The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-21
F'IREMEN WAGE
I. 3-H OUR F IGiH Il
AGAINST FLAMES
Department Does Effective
Work in Preventing Spread Of
Damage to Adjoining struc-
tures-Millions Of Gallons 81
Water Poured on Blaze BY
Entire Engine Force-Da
age of $I2s,ooo to $4,000 IS.
Covered by Insurance.

Covered by Insurance.
Ftre-the most stubborn with whicb
uhe department has had to contend iu
recent Ecnrs--uttcrly destroyed the IA. &
itoen " Co. building, 110D- 1l.5 Bank B
Street, Inst night, nnd for b, dino s
Threatened nil the other buildings ON .
The entire block. The binxc was div #
covered shortly before II O'Clock, hut 4
wns not under control until nearly
three hours Inter, after the dreaded
three skies lind bccn turned in and 4
every piece of nrc-fEhting Ippnrntus
In the city-cNccpt two Kept for cmcr-
Ecnclcs-hnil been called to the scene (
OF action. nd Si5, !&
The total loss will amount TO be ) n
tween Sl.5,DOO and 100000, Including
builtllnS, stock anu Hxturcs. Every
thing, snit Mr.. Hoen Inst night, Is 8
covered by Insurance. The insurance
on the stock and hxtnrcs In rated MT
s1:,00O, nnd tue building Is fully COW Il
cred, although, Of course, onc-fourth
of the loss must he horne blythe In
| surcd. 85 81
When The Times u ispntch went to
press mt 3i30 this morning, The fremcn
were stu Mt work, though the aPmcs
were practically extlnguished. s} ~
Origin Unknown. s635ft
How the fire originated no one could
say last night, but II spread with
tremendous rapidly. It started IT.
| seems In the first floor of the western
corner OF the building. and had gain-G
| cd great Roadway before It was dis
covered. III the eastern corner Of the
building, on the same noor was stored
| quantity OF benzine. This never
| exploded. unless 1t happened before
the arrival oC The fremen. The flames
leaped from floor to floor, and, within
an hour had burst their way through
the roof. 81
The bremen were handicapped at !.
every turn The blaze had permeated
the entire building before they ara
rived, and the building was practically
doomed when the first piece of appa-
ratus answered the call from Box IS,
one OF the boxes IN the city which ms
variably calls out the second alarm,
AMI usually demands the third. f$3
Printcd Confederate Notes. SS;.ls X.
y. lIucn & 90. does autographs y
work, and IS tile Oldest concern OF Its q
Kind In the country. 1t was cstab-
lished In Baltimore in 1885, and q
branch was formed in Richmond in /;
1876. THIS firm printed bank notes &
for the Confectionery during the War
Between the states. 1t has done nucn
OF the important lithogra phic work +
In the State during its existence, and Ii
is widely known. The firm employ ID
about one hundred men. all OF whom Z
will be cared for II is probable, said <
AIR. Iioen last night, that they, will i
be sent to Baltimore, where the busi-#
ness of the local branch VIII be con-
Quoted until the Richmond firm Is re-
stored. 5H4i XII
Nine years ago the Richmond branch
was called on by the baltimore housn,
when that branch of the firm suffered &
in Il devastation of fire. and the latteE :
c NOW q NperteCl 70 tlllp he Oil frSa,
ton Isl 8s
Next door 10 4. liocn & CO., on the i
east side Is the bookbindinE firm OF
! .&ppes X Sni,er. and here were stored y
the Virginia Reports ready to "a baS
bound. But nonc was destroyed, and B
this building, though momenturiiyS
threatened. WIS not damaged by the
fierce blaze. In the rear fronting on s
Main street and standing less than
Of p ,he v rs ~S Trust n inSur n9ms
Company, 4 building sn stories 4
in height John Il. Wi.S-. the con 4.
tractor, and a force OF men. as soon
as the lire broke out. entered the 3;
building and closed all the iron shuts;
tiers. thus preventing the flames from
spreading to the new building. 81
Cur T'rnHic Distracted. ~
Street car nc was immediately.
interrupted. and Inspectors Clineiy
ana ''ulua stopped all cars at Ninth
and Main and at Twenty first and Main Il
Streets. Inspectors from the Fire De-
partment were early OH hand. and all "A
dangerous wires were cut and tiscon- Il
nectcd.
The hre was FIRST discovered rush
Ing through the windows In the alley Il
way in the rear. between the IToen IS
building and the Lawrence cafe. Hera3l
the ircmcn directed their first atten1Es
lion. until tho alarm came that tho
whole building was afire. and that the q
flames were shooting out from the 4
Bank Street side. The second alarm 5i
was turned in, and then came tho threo B
skies, which brought everything but5
two companies. & y
One company was stationed & on TON Il
OF the Lawrence Cafe; another IN ths "
alley third on Bank SStreet, and "a
other firemen were placed on every Z,
surrounding roof. 3 1i,,sE
II locked at first as though tj,eEf,rf 4
would soon be brought under control S
But II ragged with Increasing persist.fS
ency, and II was soon seen that mo
only hope was to confne tho blaae.Sis{ 81
the building where 1t had originated ~
The brick walls soon became no j;anl 81
steam descended in clouds around I'M ~
liremon hghtinS from the ground. Thn; 81
could not see their way; they could MI