The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-16
CITY AND STATE NEWS.
The Gold and Other Markets. aha
miscellaneous Matter 70 DC ie"""
tae Fourth Page.

the Fourth Page.
DrsrRuCTIvE FIRE-A most terrihc
and destructive conhagration occurred
about half past eight o'clock last night
v-.t.r street. between Monroe and
Quincy bv which an immense amount OF
DAMAGE was done. The fire, which was
M donht the work of an incendary, orlgl-
mated in au old stable, which stood IN the
rear of the Pemberton House The sra
BILE wasentirely destroyed, and the flames
we're communicated to the block OF OLD
frame tenements on Water street, Inc
glass warehouse of S 6. Robinson y Son.
and the leather store of j. NJ. wheat "
Sous, on Main street
The establishment OfRobinson q SONS
was considerably damaged The roof on
the back part of the building was en-
tirelv consumed, and portion OF the
first second and third stories were
badly burned The second and thrd
stories of the binding were occupied by
Mr. Robinson rs a dwelling house Most
of the furniture and household goods ID
the damaged portion of the building ana
the glass IN the waIe-room, were removed
into the street and saved The building
was considerably damaged by both water
and fire, and Mr. Robinson will sustain
considerable loss.
The back portion of the leather store
of Wheat Il Sons, was very much dam.
AGED, and the first, second, and third sto
RE, in the rear of the building, were rem
dered almost worthless. The stock OF
leather on hand was removed into the
street and saved
The eatire block of frames from the
Pemberton House to the alley below, on
Water street, were almost totally de-
stroyed There were some five or SIX
tenements, occupied by double that NUN
her of families, most of whom succeeded
III saving all their furniture, &c.
The Wheeling Savings Bank and the
Wholesale hat and cap store of Harper 4
Bro, were seriously threatened by the
devouriuG element, but fortunately the
flames wske checked before they had been
communicated to the buildings occnl led
by the parties named
The members Of the several fire COM
panies of the city responded promptly to
the sound of their bells, and were on the
ground before the DANES had gained much
Roadway. They worked nobly and hero
ically until the flames were entirely ex-
tinguishcd, and had they been provided
with good hose and engines they would
have checked the fire before it had done
any serious damage But as their hose
~ old and almost worthless, and as the
engines are but little better the only
wonder is that the flames were snbdued
before the entire block of buildings on
Main and Water streets were destroyed
We trust the unfortunate affair of last
eyeninu-by which thousands of dol
lars of property was destroyed-wili
arouse our city fathers to the impor
lance of an immediate overhanling of
the hose houses and apparatus of all
the fire companies in the place. The
committee on Fire Department has time
and time again reported to Councils in
favor of the necessary measures To secure
the city from fires, but the movement has
always been tabled aud delayed. All the
fire companies. and especially the Rough
and Ready, demand immediate relief,
new apparatus and repairs to their build
ings Shall they have it and proceed to
organize ~ of old, or shall they go to
wreck!