The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-31
LAST NIGHTS BLAZE.
FOUR BUILDINGS BURNED AND
CONSIDERABLE STOCK
DESTROYED.
Probable Los. About Ss.6OO-M""re-
head tx Son the Only Parties I'M
fnsure,I-NObIe work Of the ftrf-
men and "A COnfiag ration Prevented
. Another Argument I'm Favor OF
lire Alarm Telegraph.

Once more hss he dread alarm @ nre
sounded in our midst, and again has the
civ been favored with calm night
for n blaze, which otherwise, once
having gslued Roadway in the locality
in which It WAS situated, would nave
been the most fearful that has ever taken
pace IN the MI mails OF the city. But Tor
tunately the elements favored the parties
most directly lntert sted, and the hremeh,
after their arrival ~ the scene, did such
effective work rs tn contine the fire hend
to the buildings already ignited al the
time of their arrival, which was some
time after the fire WIS discovered, but
remarkably quick time when we consider
the absence OF the
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH,
onlv seven minutes having elapsed from
the time the alarm was given until the
first steamer the Atlantic) was at the
scene. The fire was first discovered by
Messrs. A. r. kolb and Joseph ScoheId,
and originated in BrO1ie's carpenter
shop, l742 Market street. Within u
Jew minutes after the fire was first DIS
covered, the building was all ablaZe, and
flames busted out in all directions, set
ting fire to Moorehead & Sons boiler
works Immediately south OF 1t, ana
Harry Caldwells store immediately
north, and thence communicated to Bots
ords spice works.
THE BUILDINGS,
wsth the exception of Brodie's carpenter
shops were AL frame, and the flames
bread with lightning rapldlty, ard oy
the time the steamers and hremen ar
rived II, the scene there was no hope
whatever of saving the buildings already
fired. A finder box could not have
ignited more rapidly, nor could the de-
struction have been more complete. But
TO the credit of the fremen, be 1t
said. the flames were confined to the
buildings mentioned above, and the lum-
Der pile in the rear OF the carpenter
shop. the fire BOYS working mantully to
ex inguish the flames, and winning for
themselves the admiration of the
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
who filled the streets and lined the banks
of either shore o. the creek dur
ing the fire. The first steamer
to arrive WAS the Atlantic, which hooked
on to the plug between Eighteenth and
Market streets; then came the United
and got It's work in on Chapline street,
and last rolled up the Vigilant, which
was attached 10 the plug at the corner
Of Sixteenth and Market. Once al
work the fire boys soon squeIched the
fire, and nj 9 o'clock, about q
quarter of an hour after their
arr val, had the flames completely under
control. When the ire WAS at It's height
it presented the appearance OF great
Conhagration to the casual observer, but
after the flames had been extinguished,
and the property destroyed was summed
up, it was ascertsined that about
$500 WILL COVER THE TOTAL Loss
on property and stock, which is fully in
sured, with the exception of Moorenead
II Sons :, that firm carrying no insurance
The tack factory, lions Lutheran church,
Lukcs ice house and Botstord's residence
and storeroom narrowly escaped, but with
good judgment on the part of the fire
men the buildings were saved, plentiful
supply of water being she wered on them.
80 far rs could be ascertained last night,
THE LOSSES AND INSURANCE
on buildings and stock. can be summed
up rs follows
Caldwell's feed store was total loss,
and was fully insured in the American OF
Pbiladelphia, Tor 81 300, $500 on build
ing and 500 on stock.
Brodies carpenter shop WAS total
loss, and was insured for $500, OF which
amount $1,000 Was on building and
$500 on stock, the insurance being
eqaally divided between the Franklin, OF
Wheeling Ben Franklin, OF Allegheny,
and the FarmvilIe insurance companies
Botsford's Spice Works total loss,
and were insured for $500 in the Pea
body, OF Wheeling. This includes only
the works, the residence and storeroom
escaping with slight damage, on which
there was All additional insurance OF
$4,000,
Morehesd & Sons loss is about $1,000 !;
no insurance.