The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-04-30
FIRE RECORD.
Fire ana Loss OF I.ite-I3 Fire.
men Hurled III the IIuinS-O TIA.
ken out Dead.

Fire ana Loss Of I.Ite-I3 Fire.
men buried III the lIuinN-O TIA.
ken out Dead.
MONTREAL, April 29.-About 5 o'clock
this morning fire broke out in the Mon.
treal Novelty Building, Stueben street.
Owing to the immense amount OF innSm.
nable material storcd in the premises all
efforts to save the building were fruitless.
1t was five stories high and the walls
badly built. About o'clock the walls
fell outward with horrible crash, break.
ing through the roof OF coffin store and
completely demolishing number OF sheds
and out houses. Eight iiremen under
Chief Patten were playing on the roof Of
the sheds and coffin store when the wall
fell. They saw that the wall began
to totter and made rush for
the sheds, and were completely
buried under several feet OF bricks, Alter
the walls fell the means OF the tiremen
rent the air. A band Of citizens went to
work TO dig the sufferers out. The fire.
men remained under the ruins about an
hour before they were got out; four were
found beneath board fence alive, but
they were suffering terribly; nine were
taken out dead, three Of them were recog.
nized as iiremen; the bodies were terribly
disfgured.
The following is the list Of the killed
and wounded: Killed-Michael Barney,
fireman, head smashed; W. Perry, tire.
man, body mangled; Richard Shouts, legs
broken and skull crushed; Thomas Hig.
gins, fireman, struck on the temple by
brick; Aldric Beaumont, jeweller, st.
Lawrence, Main street, crushed and
limbs broken; George Lynch, assistant
fireman OF the water works, was struck
by n falling chimney and debris and
thrown through an adjoining wall; A.
Sanders, stone cutter, back broken; Peru
llamill, laborer, head smashed and feet
cut oil; Joseph Parker, crushed to death.
Total killed, Q. Wounded-Chiei Patton
was caught in a'shower of red hot bricks
and burned, bruised and cut in fearful
manner; John Livingston, fireman, badly
mangled;J. Noblin, burned on head and
neck; Charles Reddy, fireman, skull
fractured; William Ferguson, boss hose
maker, supposed to be fatally injured;
Israel Bishop, fireman, badly burned; E
S. Taller, fireman, leg and arm broken
and burned, Charles Bries, badly injured
and burned; Benz, Harrison, back broken;
Alfred Hobby, fireman, back hurt and
burned. Total seriously injured, 10.
Many others were slightly injured. A
suspicion is entertained that the fire was
the work Of an incendiary. The building
was owned by James Folmer, valued at
$4,000, and occupied by a novelty and
shoe furnishing factory. The loss to the
firm is about $l5S00O; partly insured.
COLUMBUS, April 2S.-Tha long bridge
OF the Columbus, Springfield & Cincin.
natl railroad, over the Sciota river, west
Of this city,-was totally destroyed by Gre
this evening. Estimated loss $4,000
ALBANY, April 2S.-Early this morn.
ing fire broke out in the stables Of the
Nellis House, at Conajaharie, which de.
slroycd half Of the business portion Of
the village. At the time fresh eas,
wind was blowing and the westward pro.
greSs OF the lanes was not stayed till the
malt house Of NJ. l.. Smith was burned.
Then the fire took an easterly course and
extended rs far as L. G. MaCherS house,
consuming ii and the house of L. c. Tay.
lor, Smith 8 malt house, the Edward store
house and yards, the Coal Association
house, the Brown Stafford block, Nellis
House and stables, C. G. StatTord's block,
residence and barn. Nothing was burned
on the south side OF Main street. No
lives lost. Less estimated at 5000, 900,
The burned district covers about eight
acres