The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-14
IFlREbUG IN
PETERSBURG. ) U
Three Early Morning Fires
Under Suspicious Circtil,l-
stances. 4
COTTON WAS SOAKED I IN n. I OIL ]. |,
Frame Tobacco Stei1tilery De-
\ sttoyed and Valuable Prop
erty Threatened
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(speclaIs 10 t1he5 Times Dispatch,)
Pls'rIfsIsUnd VA, August There
were three freaiftns Petersburg at early
hours tlllssmorning all sof which are be--3
Slieyed to have been caused BY lncendi-,!
aries. N: 81 IA
8 Tho first fire was caused by an attempt
Eto burn the large brick warehouse be-!
longing to Mr.. B. y. K Booth, ana sit slit
uated Immediately IN the rear OF the Iln.-i
periai Hotel, on BollingbrookI street. 5ls
Tho fro department Immediately re- re-
sponded to the alarm and the flames
were SOON extinguisheds with buckets Of
watcr, very little damage resulting
III liz SAID that two men ret Tire to he:
building with waste cotton soaked In
Soll. III Quantity Of which was found piled;
$ngainst Il ( rear a oor.5 The ncendiar tes5
were driven off by colored men who were
silenrFtlie scef,e at the time.2 Shortly fter5
this there was a small fire In a tene-
snlent house on Plum Street In the vest
gerns nalt of \ the city, which was ex TIM
5guished by Stfc fire department. with ~.
tie loss ~ :
IA bout q o'clock this morning the de-
partner. u was d ga III caled out by avery
SdapgerodA fire In a large toba Geo: stem
merry ST uafetl rear East ,Tabb street, be-
tween 4 Adams and Sycamore n Streets,
close Et6 West III Ill wa reho use, y In one Of
title main business blocks 4 OF the q ty. 8Bl
& The frame stemmery burned Ii flercely,
{ and was entirely d estroyed, commune cat
ing the flames TO he sad jacent{ West Hill
warehouse HI 81 y
me atslnmer s q wnad ;by Mrs: John,
tO.s Rnrli:imN aud used SsS by The $s Dunlop
sbrancl,SOfSthc tBri tish- rleri lean ,Tob acco$
B Cnmpa1s for storag p,irp poses. srnall
amour, sofs tobacco belong In
sblildi but was ga we'd. hui ling
via VALUED at about 81 900, Il q nd insured
s. orr ~. o.sl Vest II house, one Of
atllea IdesIsand largest ware houses in the
city, lnost en- tirel VI DESTROYED, ionl 81
b a Hfnw# brick walls remainin &. III III 4
35885 Tie building was owned by Joint stock
CON pa III IN whic h DR.. ~. u r. illiam, q
ZChesterf!fld, was the largest sharon q DER
DIR. Gillian cancelled Y al his 81 nsura nee
policies on the structure q hort time l
go, but the minority st ckho lders hold
policies amounting TO g, 60D! Sssf3iis
@ The warehouse was leased to MI,
q a Gils& for the sale OF tobacco of WI CHI
there was a. very small sanantity In the
building NJ but several hundred pa gs Il 81!
peanuts belonging ito Marlin and Il Sons
and stored In the rear, we're all sbur ned.
The loss Is covered 6by an sinsurance Of Of
/ 5000. Ia Al 7ai5
81 AZ frame stable belongi ITO N r.3 S.
S. Elliott, and situated In the rear Of
Ibis residence on East y BIB Street. was
destroyed with the loss Of several1sets 81
harness, and a quantity Of ma erial used
for manufacturing ttress, sa mounting 70
to fiye Or six hundred do liars.
u: Tho Sde struction Of q large seiti on y OF.
4sycamcre Street was prevents ed onl by
Ethe good work he fire IL epartrnr ent,
Sailcd fact that there ;s We 9 }l
wind. .Ss 8As SSt