tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495295138304264877.post1996530063030511081..comments2024-03-29T07:49:35.932-04:00Comments on <center>The Shockoe Examiner<br><small>Blogging the History of Richmond, Virginia</small></center>: Jurgen's Furniture Store - An Envelope Reveals Some Lost History, 1911Shockoe Examiner Staff - see bottom of blog entry for the specific author.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02822340615768561691noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495295138304264877.post-42012174356644937262022-03-31T12:58:47.791-04:002022-03-31T12:58:47.791-04:00Temple Lodge No. 9 was one of numerous Masonic Lod...Temple Lodge No. 9 was one of numerous Masonic Lodges which met in the Temple across the street from the Jurgens store. An apprentice in the Lodge, Bro. G. C. Richardson, age 36, was a city firefighter and was killed in the Jurgens fire when a wall collapsed. The Times-Dispatch of March 14 reported that five were dead and two were missing. Ironically, a newspaper account of the construction of the store (Times-Dispatch, June 6, 1906) indicated that it would "come close to being fire-proof, if it is not absolutely so."Donald R. Traserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05282437516893978037noreply@blogger.com