The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-07
TIRE LAST NIGHT
IN MANCHESTER
Causes Great Excitement and
Chscks q Narrative.
LIVES OF CHILDREN SAVED
Prompt Work OF Squire Cheatham
Prevented Fire-Miss /. Q. Graves
Has Her Arm Broken by Being
Thrown from soggy-Notes
Manchester Bureau, Richmond Times
No ifnp ts.,,,

No lin2 Hull Street
Jrsi as Pop Smith was reiatiDe Tho
value OF The Manchester Fire Der.rin,en.
to crowd OF listeners last night little
Hammond Crooks came pufirg into the
room with the news that fra VS. T., .
laIse between Perry and NlciSono,,r,l
Sreets. on Ninth, II was piv to cut
t5a.t The narrative Of The larges; man in
the service of the department, vet the
sGGc'a appearance Of the boy Gif 1t ana
ti7e bell changed. Robert Jeffries (col-
cred living in small house on Niath
S.-eeJ with his wills wer1 out on the
street.. and returning found the residence
n flames. With iremen fighting TO axlin-
s'sh II.
The damage VIII amount TO about sloa.
r2osi 81 he furniture having been carried
oai o> coiored people, Who soon we're on
The scene
FOR LIFE SENTENCE.
4 petition was circulated very freely
laSt nlSAt among The citizens here TO be
sent 20 The Governor asking him 10 CON-
mute The sentence of Ernest Davis 10
life imprisonment IT was being signed hy
6 great many citizens, who are Of the
opinion that Davis is no more guilty than
Others who were connected with MIN Il
IS understood thai he has said TO the
minister who IS daily visiting him that
he vas under tie influence Of liq2or and
dia rot kGcw what he was doing. Beyond
this statement he has made 20 confession.
IN OF the na!sce VIII si~- 49, petition
CITY COMMITTED.
The City CentIa al Go ..Alttee vii n et
Thursday n;gt in me Ma er's Court
room and elect & pr s.dsrt nd ms
act other me- tiers I At ma b on 1T
10 fheir att 1ttan Re electi2n of a
president O. he committee as been e.
fefred ON ne tins. But L, is
thought TO have q cha rnlaH
Nh Robert Ere en- for chai man NJ
bremen WI very like &C. tbs posi-
ton.
To ACCEPT APol oGY
Thee VII Be grch nesting a,
Cionton street ptist C7l'~@ his -, n
ing. when the aroIosv OF Chester Cri de
the young man who is all j q to nave
nlsoeE ed ia he hgrch Ill Ge ad
ana accep ed. II the oaiTion Of n ~
be-s OF lie ccsrregatt tai tie
ap0 .osy VIII be acc pie readily ~ tie
cong egation and I e = st red 10
Te05e r1 p. he wig express 81 so
Tow for what ne has done.
4 80 ng whitc man. who saii he was
from Lu u~g county. was picked Up
on the eets last nirht very q "a k In
fac:. ne had Q be carried the stat
hoEs@ an pia 81 IL cell. No NAM
could be soften.
NARROW rs APE FOR. CHILDREN
ElI me .ftI-lit III lsi-4 i'!G W u ~
Squire L II. Cheat than in ext!ngpjshins
2 blaze n ,h= home Of 3Ir. Tom PuE1,
o.er The store CT Nj Cheathanl al No
- E7al St,aet the whole building would
Eayc protahly been burned ana the three
sg-aI children in the room al7ne IT the
tine would poss bly, have persisted. Left
aloas. the chi 6rea % Mrs. Pugh. rang
t,s IN aca from about one year TO twelve
veers commenced 10 polish the stove
v-st1 gasoline The fluid in the can sit
t-c near Ire stove caught and im~1e-
c stately the whcle roam was in light
haze The mating had caUEht in over
haif a dozen places. and the flames were
learfrg up 10 Tbs ceiling whom SQUIRE
Cheatram -as.notifed and came rushing
iI;o the room.
His f-st act was to throw q QUIT over
the can Of gasoline ami then attempt
- stamp the blaze in the mating ont.
II -r~c--frc the orIIt over tbs can some
Of the fluid sloshed over Mr.. Cheathan g
rfgat hand burning it very painfully.
Tra burning Quilt and other clothes on
f1~r nv THIS time wsre thrown from the
window ard tie Maze soon eXtinguished.
None 81 the chi.Gven Were injured, Mrs.
Prgs was across the street ~ the time
and did not know Of the danger 10 her
children 75~tfl thu So u-ss OIL out
HER WRIST BR oxen.
: collision between = e+roet car and a
b-~ck ce~t on thu FIRE. BRIDE yesterday
Afternoon. r-srrF.ed IN 'hA oveturn'7e Of
tic buggy Of Miss l. O. Graves throwing