Fires
Information about fires and the Richmond Fire Department in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1920-09-22, Richmond Times-Dispatch; fire destroys the Pattern Shop and the Machine shop at the Tredegar Iron works – loss is $250,000
1920-09-23, Richmond Times-Dispatch; cause of the fire at Tredegar that destroyed the pattern and machine ship is still undetermined
1920-09-23, Richmond Times-Dispatch; editorial paragraph indicating rosy prospects for Tredegar despite the recent fire
1920-10-30, Richmond Times-Dispatch; fire at the blacksmith shop of the Tredegar Iron Works – 2nd fire this month
1922-07-09, Richmond Times-Dispatch; recollection of Richmond in the 1870s. Chimborazo buildings still present, details on people, industry, newspapers, churches and politics
1924-06-13, Richmond Times-Dispatch; small fire at the Tredegar Iron Works
1926-04-25, Richmond Times Dispatch; six buildings burn at Tredegar – loss estimated at $40,000
1926-07-08, Richmond Times-Dispatch; two fires at Tredegar Iron Works – little damage
1927-01-21, Richmond Times-Dispatch; fire at the “pattern storage room” of the Tredegar Iron Works, damage $1,000. Destroyed patterns “were obsolete”
1927-02-01, Richmond Times-Dispatch; small fire at the “mealing plant” of the Tredegar Iron Works extinguished by chemicals

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