The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-06-09
CINCINNATI.
Destructive Fire.

!. railroad, corner of Smith and Columbis
4 streets. 1t was reported that the fir,
e was started by some boys touching
: lighted matches to coal oil Dripping
which ran from the depot. Two watch
men who were on duty endeavored to
! put the fire out without giving an
alarm, but it soon drove them back and
in a few minutes the depot was in
blaze, and the coal oil, of which there
was from fifteen hundred to two thou
sand barrels in the depot. was fairly
burning before the alarm was given, and
by the time the engines arrived it was
beyond their control. The fire burned
fercely and the heat was 30 intense
that it was impossible to get within a
square or two OF it. The fire spread
rapidly to the freight cars in the yard,
some OF which were loaded with sui
: phur, others with oil and tan bark.
The burning oil ran down 10 a square
below, communicating to q number OF
tenement houses on Columbia and Park
streets. Before this, however, a gene
raj alarm had been given, and soon the
fire department was at work on the fire,
which now covered a space of two
equares one way and one square the
other, the greater portion o. which was
occupied by the yards of the I. & C. and
NJ. d c. r R., filled with freight cars,
the freight oil depot, 200 feet long and
40 feet wide. On the side OF the depot
towards the river is the lumber yard OF
Edward Roberts & Co., which contained
3,OOO,OoO feet OF lumber, greater por-
tion OF it walnut. The fire, which was
60 near, soon got into this lumber and
1t WAS entirely destroyed. Across the
street from this yard are the gas metres,
! and it seemed as if the intense heat
from the lumber yard would melt them;
as it was they were red hot
and 40 explosion of gas
was momeptarily expected; al
though as much as possible had been
forced into the retorts, few squares
distant. Several engines turned their
attention to saving these gasometers,
aud, after hard fight OF three houre,
succeeded. Had the fire crossed into
the gas works. it could scarcely have
been stopped short of Plum street, as
that entire portion of the city is
occupied by elevators, furniture facto
ries and lumber yards. Fortunately,
there was little or no wind, and at 3
o'clock the fire began to show signs OF
abatement, and soon was completely
under control. There vas a number oil
exaggerated stories shoat regarding the
amount of property lying within the
confinement of the fire, and also that two
men had been killed and two badly in
Jured, and he only slightly by falling ,
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and who lost about everything they
had. The losses are about az follows
NJ. & C. and !. & C. r. r. lose in oil
depot and freight cars $35, 600 to S45,-
900; there 200 loaded cars entirely des-
troyed aud twenty partially. The cen
tents OF the cars was at the owners risk
and is estimated in all at 100000.
The coal oil burned in the depot was
valued at $4,000. The lumber yards
Edmund Roberts Il Co; loss $4,000,
insured for $4,000. Four houses on
Columbia street and four on Park street
their contents estimated at s35, 900 par
italy insured in Cincinnati companies.
Several other houees were damaged by
fire and water. The total lose it is now
thought will not exceed 100000.
Edward Roberts 4 Co., lumber deal
ers, was insured as follows: Flremen's,
Cincinnati, $500; Aurora, Union and
Fidelity, OF Cincinnati, $500 each;
American and Farmers, OF Cincinnati,
$4,000 each; Cincinnati, OF Cincinnati,
$4,000; Citizens, Cipc nnati, $1,000;
Home, of Columbus, 10000 Pheui1,
Hartford, $4,000 Active, Hartford,
$1,000; Dayton, OF Dayton, $4,000;
Farmers, Merchants and MaDutsc-
turers', OF Hamilton, $500. Total
loss, $4,000.
The kilograms sent to-day that the
freight depots Of railroads mentioned
as burned was errop eous and was based
on information received from the agent
OF the l. & G. +. r. They were oil
freight depots that were burned. The
| freight depots are situated one square |
above and although one was badly |
scorched they were saved.
SECOND DIsPATcH.
CINCINNATI, II P. N.-The fire in the
lumber piles and in the ruins OF the
oil depot is still burning. but no fears
are Entertained offurther spreading. 1t
is understood that there were thirty
lour hundred barrels Of coal oil, which
will extend the loss to $25, 600 or $780,.
1000. The oil had been stored there for
some ten days and the city had warned
the railrood company that it must be
removed, which they bad promised TO
do. but had been unable so far TO have
! it done. In addition to the losses al
ready referred TO FIVE cottages and
double tenement house on Marsh alley
were destroyed, making twenty-five
buildings in all. As the occupants
were absent when the fire broke out,
, they loss most OF their goods. several
OF the houses had been recently
purchased BY the N. aBd c. railroad
for the purpose of erecting a depot on
/ their sites. All the houses were par
tialiy insured 10 city companies. Con
p siderable delay uas caused in giving ad-
, ditiousl alarms BY the burning Of the
; Are alarm telegraph wire which ran
/ over the houses there by breaking the
I connection, and necessitatipg the send
! ing of q man 10 the general station,
, where full alarm was turned on. On
4 account OF the extent of territory COW
a cred by the FIRE the grayest spprehen-
! sious we're felt for the safety OF the low
, er psrt of the city, and which in all
' probability only escaped from toe 'acs
: that there vas little or no wind. i is
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