Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-04
THURSDAY, JULY 4. 1907.
THE CHAMPION Lar.

There may be liars, and pretty
good ones too elsewhere, hat Blue.
field, w. Va, il Mt present harborlng
Il modern Annnnlas to whom the
worlds championship for lying right
fully belongs. The individual referred
to is. or wns, In the employ of Tho
Duly Leader, an afternoon paper
published in Bluefield, and MS liar
lie entirely outclnsses old Annnnias,
and makes Munchamsen look like an
amateur.
Liar is n hnrd word ana does not
look we'll In pint. 1t Is exceedingly
dstasteful to have to use such an
expression in these columns, but no
other term will properly describe the
man who wrote the following:
- JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION June
&c Especially is cutting tho
Exposition. Unless the land breeze
from Hampton Roads decreases
everything may he swept away by
the greedy dcvourlng element.
In temporary hotel on Mary
land avenue, undorbox shell
named The Carroll the fire began.
No fire department il provided ana
the strong breeze from the Roads
soon caused flying cmbcrs to set fire
10 the Outside Inn. Leaping over this
small intervening space the flames
caught the new pier at Pine Beach
and We're carried by leaps and bounds
to the loop the loop" to the "mer-
lW-So-round" and scores of other
n ~ IA!
Strong north winds sweeping over
Hampton Roads caught up the light
burning embers and carried them
to the "Wild West Show" and thence
TO the light pine houses in which are
exhibited Paul Rcvere's Ride" and
the famous trained horse "Trlxie"
Appeals for help brought engines.
hose reels. hooks and ladders and
firemen from Norfolk The fire de
partment OF Newport News Is loaded
on the ferryboat callahan" and the
steamer "Gen'l Lee" hut the burning
of the Per makes their landing inn
possible. The boats are taking them
to Norfolk and the Newport News de.
pnrtment Will come on flat cars over
the trolley lines 1t seems now to
be impossible to save the Exposition.
The wind, almost gallo. is working
havoc which human efforts cannot
avert
The costly and magnificent display
OF the Notwithstanding" battle Is
In grave danger, The fire engines
have not sufficient water on the
grounds.
The fire tugs of the G. & o. rail
road are playing heavy streams or
the burning pier. but they cannot
come close enough to do any good
on the Exposition grounds.
CONSERVATION prevails at Ocean
View and the people over there are
satnratng the roofs of hotels and
hotels and cottages with water This
entire summer resort is dangerously
inflammabie, and, unless the inside
of the Exposition can be saved, the
destruction of Ocean View will he
difficult to prevent
All business in Tidewater Virginia
is suspended. The shores of Eliza
beth and James rivers. Hampton
Roads. Willouehhy Spit and Old
Point are crowded with the thousands
of people from the farms, and re-
sorts; from Smithfield, Portsmouth.
Norfolk Berkeley, Newport News,
Hampton, Phoebus and contiguous
territory.
The fire department of Fortress
Monroe can be seen OH the govern.
ment pier, in readiness to save the
hotels and the Helen Gould Y. M. C..
A. building, and other property on the
government reservation.
General Grant Mt Fort Monroe. tel
egraphs offer to send troops to guard
the vast territory and prevent posi-
BILE looting by yandals who always
apDear on such occasions.
The above appeared in The Daily
Leader on the afternoon of week
ago "wednesday, the day on which
fire destroyed a number of buildings
Mt Pine Beach, just outside the Expo