The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-10-01
FIRE AT sTEUBENVILLE,
Near" DiStIllery Totally Destroyed
Loss Seventy.fVe Thousand DOL

Loss seventy.five Thousand Dol
| lars.
From tho Gazette olsept. SOL
Between two and three o'clock thl
morning the distillary owned by Mr.
Thos. Mears was discovered TO be on fire
The alarm was promptly given but beIort
the fire department reached the scene O
conHsgration, the flames were beyond
their control, and tho large building, to
gether with It's valuable machinery and
distilling apparatus was totally destroyed
involving q loss Of at least seventy.fvC
thousand dollars.
By the time the fire department were
ready Tor action the distillery building
was completely raped In flames, theil
efforts were therefore directed toward
saving the building adjoining, already
smoking from the intense heat caused by
the burning building. A tenement house
situated Immediately across the road from
the dlstillery, took fire and despite the
efforts Of the fremen, was almost totally
destroyed. Next TO this was a large
frame building, owned and occupied by
Mr.. Michael Kelley, which was only say.
cd from burning by a constant stream oi
water poured on 1t from the hose Of the
PhGnix engine. A large frame stable
situated q few rods cast oil the tenement
houses, took fire and was totally destroy.
ed, together with quantity Of oats and
two sets Of harness. The stable and con-
tents belonged 10 MIR. Daniel McCon-
vile, Jr. gr7
The tenement house which was dc.
stroyed was owned by Michael Kelley,
and occupied by Timothy Sullivan and
Martin Murphy, with their families. It
was a two.story building, the lower por-
tion being built Of brick and the upper Of
wood. The building was but recently
purchased by Mr.. Kelley for twelve hund.
red dollars, and was all the property he
owned. There was no insurance upon it.
Most of the household goods Of both fam
lilies were removed from the building be-
fore it burned.
The bonded warehouse, situated near
the distillery, was on fire at one time, but
was extingulshed. It is remarkable that
this building escaped, as 1t Is located but Q
few rods from the distillery.
The distillery has not been in operation
for several years past, but It was the in
tention to start ii 0bouttwo weeks hence.
The building was Of brick, with the ex-
ceptiOn Of wing on the east side, and
contained some oil the finest machinery
in the country, the greater part OF IT be-
ing comparatively new, having but re-.
Gently been purchased in Canada.
Tho origin Of the fire is unknown, but
is supposed to have been the work OF an
LEGENDARY. The flames were first dis
covered on the west side OF the building
near the bottom OF the stack. No fire
had been in the building since morning,
and that was in the stove, on the east side,
very considerable distance from where
the fire was first discovered.
The total insurance on the building and
machinery toots up $4,000, and is held
in the following companies: .
Amszon, 81 900; Kenton, 81, 900; Union
F. s. NJ, Cincinnati, $500; Farmer ,
81 800; Farmers, Merchants & Alechan.
ics', Hamilton, $1,000; Pittsburgh Insur.
auce Co., 1880; Peoples, Pittsburgh,
81 500; City Of Pittsburgh, $1,000; Iron
City, Pittsburgh, $1,000; Boatmen's, ST.
500; Allegheny, $4,000; Humbolt, Allie.
gheny, 81 500; Federal, Allegheny, 81 900;
South Side, Pittsburgh, $500; Etna,
81 900; German, $1,000; F. s NJ, 81 900;
Franklin, 81 900; Peabody, $500; Nail
City, Wheeling, $1,000; German, Erie,
$4,000; Allemania, Cleveland, 81 900; Mer.
camille, Chicago, $4,000; Lancaster, Pa.
81 ,0OO