Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-10-26
V-om N, Ioui,vlll. Courier of saturday Morning.
na.tr r ~ Conhagration in Louisville.
LILLE snmARE IN. RuINsl

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I'm and hose warehouse. on fifth street Delween
Nam and Water, Hich, together with the HOUSES
adjoining, were totally destroyed. Inc IIe tnsL
extended to the rear Of the block on MAN slIeel
between Bullit and Fifth, the whUie Si t
consumed, with the exception OF the mouse at the
corner of Main and Fifth, occupied ny Inc JouI I
Office and Louisville Rolling Mill Company; the
fire ragged all night, and up to u O. CLOCK ELIaaS
morning the ravnges OF the flames SUI 6asn
with but slight hopesof saving the Journal once,
Winter s. Fielding, where the fire first broke Out
were totally burnt out, saving but portion oil
The liquor store of Strother & Kennedy, ad-
Joining below, towards the river, was saved by the
%nart;oI Iossof theroof. They were compelled to
remove their stock, and the sfeets are lined WIN
SO The two three,story brick warehouses on Flth
street, above Winter & Fielding's, were next de-
stroyed. They were occupied ny the LoulsV!ue
Rolling Mill Company-one as nail and casting
warehouse, and the other as an office.
On Main street the following houses were de-
stroyed:-C. b. Cooper Co., tin ware, stoves
caStinHs, &C.; A. A. Baxter & Co., occupied as a
tin ware, stove and casting store; Sol. Harris
Wholesale and retail clothing warehouse; Wilson,
Starbird & Smiths wholesale drug and pant ware
house; Bach & HeIzog, dry goods and clothlnE
merchants; E. Holbrooks extensive TOBACCO 80 Wate-
house and store; and Worch q Co., ana Iac1ah
lit and Main streets-all totally destroyed.
The entire square on Main street Is Oiocheu up
with goods of all descriptions, saved rcW tne hIe'
At The present writing, quarter before Q . CtoSA
Friday morning, the corner OulIulng occuP Gu "
KAHN & Wolfe as clothing warehouSei Tue holi-
ing Mill warehouse, and the Journal Once ouliu-
inSs are all in flames, with no prospect oil saving
A SINGLE house on the square, as the wafer III Ine
cisterns has all been used, and the engines hao 10
supply from the river. .-,-,;.
KEY maker lost his life at the fire by falling through
the hatch OF Winter and Fieldings, On tiith street,
while the house was in flames. de was Gtagesu
out OF the cellar, into which he had laiieh, oy
means of hooks, but life was extinct DE ha"
been suficated. An inquest was held on Ihe
| body. He leaves a wife and family.
P, S,-LArER.-The above appeared IN our
evening edition yesterday, and we aud the lolt'W
ing additional particulars. The enlte olocK Of eA
tensiye business houses between Bulltt anu Filth
streets, on " ain, was burnt to the ground with
barely one brick standing on another. From the
corner OF Main, down Filth to Strother q Kenne-
dys liquor store every house was burnt, the whoie
number being fifteen large three and iour Story
/ brick buildings. The entire loss in property and
goods is probably 100000, with an insurance OF
$4,000 The buildings on Fifth street belonged
one TO Zunone which wasinSured lor only Sl'OUV:
The others on Fifth belonged to the Rolling MIL
Company, on which there was no insurance. The
corner occupied by the Rolling Mill Company ana
the Journal Office. belonged TO DR.. PettltI and l.
E. Wilson. The building at the corner oil Bulllu
and Main street, belonged TO Gen. RAWLINGS ana
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Bullitt family. All the property burnt, with the
exception of Gen. Rawlings corner, consisted oil
old and we'll worn buildings, and now their places
can be filled with a splendid block OF magnificent
stores.
The loss of Winter & Fielding, where the fire
originated was about 1000, of when So, 500 was
insured. The Louisville Rolling Mill Company
were heavy losers. They occupied the corner Of
Nam and Fifth, and thee houses on Fltth street,
all of which, except the lower warehouse, were
With GnE
their contents In the nail and spike wareroom,
hey lost 500 kegs on which there was SS,OOO IN
Surance. In the castings warehouse, the loss "aS
So 600, with no insurance on either Inc DniiuihS OE
the stock. The stock in their main building was s
insured for $40, 900 in Kennedy's agency OF the
Charleston Office. This was filled with stock iLom
the Mill, chiefly bar iron, large portion Of when
was saved in damaged condition. Their enute
loss does moi fall Shoft Of $4,000.
The Office of the Louisville Journal, over the
iron store of the Rolling Mill, was also destroyed
together with the extensive job office IN The iouIth
story, belonged to Settle & Co. The Journal ohce
was the last building burnt and the entire contents
except their heavy RT e3G 1s od not extend
10 the Corner. It, however, steadily pursued It's
course, and ueyoured the whole square from bulltt
| TO Fifth, and was only stayed because II hau no
more fuel TO feed upon. The Dally "lornS' ana
the greater portion Of the type, aud all the books
and papefs Of the Journal, were saved. Ihey were
insured for $4,000, which fully covers all theif
losses.
Kahn & Wo'f, wholesale clothing and dry goods
merchants occupied the store next 10 the corner oil
Fifth and sustained loss Ct several thousand DOL
| las in stock, which was covered by insurance. Inc
! next adjoining houses were occupied by Y. b.
Cooper u Co., and A. A. Buxster & Co.. with I'm
ware, stoves, castings, DC. The latte[ was lnSut-
ed for So OOO with loss of about $4,000, and the
former sustained about the same loss, which was
insured. ,.-
was estimated ut S10, 900, insured for S2O,OOO with
a stock Of S4O,n 200, the greater portion OF which
was saved though partially damaged. Bach q Her
zos, " holesale dry goods merchants, are heavy
Losers The stock was estimated at $4,000, parll-
ally insured, with loss of $4,000.
The loss of Wilson, Starbird q smith, wnoie-
sale druggists, was set down in round numbers,
at 500 900, which is supposed TO be FULLY covered
by insurance. They had large stock on hand,
the half of which was in their warehouses, In the
rear of the store, and was untouched. ABOUT
$4,000 worth of stock was saved.
The loss OF E. Holbrook, tObacconlst, was De-
tween Sc, OG0 and $4,000, fully covered by lnsu-
rance The dry goods house at the cornor OF Bull
nit and Main, occupied by Worch q Coz and
Tachnm & Muling, was destroyed later than the
Others aud they saved the greater portion oil then
stock, though sustaining considerable loss, when
was coyeredby $4,000 insurance.
S'T6e losses fall heavily upon the Insurance Of
fees, and as far as we could ascertain, they were
divided as fullows: s.f..t
R RaassPh' s iSSS Muir AGENT
Franklin, Philadelphia, 1000 -.
Extra, Hartford, 1000 SW. s: NernonI Agent
/ Home, New York, & 10000
/ Madison, ofMadison, 10000
i Howard, New Orlerns, 5000 ~. e. Tyler, Agent.
l Hartford, or Hartford, 10000
| Franklin, Louisville, 1900 w. Riddle, See'y.
| Merchants, 5000 W. PTnther, ''
| Pirenen's 5000 p. B Atwood, 4"
Marine & Pire, Louisville 1900 w. Sinton,
| Globe Utica N Y, 1900 w, Sir ton, Agent.
Protection, Hartford, 1000 w. S. SimeTalI
Commercial =. G. 5000 T. S. Kennedy "
FiTeman's ard Mechanics,
| Madison, ... 5000 r. b. ATWOOD
Louisville, Mutual, 5000 J. c. Blair, See'y.
Pyanklir, Now York, 6,0091 r-A
Hudson River, N.Y., 6,UO0 SB. H. Gwathney1 Ag't
Royal, Liverpool, 10000
These losses are so divided, that the various com
lpanies will be able TO meet them without any in
convenience or delay. All the Companies lnvolV-
ed, are, we believe, considered very good and