From the Richmond Whig, 1/22/1863, p. 2, c. 1

FIRES. – Yesterday morning about 1 o’clock, a brick building belonging to Messrs. Warwick and Barksdale, on 12th street, south of Canal, was destroyed by fire. – The window frames of the large mill belonging to the same firm, on the opposite side of the street, were charred by the fire. The building destroyed was, until recently, used as a barrel factory. The loss is covered by insurance.

About 4 o’clock, A. M., the upper portion of a frame building on Governor street, near Ross, occupied by Levi Bendix, was burnt. The adjoining stable was considerably damaged. Loss inconsiderable.

The alarm last night, between 8 and 9 o’clock, was caused by the burning of Regan’s stable, in the old stone yard, near the Danville depot. But for the prompt exertions of the firemen, the depot buildings and a large amount of valuable commissary stores in the immediate vicinity, would have been destroyed.

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