The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-15
RED RUIN.
A Big Fire In ST. Louis.

Ready doomed The engines went
bravely TO work and dozen streams OF
water were soon playing upon the con-
fagrstion.
At halt-psst twelve o'clock second
alarm was tHrned in, snd every engine
that can be made available Is 81 this hour
upon the sceLe. a large crowd has col
lected IN front OF the burning building,
and there ls great apprehension that the
| IRE will spread to adjoining structures.
Immediately in front is the Planters
| House, the oldest and one OF the largest
/ hotels In the city, and at the rear, seps-
rated by twelve-foot alley, is the Mer-
chants Exchange, and many other vslus-
| bic public buildings are in the immedi-
| ate vicinity. The wind Is from the esst,
blowing strongly, and increasing. Twen-
( " streams OF water are pouring in on the
! burning building, and the flames hsye
been much reduced. The fire will un-
/ doubtedly be eItingushed before i
reaches o.her buildings.
LATER.
The fire at this writing, l:30 P. NJ, is
under control, confined 10 the building
| in which it originated At Nos. lO6 and
! lOS North Fourth street. This building
WA. occupied on the ground floor BY NJ.
| J Steinburg, hst and fur store. His
| stock l. said to be worth from $4,000 10
! $40 600 The insurance can not be as
certsined tonight. In the rear OF Stein.
burg was John Bornits restaurant; loss
unknown; insurance $4,000, hT' the |
names OF the companies -sruyt |
be lesrRed tonight. The uppar
floors, occupied by the ST Louis Bank
Note Company, lawyers offices and lodg-
ing rooms the loss on which cannot even
be approximated. The building, which
Is owned by Mrs. Ann Hunt, cost $780,
900 little over two years sgo. The IN
surance is not known. The building on
the north, occupied by Stones Museum,
was somewhat damaged by water, but
the contents of the museum, though
roughly handled in moving, escaped the
! fire The Chamber of Commerce build
ing escaped with damage only TO twenty
panes OF plate glass, in the Merchants.
Exchange Hall.
The following is the the insurance on
the property burned Building owned by
Mrs. A l.. Hunt, Queen, England; Com
mercsl Union, London, and Hamburg,
Bremen, $4,000 each; London Assur
ance, German American, New York, and
| Home Columbus, Ohio, 5000 each;
| total, $4,000. This Will more than cover
the loss. NJ. j. Stenb berg, stock and fix
lures Lycoming, Farmvllle, Va, and
Northwestern. Milwaukee, $250O each;
Peop. e's, n. j., 5000; Allemania, Pitts.
burgh, $4,000; total Sl65O0; Steinburg
! stock is valued at about $50 600; he also
| had from So. 900 to $4,000 worth of furs
in the store belonging to private parties,
which was probably insured. John Bon
! uits restaurant. Westchester, New York;
Buffalo German, and Girard, Pa, $1,000
eacn: Farmers, Pa, $1,000; total $4,000
His loss is about Sl5 900 The ST. Louis
Bank Note and Engraving Cos loss is
said to be Sl4,0OOi insured for $1,000.
CONFEDERATION I'm Chicago.
CHICAGO, November l4.-At eight
| o'clock this evening an alarm Of fire was
! sounded from the corner of State and
! Washington streets, fire having been
! discovered in Field IL Letters retail estab-
! H,hment. BY fatal mistake nobody
was at the box when the dremen arrived
aid they were misdirected 10 another
building, and had almost conceded that
in sc alarm had been sounded, when the
flames were seen bursting from the upper
story of Field X Letters large store. BY
this error fully fifteen minutes were con-
sumed and the fire had gained much
headway before the first stream was
thrown on it. The origin is in doubt,
some saying that It began in the
pressing room and some that II
was first found in the loft above.
1t quickly communicated by means Of
au open elevator hstchwsy with the
lJwer floors, and At 10 O'Clock almost tho
entire stock OF dry goods was completely
destroyed by fire and by water. The
| building seems TO be completely Quilted
on the two lower floors, which remain
lsss injured thsn the others. An accl-
dent happened to the fremen by which
ore was killed outright and four others
were taken from the ruins 80 badly hurt
that they will probably die. No list OF
the insurance can be given tonight. The
loss will be estimated and sent as soon ss
possible.
The building may be considered very
nearly a total loss. The stock Is various
" estimated at from three quarters Of q
! million 10 one million and half. Mr..
Field himself estimates it at about one
million dollars on the stock. The manager
of the retail department says there was
retail stock of three.eusrters OF mil
/ -
million of wholesale stock stored in the
basement. The insurance on the build
ing is 10. known, but is stated 70 be over
100000, and is placed by the New York
agency. The stock is said 10 be insured
At least tWo-thrds Of its value. Acct
dents we're numerous, and scarcely one OF
the fremen escaped withou: bruises. The
| following are the known csiarnlties:
Chas. A. Dudley, of San Frsnclsco, but
formerly member of 8 Chicago FIRE
company, which he wss assisting To-
night. killed; wstchman in the build
ing. name unknown, killed; Lleuten ant
J. Ii. Shenenb berg, fireman, injured dan.
gerously internally; Francis Flanagan,
internally hurt ard ssphyIisted danger
ously; R.C. Pane colored fireman, head
severely hurt; jerome Barley, pipemAn,
badly burned about the face and hsBds.
Following sre the missing: John Rourk,
r. gene Sweeney, pipemen, are supposed
... boz in the ruins, but possibly may be
|GI... Pat Smith, al employe, was hurt
bs-ly by falling timber which struck
him on the head. All the injured are
more or less burned. The injuries, how
ever, resulted largely from falling stairs
and elevator, which fell on account Of
the breaking of the rope. Three men
were under, sad two we're probably kill
ed. Eight hundred snd fifty persons are
thrown out Of work by the disaster; out
of them 80 are women employed as
dress makers, filters, etc.
Mexican Border Troubles.
NEW ORLEANS, November IA
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