The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-27
Retail Dry Goods District 81 Sstlh1tsS5 stlh1teS5
81, City Now Al Lies jIss III
Ruins. ass 81, 81 S5ss4s4
ii LOss ls THREE I! s. MILLIONS [ IS
Of8ThisS $40, 900 rs pr esentts Loss :'s5
on Building he b Il alanlcc II & !; 22.s
B eing on S toc ck.
l(By Associated Press,


ROCHESTER, NJ. y, Feb. q. ~ T he sun l1s
set tonight With ten ngines pouring I. . 4.
streams of water On the ruins of Wha u;
vas practically the tall
trictSof3 this oity Tor hrees pl,t
department stores were cons uned n In to- g.
day disastrous fire, ono t,icl tlleSs
sSlbley, lindsay and Currs Con. rssny ,swa ss
,N gest eatah shHer.t of 4 th,se3
kind int city, and the old
Insurance men place the loss ut s3,sB
900. 900. OF this isgamount 500 900 represents IS
the loss oil buildings, ard the remainder
the loss on stocks Of goods and to occu--SSi ~
pants Of Offices. It is estimated that
2,aOO people are thrown out q + wor tenn
}porarily. at least. beca use Of the fire isS
Burned District.
Tho burned district lies on no, north B
side of Main Street, between ST. Paul
Street and clinton Avenue, north, rur-%
5ning from ST. Paul Street almost the;
entire length Of the, block. The fire
started in the store of the Rochester
Dry Goods Company. and worked west
taking but ORG store east OF this estab-iF
1lshment-that of the Yallover Shoe
{Compary--befo Its progress was Scheck-$
ed in that direction. Next wcs t. was
the store OF the Beade- e-SherbourneiC Com NE NE
pany, which was destroyed; then the
marble block occupied by tn 3Ie!Fi,5sg
Lindsay mad Curr Company, de-
stroyed, and finally the thsrteeii-sto n;
Grants Building; Il the lower. + part Of
which also was occupied by, the Sibley,aF
Lindsay ana Curr&& Company, and the.
upper part by Offices. Only thc front
wall OF the Marble Building Is standing
Tonight. The tshellGof the Granite Build
ing is intact, and the floors are In place.
but tile building was gutted, 5
4 Sbley, Lindsay and fCurr CompanS'ssssss
six-story wholesale building, together8
With the stables In the rear, was de-
stroyed, with all its valuable contents
this loss being placed at 81 .i5o0 ss s3
There was atlivery stabie3fiGld some
frame dwellings ont Division Street, \ n &
narrow thoroughtare, running IL the u
rear#of the burned stores, aud these
were damaged bs4 water and NJ falling
walls WI S
No Casualties. sSS
There were no casualties. and no y, one Y
was injured. except Assistant c,hier 81
Frank a. 5Jaynes, who was struck by n VI
flSirg nozzio and receired somn bruises iss
Tho power on the trolley line runnir1t ~
along Main Street was cutoff to AVOID Il
danger from electricity. and no cars
have run through the block where the 5&
fire occurred all day. All other trafflc u
has also been stopped. and probably VIII I
not be resumed until Monday. II 5S s5&
Following is " table of the losses \ b
Granite Building, 5000 900; Marble Build
ing. $4,000; Buell. estate $4,000; Cornwelt ~
building, $4,000; Kirley building, $35.O0Ds
Walkover Shoe Company, $4,000; Slhley,
Lindsay aud Curr Company, Se5o,000. Fl,
y Tho loss on stock was as follows; S;tta5s
Sibley, Lindsay ard Curr Company
retail $3.50 900; Wholesale, sl,o5o,00O; !; ten-S55
ants In Granite Building, 5000 900; neadle NJ
and Sherbourne Company, 1850, OOO; Ro-
chester Dry Goods Company, Sl5o,0oo,
Tho smaller losses foot up sSl0'N,
The fire was discovered by the night
watchman in the employ Of the Rochester &
Dry Goods Company, II was first seen al X
A 100 o. clock and the watchman says "
started from fuse. which blew out In y
tie electric elevator connection. Almost
simultaneously an explosion occurred IN 4
the basement of Headle and SherbnrRss,
next door, Smoke and flames poured *
through the elevator grating in the slde-s ~
walk ana In an incredibly short time ~
the buildings were mass OF flames,