The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-11-12
...r.riye Acres of Build
ings Destroyed.
Immense Quantities of Wool
Consumed.
-:,. of tho Bank and Insurance
Buildings Destroyed
, rsared that Many Lives
are Lost.


,.,x November IL, 10 A. NJ
-.,;.,,s thorou :hly under con-
-, npsaris OF ht'y engines are still
.,,.k p,ltil! cpntlnol' str-ams OF
the rims. The wind thus lar
..,o increased and there are hopes
.,,,,be ire will not again break out
y..y all the fremen are thoroushIy
,,,,.;sd b. the almost superhuman
.,....o,, If the past thirty-slX hours.
r.. mil Tar, are also about totally ex'
.v.si bv their continual labors, but
,..,yi,.lsnce is uurelaxea. The great
.,,,,,l}pess :, i, exercised by them to-
.yj, maintaining order. The Com
,,,. Of Csuz,us. wac have ably
:.,c.ri sf.irs in the public streets
inn. the pr.-ent crisi-; the mum 'rous
,.E.p,per mea, including many special
,.-,,o)nle1i>, aal tAs eeyraph corps.
AYE 81 suffered greatly from fatigue,
yl,.l by tr-ir over exertions IN the
:l,.rc service.
D.prvei o. work, with winter ap-
1I.ch,ug, aul the city financially dis
r.i. the next lew months will proba-
1, expose the poor OF Boston TO a
.:ss o. harlsirps unless they are
-,npIv assisted ~ the generosity Of
yu sections OF the country.
Toe c,tv tbs morning presents a
..s7,e and excited scene. Piles OF
,,i, are placed, Ov~r which the mill
a-7. win the assistance Of q few prl-
at. Sa,chmen, keep guard. Every
nir spo-sr- to he on the streets and
.ssp aai rest are unthought OF. The
..erscle presented by the burnt dis.
g.l,, and the sorrowtul crowds that
assemble in various localities harmo-
u. vel together. The outlook for a
h,,s proporuon OF the working class
4 Bston ia appalling The destruc-
.5o Of coal br the fi'e has been very
E.L Al the ~ banks except seven
81 open aai doing business this NOM
g!
Iva. 'o1nl when the fire broke ont
ijorian Mar-h Il Co 5. this morning,
GXs ire.h couhagration was unsvoid
Sc The dsog-r. however, was avert
ttytie. promp;ituie OF the authori-
i:'' exploi n. two large stores ad-
.1'n!, alter which the adjacent.fire
%, speedily checked. The entire dis
&c bur Ell over covers sixty-fve acres
O. ground, and embraces the best bnsi
's'' pat, o. the city. Upward OF 700
@tugs are IN a-hes The bare, black
rti walls standing here and there
AlIi TIE ruins testify to the extraordi-
~ ssyerI'y OF the fire.
Very lt,le definite Information can
lE.ite gathered concerning the loss OF
"s Many persons perished in At
sDPirg 10 save their goods, papers,
&c. t'om destruction. The falling
ns and tmbers crushed numbers 10
!s'ia whose bodies have not yet been
:HTTei. This morning hundreds o.
'4l we're made at the Police Head
lA'iers Tor m ssing relatives or friends,
!.i' probably turulshei / the most pain
4 pha''s OF the dis tster.
- N fine fire is still under con-
10, and has been so since s A. NJ. II
nov considered thoroughly subdued
A.aongn the engines still continue al
EJ.k
Zoe crowds in the ssesets, N the
..'ioo rnoOd OF the fire, are immense
>cs morning the iuq iiries at the Po-
{ headquarters after missing persons
ave increased in number, and it IL
i'-l Iha! the number of victims who
ave 'er.hei in the flames has been
!.siy unierestrmated.
Geographic communication between
0n.on and other points has been seri-
vs.! W.! Interrupted bv the fire. The
T%5''efn U1lon and Franklin Telegraph
,.ouPanies have both sustained severe
Ossss.
As might be expected, the fire has
,1'ea the business OF the city at a COM
- .'.; sand still Everything is neglect
r., r' tue one eng ossing topic.
nsgenerous offers o. assistance. vol
,a,ss'ed BY other cities throughout the
.-o,fy' has created a deep feeling oI
s;a"'ade IN the hearts of the commu-
IAe fire brigades from the neighbor-
-. .s cities OF Salem, Lynn, Worcester
-, ohe's, which have assisted sc
III! M! 10 qnenching the conflsgration
a. . probably leave for home tonight
r,.' ~-'norrow morning. Au early op-
unity :. will be taken by the authori'
'Dr.f nv 70 express their gratitude for th'
.,nole aaole services rendered by these
son. " |" uone''ou' WV"
yin Ie hrst work Of the city authorities
,b. oe 70 attend to the wants OF tbos,
II. viii suffer most by the calamity
VII, poor classes OF Boston, many o
u,." n the fire has deprived OF thel
H.. OF subsistence. 1t 10 estimate
upwards Of 1000 usn have beer