The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-25
$4,000. B,acknalls Drug

Brothers $4,000. Blacknalls Drug
Store. $4,000; Bellamy Shoe Store $685.
ooo: T. NJ. stephens Grocery, $4,000:
Durham Book and Stationery company.
$40 900: Royal Tailors, $4,000; Chatham
Furniture company. $4,000 and Dur
ham Reformer, damage $1,000. This is
the fire damage only. and every bit of
the stock of goods of these stores was
burned. In addition there has been a
great loss from water and cracked
glasses, and damaged goods in other
stores on Main, Parrish and Orange
streets.
This is the third FIRE that has oc-
Cured in this block which has swept
that section clean. The first happened
thirty-five years ago when the wooden
shacks there were burned. The other
happened about twenty years ago.
Brothers Store Destroyed.
Among the many buildings in the
business district of Durham. n. G.,
which were enveloped by flames early
yesterday morning was a store be-
longing to r. A. Baldwin & Sons.
Mr. Baldwin is brother of II. V.
Baldwin who conducts a dry goods
establishment on Hull street. South
Richmond.
Fl. Y. Baldwin also operates an
other dry goods store in the Caro-
lima city. but according to informa-
ton received last night it escaped
damage.
Mr. Baldwin left yesterday for Dur
ham, where he will assist his brother
and nephews in re-establishing their
store.
A 5 and 10 cent store belonging to
/ r. W. Wooiworth, who conoucts
store in Richmond and many OF the
! larger cities of the United States, was
also totally destroyed.
Sympathy Expressed
! Not only did hundreds of individ-
ual expressions of sympathy arise 10
| the lips of citizens of Richmond. as
well as members OF the Tarheel col
| ony here yesterday. upon receipt OF
! the news OF the big Durham fire. but
| Mayor Ainslie and President W. T.
! Reed OF the chamber of commerce,
sent telegraphic messages OF sym
| patty and offers OF aid to the mayor
and president of the chamber OF
commerce OF Durham.
Late yesterday afternoon Mayor
Ainslie received this telegram from
Mayor w. ]. Brogden. of Durham. IL,
reply to the one sent early in the
day:
Durham, N. c.. March cath.
Mayor George Ainslie, Richmond,
Va:
The fire is out, The people OF
| Durham thank you for the sympathy
of your city and your kind offers OF
assistance.
"w. j. BRoGDEN. Mayor
Here are the kilograms sent the
mayor of Durham:
Richmond. Va, March "a, 1914.
Hon. w. G. Brogden,
Mayor OF Durham, N. c.:
II desire to express to you the deep
sympathy of the people of Richmond
in the serious loss sustained by your
city and to assure you of our desire
to be of any assistance we can.
GEORGE AINSLIE. Mayor"
Richmond. Va. March "a. 1914.
president Chamber of Commerce,
Durham, n. c.:
~The Richmond chamber of COM
merce, on behalf of itself as an or
ganization. and as representing prac-
tically the Industrial. commercial and
financial interests of this community,
has learned with profound distress
/ of the terrible conflagration which has
desolated your prosperous and pro-
gressive city. and desires to convey
| it's sincere sympathy in this unfortu-
| nate visitation. and wishes to express
| this sympathy more practically In
proffering any aid the situation calls
| for and which may be within its
power to render.
.W. r. REED, President"