Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-11-01
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Three Hundred Thouunnd Dollars worth
Of Property deBtFoyed.


Three Hundred Thouuund Dollars worth
Of Property dcBtroyed.
The Cleveland papers Of Saturday contain the
sad details Of The fearful conaagralion, which oc-
CURED on Friday night, Of which our telegraphic
dispatches have already made brief mention. II
originated in livery stable adjacent 10 The New
England Hotel, and was OF first supposed to have
been communicated by sparks from a locomotive
on the Cleveland, COlumbus& Cincinnati Taiload
The Railroad Company have been investigating
the matter, and report that "there is no founda.
ton whatever for the Tumor that the fire originated
from spoIk fiona locomotive, In the couTse Of
Ave years. with some Thirty trains day passing at
this place, no Gre has ever taken place from To-
cOmotiye. and the lat engine winch passed me
New England that evening, was that on The Iols'
do train, at 90 minutes past o'clock--moEe Than
three uts before the fire broke out in the livery
slable." Ills no doubt the work OF incsndia1ies'
Ii is known that garg Of villains have been
providing around the city Aumbero Of buildings
were fred on the west side VI the Elver during The
week.
The Plain Denle, gives the following list Of in
surance and losses, 50 lOT as.uscerlOined II isan
appalling record;
Livery stable, where the fire caught. Loss not
known,
John Brown, barber. Fixtures saved.
A, & U. Loeb, clothing merchants. Loss moi
osCertoined. Insured in Metropolitan Company,
$4,000.
New Enslan Hotel, j. p. Ross, proprietor, loss
in furniture, fixtures and lock Of liquors, about
a1, 49, .,eo 4
Western Mas, aChusetis, 1000; Springfield, Mass.
5000; Metropolitan, 5000 Home, S,OOOi aud
Star, l,0O0.
Fairbanks & Co., in platform scales, in store,
loss $4,000. Insulet IN Eastern companies toE
5000.
A. 3. weuham, drug store, loss $4,000, In
suTed in RennsalenT 2,00Oj Western MOssaohu'
Sutts, $500
Cook & Alllen, clothing merchants. Loss un'
known. lrsuIed IN Conn. Insurance Co., Hart
ford, Tor 5000.
in Hartford Co. lOs 800.
Treat g. Edwards, grOcer. Loss about $4,000.
Insured Tor 9,OO0--in Springfield, Mass, S,00Oi
Cleveland Mutual l,60Oj aud 1900 IN other com
panes.
Bishop, Remin, ton & Co., wholesale liquor
dealers. Loss $4,000. Partly Insured.
Melhincll g. Slillman, dealers in laTnerS pro-
duce. Loss 1900. Insured in Washington Union
for 1000.
G II, Crane, grocer Loss about $4,000. No
insurance.
Geo. sptague, ogtnt OIL. F, & S. Burgess, gEo.
ceI Loss $500. Insurance 1900.
Henry Williams, oyster saloon. Loss 600. No
insurance.
Barber slOp. Small loss.
The above establishments were between the rail
road ON Superior ST, aud James ST. on the east
side OF MeTwinst.
Commencing nj tile canal, west side OF MeEwin
ST., the fist sufferer was Geo. Ross, meat market.
Loss not nSceTtuined.
Next north were; Koningsloe, gtooeB SChwRb,
clolhing housei Oblander, shoe shop. These nIe
all small deslers, aud their aggregate loss is not
heavy.
W. Bingham & Co., hardware warehouse; stock
1000; saved 1900. Insured in Western Mss.
Co. at 1000.
Chumberin & Crawford, commission merchants.
Loss to 5000, Insured in Summit Mutual 2,OeOi
KnickeIbOckeT, 1000.
Wilbur & Mcdowell, ship chambers. Loss 81
OOO Insured in London aud Liverpool Co, S,0OOi
Bsekman, N. Y. 1000.
| A shoe store. Loss unknown.
ROckwale, clothing store. Loss moi yet nScer'
tanned.
G. Preil. clothing store. Loss 1000. Insured
for 1000.
Custom House. Everything saved.
Commercial Mutual Insurance Co.'S Office. Eve
lIyhing saved.
saved.
Chumberlin & Crawtord's Office, Books and pa.
pers saved
street;
no insurance.
w, f. Eckarrs Office Loss $3.50.
VIM. MNtlebeFgeT-ollice.
| p, Anderson, commission merchant Lost 100
bills tallOw, $4,000 200 bills syrup, 2,OOOi 2OU
tons Scotch pig iron in The cellar supposed TO lie
unIniured This properly was in llanSit and sup.
posed TO Ue covered by insurance ia NOnIIeal.
j. Morrison, broker, Loss Of ixlures, &c. very
small.
L, r.. & S. Burgess, wholesale grocers. TO.
taI loss OF stock fully 100000. Only partially in
sured.
J.P. Borges, between River stree. and Roll.
road, clothing merchant Stock Sl4'UOg. About
one. half saved. Insured IN Htna Co. l,OOOj
Hartford ,OOOO WesIetn Mass 1000.
Some half dozen little saloons, Of no great value
north OF this, were burnel.
We have given above all losses Of goods so G'r
as time would permit us 10 ascertain. The tolal
number of buildings destroyed were as follows:
New England Hotel, Corn Exchange, and some
cut.buidings, occupying the entire squire between
the ruilrUnd, Superior, MtIwin anu janis streets,
which were valuable and worth pTol ably about
10000 to 5000. Owned y Geo. NJ. Atwaler,
Springfield, Mass.
The insurance on these buildings amounts 10
500, 100 in the Equitable, Delaware Mutual, Con-
tinental, Rtna, Howard, KnickeTbockeT Metro
nolilnn aud Western Massachusetts Companies
81. CHARLES Hotel, q wooden building, on Tie
corner OF James and MeTwIn streets, owned by !,
l.. Hewitt. Insured for $4,000, 1900 Of which
was in the Springfield Company. Tho loss is
probably covered by The insurance.
All the buildings, which were of wood, between
Melwn street and the river and the Canal and
Superior street, wilhlwo OF three exceptions, bs.
longed 10 the estate Of Charles NJ. Giddings, and
were were worth about $4,000. Insured for 81
900; 1000 OF which was in the Metropolitan
Company. 5|..
The brick block on the north side Of SupeTiO
street, owned by Gen. OVintt, was totally de-
slToytd, and is estimated Ia be worth S26,OOO.-
| Amount Of insurance unknown,
The wooden building of r.. Boges, with sew.
eral smaller ones in the rear on River street, were
valued at 5000 dollars. Insured in the POugh-
keepsle Company for 800.
Seaman & Smith lost bales Of hides in ware
house, yolued at 800. No insurance.
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