The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-10
q Whole City in Imminent
Danger.
IaNY LIV Es LOST.

lr' AJO, NC'OoSA -
1, in the west division, which ap-
=. q, large as the great fire last
The alarm given at 9:l5 P. NJ,
tie corner Of Halsted street and
a nor, avenue, distance OF two and
II miles from the Court House.
up. M.-The fire tonight in the
ii vision is now raging with un-
u Il Jury. The fire commenced near
h b. street, between Delavan and
t,,:or, and is spreading in every
h On. and covers at least four blocks
N hour, aud still seems beyond
n. Tie blocks are built up
Il IT, almost exclusively two story
NJ houses. occupied as residences,
d liz, houses, saloons, groceries, etc.
y 90, is already large, and 1t Is now
! that it will prove more disastrous
IA, character than the one last night.
b impossible yet to learn but a very
i names OF the sufferers. The entire
| tw.a probably embrace several hun
i No approximate estimate can
.s made OF the total loss, as the
b .,y.s OF the flames have not yet
b arrested. Will get further partl-
b..
1yDiSht is the most awful in the an
!. Of the city. The fire which COM
4 ,i at ten A. NJ, has already swept
b a space at least three times as large
Plat OF last night, and is still rush
on with greater fury than has
raei any stage o. its progress, the
ar, appearing almost powerless, and
i Marshal Williams has just tele
IlDel TO Milwaukee for all the
s@rrs they can spare. The confla-
l,oa has already devastated at least
lry blocks, mostly composed Of
Her class of dwellings. inhabited by
J. people Not less than three humid
ta.Idings have been entirely des-
.ri, and more than that number Of
les rendered homeless. The wind
iJSing almost gale from the south
showers Of sparks and brands are
l5g.ug over the city, threatening des-
bon on every hand. Since this re-
b tlommenced two additional alarms
i been struck, and the tower of the
b., House caught from flying brands,
Va cxtinguished by watchmen in
r., no description can give an ade-
IT, jdea Of the terrible scene. The
started in a row Of low wooden
tneuts on Dekoven street. between
fr,-on and Clinton, and as was the
! a,t night spread with terrible ra-
ly. Before a single engine could
On the ground halt a block was in
pes and burning furiously. The en-
apartment was soon on hand and
work. For time it seemed prob
that they would succeed in confin-
to four or five blocks. The wind,
cn was blowing freshly when the
started, increased to 3 gale, and
rlenly the flames seemed to spread
every direction, becoming beyond
control of the fire department.
tHCAGo, l:l5 A. M.-The fire is still
gos, and with renewed fury has
fsad almost with the velocity Of the
p and has now reached West Mon
/ street, a distance Of more than a
4 from where it started. 1t covers a
F'-sdih Of nearly half a mile, reaching
r. the river TO Jefferson street. The
ffct already burned embraces an i'm
f,:e number OF lumber yards, the
,ai depots of the Chicago q St.
rs aad Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne d
lc'Io Railroads. The property al
P! destroyed counts up many mil
'a' Of dollars, and perhaps the half is
"Id. The task Of arresting it now
"' hve-fold greater than an hour
and no one dare venture the opln'
As TO when or where it will stop.
1'1' from the fire were blown across
| east side Of the river, and set a
E'lfn ]. building on fire directly adjoin'
I 'he Chicago Gas House. The
mes spread in every direction, the
'."li0g buildings being all Of
+ Under box kind. The prospect
'"a' the Gas House will be destroyed
,.tn tne city wrapped in darkness. A
|, ,,H'e panic is now prevailing through
=, 'ae whole city. Almost everybody,
i, u' women and children are in the
I'r IT,; ;flayers, weeping and waillng
I'afl In every direction. 1t now
tra% % as II the whole city might be de
r.: :'I' VI course large numbers o.
Isn nave been sacrificed, but how
r!' or who, cannot be known until
progress Of the flames have been ar
sDoa, @ lhe alarm bell has just com
|biCS ? ringing in unceasing peals
Iom NH LIS Is Intended to call every slsepel
|pS - MS oed. The panic il increasing
Nne peOplA seam alpnnaf arasu nit