Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-12
F|REBUG BLAzES
WAY THROUGH CITY
Keeps Department on Jump With
Calls From Livery and
Feed Stores.
SEVERAL FIREMEN OVERCOME
Series of Alarms Follows in
Quick Succession-Consider-
able Damage Done.
SEVERAL FIREMEN OVERCOME

Blazing n trail from Second and Mar
shall. through Broad Street and the
Second Market district TO Nineteenth
and Franklin Streets. an incendiary yes
terday afternoon applied the torch TO
six buildings and called out seventeen
engine companies and trucks before the
last OF the sparks he struck were ex
tinguished
In one OF the most serious fires Of
the series--Thomas 5. Winn 6. Co. hay
and feed dealers 500 East Marshall
Street--several nremen were overcome
by the heat and smoke They arc:
Lieutenant Smith. OF 30 Truck: Lieu
tenant Parker. OF the same COMPANY
and Fireman George " Andrews. Of
Engine COMPANY No. :. George W.
Robertson, Of Engine Company No 10
was slightly injured by broken glass
bat was able TO continue service. Lieu
tenant Parker and Fireman Andrews
were taken 80 Virginia Hospital 70
treatment Lieutenant Smith was
treated in the Broad street Enrin.
House and returned to work. He
entered the burning building and was
ordered out by Chief Joyncs.
ALARMS ARE RUNG ~
RAPID SUCCESSION
The fires came in rapid succcssion
the first alarm coming in at li7
o'clock From that time they continued
until 8 o'clock when 10. u box. al
Nineteenth and Franklin Streets was
turned in. Chief 1ovnes was kept
running from pillar TO post and back
again. so that at times he didn't know
where the latest fire was. When he
finally turned In a, headquarters he
was wet from head TO foot. but decided
10 remain on duty without changing
his clothes. for fear that .he maniacal
!ncendiary might not be satisfied with
the work he had already accomplished
The first nrc was that in Winn's
feed store. on Marshall street which
was blocked by country carts come to
brink their produce for the marketers
Policeman Stockmar called out the a1
paratus No sooner had the engines
arrived and the iremen hcgun their
work than negro ran M eXcitedly -
say that the feed stable OF w. J To
i2s North Sixth street. was anre. lia
and alfalfa were found :" ic nhl1zH
but the flames were cxtinguishcd bc.
fore damage was inflicted Then in
rapid succession came ether reports
IRE was loun! IN lDc basement OF
Robins's drug store. Second and Mar
shall Streets, and in the basement
Jeffr!es's drug store - East Hroad
Street in the rear CT Fifth and Broad
Streets. where the torch had been APP
piled to n pile OF trash Oiled paper
was found, II vas stated, near the fire
In Robns's drug store. In JcNricss
drug store the fire was found in pile
Of excelsior and packing straw. These
49, minor fires were cNtincuishcd by peo-
pie on the premises.
LIVERY AND FEED STABLES
ARE CHIEF SUFFERERS
While numerous pieces Of apparatus
were scattered in every dircction
the Second Market to cover that dis
trict. there came an alarm from Box
2Is South Tenth Street where ha
and feed had been set atirc in Cruii's
livery stable, l6 South Tenth Street
Apparatus was sent to this fire. an
arriving IN time, it had little difficult
in uenching the flames.
Before the fire in Winns feed store
had been conquered. an alarm was
sounded from Box Is, Nineteenth and
Franklin Streets. Fremen found the
Franklin feed stable ablaZe. and in
yestigation showed that the incendary
had broken through a window in the
rear. This fire was reached before 1t
could assume serious proportions
The blaze in the Winn store was not
completely eNtinGuished until nearly
o'clock. The dry hay blazcd furiously.
casting dense clouds of smoke through
the market. and giving the appearance
of fire of tremendous proportions.
y. Marketing was stopped. People from
every quarter rushed TO the scene.
Country markctcrs saw with dismay
their fresh vegetables drifting in the
swift streams running from the burn
ing building. Housewives clung to
empty baskets. for there NOV
ing among the throngs of people anc
the lines of country carts backed in
every conceivable manner against the
curb Horses and mules were taken
from the shafts and moved to places
of safety. Ever and anon as the fire.
men, half-overcome by smoke. heat of
the fire and heat of the day. worked.
the firebcll tolled dismally. The bell
hangs above the Grays Armory, and
the heavy hammer could be seen clang-
ing away against the brass.
FIREMEN HAVE MANY
NARROW ESCAPES
AT one time in the Winn store Chief
Joynes found himself and his men
caught on stairway, which acted as
a fiue for flame and smoke. He had
to back his men out before they were
overcome. They continued pouring
water from the outside. Even when
the blaze was apparently extinguished,
the men rema ined TO examine the bales
of hay for further vcstise of spark, and
then came the arduou- duty OF clean
Ing up Damage to the building was
Estimated by Chief Joynes at between
$500 and s1.SO0. Most of the hay was
Managed, but much Of ii may be pre-
Herved for use.
In the Hygeia stables. 40 North
Fifth Street, fifty vehicles, n carload
bf hay and quantity of oats were de-
stroyed. Some of the vehicles belonged
TO people who boarded their horses
there. Tho damage to feed and
vehicles Is estimated by Charles B.