The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-10-09

to j. Weighe; loss $4,000. Next came
the Racine House; loss small, and ther
followed the Union Wagon Works; los!
1900, insurance $4,000. Jno. Shuts 6
Sons lumber yard; loss $85, 900, insurance
$35,OOO. Chaplin & Foss' shingle facto
ry; loss $4,000, insurance S1s5OO. B
HolbroOk's coal yards; loss $50, 900, insur
ance $4,000. Wilmington Coal Com
pany; loss $4,000, insurance $4,000
Blacksmith shop of p, Fl. W. s. @. r. r
Co; loss $4,000, On Clinton street, will
u single exception, the buildings destroy
ed were Of the poorer class, owned by
Holt, Lander & Randall, Hon. b. G. Far,
well, and A.. Watson. The most serious
loss on this street, was that Of Boltzer & Co.,
wagon makers, who suffered about $S,OOOi
with only light insurance, On jackson
street, ten houses were destroyed, owned
by A. Watson and occupied by 2S families,
who lost all they had; the balance OF the
losses on this street embraced dwelling
houses and shops numbering from 81 to
81; the total loss on this street will not
probably exceed $4,000, with not over
ne.quarter of it insured, On Van Bu-
rem street, only three or four buildings
were burned, and OF small value. The
iron viaduct leading 10 the Adams street
bridge was damaged to the extent OF
81 900, and the tracks Of the Pittsburgh,
Ft Wayne g. Chicago and Chicago g. st.
Louis Railroads, which run right through
the burnt district, were damaged probably
to the extent OF $4,000 or $1,000. The
saddest result OF this fire was the burning
to death Of Mrs. Margaret Hadley, living
on the north side Of jackson street, who
being suddenly surrounded by the flames
was unable to escape, Her remains were
burned to cinder and were found this
morning In place where she WIS hist
seen In her house. 1t Is impossible to
learn tonight the exact amount of IN
surance and all the names of companies
that arc victims. The entire insurance
will probably fall below one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, probably two.
thirds of the amount in Chicago offices
and among outside companies which suf-
fer are the Teutonic and Hibernia, Cleve-
land, Buffalo, Western and Buffalo Fire
and Marine, Alps OF Erie, Andes of Gin
cinnati, Pacific and Union, San Francis
co, Knickerbocker, Republic, Fireman
of New York, Lyconing, Philadelphia,
&c, &c.
CHICAGO, October 8.
A fire Is now raging In the western diyi-
sion, which appears as large as the great
fire last night The alarm, was given at
9.45 P. NJ, from the corner Of Halsted
street and CanAlport Avenue, q distance
Of q miles from the court house. 1t will
necessarily be late before any particulars
can bo obtained sls-..
1130 p. M.-The fire to night In the
first division is now raging with unabated
fury. The fire commenced near Taylor
street, between Delavan and Jefferson,
and is spreading In every direction, cover
ing Nt least four blocks at this hour, and
still seems beyond control. The blocks
arc built up solidly, and almost ex-
clusively Of two.story frame houses,
occupied as residences, boarding. houses,
saloons, groceries, etc The loss is aIt
ready large, and Il Is now feared that Il
will prove more disastrous in It's Charac-
Ter than the one last night II Is impos-
sible yet to learn but avery few names
of the sufferers. The entire list will
probably embrace several hundred. No
approximate estimate can yet be made Of
the total loss, Os tho progress ol the flames
have not yet been arrested. We will
get further particulars.
12:4j A. M.-Last night was the most
awful in the annals Of our city. The fire,
which commenced at 10 p. NJ, has already
swept over space three times as large ms
that Of the night before, and is still rush
ing on with greater fury than has marked
any stage ot Its progress, the engines Sp-
pearing almost pOwerless Fire Marshal
Williams has just telegraphed 10 Milwati-
keo for all the steamers they can sparo.
The conhagration has already devastated
at least twenty blocks, mostly composed
Of the smaller class Of dwellings, inhabit.
cd by poor people. Not less than three
hundred buildings have been entirely dc.
stroyed, and more than th4G number of
families rendered homeless. 'i'
The wind is blowing almost gale from
the south, and showers of sparks and
brands are sweeping over the city, threat
ening destruction on every hand. Since
this report commenced, two additional
alarms have been struck.y TheItower of
the court house caught fire from flying
brands hut was eXtinguished by the
watchman in the tower. No description
can give an idea Of the terrible scene. The
fire started ina row Of wooden tenements
on Delavan street, between Jefferson and
Clinton, and us was the case last night,
spread with terrible rapidity. Before h
single engine could get on the ground,
half the block was In flames and burning
frriously. The entire department were
soon on hand and at work, for "a time II
seemed probable that they would soon
succeed in combining 1t to iour or five
blocks The wind was blowing freshly
when the fire started, but increased 10 q
gale, and suddenly the flames seemed to
spread IN every direction, becoming be-
yond the control of the fire department.
1:l5 A. M.--The fire Is still raging with
increased fury and has spread almost
with the velocity Of the winds. II has
now reached West Monroe, distance of
more than mile from where II started,
and II covers breadth Of nearly hall q
mile, reach from the river to Jefferson
street. The district already bdrned EN-.
braces 40 immense number Of lumber
yards, and the freight depoLs Of the Chi
cago & ST Louis and Pittsburgh, Fort
Wayne s. Chicago Railroads. The pro
perty already destroyed county up many
millions of dollars, and perhaps the hall
is not told. The task Of arresting 1t now
seems five fold greater than an hour ago
and no one dare venture tile opinion as TO
when or where II will stop. 'H
Brands from the fire were blown acfess
to the east side of the river, and set a
wooden building on fire, directly adjoin.
ing tue Chicago gas house, The flames
spread in every direction. The adjoining
buildings being all Of the tindef box kind,
the prospect is that the gas house will be