Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-11
Famous Old House At Virginia
Beach Went Up IN Flames
IN a Hurry.
MAAY GUESTS HAD MARROW ESCAPE.
"'te''eman and Maid May Have Per.
''h'd-Flre Discovered at Four
O'Clock Monday Mornlnu-auests
Loot Cash, and Escaped with Little
Clothing.
lny Associated Press,

lny Associated Presg)
NoHFoLk, VA. June lU.-- A q
a u,ook mus morning tho princess
nnno dotel ut Virginia leach. was
.olaiiy destroyed by lire, which orig.
,'iu.eu III the kitchen ana was cnused
probably by rnts.
10 hrc was discovered by Car,
i,oscneh. sergeant OF the Richmond
Light Infantry Blues, VINO IA
more ior mo Exposition, and who was
,l ,,,as lie night at the Fit2nugh
y, win the intention OF rising
at DAP o'clock to catch the IRA, trn,,,
,or Norfolk, hut. who, By some MS.
'ahc. was called mt 400 O'clock.
,, iie dressed nnd was walking to.
wurus the lratel when he uiscoyereu
ii'ries bursting from tho hotel Kitten.
Gu ''+
sonchen Aroused Guests
lie Immediately ran through tho cor.
rldors or the hotel three times mn
awakened the sleeping guests
vi nus third round he was over
uohio ny the suirocating smoke from ]
the iire. which hnd gained much head.
way during q short time.
Sctihg tliat lie WINS unconscious. II.
= Langenburg ana II. eters, or st.
a1,. ash, d G q. . p, .,to. The open
lIY. washington ..... o;-.
lar. Old Point comfoft.... sa;oyaS
,saare III 4 !, ;e0 m
(. ltihsulsher, but secinr none. ~, ns,s1
thohght OF the slceplng inmntes n,,S
: them. : " u''oisihs
I'm. INC loss is about sls5, 1000, with In.
Two Employees Mlslna.
Two persons aro reported m,samp.-
eoioreu maid and the steward The
smests escaped. but lost most OF their
effects. " . lr'tt
Lhe missing stewards name is
John Eat-n. Emma Clnrl, T., .ho
maids name. Is - ,
mere were one hundred and fan
guests In the hotel,
! TWO Other BUILDINGS Burn.
Alter consuming the hotoi tna
',,n ,,s spread TO the electric power
s.ntioi and the passenger sfetion or
nv NorioIk and Southern HALLWAY.
botR OF which We're destroyed
Large Frame BuIidInq.
l =, ne i'rihcess Anne was sltuated
very close 10 the water ana WITHIN a
hundred Yards OF the terminal of tba
NoIlolk and Southern electric fine
~ ~ was u frame building ana was spa.
o'ons ana comfortable throughout.
me Motel was owned by n stock
company OF Norfolk, az which mrs&
Robert Wainwright was president
About n month ago 1t was leased mn
20 another concern for a tiye.year
term. .e,. So. -.
49, was Famous Resort. '-1'NsA
lhn Prlncess Anne was famous as
q sunm@ resort. The hosiery was
ilrst DuiI9 In tho early eighties ana
frequently remedeled until it mad
neen made one or the most hand.
some hotels along the Atlantic Coast
lnere was no fire department ana the
only wny that other nearby property L
vas saved was through the efforts or
bucket brigade.
or the nifty or sixty guests in the
MOTEL mt the timo ali escaped win
the1r lives, but many barely. had time
In which to get out, clad only in tffeir
night clothes, and the large majority
OF the guests lost practically ali OF
their effects.
through the efforts of the bucket
brigade of men and women, the latter
coming from the nearby. cottages. 1, n
inc 100 rect long to the ocean front
was formed and the water passed
rem hand TO hand saved the O'Keere
store, the drug store and other near.
by property. over 100 wet blankets
were used in covering the rudolph
cottage, the fire In the line of cot
tages.
Had this cottage caught the whole
OF the northern beach water front
might have been swept away. IS
Negroes assembled among tho spec
'ators but they did no work. me
women cottagers were in the great
and those who were on the
icene said too much could not be said
In praise of their work.
The fire was the greatest blow that
Virginia Reach hns ever had. but
'ycn though the Princess Anne has
'een swept away the residents OF the
+own declare that with the great
lmaunt of building that has 4een
done this year, the place Is well aDis,.t4
o care for all Exposition visitors who
will come.
The Individual Losses.
Among the individual losers were:
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