The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-11
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Ger was pelng useot0 btDp the nre, was
heard Of five minutes past 8 O'Clock, and
was the most welcome sound Of the night,
Tor It bet0kened o fearless, honest and
radical effort 10 save BoStonfrom ChiCa.
COS iA(e Four discharges were made In
a block on DeVonshire street, and these
threw the buildings partially down, but
without apparent benefit, for the flames
jumped over the gap almost instantly,
Tho building was close 10 the FIRE, and I'm.
less blocks more distant are speedily pros.
trated the effect Of the course will accom-
plish nothing. The trains were laid In
Federal street about2 o'clock, and 1t was
Immediately cleared for action.
Al S45 O'clock this morning the de-
structiOn Of buildings In the path OF the
CondAgration by the explosion OF gunpow.
der was begun In good earnest, the shocks
shaking tho city to its foundation. 1t is
to DO hoped that the city may be saved
by thia means II nothing else will. The
fremen, though exhausted by their ar.
duouS Abors, are still working with will,
but 1t Is plain to be seen that water alone
offers no weapon powerful enough TO fight
the fire fend.
At 4:05 o'clock this morning the most
terrific explosion took place, which I'M
doubteily did good service. AT &SO
O'Clock the buildings on Devonshire street
were blown to atoms.
A determined effort Is being made TO
prevent the further progress Of the flames
northward. The Transcript building
caught Are Just before four O'clock, and
the flames are bursting into the rear and
spreading with such rapidly that oil
hopes OF saving 1t were at once dis.
PEELED.
AT Jour o'clock this morning the fire
extended IRON Washington street on the
west, tothe wharves on the east, and from
Milk street on the north, and to the Hart.
ford i Erie railroad bridge on the south,
the area Of burnt district being roughly
estimated at Two hundred acres. The
estimate OF a well known real estate man
is that the loss on buildings will average
SEQ per loot for this area, which, there
tore, will DO o grand total loss in build.
Ings alone Of upwards Of 500, 100000.
so fierce Is the march OF the flames,
and so irresistible, that the merchants on
Oliver street, when the first words were
given OF danger, Csssyed TO move their
goods, bat could not on account oil the heat,
and therefore they burned where they
were. Al an early hour In the evening
the Stste Printing Office was destroyed.
10 O'clock NJ
1T this hour the progress Of the fire
southwark has been checked, and also in
grs2. measure towards the south east
the extreme limit OF devastation in that
direction being the Hartford & Erie rail.
road, extending out the road and burning
the bridge. Then 1t runs along Broad
streetIo india, taking all the intermediate
whGrVes and destroying few vessels
The dre has worked around the new posi-
office building and reached the northerly
side Of Water street. Tho large building
on the corner Of Congress and Water
streets is in flames, and will have to 60
Engines No. and 4 Of Providence have
Eesched the scene of the fire, and therC
are numerous hand engines present from
:owns in this State. Lynn has sent tHC
steamers and o hose carriage.
No one branch Of business suffers &C
extremely as the boot and shoe and hide
and leather trades. The loss here mus!
exceed that sustained by the dry good
jo5bers. ~ !.
In the early hours Of the morning
pIuudering by thieves became general
and firms who had removed their stock &c
places Of supposed security out Of doors
werethe victims Of these predatory ras
Gals. Arrests BY the police became sc
numerous that it was found impossible &c
accommodate all the prisoners, and they
were, therefore, discharged from custody
after making restitution Of the stolen
property.
Contrary 10 previous reports, all the
dwellings on Kingston street are saved
The same is fortunately the case on Lin
coin street All the residences Of Fort
Hill section, so called, including Gridley
high and Broad streets, have been de-
stroyed, rendering hundreds Of families
homaiess and destitute.
On Washington street the Are was
checked by five o'clock this morning. In
southerly direction, 1t had not reached
beyond Summer street The buildings
on the southerly side Of the latter street
remained standing, and west Of them IN.
touched by flames with the exception OF
three nearest Chauncy street. These
were burned Out, though the walls remain.
cd standing, and there was no further
danger In this direction. On Washing
ton street the building Of the American
Watch Company on the north essterly
corner OF Washington and Summer
streets has been completely Quilted, but
the walls remain. North OF this on
Washington street on the same side, all is
destroyed rs far as the Transcript build.
ing, though portions Of the walls of some
buildings were left Both Washington
sud Summer streets are filled with bricks,
mortar aud huge stones TO the depth of
severl 1eeG "A portion OF the front Of
Trinity Church isstanding alone, TO mark
thslocation Of the late edidce. T7
Before five o'clock the fire found its
way across Water street and caught upon
the window castings and root finish OF
Simmons block, in which was the Bos.
ton Carpet Company Office, and the Hide
aud Leather Bank, and before an hour was
passed the whole building was enwrap.
ed with flames. At quarter 10 six the
building on the opposite corner OF Con.
gress street, where was St. Awmul Bank
and W. ( Lawrence & Co.'S store, caught
IRE and in ten minutes all hope Of saving
Il was gone, Northwards 10 tho Post
Once and State street swept the flames,
and all hopes OF stopping them by water
was shut of forever. At six o'clock the
walls Of the stone block where was s
NorWelrs store fell with crash
which sent sparks, dust aud
aud flames far heavenward. Just before
this the fre took directly opposite on the
north corner Of FedelA and Milk streets
and began Its career towards Kilby and
Broad streets. These were the northeast.
efly limits at Q o'clock, but as the outer
line OF flames was every moment increas.
Ing there was no telling where the fire
might be in half an hour. State,