The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-12
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prevail immedia tely around the building,
keeping back the hundreds OF curious.
who are at all times in some danger
on Sunday this was particularly true, sew
eral policemen having all they could do
to handle the crowd.
CHARRED BODY FOUND
These workrnen yesterday, in the
course of their excavations. found the
body of Dabney. crushed and charred,
just where the store-room had been. All
things indicate that DabneE was dead
long before the fire reached him. The ne
gro was probably suffocated, and the
chances are was not alive when the
floors above tumJled down. He had been
caught like a rat in a trap. possibly nav
ing been msde unconscious by the force
Of the explosion which set fire to the
building. The body was removed to the
BHley undertaking establishment at the
order of President Berniss. of the Traction
Company, and will be buried to-day, after
) the inquest
Yesterdays investigation OF the ruins
showed that. while the Tower-Binford
Company had lost practically all their
records and about $500 in cash. which was
in their safe, owing to the fact that the
safe was open at the time of the fire,
the Traction Company had lost practi-
cally nothing save a few unimpcrtant
vault w;s intact, and when opened yes
terday il was found that the worst done
was the slight scorchings of some of the
documents therein. The Traction. Com
pary, with the Virginia Company. are
now located In the Hapewinckel Building.
at Ninth and Main Streets, while the
Tower-Btnford Company is in the Mayo
Building, Seventh and Main. These will
be temporary offices.
Nryet ar,Af ff.ao af eSf "A
have been thro own out of work by the fire.
as the contract work on the outside will
continue without Interruption, and the
Office forces have more to do than ever.
Tire Richmond Telephone Company is rap
idly putting its burned lines in service
again. and all will probably be finished
to-day.
MAY NOT REBUILD.
AS to the rebuilding of the Habliston
Building, there is as yet considerable
DOUBT This is stated on the authority
OF Mr.. Davis, of No. Ill North Eighth
Street, who owned the structure. When
asked yesterday about it, Mr.. Davis said:
II don't know whether l will rebuii0
or not AS yet my plans are totally
unknown even to myself. have author
lied no one to speak for me, and state
ments that a new structure will go up
Immediately. are mere surmises. do
rebuild, 1t will not De IN tne immaculate
future. at any rate
'I will go ahead and complete the adj
dition to the building, which was going
up at the northern end This addition
was intended for the use of the Richmond
Telephone Company. and the work OF
clearing out the debris for the continu-
ance of the work is now going on
It is believed that the site of the tiablis-
ton Building may be sold to some one
else for great Office building, but moth
ing could be learned of this.
AS to the water pressure, inquiry at the
water superintendent's office yesterday
developed the fact that the pressure in
and around the vicinity OF the fire on last
Saturday was normal. that Of Cary
Street always being low The theory was
advanced that the reason the streams OF
raters5were weak at first was that the
engines had not sufficient steam--eSTha
streams grew more powerful as the steam
in the engines Increased. The tfremen
said this view of the matter was prob
ably correct.