The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-20

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g A nre, involving the loss Of thousands
Of dollars, occurred between47 and 8
o'clock yesterday evening. ,wheii ala8l lhc
Eureka Furniture Companys factory,
near Manchester, was struck Ly light
ming and totally destroyed. N IN addition
X TO the heavy loss, the night watchmali,
Mr.. John Anderson, OF 1906 Everett Street,
Manchester was seriously burned barely
I escaping win his life. lie no~ 81 lies N
n his home und"r5Gthe treatment 81 ~. -.
+ Lawrence Ingram. & S5l ad8
The main building which WAS three
J stories high. the boiler house. the engine
room, lumber shed and drying Kiln we're
ali destroyed. So quickly did the ,frt
spread that It vas Impossible 70 ri save
RanyttIng, in spite Of the heroic efforts O
4. the Manchester Fire Department
The loss is estimated at between 123,-
oo0 and $500 and the insurance is
I placed al about sl2.o6o
How Building Was lgnited.
gF AS told by Mr. Anderson. the night
Hatchman, he was closing window N
the southwestern corner Of the second
story OF the main building to prevent
y possible damage by the storm tnen conf
Ing up when suddenly there was & pima no
Ing fash. presumably a stroke Sof y snt- -
Ming. and IN a moment the whole room
was n a terrific blaze. Ten minutes al
ter the entire building was afire. beyond
ali possibility OF being saved Mr. II
derson was momentarily stunned by the
shock Turning to get away as soon as
possi BILE. he found all means oi esca pc
nv he stairway blocked by the nrc. when
& was then raging with great tury.
He made his way through the lea pins
fames to a window and Jumped Two s'ot-
b les for his life. He did not ESCAPE 4in)urS
Ii 5howeyer. for his mustache was stnged
Il al. his hands and arms badly purnen
and fc n,ay have ibeen hurt in the ions
some passerby seeing the nre ran 70 re ns
engine pulled the whistle cord .ahu ,ai, r,Eu
horhr,od iu hoo vas "a aroused Policeman !;
Waits. who was near the scene. phonea
< IN n ca il to the Manchester iire uepat - "a =
ment, but i was some LINE .lme % neiG,e the FAC.
tory was some distance out OF oNn; ~ i ioy 2
e The time they arrived all hope OF saslns .,as
4 the buildings had gone. They were ais9
ali they could hope 10 do was 70 preycn,, !,
tho tirc from spreading to the Rici1mond
B Wood working company's factory. wn.c. La
is Just opposit Every eHort was THE a.'is
hoped that all the books, papers, s., ana ,,1
records of the company may be Sun Sun u
tact 5}t . & . l.,
The nrc began In the finishing room N
the second story. and In n hardly appre-
ciabie length of time made Its way to the
cabinet shop and machine shop In the
rear. From there II spread 70 me ,orv- ou,-
buildings, and so hot and dry vas every
thing that these buildings too, immeaIa.e: m
@ly fared up in lurid blaze; The only
building that escaped was q little snack
The factory was filled with furniture
and manufacturing material. none OF
which was saved. sls,
In the fierce heat Of the fire the walls
hegan to crumble. and occasionally large
parts would fall. which so leopard zed the
nrcmen that Chief Crooks would ALLOW
none OF his men to station themselves
near the danger point. This prevented
streams into the direction OF the safe. as
there was too serious risk in approaching
near the walls. So. la
The Ownership Of Plant.
The factory was owned ,al BY go company J, q Il
Stoltz. OF No. $40 East Leigh Street
HehmSps i p5fsSSen Se nGS %est Mr
The other stoekholderssaa are Mr.. Andrew
Datfron Of No 6 l220 rorter g street,
sky wife OF Mr.. Gratznowsky, seneral
manager.
The company. as 1t stands now. had
been but recently organized, and "a fact
that peculiarly emphasizes, the loss Is
that Mr.. Gratznowsky and Mr. stoltz
were going to Baltimore to-day 20 bring
more machinery with which to further
equip the factory. AZ fltS 5tf. bt55 III
u The company had fairly started 4undecI
way and were beginning to realize hand
some profits from the business, The fac
tory was esta blished upon a paying ba-
els. and It had been hoped that this
Now, however, MI pains for the fusther
Using of the business are blocked for.
the time being. and the factory lies In
utter ruin
But it is not the expectation OF tho
company to dissolve and retire from the
business for a prominent stockholder
said last night that as soon as. the. IN
surance had been collected and things
could be put In shape, tho factory would
be rebuilt, perhaps in safer and more
# It is said that one of the company
had put IN It every cent he owned and
that the fire to him represented a total
i loss, #