The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-21
Fire In Csncinnati-Ffreib IA en- Crushed
by Falling Walls.

CINCINSATI July 20-About l.30
this morning the building No. 100 Fourth
street was destroyed By fire. Loss S25,-
600. At three o'clock the walls Of the
building, which had not fallen. were all
thrown down by All explosion Of gas, and
some seven fremen, with the ceiet engi-
neer, were buried under the debris. A
general alarm was Immediately given,
and the whole department soon on hand,
searching for their unfortunate compan-
ions among the ruins. At four o'clock
the chief engineers voice was heard call
ing for help, The fire blazed up anew
at thi, time around the buried
tiremcn, but the hose was soon
brought into play, and the new danger
averted, At 4:j0 Chief Mcclure was
taken from the ruins insensible, and in
badly bruised condition. His injuries
are not thought to be fatal. The fire.
man, James Mccormick, was the first
taken out. He was badly burned, and it
is feared that his injuries will result in
death. Dennis and James Puhlman
were next rescued, but were slightly in
jured. Three llremen fell from five
story ladder, but escaped with slight in
juries. Three men on the pavement were
seriously injured from flying missiles.
At 80 this morning the distillery of
II. Il. Jasper in Covington, was destroy
ed by fire Loss $4,000.
Chief Eengineer Megrue, of the fire de-
partment, who was so severely injured at
the fire this morning, is reported tonight
as easy. No bones are broken, as preyi-
ousy reporter, but he has severe scalp
wound and suffered severe injuries on
the body and right hip. There are 10
indications of internal injuries, but he
suffers seyerel y from nervous prostratlon
The streets in the vicinity OF his residence
have been covered with tan bark to dead
en- sound and give him rest. The total
nuns Der injured, including Chief Megrue,
was ten, all OF whom are reported doing
well tonight
1t is reported that one floor of the
building was heavily overloaded with
photographic stones and presses, which
caused the walls to give way.
The Mountain Meadow Massacre.
BEAVER, UTAH, July 20.-In court
this morning, Judge Sutherland, counsel
for Dawes, said that he had found fatal
defect in the indictment, which he had IN
tended to overlook and go to trial upon
it, but finding that Lees case would be
the first tried and Dawes not reached this
term. he asked that the indictment
be quashed, on the ground that the crime
was not alleged to have been committed
in this Territory or district, nor in any
county, but SIMPLY in Mountain Meadow
Valley, without any other designation,
whcrcupOn Mr.. Carr rose and presented
new Indictment which charges Dame,
Elliott, Wilder, William {. Stewart,
Gcorge Adam, Jas. r. John,
Moses IIigbee, Isaac llaight.
Samuel .Jules and Philip Klingsr Smith
with conspiracy with the Indians to kill
those migrunts, and that in purancc to
to that conspiracy they did kill them.
The Indictment will not be made public
til! tomorrow morning, ut which time
Lee will be arriSned to plead to it.
Lees Confession.
BEAVER, UTAH, July 20.-The sub
stance of John ID. Lees confession, is
that thirty Mormons, with the assistance
of large number of Indians, dccoycd
the cmigrants from their cutrenchment'
by tlag Of truce; that all were murder
ed except seventeen children; that the
deed was done under the orders Of the
leaders of the Mormon church;
that he took the news of the mas.
sacre to Brigham Young, who deplorcd
the transaction and said it would bring
disaster on the Mormon people.
The statement of Lee, 50 far rs known,
only confirms the previous reports in re-
gard to the massacre.