The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-03
DESTRUCTION WAS COMPLETE.
-ele ont lasr night

4 disastrous fire brooks out last n'snt
cbo,,. 7:4n G, clock at the plant ot5the AZ
n,i,are Manufacturing Company, on WI
Harrisburg avenue. which co.11oieteiN ue-
stroyed the building
TIE A-,nftage Company manufactures.
roofing materials. paints. tl--pape-. etc,
vii, ch are very n1sn m,5le. AMI Whe n once
,,.r.rs are liable to consum- everything
1:,:i. cones in contact With it.
At ;5oout 40 o-c,ock when the b;a.e
vas discovered, the fire hal gained coz
siderable feudway. An alarm was at once
St;irnec: N from box II. cUcne.. Main ard
Ash streets.
Assistant CHEF Shaw and steamers No,-5
& AID s. and truck company No .. re-
sponded to the alarm and on tn il arrival
Ch!cf Shaw turned in the second alarm,
and in less than five minutes after the
arrival of the first brigade, engine No. :.
from Gary street, was fastening to their
assistance.
When the department arrived at the
fire the Office, main building and several
frame dwellings near by and occupied by
negroes were in Il blaze, while the build
ing: across the street We're smoking.
BUILDINGS SAVED.
Ctlet &l'0iiSfrH arrived on lNe #SEelle W III
the second alarm. and took charge OF the
fight. Streams were directed upon the
office building and the frame dwellings.
and after Il Stubborn fight these buildings
were saved. The fight WAS continued on
the main building of the plant, but. the
flames had gained such a hold upon the
intlammable tar. paper and OTIS that
every thing seemed useless.
Chief Fuller directed streams upon the
Buildings on the opposite side of the
street, and five ladders from truck COM
pany No. ., under Captain Atkinson. were
put up.
The streams applied to these buildings
prevented their taking fire.
In the rear of the main building IS
the stables of the company, in which we're
a number of horses These were gotten
out. and after hard work by the fire
men the stable buildings were saved.
Not long after the arrival of the de-
partment the main building fell in. but
the other buildings were damaged very
little.
MATERIAL DESTROYED.
There We're large quantities OF raw
material and goods ready for shipment
in the buildings. which are badly dam
aged if not entirely destroyed. The
large watts of FAR which were used In
the making Of tar-roofing paper. caught
fire and were extingushed with difficulty,
much of the tar being destroyed. One
of these watts was about eighteen feet
deep, and nearly filled with liquid tar.
This was badly burned on the surface,
but not seriously damaged The ma
chnery. of the plant is a total wreck and
almost useless.
The plant was insured in the Virginia
state Insurance Company for $4,000. $500
of which was re-insured. The loss will
probably be in excess of this.
During the fight Lieutenant J. e. Haake
of truck company No. .. had his hand
badly cut about the wrist by a falling
piece of glass. He was promptly treated
by Officer Pop Tate, who applied che
favorite remedy a piece OF tobacco
which he bound around the wound.
The department was greatly hampered
in their fight by the scarcity of water
at this point. In this part of the city
the pressure is very light and the sup
ply small. and serious difficulty arose
by one engine taking the supply Of wa
ter from another.
The. fight was over by half past .
o'clock, but a stream was kept upon
the embers until a late hour
The cause of the confiasration is I'M
known, but the materials used at the
plant are 50 infla mmable that the slightest
spark might have caused the burning.