The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-11
MORE INCENDIARY FIRES.
FIVE FIRES IN TWENTY.FOURl
n ;s.A HOURS. SOP ge'
Attempt to Burn the Carpenter
shops, Lumber Yards, &C., - !,
Corner, Of Fourth and !.
Centre Streets.

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streets, and the moon was shining bright.
ly, a gentleman residing on the west side
Of Fourth, at the foot OF Centre, looking
out at his window, saw faint light across
the street in Coen's carpenter shop. While
he looked 1t grew and rose higher, and he
perceived 1t was flame. He immediate
" gave the alarm, which was caught up
BY others in tho neighborhood, and in
three or four minutes fifteen or twenty
persons were on the spot, It was then
perceived that the fire was in a lumber
shed adjoining the shop, on the upper
side, 1t having been seen through the two
windows Of the shop,whlCh were in range
The door Of the shed was broken open in
q few moments. On the upper side Of the
shed, about half way to the rear, a'lot Of
frames and rippedstuif was leaning against
the wall, and the flames were just creep
ing up to the tops Of these pieces and
crawling up post TO the roof. Several
ran 10 the house above tho alley, in the
same square, where some colored people
live. They had been aroused by the
alarm and happened to have a bucket
and tub of.water ready drawn sitting in
the kitchen. These were seized and hur-
ried Of. Meanwhile tho lumber on fire
had been thrown down, and though the
flames had got hold of the root, two or
three well directed buckets Of water cx;
tinguished them and saved an extensive
and disastrous fire; which would probably
have involved the three large goVenm ent
warehouses fronting on John street, with
the adjoining board yard reaching to
Filth, and might have endangered the
residences on the upper part oftlle square
fronting on Fifth and Centre The alarm
was quitegcneral, and one Of the engines,
the Atlantic, turned out, but the fire was
extinguished before she got on the ground.
There is no doubt that this fire was
deliberately set by some skulking villain,
There had been no fire anywhere about
the premises during the day, but an in
spection OF tho ground next day dis.
closed evidences that IN attempt had been
made first to kindle a fire with shavings
under the side of Mr.. Brodie's shop al
most Immediately adjoining. A gentle,
man residing on 9th street reports that u,
few minutes before the alarm was given
a man came out on the street between the
board yard and Mr.. Rogers, and perceiv-
ing this gentleman, dashed of down the
street and disappeared. 1H q.
Another sFire--Several Stables Des-
troyed IN East Wheeling.sA Busy
Night with the Fire Bugs.
An hour or two after the occurrence
above narrated, another alarm Of fire was
sounded, and the whole eastern portion Of
the city was thoroughly aroused. The scene
of this second fire was the intersection Of
the alleys in the square bounded by Sixth,
Seventh, John and Zane streets. The
flames were first discovered in stable on
the 10 known as the "ROhan property"
from which they communicated to u sta
bic Immediately west Of It, owned by John
Noble, and o small, one story, vacant tcnc-
ment house on the east. These buildings
were on tho south side of tho alley
running east and west. North Of this
alley, on lot owned by the Cocn
brothers, stool the stable orJosGph Watson
and the outbuildings belonging 10 the
Coen property. These took fire and were
almost entirely consumed. Mr.. Watson
succeeded in getting valuable draft horse
from his stable at an early stage Of tho fire.
Mr.. G. w. Humphrey, whose stable Is in
the vicinity, turned his horses into tho
street, and had not secured them last even.
ing. Thestables and tenement house on
tho south side of the alley mentioned
above, were burned to the ground. The
loss is total one, we believe, there being
no insurance ON any Of the property.
That the fire was the work 81 an incen'
diary, admits Of scarcely doubt. A SER
want girl,in house in the vicinity OF tue
fire, says TINT she saw two men going up
tho alley u few minutes before the flames
were seen bursting from the stable, and
overheard conversation between them
to the effect that they intended to burn
all the buildings along that alley.
Repeated Attempts to Burn the City,
Yesterday and Last Night.
Yesterday about half past eleven o'clock,
tho stable Of DR.. E. A. Hildretl, just cast
Of the Mcclure House, was discovered to
be on fire. THIS was one Of the boldest
operations Of tho Bugs" we have heard
Of Tho building is so situated that 1t can
be seen from Monroe and Fourth, is but a
few feet from tho hotel mentioned, and
but short distance from the Fourth
Street NJ. E. Church, in which large
congregation was worshipping Mt the
time. Tho discovery, fortunately; was
made before tho fire had fairly got under
Roadway, and tho Flames were extin'
guishcd by Mr.. Goodwin, Of thc Mcclure,
assisted by several Of his servants
The Attempt to Fire Hubbard'S Saw
Last night about twelve o'clock some
one in passing the saw mill Of Nessrs. H.
s. J. Hubbard, on South street, discovered
light at that unreasonable hour about