The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-29
FIRE RECORD.
Academy Of Music at IndianapO.
lis Totally Destroy Cd.-RuiId.
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INDIANAPOLIS, January %. - The
burning OF the Academy OF Music. 10.
night, presenting magnificent spectacle
and attracted a ihrong Of people c.timat.
ed fairly at ten thousand. The fire prir.
mated in the loft over the stage il
burned tiercely among the highly innam-
mable material Of the stage, scenery, cur.
talns, &r, and in a few moments the
roof over the auditorium fell in. The
destruction Of the building is complete.
The last event OF consequence that oc.
CURED in the Academy was the great
Democratic indignation meeting on the
Sth Of this month. The last entertainment
there was the opera Of the "Flying Dutch.
man." three weeks ago Tuesday night
next; since then the house has been
closed.
The Academy was the largest theatre
in the city. There is general feeling OF
thanksgiving among the people that the
building has burned without the saCri-
flee Of life. 1t was a death trap, and had
the fire occurred when the house was
filled with people, another. Brooklyn hor.
ror would have been tue result, The
auditorium was on the. second floor. and
reached by long passage way and &c.
ries OF winding staircascs. There were
but two narrow doors from the lobby 10
the parquelte, and through these was the
only way TO empty the theatre. The
burning Of the building Is perhaps
blessing in disguise.
THE LOSSES.
The loss by the Academy Of Music fire
will probably not exceed 100000 or
or Sl2j,OOO. The building was insured
for $4,000. Smith x Potts, grocers, loss
81 900 to $1,000, insured for 5000. I'LL
Lyons, stoves valued at 81 SOC; only par. |
TALLY destroyed; insured for 81, 800. A,
Held, liquor saloon, loss $1,000; no in.
surance. II. II. Lee; loss $4,000: cover
ed by insurance. Dickson " I.oscrv,
lessees Of theatre; lo'' 5000; no in.ur. |
ance.
PITT:BuRGH-S2j,OJJ.
PITTSBURGH, January 27.-Atgo'clock |
this morning fire occurred in frame
block on the river bank, which totally de.
stroyed Burgain's bakery, Laughln's fur.
niture store and warehouse, Gleason
clothing store, and Miller's grocery. Sew.
eral other buildings were damaged. To.
tai loss about 81, 200; partially insured. |
CoSHELLsvILLE-SlS,OOO.
PITTSBURGH, January 2S.-A dispatch |
from Connellsvillc states that Porter,
Tennaut, BOyts Il Cos foundrp was de-
Stroyed by Gre this morning al > O'Clock. |
Loss $4,000; insured in Baltimore. An
adjoining house was also DESTROYED. Los,
5000, insured.
FIRE AT REED CITY, MICmGAS.
REED CRY, January 27.-Last night |
fire broke out in an old sheG attached to |
]. Cotton's grocery, that had been used |
for storing oil. The flames spread rapid |
ly, destroying Cotton's store, II. Dittman'-
shoe store, Buck x Jones meat market,
Blanks grocery, Lonsburg's drug store
and the United States Express office, with |
most OF the goods. The upper stories Of
two Of the buildings were occupied by |
families, who lost all their furniture. As |
near rs can be learned the insurance ia NJ
follows: J. Cotton $1,000, II. Dittman
Si0O, VIM. Blank $500, Buck & Jones
$500. 1t is supposed TO be the worI: Of m
incendiary.
DESTRUCTIVE FRE-SARROw Escape OF
TWO MEN.
ALLIANCE, o., January 27.-On Thurs. |
day fire broke out in the engine house
Of the Alliance Fireclay Works OF Mr.J |
n. Webb, situated two miles north Of |
this place, while the wOrkmen were at |
dinner, and bafore it could be extinguish.
ed was entirely consumed. $. s. Gaskill
and another workman, who were downin
the shaft at the time, CHANGED to see the
fire, but too late to escape by the regular
way. They accordingly made their way
to the nearest air shaft, carciully closing |
all the doors behind them to prevent the |
smoke from suiiocating them, and escaped |
without injury. The loss 10 the proprie.
tors is considerable, but as vet We have
no estimate Of the amount. No insur.
ance.
HALLowELL, ME,, January @S.-The
large boarding house on Second street, Of
J. q. Cummings, burnt tonight Loss
is small. While the furniture was be.
ing removed an explosion occurred in one
OF the rooms, it is supposed that it was
gunpowder, and seriously injuring tour
persons.
HARTFORD, CT, January 2S.-Mcrri.
mans block, on Ford street, in which was
located the Plimpton Manufacturing
Company, seidler X May, furniture man.
ufactory, and George d. Bartlett, ,clothicr,
was totally destroyed by an inccndiarv
fire this morning. Total l1ss, S22oOl6; |
insurance, Sl44,25O.