The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-05
GREW Of BuRN|NG
TUGB0AT RESCUED
CAPTAIN JACK LINDSAY AND HIS
MEN HAVE NARROW
ESCAPE
FOURTH OF JULY QUIET
NJ ACCIDENTS HEPOHTED IN PET
.ERSBUHG--I. o. o. r. y. EXEMPII-
Ply fNfffAToRY DEGREE:--LOCAL
NOTES.

| PETERSBURG. VA. July 4.---Their
vessel. the tughoat Mary, burning to
the waters edge at Tree Point near
this city, early this morning, Captain
Jack Lindsay and the crew narrowly
escaped with their lives. They We're
taken from the landing at Tree Point,
where they had sought refuge, by the
tug Clark Captain A. e. Craddock.
and brought TO Petersburg to-day.
The tug Mary tied up late last night
at the Tree Point DOCK. About .
o'clock this morning Captain Lindsay
Was awakened by the smell of smoke.
and he found his boat was aflre.xWak-
ing his crew. he tried AT rrst TO ex-
/ tinguish the flames. bur rney had such
start that after "A few minutes II was
decided TO abandon the vessel
The dock was also IN flames. and
! leaving clothing and otner effects be-
hind. the men left the tug. going
ashore over burning Timers At z
I O'clock this morning captain Grad
dock. bound In. with the tug Clark.
rescued the maroaned men.
'rfs origin 1.-THE fire is unknown
A Quiet Fourth.
Petersburg's celebration Of indie
pendence Day was a quiet one. the
feature being the morning baseball
game at League Park WIN the Rich
mond Colts. In which the Colts sent
up enough fireworks to SUI, the 5000
who saw Petersburg lose ny TO 5
score,
There Was general suspension of
/ business after i. o. clocE but many
esta blisl1ments. chief among them be-
Ing business Offices ana wholesale
/ houses, were closed ali DAY City
I "a S1l
the Hastings Court were closed after
Il o'clock The postor.1ce closed for
the remainder Of the day at II o'clock.
There was no police court session,
| though there had been some arrests
/ for misdem eanor during Monday night
and those arrested spent the day at
police headquarters, awaiting trial
"Wednesday morning.
There were several family gather
ings and neighhorhooo picnics as
| Well as picntcs OF Sunday school
classes. No accidents are reported.
odd Fellows Meet.
At a largely attended meeting of
Monroe Lodge. No. s. Z. O. O. F..
held last night. the iniuarory degree
was exempliiled, Following the work
refreshments were served Next
Monday Monroe Lodge VIII Install its
newly elected officers. District Dep
utv Grand Master James A. Aifriend
VIII direct the ceremonies Monroe
Lodge is one of thu oldest lodges of
Odd Faua1ss xle,,5, lssssx Is. ssaa.asrs< haeu
instituted nearly seventy f,ve years
ago.
,9.2 Funeral Ut Miss ffntxh. 50 go
=. The funeral of Miss Lena Belle
Hatch, who died last night Mt her
home ON West Tahb street, after a
lang Illness. will be connucted from
the family home to-merrow afternoon
at O'clock. Miss Hatch ~ survived
by her father and by one sister, Mrs.
]. w. Ellis of Richmond, and bv
one brother II. FLOYD Hatch, OF
Wash iagtaa. n e.
. Little Child Dies.
Margaret Mckay. the nineteen
rnonths-old daughter or Mr.. and Mrs,
Ernest ID. Poland died tii7s morning
at the home OF her parents In Pearl
street. The funeral will be held to-
morrow morning at " O'Clock from
the house and interment viii be In
Blandford Cemetery.
Collector Camp on Duty.
W. II. Camp. collector or city taxes.
who has been Ill at his nome for the
last two weeks. is again aple to be
about his duties.
Pastor on Vacation.
Rev. Charles r.. Strihlink. pastor
of the Tahh Street PRESBYTERIAN
church. Is spending. with his family,
months vacation at Hampton.