The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-11
Heavy Human Toll Taken By
Crenshaw Warehouse Fire ia
Addition to Large Property
Damage
OF FIVE MEN CAUGHT
UNDER FALLEN WALLS.
BUT TWO ARE ALIVE
These Have Splendid Chance
For Recovery-O Others Fight
ing Fire Less Seriously Hurt
Damage to Property About
100000 ssss

Following the most disastrous fsrn
Richmond has experienced In mAny
years, the city Is sorrowing over he
death OF three Of the brave frsulAsI
and the serious injury Of two otheSs
Not In more than . generation hAa
such calamity befailen the Fire D4-
partmOnt Of the city. There have been
isolated cases Of severe injury -
several cases of death from injury. but
no confagration since the war 80
carried such . toll Of human life,
With the death Of these three brave
men will follow suffering by t&Sts
families. two Of them lAavine wSWce
and children. while the third vas sfls
only support of sister and mother.
1t has already been suggested tEaa
some movement be started toward rats
Ing fund to be devoted to the r4li4f
ef the stricken famtttes. ana Win sfS3S
treat Mayer fire II uln6. ANA the sri1N.
ala rsltsf work which followed Tor asEe
family OF. the man who was burn1A
IN that snrs, II Il believed the puAS5a
viii not hesitate In giving toward euch
reltsf - may b. neo11aafy II the re6a.
ent case. Ths Firemsn.s, Roller Asee.
.ciafion hAips only the injured and IL
n case Of death. ~,
Besides the loss Of life, there IL -
OF the greatest losses In property siSscs
the Jefferson Hotel IRE. Of March -
1901. when the loss went up 70 ths
half-miilion. the building alone bxinr
damaged to The extent Of 337s.sot, ~
loss AZ the Meyer Are two weeks fater.
on April 10. 1901. amounted to S304,igi
LOIS Esfimated u $4Oo.O 600
IL - conservattvely estimated thAa
the total loss incidental to yesterdays
fire viii hardly 80 above $500. 900. The
actual amount cannot be learned f0P
several days. as 1t IL said the inaitr-
ance 10 scattered. One OF the larrnat
losers will be w. @. Dunnington. f1S
F'armviile. large tobacco man. who
mad an enormous quantity Of tobacco
stored in the Crenshaw warehouse.
7. Others who stand for consider6ktA
loss are Julius b. Hobson. OF the G..
shaw warehouse: Christian 4 Son.
r. Fleming. Cauthorne Paper Con-
pany. ID. s. HARDWOOD and F. v. C3t,mn
& Co. Most OF these buildings n,
virginia Street. were practically az.
stroyed. while the building occupfo1
by l. Neal & Co. in Cary Street. 49,
badly damaged. The Crenshaw ware.
house. wherein was stored manw
thousand dollars worth Of tobacco. M.
signed for the Italian governnent.
and where number OF offices were To-
Gated, is complete wreck.
Inc Crensnaw Building was occss-
pied oy the loliowing concerns: Ar
rlnston q Rose. Austria-Hungarian
consulate. T. Horshers 4 Co. CARING
. ION q 90. Crensnaw Planters Top
warehouse. W Lut1 4 Co, NteA.
mond Tobacco Trade. L. L. Stra usessI
NJ Taylor. Virginia Coal Briduett4
Sompany. me once property OF IT,
eo n xas 1851. .;sas
no ene rIre department., W34
.ne cp'.un OF tho couenside co11.
.u .4. IN tns Noftnside. $3.50
Th ~ "u - ~. u.nt kne IRE vana1esH
=. r4r,~x - 2 "a ~ ~. QE Inc -
yrn,, ec,-r..ssu sncaouin9 tne -
tr,ct -, ~. ~ 49, = = :. Z
80 srs..L =. compan41e
comnsnies sr1 e s 1870 -
and On the thrse 80. s s snIo
and - srd tr,,s,. 49, 49, !. M -
a., the .nac,.i csm =. T1ondea.
panv M ia r~srcrAIH -.
alarm went IN ~ iS.E1 -
others foIiovin~ a. r,.s.s,. =. ..sa3 ~.
The flrst aiarm .o,,rr~a 49,
70 the fhonaan ds ~ cssi.Sss. ,l
on the streets. Tor it came nrcm 49,