The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-24
DAMAGE BY FIRE
Union Envelope Company Loss
$4,000. While Building Dam
aged About $4,000.
WOMEN OPERATIVES ESCAPE
With Rare Goodness They Leave
Burning Building-Two Res
cued by Firemen.
WOMEN OPERATIVES ESCAPE

pany. whose pI20t ~ SAV>sAs
Sixth Street waS almost totally os-
stroysd by Ore yesterday mornins' va
yesterday afternoon placed q Wow.
by one OF tho officers. The damage
to the building. which vss owned oy
Dr.. Robert 8. Boshsr. Jr.. Of : EAST
Franklin Street. was sstimatso n
about $4,000. Tho property VS. al
most entirely covered by insurance. u
was said. The Envelope Company I'M
nediately began . search for new
quarters, ard It was announced snAs
efforts would DO made to resume op-
erations nAxt week.
When apparatus In charge OF cn'st
Joynss responded to An ALARM from
Box AT. sixth and BYRD Streeu'
names were issuing from every WIN
dow Of the four-story brick ouu0ne.
A second alarm was immediately
turned In. and this was followed oy
q third. In less than ten minutes
eleven engine companies were pumping
streams into the blazing structure.
8 wo~e. Operatives EscaDe.
About seventy-five female operatives
were at work in the plant At the time
the fire wss discovered With rare
GOODNESS most OF them made their way
to the street, come by the stairs ana
others hy means OF the fire-escape On
.ho north side OF the building. On the
last landing the women and girls FOUND
their escape cut Off by the fact That
the iron ladder had not been lowered.
workmen employed nearby saw their
plight and . ladder was quickly pro-
cured. set Up and the frightened wo-
men climbed down II to safety.
The fire was discovered by MISS
Cosy williams. Of South Pine Street.
who gave the alarm to Robert Robin
son. q shipping clerk She was In q
crossing room when she saw the
flames.
Two Women Rescued.
Two yourg women on the second
floor who were Lazed by the smoke
and flames were brought down the fire.
escape by Firenlen ]. F. Ftnncgan and
T. o. johnson. OF Engine Company No.
Z. Nearly every one OF the employees.
and all OF the women, sustained per-
sonal losses. Street clothes. mats and
purses which were left In crossing
rooms were destroyed by tine flames.
Tho fire YVES said to have originated
In the boiler room in q two-story ad-
dition on the south side, when the
fuse Of an electric motor blew out 1t
10 supposed to have set fire to the In
sulation. and. blown by = huge exhaus,
feeding upon the flooring and tim
bers. rapidly gained Roadway.
Stubborn Dlas0.
Tho blaze was ono OF the most OBJ
stinate which the Fire Department was
ever called upon to fight 1t burned
with great rapidity. and It was with
difficulty that the adJoininG property
was saved. Good work by the depart
mens. under the direction of Chief
Joynes and Assistant Chiefs Ratio and
Wise, pre.ented q great property loss.
In an hour after the hrst alarm. the
fire was under control, and In another
hour It had been put out. 1t started a
8 o'clock
Several nremen. Including Chiefs
Joynes and RATIO. were hurt by Nyhs
glass and falling timbers. Ratio was
cut about the hands. while Joynes was
bruised about the legs Fireman Lee
Parrish. OF Engine Company No. 3. sus-
tanned q mashed foot Fireman F1nne-
gan was cut about the hands and face.
Fireman ]. II. Wade. OF No. Z Com
pany. sustained q fractured wrist The
injured men were treated by DR.. J. d.
Hslnchman. department surgeon, and
DR.. n. T. Hawkins and DR.. O. c. Page,
City Hospital ambulance surgeons.
The rapiAity with which the IRE
spread was due to the innammAble
material contained IN the building.
The flames ate their way through great
quantities Of paper stock on all four
floors That which was not burned
was ruined By water Dozens Of deli
cate machines used In the naanufac-
ture Of envelopes. were damaged be-
yond repair.