Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-11-13
From The New York Journal o. Commerce.
IGREAT FIRE In WARRENs AND
MURRAY STREETS.
Loss OVER nALr !. NulIoY.


ls private watchman discovered a fire breaking
tout in the basement of the immense wholesale
i drug store OF Hayiand, Harrsll & Risley, No 80
4 Warren street. When first seen, the fire APP
peared to occupy 9 small space, but, catching
on the vast quantities of infianmable material
in the basement, it spead with great rapidity,
and, before the engines could be brought to bear
1 the lower stories Of the building were in flames
4 The application of water had no eject whatever
on the fire. 1t ragged with uncomfortable fury,
bursting through story after story in quick stc-
ccssion, until IN about half an hour the noble
structure, "a five story marble,j with its valua.
i BILE contents, were IN ruins. Fire Marshal; Baker
aud others entered the store at TN carly Stage of
contlagrution, and attempted to remove some of
/ the goods, when. the fire burst out through the
]. grating in the sidewalk, and rose in one vast
sheet of flame, almost cutting off the retreat
1 Fortunately, the doorway was not covered by
4 this ferey barricade, and the Fire Marshal and
4 his companies stcteeded IN making theirsescap
without injury. Nothing the stock was saved
Hayiland, Harrni { Risley Is loss; is abont Sl05-
600, The building, owned by Joshua Henry
and Thomas .. Smith, was valued at Sl2 COO
/ fully insured.
The fire then caught on the marble building
! No. 81 NaIyen street Tin size and finish similar
to No 39,) occupied by James McCreery & Co.,
Il dealers IN fancy goods and cmbroideries. The
entire building was cleaned out, but not before
lseveral thousand dollars worth of goods hail
1 been removed to a place of safety. McCreery &
i Co.'S loss is not far from 81 90 00O-insured for
Il $4,000. The loss on the building fowned bys5
Mr.. Joshua Henry and Mr, Thos q. Smith) Is
| SIS, 00G-hilly insured So sss,s IS
The fine brown stone structure Nos fl and
i 40 Warren street, was injured to the extent of
81 GOO or s., 600, by the falling OF rear wall,
which crushed through the skylight of oneSto-
4 ny extension, and made clean passage through
to the cellar. The,building was owned By Thos
Snftren, who is fully insured. The occupants
llnfst tsa1ff ~
merchants, loss about s., 900 In damages by the
above disaster and by water. They are insured.
A. Journay, .Jr,, & Co., carpet dealers occupy
ing the upper stories of the same premises, sus-
tanned a trifiing loss by water
Between thesrearwalls of the W arren street
stores and those on Murray street, there was
space of about four feet The windows of the
latter were protected by strong iron shutters,
4 which were soon so intensely heated that the
/ Woodwork of the windown on the inside caught
fire AID thus the contagration spread to the.fiye
story brown stone store and Nos 81 and 80
Murray. The flames swept through this noble
structure so rapidly that the several occupants
| had time TO save few fany5 of their goods The
| whole inside of the premises, like that of the
corresponding numbers on Warren street, was
thoroughly cleaned out. Halstead, Brokaw &
i Co, dry goods jobbers, who rented on the first
floor lost property to the amount of $50, oe0 to
$780, 900. About Sc, goo worth was taken unin-
ljpred. Their iIistirarces are $4,000.
Van Wagenen, feoman a Co, dry goods job
bers, occupied the second and third stories of
this building, lost their entire stock, valued at
about SOC, 900, covered by insurance.
Martin Brother, manufacturers of clothing
who occupied the fourth and fifth stories, lost
about sso, 600, fully insured.
The premises Nos 81 & 80 were owned byeA.
a E s. Higgins. The cost of their construction
was about S5S, 000-covered by Insurance.
i The; fire then caught on the roof of the five
story brown stone building No. So. THE roof
was burned off and the upper stories somewhat
injured, when BY the indefafgable exertions of
the firemen. the progress of the destroyer was
lstayed! The lower storyiwas tenanted by New
ell, Hartman & Williams, boot and shoe dealers,
who loose on their stock, principally damaged
by water, above $40, 000-insurcd for 5000,
.lJ.6A. Morrison and Hoyt, manufacturers of
shirts, collars and drawers, in the second story
p. III. q WV ihiams, manufacturers of fringes
and trimmings in the third story and Armstrong
and Johnston, importers of embroiders, laces,
and trimmings, in the fourth story, each met
! with a moderate loss a4s9s satls-a9
No, So was owned by Hunter. His loss is
about Se,000-insured for $l5 900.
Kbbee 4 Ball, boot and shoe dealers, occupy
ing the lower hoor Of the five story marble bull
ding on the cornesof Murray and Church street
| lost about 81 900 by water. They are insured
for $4,000 in the Arctic and Union Ross and
Newell. importers Of fancy goods in one of the
upper stories lost about 81 900 also bylwater74
4 VI. ~
| A wall of the burning buildings fell and crush
ed the rear part of No. Al Warren street, occu-
Epied on the lower floor by Thomas t. Bishop,
dealer in hardware. The damage to his goods
is not far from $40 o0=-coyered by insurance.
Patten, Lane Merriam, awho had a boot and
shoe ablishment in the second story, lose
about $4,000 by the same accident s. Insured
Several persons in Mr. Bishop s store were en-
gagged in removing goods when the wall came
down Although the huge mass swept away
the wight aud the floor beneath it, burying
al m the cellar, these men fortunately escaped
Iuninlured, they hardly know how. aiat
The five story brick building No go Church
street. took fire in the rear, but the flames were
/ speedily brought under control Here was
stored a large amount of goods, owned by Els
W. Cock Z Co, who have large dry goods
house on the corner of Murray and Church sts
Their loss by FIRE and water is about 81 :, 600
Ensured for 500, Coo Is Is va - sslss
~ The four story brick building No. 60 Church
street, owned by g. +. 0bruck, was somewhat
managed by fire andwater. Mr.. Rynders who
rented an apartment in the premises lost goods
and furniture to the amountsof about S1,000-
insured for ST00 in the Aston Company
The heat of the fire was so great that the
| woodwork of the buildings on the opposite side
OF Murray street was repeatedly " kindled and
| it was feared, at one time that the fire would
succeed In crossing the street Many of the signs
which caught fire, were taken down, and by
timely precautions the buildings were saved. -
The origin of the fire is not known. y - 81
The totallossis probably between 100000
and 100000. q
THE betting on Kentucky, on the Pres
identiai election 1t is stated, has been very
heavy The Cincinnati Commercial says that
it knows of many instances of bets Of. extra
ordinary magnitude. Lands, negroes, cash
every thing that is property in Kentucky,
has been staked throughout the State. Hun
dreds of men are doubtless entirely ruined, and
thousands greatly impoverished. the State hnv