The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24
BUILDINGS
.DEST ROYED
Heavy Damage Results From a
Blaze on Lower Main Street
Last Night.
CARR'S AND KELLY'S PLACES
No Insurance Was Carried by
the Owners, Either on the
Horses or the Stock,

Tho Iron and brass foundry Of Mr..
James w. Carr, Nos. 2OO3-20o7 East Main,
and tho Junk store Of Mr.. Michael Kelly,
No. South Twentieth Street, were prac-
ticully wiped out by fire last night
The contents of both buildings We're
entirely destroyed leaving the walls but
slightly damaged. Mr.. Kelly Is 4 heavy
loser, as he owned both structures, and
tho junk in tho. South Twentieth Street
holise, with not cent Of insurance on
cither.gHf 9i Es3a{ " 5S t.S& Ia. E. n
The first alarm was turned III from
box No. Z, In engine house No.2. which
is down the street Il short distance. This
came In at 7:10, and brought engine conf
panies Nos. l. 2 and Z and truck No. :.
Two minutes after the first alarm the
second was sounded. bringing engine
companies Nos. 8, 1 and s and truck
No. l. Chief Fuller and Assistant Chief
Shaw directed tho fight. 1t was prob
ably $50 before all danger. Of further
spread of the flames was past, and mid
right before the relentless war wagcd by
the fro lads was entirely successful.
Started in Foundry.
Tho blaze originated in the foundry
Mr.. Kelly said It was impossible to say
how it came about. He supposed It was
from an electric wire. as electric currents
were used as motive power for the latllcs
and other machinery employed by Mr.
Carr The roof Of this structure was
on the eve OF tumbling before the junk
shop caught he said. At one time the
flames burst from the roof Of tho foundry
and lit UP the sky and the surrounding
sections in spectacular fashion, But over
Whelnling streams OF James River water
wero turned on the whlte-hot sources OF
! these flaming tongues with splendid ef-
| feet. When tho junk shop caught. flames.
brilliant, lambert and leaping, became
smothering and suffocating smoke, It
| was almost impossible to see the building
| which was burning except for the black
waves OF smoke which rose constantly
from its windows. Tho smell was by no
means eXhilarating, The currents had
| to be turned from the light wires, which.
OF course, greatly intensified the dark
ness produced by the inky smoke.
Damage Great.
1t is impossible to estimate tho damage
or tho loss OF either Mr. Carr or Mr..
Kelly. Mr.. Carr owned only the ma
chincry and stock on hand In the build
| Ing occupied by him, Mr.. Kelly owned
| both buildings and the stock In the junk
store. 1lc sYstains without insurance,
the damage to both buildings and tho
entire loss of the, junk on hand. The
structure which housed tho foundry lost
It's roof ms well as the entire interior.
! Tie exterior of tho Junk warehouse
stands intact, with tho interior walls
+, ma floors wiped out,
| Mr.. Cnrr's loss is very considerable,
because much of his machinery was Of
expensive make, How far this was dam
aged will not be fully known until to-day,
| II will almost certainly take from Sl5,0CC
to $4,000 to put the, two structures in the
condition in Which they were before tho
fire. Mr., Kelly said he had an unusually
large amount of junk on hand,
\ dishearteniAg result or the fire is
that Il number Of men employed In ths
foundry viii be out OF work until Mr.
Carr can get another building
THIS Is the second time Mr.. Kelly has
lost his junk shop by fire. The former
blaze occurred about eight years ago
Mr.. Kelly then built the structure which
was burnt out last night.