>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 07:25:28 -0400
>From: "Fisher, Robert" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Longwood College Rotunda & Dorm Fire
>To: 'Randy Hormann' <[log in to unmask]>
>X-igwMailID: f3PBegf49092.U04
>
>Randy,
>
>It seems like I have the occasion to send you this sort of article far too
>often.
>
>Hope all is well with you,
>Bob
>
>_______________________
>
>Apr 24, 2001
>
>Fire destroys Rotunda, dorm at Longwood (College) (VA)
>Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch
>
>FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) _ Firefighters battled a blaze Tuesday night that
>destroyed
>the historic Rotunda and an adjoining dormitory at Longwood College.
>
>No injuries were reported, and there was no immediate word on the cause of
>the
>fire, officials said.
>
>The fire destroyed the Rotunda and the adjoining Tabb dormitory, according
>to
>Farmville chief police dispatcher Gilbert Wood.
>
>Extensive damage was reported to French, another dormitory building, and
>Granger,
>which housed faculty offices and classrooms.
>
>Students from Tabb and French were being taken to a campus gymnasium several
>
>blocks away, spokesman Dennis Sercombe told the NBC affiliate in Richmond.
>
>The Rotunda in Ruffner Hall collapsed around 10 p.m. Ruffner, described as
>the oldest
>and most historically significant building on the Farmville campus, was in
>the midst of
>a $12 million renovation.
>
>``That whole section went up just like a matchbox,'' Sercombe said.
>
>``It's heartbreaking, it really is,'' he said.
>
>Dispatchers received the initial call about 9:20 p.m., and fire companies
>from Prince
>Edward, Cumberland, Charlotte, Appomattox and Nottoway counties were
>assisting.
>
>This story can be found at :
>http://www.timesdispatch.com/vaapwire/MGBQXMEJYLC.html
><http://www.timesdispatch.com/vaapwire/MGBQXMEJYLC.html>

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