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1894 Fire |
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"The Wilmington Morning Star," Oct. 19, 1894, Pg. 4. |
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7/20/2019 1:05:45 PM |
RICHMOND, VA, October 18. — A large part of the extensive plant of the famous Tredegar Iron Works was burned at 3 o'clock this morning, originating in the car shop. The horse shoe, blacksmith, pattern and car shops and numerous sheds were consumed. Loss about $150,000. The company made most of the cannons for the Confederacy, and since the war made freight cars, railroad axles and such. Fully insured.
The following is a list of the property destroyed by the fire at the Tredegar works this morning: Car shops, blacksmith shops, paint shed, horse shoe factory, locomotive house, scale house in which were the sixty thousand pound scales, and bolt shop, in which were also stored a number of valuable patterns. Of course the contents of these buildings were totally destroyed. Only the walls of most of the burned buildings are standing, and several of the gutted buildings are deemed in a dangerous condition, and liable to collapse at any time.
A locomotive engine which had been sold to the United States Government to be used in the work of improving the James river was damaged past all use. Twenty box and flat cars were burned. Seven of these were the property of the Richmond & Danville Railroad, two belonged to the Atlantic Coast Line and the balance were owned by the Chesapeake & Ohio. Five more were damaged, but can be repaired. Twenty cars built for use on sugar cane plantations in Cuba were in the car shops ready for shipment. They were all consumed.
Mr. F. T. Glasgow, superintendent of the foundry and car shop. stated to the reporter that the loss would hardly reach $150,000, though it would be nearly that amount. The company carried an insurance of $248,000. |
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