The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-05

/ NEW YORK, september 4-The scene
| OF the great fire AT Thirty-htth street
and Tenth avenue, yesterday morning
is this morning wilderness OF ruins
| The burned area between Tenth and
| Eleventh avenues, extends from the
middle OF the block on the north side OF
| Thirty-lourth street, 10 the middle of the
| block on the north side OF 1 hIrty sixth
street, in addition " the number OF
buildings that were gutted or damaged
on the west side of Tenth avenue. A con.
sldersle humber OF spectators assembled
to-day, but they were kept At distance
from the runs oy the police The ruins
resemble those OF q burned town. The
| blaCkened walls still stand Al regular IN
tervals; the spaces bet ween are covered
by immense piles of brick, fragments OF
iron, large and small, twisted and warp
ed out o. al. resemblance 10 the original
beams, girders or machinery, OF which
they are only relics. Only one engine
Was at work to-day, close by the remains
of the engine which the hremen were
obliged TO abandon yesterday. Near by
lay IN iron wheel, tir's and few other
relics OF the new hose carriage which was
abandoned with the engine. The lack
Of water Yesterday WAS due 10 the small
size Of thJ mains III the nelghbOrhOod,
which were laid in the days of hand en-
giues, and only six inches in diameter
This morning the hydrsnts furnished
only about five pounds pressure apiece
instead OF twenty or twenty-five. Among
the relics were the remains OF cart and
DIackened skeleton Of horse in the yard
OF Hunts pickle factory. The team was
all ready to be driven away at the time
the ire cut of the means OF escape.
David Shannon, who occupied apart
ments at No. 3j West Ihirty-dlth street,
and VINO lett MS room at the outbreak o.
the ire, WAS caught in the crowd and
WAS unable 20 return till the building
was in flames He il contractor and
took home 81, 900 IN green backs the night
before after banking hours IN order TO
pay his workmen yesterday. lie mad
placed the money under his pillow.snd
it was burned up. Reports IN regard to
the loss of life BY the fire are Hs con-
hicting TO day ss they were yesterday.
Many persons still believe that large
number OF bodies will finally be dug out
of tho ruins OF Halls piano factory,
while others believe the loss Of lite WAS
comparatively slight. Among the latter
s Captain Wasnburn, who thinks that
the workmen in the upper stories hac
time to escape TO the new factory before
the latter took fire and down its stairs
to the street. he says that the old fac
tory was burning for fifteen minutes be.
lore the new one, which sdjoinod II, and
wa5 OF equal height, wss reached by
the flames. The following named per-
sons have been reported II. the lwen-
LIeth preCincL station house Ms missing
since the fire: Juo. kompet, aged u
wears, West Both street j. Edward
Birch, aged 81 years, 10 Scale street,
Brooklyn Edward Birch, mad wife
and three children; George Fry, aged
90 years, 239 West 32d street, had n wife
and family; Jno. Hsutch, aged 10 years,
3O8 West 38.h street. These persons
were all reported rs missing by their
relatives or near friends Some other
cases have been reported By irresponsible
persons, TO which the police do not at
zach any Importance The heat OF the
ruins is such as It VIII be impossible to
dig in them at present.
New YORK, september 3.--Tho Board
of Aldermen to-day voted to investigate
the causes ofthe fatal West Side fire The
commissioner of Public Works WAS NJ
thorized to lay larger mains 10 the vicIn-
iLy of the fire, rs 10 the opinion OF the
Aldermen the loss Of hte and prop
erty was due to the insufficient supply OF
water.
No bodies have yet been found in the
ruins of the fire ut Thirty-htth street and
Tenth avenue The latest estimates place
the losses at S35O,0O0 and insurance at
$4,000.