The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-02
The Evening Dispatch Building
Partially Destroyed.
THE. MACHINERY ESCAPES
Large Candy Factory and Other Prop
erty Burned. Worth Perhaps Fifty
Thousand DoIlars-Large Guam
titY of Peanuts Roasted.
Especial dispatch to Tho Times,


NORFOLK, VA. May 1.-Officcr Wolf
discovered flames issuing from the second
s;cry front windows Of Bosnian and Low
mans Virginia Candy Factory about b
oc'cck this morning. which finally con-
simed that building, with its stock, Bos-
IHan and Lownlan's Peanut Factory ana
NcDonald's Virginia Cafe. adjoining The
Ere then spread through TO the Dispatch
office. on Roanoke Avenue, eating off the
roo: and two upper floors. including
the Teportorial rooms, but leaving the
hattery os linotype machines on the sec
cEd floor front practically uninjured.
Or the ground floor the flames swept
over the big new press, melting the com
pt sition ink rollers to death and burning
tho multitudnous tapes or the complex
Iaachine. but injuring it little If any
otherwise.
NEW WATER TOWER.
Things were floating around in the office
fur hours after the fire was discovered,
anil the deluge came from the new water
.cwer. first used to-day. ana water leaked
II 'ough the remnant Of ceiling over ev-
ersthing in sight.
About a carload of great rolls Of paper.
weighing 1,orG pounds each. stood in the
i: etss room under the waterfall and in the
slough on the floor. Experts said that
III, da1npenirg Will cause this paper to
c1irkle on the edges and render It unus-
able on the press. That will cost the in
STRANGE companies about $1,000.
DISPATCH INSURANCE.
There was $4,000 insurance on the Dis
patch plant, and this. Mr- Thompson
thinks. will more than cover the loss.
Had the press and machines gone the
Dispatch would have gone TO the bad
probably not $1,000 Nobody was eyer
known to have such good luck. as all
may soc who see the machines and press.
w., crNnf yEh nay 4
a wilderness of water and fame
Tho Mersenihalers, which in printing
Offices are accredited to have human in
telligencc, rest in the one safe spot as
the dove on ATarat- Next the DiSpaicn
IS Mr. Hofheimer's cigar factory. which
was considerably damaged by water ana
Eut little by fire.
OTHER BUILDINGS ATTACKED.
Soon after the fire started sparks fired
the fine buildings of Messrs George
Sart &. Sons, seednen. and H. G. Will
Jams & Co, wholesale liquors Men on
the roofs. however. exunguished these
fires promptly. Mr.. l.. T. Roberts was
later standing in his wholesale grocery
store talking with an insurance man.
who said you are all right, ] see He
was answered by several tons of brick
wall from the Lowman building, Whlcn
fell upon the Roberts building amidships.
fell 10 the floor. wreciing the Roberts
They say that Mr.. Roberts turned
to the agent and coolly said:
''Iou can take II; = S yours: 1 don't
want it
Mr.. Roberts owned the building.
SIXTY THOUSAND.
Mr. Arthur c. Humphreys. represent
ing several insurance companies inter
ested. said he thought the total loss
would, perhaps, reach S6o.o30; mainly
covered by insurance.
The buildings occupied by tie Virginia
Candy Company and the Virginia Gaze
We're owned by Mrs. Richard II. Jones.
The selden estate owns the Old Domin-
ion Paper Company building. This buid-
ing and the stock therein escaped injury.
The Dispatch building belonged to Cap
tain John Twahy.
Mr.. G Koch owned the building ad-
joining Mrs. Jones property. This was
also occupied by the Virginia Cafe, the
owner Of which. Mr.. McDona.~, sa- =
loss is $3.50, with no insurance
POWDER RENO. ED.
Five hundred pounds of case powder
stored back of Engie's hardware store,
was gotten out during the fire --ad
this exploded the section about would
,,robablv have suffered greatly. Mr..
Koch said his loss is about S5,vOo w.
81 900 insurance.
Mr. W. II. Nelson's head was severely
cut by the falling upon lam of laduer,
But he, a volunteer fireman, sanely re-
turned to fight the fire after his hurt
was dressed.
The department, because Of short
aee OF men, were compened TO leave
1ne big engine Thomas IIevill. in its
Gcuse.
TO BE REBUILT.
The burned district will be rebuilt. lt'ls
stated, and better buildings than before
stood will be erected =
The Dispatch is game bird and crowed
ss usual this afternoon. The Nirenian-
Pilot filled with the generous printing
house spirit. printed its scorched neishbor.
Some scventy-five girls work in the
candy factory. but, fortunately. these had
Tot come down when the fire started. The
origin of the fire is yet unknown.
Some 800 bags of especially fine pea
nuts we're in the factory cellar. and these,
as they were roasted, filled the air for
squares with the appetizing scent of pea
nuts.