The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-04

from the fifth story, and escaped mirscu
! lously, with slight injury; James Roland
Areman of engine No. lS. both leg;
broken; John F. Toughest, employed IL
factory, dropped from the second story
severely burned and one leg broken by
the fall.
The Tribuns saws the block between
Thirty fifth and Thirty-5Ixth streets Wa;
almost entirely destroyed. On it stood
Hale's large piano factory, Watkins
charcoal yard, Connelly's barrel factory
and several tenenents, small stores, resi-
dences and liquor shops, The flames
swept across the east and west
streets and burned q number
of tenements in the centre Of the block
on North between Thirty-sixth and
Thirty-seventh streets, and q row OF
brown stone apartment houses and Ora.
hams hoop skirt mandatory in the CEN
tre of the block between Tnirty-iourth
and Thirty.fifth streets Many shsnties
fringing these larger buildings were also
consumed.
Hales manufactorv, in which the fire
originated, Is large brick building
eight storses high, having front OF 25O
feet on Thirty fifth street and about the
same Oh Thirty sixth. What was known
as the old part was nearest Tenth avenue,
ran through the block, fronting 25 feet
on Thirty.siXth street, where were the
main entrance and the staircase which
was in general use This part of the fac
tory was built in 1869, and has been
noted for attending misiortunes. About
one year ago part of the walls blew
down and two or three men were killed
and later boiler exploded and msngled
the engineer. Recently large additions
were erected toward Fourth avenue,
and were manly used US store
houses. There was staircase
in the northeast corner, opening on Thlr-
ty sixth street, but this was kept closed
There were four or five escapes, two on
the Tenth avenue side, and two on the
recesses on the Thirty sixth street side,
from various windows at each end, north
and south. All through the buildings,
were piles of partly finished pianos. 1t
will be seen therefore, that the establish
ment was perfect tnder shop.
Some of the most terrible scenes OF the
fire occurred IN the tenement houses.
One of the fremen rescued An infant
and its helpless father from the fourth
floor, and then went back at the peril of
his hle and found smother child just
expiring from sutfocstiOn. Anne
Sweet, an occupant OF the tene-
ment, died from fright. When the
walls fell it became easier for
the tiremen to work, and the intense neat
subsided somewhat enabling them to ap.
proach and plsy on the burning masses.
1t was noticed during the day that none
of the employees were to be found, and
are therefore believed to have perished
IN the flames. 1t is said that many OF
the employees live in HobOken, and on
escaping if they did, went home at once.
DR.. Tvngs Gospel tent, which was des-
troyed, Is 10 be replaced.
The Tribune further says: The losses
and insurance as far as can be ascertained
to night is rs follows: Total loss, $751;
750; insurance, S19S,600. The principal
losses were Halls large piano fac
tory, SlS5,000, hal insured F.; John
Graham and son undertskers, trim
mings, $4,000; fully insured. P. Fitz-
gerold, 10000; Jas. Devlin, $2l 900; in
.ursnce, $4,000. Owner of tenements,
$4,000; insurance $4,000. Henry Kir
ney, tonements, SAC 900; slightly lnsur-
ed There are a great number o! smaller
losses with but little insurance.