The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-27
Pine BEACH SWEPT
bY.lAGRY LANES.
(Continueds6from First Page.)

Inside Inn. st he Negro building andI
other prcperty in. the Exposition
Grounds immediate across Maryland
Avenue from the fire. The slack off
water at the Beach greatly hampered
the operations. all the water in theI
burned district being supplied by al
two-inch water main. The Hook FireI
Brigade, OF Pine Beach, displayed
great 7scourage in combatingS thel
forts that rtlei Triangle Hotel was
saved, This liotei ..wasSS the only piece
Of property at Pine Beach owned by
Nv. +. Russell that was not burned.
Much Bad Feeling.
A fire engine was also brought.
down from Norfolk, and With water
from the Exposition Grounds. played.
on the flames There was not a fire
plug in the burned district
The Exposition Fire Department3was
troubled with hose which was atoo
weak to stand the pressure put on 1T.
All was not harmony between the Pow
l1atan Guards and the Exposition Fire
Company on one hand and the citizens
Of Pine Beach, on the other. Mr.. Rus
sell and several others declare that
they were threatened with arrest and
| told to shut up" by members of the
| Powhatan Guard for remarking how.
the fire should be fought. Mr.. Russell
also stated that twothirds of the
burned district could have been saved
| had little water been played on the
Hampton Roads Hotel at the proper
| time.
The entire Twenty-third Infantry in
| camp at the exposition was ordered
| out by Colonel Read Sheriff, Cromwell
/ with force Of deputies was also early
on the scene. and Pine Beach was
| practically under martial law. Soldiers
and civil officers all fought the flames.
Several small buildings We're torn
away to prevent the flames from reach
| Ing larger ones. Wet blankets were
also used with effect. Practically
A nothing was saved from the burned
district while large quantities OF the
! personal effects were taken to tho
i streets; they were there isnited and
j burned By .he intense heat
/ Inside Inn in Danger.
/ The Inside Inn was in great peril
4 when the fire burned fiercest, while
/ tho south wind did not blow the flames
| directly toward the Inn. 1t being in a
1 northeasterly direction from the fire,
red-hot Goals were continuously fall
i ing on the roof, and bell-boys and
i others employed at the hotel We're kept
busy seeing that they did not Ignite
i the building, The greatest DANGER 70
II the Inn was the warehouse of the
\ II. b. Goodridge Company, between the
Inn and the burning buildings, The
warehoure smoked and was charred.
Several times 1t was ignited. but by
hard work the flames were suppressed.
I, Had the warehouse burned the Inn
I could not have been saved. Several
hundred members OF the MARYLAND
Teachers Association We're In the In
side Inn. Many of these became vol
4 unteer fighters. The negro build
ing at the exposition. recently visited
4 by President Roosevelt. was also in
great danger Mt ono time. The James
4 town Exposition Fire Department
n poured water on this. Other big build
Isings burned were the Pasti,ne Theatre,
/ Russell's three-story office building,
/ The Double World Amusement Enter
prise costing $4,000, was also burned.
!. A car OF the Schwartzchild q Sulz-
barger Company, aoaded with meats
4 and standing on Maryland Avenue,
was almost destroyed and its contents
We're practically ruined The local
freight station Of the Norfolk and
q 81