The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-02-27
FIRE THIS MORNING. i
Another Attemptto Burn Out Chns.
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Another Attemptto Burn Out Chas.
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at taqiarter past twelve this morning
the cry or "Fire" was raised on Main
street, between Monroe aud Quincy
Smoke was discovered issuing from the
third story windows Of the building In
which Charles II, Berry reopencd rope
store o day or two after he wins burned out
on Water street, Tho situation of the
building in the midst of a block Of
three story Wholesale houses, the fact
that adjoining l. On 4 one side was
the drug house of icssrs. Laughlins &
Co, filled With tndammable materials,
and TINT n still breeze was blow.
Ing, conSpircd to- create great ALARM
It was some time, however, before, the
alarm became general, and only one hose
house bell, We believe, was rung. Two
engines were on the ground rs promptly
as could beexpected without a moro gen.
eral alarm, and in about twenty minutes
from the time tho alarm was given, water
was turned on from the rear. The fire
being in the front Of tho building, 1t was
some time before this could DO made
effective. About q quarter 10 one, o strong
stream was thrown from Main street.
Meanwhile the flames had burst through
the front windows, and Q little later
through the roof, and for some minutes
looked quito threatening. The water
thrown from both front and rear, how.
ever, soon began to tell, and by | o'clock
the fire, which had not communicated TO
any Of the adjoining buildings, was en-.
tircly under control. Ladders were then
hoisted to the main street windows, and
in ten minutes more the fire was pretty
well extinguished. ,auf-n biHd'o s'1.
Attic hour Of writing no particulars as
to damage to building or goods or as to
insurance could he obmined. Our intor-
nation ist that the building did not suffer
below the third story, except from water,
and that there were but few goods in the
story burned, Mcssrs. Simpson & Wilson
suffered considerable damage to their
goods from tho water, which ran down the
side wall next the burning building. ,
Conjecture Is at fault respecting the
origin OF the FIRE. The current opinion b
that It was the work Of an inSendiary, the
same probably who fired the building on
Water street; but how he gained access to
the interior is difficult 10 imagine. Its
suggested on one hand that IN ihccndiary
ball was thrown through awlndow, and
on another that an entrance was made
through trap in the roof 80 pi'r H
Tho fire was discovered by couple ol
night watchmen who were making the
beat In the neighborhood They perceived
tho smell Of II In the vicinity some
time before they could locate It They
! finally discovered q faint lghtstcaling up.
| ward about the middle Of tho room on the
upper floor, and shining through the
hatchway into tho story below. From
this there wonld seem 70 DO no doubt the
fire originated on the upper floor. Fur.
thcr than this nothing appears 70 be
t.,n,-, 900 I 't.H'N 7NHf11 70 dlTui
1t affords us pleasure 10 say that the
lremOn on tho ground worked with com
mendable energy and good effect, and
aycrted what threatened to be, and what
must haye become had II been taken In
hand q few minutes later, very dlsas'
trUns confederation. ,'ar 1...3 .t'I