The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-15

trict as this has, without calling for many
a human sacrifice. As the postetfice is
directly in the line Of the conasgration,
its EMPLOYEES will have all they can do
TO save the mail matter in the building,
and consequently there will be no mail
matter leave the city this evening, and
there can by no possibility be one sent
before tomorrow evening, should the
department be successful in saving their
valuables The principal lines
of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, running east through State street
have all been burnt-some forty wires
but ss the lines on Canal street are out of
all possible danger, there will be no inter
ruption of telegraphic communication,
The FIRE has burnt over, so far, about halt
a mile in length and some four blocks in
width. and although the explosion ot
gunpowder is still heard every little
while there is but little hopes of stsying
the fire short of the limits given above,
LATER.--THE FIRE GIVING WAY.
l0:2OP. M.--The fight with the fire Is
now on State street and Wabash avenue,
between Van Buren and Harrison streets.
The flames seem TO be slowly giving way
10 the persistent efforts of the tircmcn,
and il is hoped that it can be- stayed be-
fore long. The St James Hotel l. the
last building that has commenced 10
burn, but n the tiremen can concentrate
their efforts on that particular locality
indicated above the spread of the fire will
be more readily checked.
A. predicted in a previous dispatch
the fire swept over the elegant First Bap-
tiSt Church on Wabash Avenue, and
what was this evening before sundown
one of the most elegant and costly church
cdifices in our city Is now but shoulder
| ing heap of ruins. A. was very evident
| from the course of the fire and the strength
Of the wind At about half past SIX O'Clock
the post Office building WAS in all proba-
| bilitv doomed. General Macarthur,
our postmaster, made arrangements
Mt once To -cmOvc the mails
| to place of safety, and all
needed teams were at once pressed into
the service bv him, and by \ o'clock the
last load had left the building and the
place that had been the depository of the
| United States mail ccntering here was
deserted forever. At 10 minutes "a 4
o'clock the building caught and by half
past o'clock the building was II mass OF
| flames. The wind by SOclock had almost
| died away, which assisted our fire depart.
mcnt greatly in becoming masters of thC
/ situation, and ut the corner where tn,
/ pOstoffice was situated. at Wabast
/ avenue and Harrison street, tn,
/ very point where our previous great hr'
was stopped. Our hrcm"n seemed L. he
! inspired with superhuman efforts Ia pre-
vent its spreading into the rebuilt dis
trict, and il was here that all their cn"r
/ rics were concentrated tO bar its further
progress. The building on the southens,
/ corner was large brick dwelling
house, and by making n bulwark
Of this against the evcr-on-comlng
! sheets Of fame. the prospects of holding
! this building and saving IT and thereby
preventing the progress oi the hr'
! through Ia Michigan avenue, Wa quite
promising, but at half past eight O'Clock
| the northeast corner OF these streets, a.
7 cupicd bv our post office, wa then mas
| of ilaincs. However, IA n very high hnd
} heavy brick building adjoincd the post
office on the north there j. no doubt hut
. that the spread nf the fire north of Wnhas b
avenue from this point, has been check
/ cd. Among the buildings destroyed on
| the east .ido Of Wabash avenue, wa. the
/ church building formerly occupied by the
/ congregation of Robert Laird Collier. II
! seems somewhat singular that this con-
/ hagration should be checked nt the sam"
place where our previous big hr'
I was checked, and at tn" very building
/ spared 10y In" previous fire.
BREAKING OUT AGAIN.
Contrary to the hopeful cNp"ctatI"n'
expressed nt half past eight o'clock th"
fire from that time hS, gained on th" fire
department, and in spite Of all tn" "f-
/ forts by our whole fire department tn"
| fire at half past ten clock had progress
( cd northward, and taken in the block on
| the east side of STATE street, which Wa
| low wooden building., and Wabash ave
/ nue. north from Harrison avenue, block
and half taking in both sides of the
/ street, working over Ia Michigan avenue
| towards the Exposition building
/ The fire i. at present htw""n
Van Buren, and Jefferson streets. IL j.
. the northern limit. and is burning with
/ great iicrc"nc.s. At present tn" FIR" J.
apparently beyond IN" control Of our fire
! department, and engine are on tn" WAY
/ from Bloomington, Milwaukee, Joliet
Elgin. Racine. Aurora, Dixon and Nm
7 bry - assist. and If the wind doc not m
crease or change there is great hopes that
the fire NAV be- crowded into th" LAKE" ~
intimatcd at six O'Clock IN th"s" dIs
patches. Among the notabl" buildlng
which have been destroyed j. the Gard
ncr House. II. Jamc. Hotel. Continental
Hotel and th. Adelphi Theatre.
The fire is within two hl~'k- Of the
Palmer House and the conformation !
very great among IN" guests. Th" roD
of that hot"l /. being protected by th"i
men with water appliance of their own
and every effort will b. made by
the proprietor. to save the building
The southern bJund. of the fire are nov
40 Whoa.h avenue, Just south "f Eldridg
court: jlS State .trect, near Harmai
court; 80 Third avenue, between Peel
court and l2th street. The corner o
Peck court and Wabash avenue, J. tn
only point where the RAmes have an!
hold.
HOW IT OEfGISATED.
The fire originated in the paint manu-
featuring .hop on the corner 81 l2th an'
Clark streets. Some wOrkmen wer
mixing paint when AT explosion occurred
which ignited the building 90 the north
AT LAST ACcoCSTs.
The fire. ha. broken out On the corner q
Michigan avenue and C"ngre-- .treet