The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
GREAT SORROW AT
BURNING OF HOTEL
lf-nn1fnued from First PaEc.l

st,.,
: S.arns who had been guests AZ aiiS
jefferson. Resides. hundreds ai,"
a,,,ndrcds of Richmond citizens scatSii
n6 ONT the genial manager ana .oau
him of the sympathy which they leiac
SOMETHING OF THE LOSS.
5sow ,n,,,.h is saved? was a auesfaon
.l,,,ost as frequent as the anVcii os,.,
sor,y as do The loss. The average Sl,tt.
saso,. can answer this question aou a.
ms accurately as llle most expert puiiu
ar or atiiiister of losses. ffopapiS
s,,osIhiryss of the great building is still
.;andinr TO the east OF Inc toMsis'
,,.lr;cl are about one-third back from
tho INranklin-Sircct side. there as not
,nn.f left besides debris cilld Inc i"u1'
dations II IS said that the conIehes oA
several rooms on the third floor on 'itS
Nain-Strect side are prohabiS siHeu.
1t looks hardly possible Inc contents
of the saloon. IN The soulheaSi COZ H ~.
of tho basement. are thought 10 ne
saved. No fear is felt for the safety
OF the contents of the safe.
fRANEIIN-STRDE END SAVED,
There is not The destruction in the
laran,,lin-Street end that one would
,.ypect- ON the first floor there IS 4
great deal OF water. Water dlrS
steadily down from the floors ABOVE.
The ,.aruet.s. of coStiiest Brussels, are
a,;,r.it,d in wafer TO the NOUN OIL one ,
shoes. The same IS true Oh the car
7,ets in the halls on the floors above.
The once magnificent palm court pre-
so,,tS , SCENE Of utter r,lin-tlie Jcffer-
son statue gone, the palms gone or
overturned and beaten ana broken.
Tho once beautiful vista through the
grand stairway down into the rotunul
and across into the dining-hall now
OPENS upon Il scene Of utter deSolatlon
The stairway can be repaired at com
1,ara1iycly small cost The dining
room appears 10 bc utterly ruined. The
rotunda is heaped up with debris,
twisted iron. broken glass from the
great Sl1ylightS, bricks and mortar. But
If The walls are safe up TO the first
floor. it may be that the damage done
from The top of the grand stairway
eastward, is not so great as appears
from the outside The rooms upstairs
north of the towers are damaged only
by water In many of the rooms there
is little or no damage The library is
intact All the furniture of this por-
lion was gotten out, save that in some
Of the upper halls, and in some OF the
cllamhele: The contents of the Per
sian art bazaar, at the right Of the
grand stairway landing, were practl-
cally completely destroyed. Most gen
eral Measure was manifested that the
W
cue WAS heroic. and the young men
who got ii out. under the Superinten-
sience of The sculptor. Mr. Edward Val
cntinc were In the open air scarcely
five minutes when it became impoSsi-
1,le 10 enter the building. The head OF
The statue was broken off after the
sculpture had been brought out. Mr.
Valentine SAYS this is not a serious
matter. The statue is now in the base
,f1faT1r of Tifa t.ran shaw home.
The value OF the fur1In>e saved.
while small as compared with the
value of that destroyed, is consider
able Sofas. divans. chiffoniers. tables.
rugs tapestries. and articles of costly
1pr-ic-a-i1rac including q number of oil
paintings. We're gotten out. and after
remaining in the yard of the residence
of Mr. lanes 3. Pace. opposite the no
I'll until about noon, We're taken TO the
Crenshaw house 1t is believed that
more of the vases and mirrors We're
broken in being carried from the hotel
and after being gotten out than We're
destroyed ny fire and water i'll the
lHranlliin-Street end. north Of the land
lar OF he grand stairway
CONDITION OF THE WALLS.
In estimating The damage it is abso-
lute necessary that the condition OF
lie walls of the portion burned be
=
lly the City Engineer Yesterday morn
fng and he stopped the running Of
cars thinking the lives Of passengers
were endangered. a large section of
The .JeHerson-StIeet wall Tell out during
lie fire The tops Of the walls on
4hree sides have cIumbled- Cracks eN-
7enfiing from the third and fourth
stories 10 the TOT, are noticeable on the
11.i,ee sides. There is no doubt that
The foundations are absolutely I'M
harmed. and it is likely that the walls.
for Two stories up, and probably three,
are intact
The insurance on the property
amounts 10 $4,000 An attacha OF
the Jefferson said Yesterday that three
well known contractors and builders
a,ad stated that they We're willing TO
restore the burned portion for the
amount of insurance.
ENGINES WORKED ALL DAY.
An day long the engines We're kept
al work, and the 1iremen held good
streams on the ruins until o'clock.
when The last, of The engines We're re-
moved. Eight or ten plug streams We're
kept on the ruins all night
itut even Al. midnight several Specta-
Tors were still gathered in knots GaZ-
:n. nihe ruins Nine-teiIths Of the
people OF Richmond must have visited
The scene yesterday, They We're not
allowed 10 pass the ropes at Adams
and Main. jefferson and Main and
FRANKLIN and jefferson. But all day
long many Of the best known men and
women IN Richmond pressed against
The ropes, and only the presence of
policemen on the inner side prevented
The spectators passing There WAS free
passage along Franklin Street, but all
the doors Were locked save one. and on
The inside OF this stood Il bluecoated
guardian Of the peace. whose permits
sion was necessary in order 10 obtain
entrance. Permission was not freely
given. and while many went inside for
sile most part the crowd had TO content
itself with pressing lis collective nose
against The plate-GlasS OF the big
Iiout's.
The hotels and many Of the homes
IF Richmond We're filled up with guests
driven from the burning hotel. Large
numbers lost all save the clothing they
had on. But after telegraphing to let
sAeir friends knew Of their safety they
were in good spirits. deterln'ned to