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The Daily Dispatch: January 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], 300 dollars reward. (search)
larm speedily given. When the firemen reached the scene they found that the goods on every floor were on fire, and, forcing the door, set to work earnestly to check and subdue the flames. So dense was the smoke that it was almost impossible for the firemen to exist in it, yet they continued their labors and finally subdued the flames, but not until the building was completely gutted and the tin roof had fallen in. Adjoining this building on the south was the commission house of Mr. Wm. H. Pleasants, which was saved, together with its contents. At one time it was generally believed that every tenement in the block would be destroyed, but the skill and energy of the fire brigade confined the flames to the tenement in which they were discovered. The losses of Messrs. Wills and Nott are heavy and their insurance light. The fire was no doubt the work of an incendiary; but how he entered the building to apply the torch, or escaped from it after doing so, is a matter of conjectu
The Daily Dispatch: January 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], New Government for Louisiana. (search)
For hire --I will hire out at Henrico county Court House, during the present week, about 20 Negroes for the present year, consisting of men, women, boys, and girls. Geo D Pleasants. ja 6--4t