May 20, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia)
The large fire at Richmond on Friday last, and of which telegraphic announcement was made in these columns, is thus alluded to by the Richmond Dispatch:
“The large fire of Friday morning, which destroyed the Crenshaw Woolen Manufacturing Mill and part of the Tredegar Iron Works, was the most serious that has occurred in the South since the war. But it is gratifying to know that, though the woolen mill cannot now be restored, there is no irreparable injury done to the iron works. The delay that may occur in the completion of some unfinished work for the Government will be of no consequence. It is probable, indeed, that nothing that is now needed will be delayed at all. The works have been of so much public service that this assurance is quite gratifying. The Crenshaw Mills furnished […..] to the Government; but, of course, means will be taken to get it from other sources. The fire happens at a period of the year that gives ample time before the next inclement season for the Government to make all necessary arrangements for this purpose.”