The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-24

800 a bottle. Doctors advice and Illus
trated medical booklet free. Duffy Malt
whiskey CO.. Rochester, New York.
certain that there was no connection
between This and the one two blocks
away. The porter of the j.. J.. johnson
Publishing Company reached tho build
Ing shortly after O. O'Clock. and began
making his usual fires and cleaning the
offices ~ the building. j. is said that
hc built q fire in the office Of Dr. Ed
ward Leigh Fel. on thee third floor. and
+ left u o. catch up. while he cleaned the
lower floors. About 100 4. II. the fore
man % tho Everett Waddey Compauys
prinNng plant. - the oupQ/te side OF
Eleventh street, who had just opened
/ Pass plant for the Gay. and was waiting
FOR his workncn 20 report. noticed smoke
| issuing from ventlatlng pipe above the
windows 81 the third door. Running To-
the end ~ the building ne mot the negro
lanitor coming from tle building. who
reported the whole structure filled with
smoke.
An alaua was turned in from ;he polio.
box az Eleventh md Main. and messen-
gers hurried % Smith and Cary. where
the engines OF the department were suu
throwlng water on tho Williams building
-Four engines were AT once assigned TO
the new fire. and attacked 81 vigorously.
( front and rear. Tho smoke in the upper
floors was SO dense that the rremen
were unable 20 get well into tie building
and had % fight the flames from the
outside
Caused Excitement Near.
Ar the u-e.ghboring stores and manu-
facturins plants employees were already
beginning 20 arrive. and in many cases
the iron fire shutters We're closed and all
precautions taken 10 prevent the spread
az the fire. IN the plant OF the Southern
Manufacturing Company, just across
Eleventh street seventy-fve girls at work
on the upper floors filling and labelling
baking powder cans. were gotten out OF
the building without panic OF danger. and
the plant shut down. after closing the
nre shutters.
The walls We're then drcnchcd bv the
fire companies. which afterwards took &
position on tne roof from which TO throw
q powerful stream over on tile burning
building.
The solid style OF construction of tie
building became apparent as rle fire
progressed, as although The iuGammabIe
book and paper stock ia the building
made "a fierce fire. the walls stood the
strain. althousi Moor after floor fell. The
IRE was checked a. the first floor. and all
though thoroughly wateT-soaked. the
Southern Paper Company Office and the
Offices OF the Bedford Paper and Pulp
Company were not greatly damaged.
Mr. John r Charlton. president Of the
Southern Paper Company said last night
that IL was impossible for him to make
any estimate Of the Joss at that time.
Much OF our stock was Old packed
In packages and cases. and though the
edges were water-soaked there may be
some salvage he said L DO not think
our papers and records in the Office are
greatly damaged. az the safe is intact.
and the HHa. afa nAH H.nnT- a- d.
although it IS ten inches deep in water"
Many School Books Burn.
The y. f. Johnson Publishing Com
pany did not fare so well. Mr.. James
j. Crump. the president. when seen
last night. said that their stock on
hand would probably be a total loss.
including several hundred thousand
school books which We're on hand for
February delivery. However. ali OF
-heir more valuable clcctrOtype plates
were stored in the basement of the
Mutual Building and were not affect
ed. They also had on hand. accord
ing 10 Dr. PelI. the secretary. a con-
siderable stock of unbound sheets In
the hands of their binders. which could
he put in order at once.
President Crump said last night. "We
have wired our agents over the coun-
try, that while we have suffered a dis
astrOus fire. yet an our schOolh0oh
plates are itnact. and we have made
arrangements to push manufactures at
a rate that viii enable us TO fill all
orders. our loss IS practically covered
lv Insurance
The b. T.. Johnson Company opened
offices yesterday afternoon at rooms 81.
3lS and 80 Mutual huilding. and will he
ready TO go on with business this morn
ms, and SEQ far as they are concerned no
one will Dc thrown out OF employment.
This company does not do any printing,
letting its work by contract. and If nee
essary the fun capacity of all the print
ing plants IN Richmond will be tested in
order 20 an existing contracts. Mr.. Crump
said yesterday that hey had their books
entered on the lists Of nearly every South
ern state, as well as in many points
North. including New York city and
Philadelphia. Their list has r~ecently been
adopted by the Chicago school board. The
company does all Of its work with Rich
mond printing plants. but has repositories
IN Dallas and Atlanta, from which a suf-
hcient supply can be drawn to meet ex-
isting demands.
MI. Crump's Serious Loss.
Mr.. James ID. Crump. president of the
3. r. Johnson Company, lost his house
hold furniture. which was stored at the.
building. and tile company also lost a
valuable library, which Mr. Norvoll. edi-
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