Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1906-01-12 | Page 7 | Fire at Norfolk, Va

FIRE AT NORFOLK VA Nine Prisoners Escaped When the Jail Was Ablaze Norfolk Va Jan liA iLA A fire that originated by spontaneous combustion in the brick peanut factory of the Norfolk Storage company on Plum street between the city jail and the big foundry of Whitehurst Co entirely destroyed that building dam damaged damaged damaged aged the east wing of the jail and fall falling falling falling ing walls crushed the foundry like an egg shell All of the tha prisoners in inthe inthe Inthe the jail jaU were marched to the police bar barracks barracks barracks racks under a guard of ot police pollee but nine escaped before they had been trans transferred transferred transferred to rooms In the courthouse when the flames endangered the barracks Among these Is Solomon Greenstein held for perjury in the United States court Mayor Riddick dick called out four com corn companies comp parties p nies of the regiment and they are now guarding the prison prisoners ers in the courthouse square For a time the business section of the city was dangerously threatened No fatalities occurred but several people were injured The Th loss win will be over Ten thousand bags of ot peanuts were de destroyed destroyed destroyed with a great amount of valuable valuable valuable able machinery