Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-11

the high pile under which their com
radcs were buried.
Thon the crisp commands OF TIT
1 lieutenantS and other officers wer'
/ heard. \ score OF firemen and police
men leaped Into the building and begai
digging at the hot bricks with th"il
bare hands. order came from chao!
/ in Il few seconds, and men were rushed
/ to the trucks for picks and shovels
Chief Joyncs and Assistant Chiefs Raft
and Wise were notified and hurried Il
the spot. Then the work of the rescu.
began in earnest. No time was loS
. Every man piled his implement as
though his own life depended upon his
eNertions. and gradually the height OF
the mass diminished.
INJURED MEN ARE DUG
OUT UNCONSCIOUS
Johnson was dug out unconscious
While he was being placed in the patrol
automobile. Davenport was located and
brought out, also unconscious. Chauf-
:eur Metcalf was given instructions Ia
hurry. and. with Policeman Cousins
III The rear of the car with the two in
juicd men, dashed for Virginia Hos
pital. The emergency run at high
speed took them TO the institution in
short order. and soon surgeons were
bringing the injured back to conscious
ness.
Back at the fire the men were still
endeavoring to locate the other fire.
men beneath the ruins IL WAS some
Time before O'Dell and Atkinson were
located and started for the hospital
only to die on the way or to succumb
Il few minutes after arrival Work i'm
volved in the search for Captain Nor
ment was laborious and trying, but
men with their hands torn and bleed
n of sod
t!nued their efforts. The crushed body,
unrecogni2able by men who had been
associated with him in the department
for twenty years. was at last dug out.
The ring on his finger mutely identi-
fled him.
FIREMEN PUSH OVER
TOT'rERING WALLS
From that time on until the dark
ness of evening stopped them squads
OF hremcn toled at pushing over the
lettering street walls of the various
buildings so the pedestrians might be
protected. Before night all Of the dam
rerouS walls had been pulled down and
the streets were opened for traffic. To-
day Chief Joynes and Building Inspec-
tor Butler will inspect the walls next
the alleys and open courts between the
buildings. and these will also be razed
II they are found to be unsteady.
News of the fire spread throughout
the city during the early hours of Sun
day morning with great rapidity. and
before the fire was an hour cid thou
sands OF spectators were crowding the
police ropes. From daylight. shortly
after which hundreds of those who at
tended early mass gathered around
the scene, until late afternoon every
street in the vicinity was crowded
with curiosity seekers. Some of them
remained At the scene from the early
hours OF Sunday morning until late
last night
Many of them secured souvenirs of
the fire. and those who knew a we'll as
those who did not. were generous in
their explanations Of the damage done,
of the origin OF the fire. ana of the
manner in which the tiremen had lost
their lives. And throughout it ALL
from the sounding of the three skies"
until the last stree, wall had been
RACED last night, Fire Surgeon ]. D.
iiinchman and his assistants remained
on the scene doing all they could for
the hremen and policemen on duty.
CONSERVATIVES ESTIMATE
OF LOSS Is S45O.OOO
Robert Lecky, Jr.. n member OF the
Board Of Fire Commissioners, and a
well-known fire insurance man, last
might gave out an estimate of the dam
age In which he stated that $4,000
10 $3.50. 600 loss was a very conserva-
tive estimate. He said that the most
valuable property had been lost in the
Crcnshaw building. where the Tobacco
Board Of Trade. the offices of T. NJ Car
rington II. NJ. Vaughan and John NJ
Taylor were located. The building
with its contents is valued at S325,OOO
by Mr.. Lccky.
II is thought that the individual
losses Of the firms on Virginia Street
who suffered from the fire were rela-
lively slight Neal & Co. also did not
sustain great damage. and tho build
ines adjoining this place escaped with
practically no damage save from water
All Of the concerns were asked last
night as to their plans for resuming
business. and without exception they
stated they would open for business
to-day in quarters near their former
Offices
1t is known that quantity OF ma
terials, the property OF the state and
the United states government wcre
stored In the basement of the ware
house. hut Acknowledgement w w
Sale could not he located Yesterday or
last nieht, and It was impossible to
ascertain the value of this property.
FUNERAL OF VICTIMS
TAKES PLACE TODAY
To-day and tomorrow will bring the
iuh'ItlS OF the men VINO lost their
lives In the fire. Captain Norment will
he buried from Union Station Methodist
Church this afternoon at o'clock. In
tcrment VIII be In lakewood. Captain
Norment was man OF about fifty
years OF age. He had been a member
~ the Fire Department for the last
twenty years. during which time he
had fought some OF the most serious
fires Richmond has ever experienced.
He IS survived by his wife and three
children.
". r. 0'De!l will be buried from his
home. 40 North Twenty third Street.
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock. In
terment will he in Riverview Gene
terry. oDell was serving his second
term as member of tho department
and took M his dutics' in July. He IS
survived by his wife and three chill
drer.
The funeral Of c. l.. Atkinson, sim
gle man, VIII take place some time
Tuesday also. but neither the hour nor
the other arrangements had been de-
tcrmined upon last night
-Th;cf Joynes said last night that all
of these men. az well as the injured
stood exceedingly high In the DEPART
mcnt. He said that Captain Norment