought to the ground.
The building was flooded with water and
all the morning the men We're hard
at work sweeping it out Of the rooms.
which continue to be filled by the soak
ing through from the stories above.
The offices on the ground floor We're
several inches deep in water and Caught
the entire flood from above.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
The Offices of the c. and Q. viii be
moved to various buildings in the city.
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