The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-03-31

Of the ab owe, it will be seen that the
insurance on the Kramer property was
but $1,000, and the upper portion OF 1t
being used by the Grant House Company
as sleeping apartments, leavss total In
sura1ce on Grant House property de-
stroyed of $4,000.
LOSS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Among the gentlemen whose loss OF
personal property will be severely felt,
all of whom had no insurance thereon,
may be mentioned:
Mr.. j. j. Jones, cashier of the Elk.
change bank, loss $500.
MIR. Milt Lewis, loss of clothing and
furniture, about $400.
Mrs. James Reed, loss of jewellery,
bridal presents, ETC., about $1,000.
Messrs. VIM. Thurmer, James Reed, jr,
Mrs. VIM. Boggs, Mrs. Marsh, Mr.. Nc
Phsll and others also lost heavily in the
way of furniture and clothing.
TO BE REBUILT.
In conversation with Messrs. Lewis i
Woodmansee, yesterday, the gentlemen
who owned the building, we were in
formed that they would not succumb TO
the misfortune which had overtaken
them, but would rise, Pho nix-like, from
the ashes, and would Immediately pro-
coed to erect new building. This being
the case, we may expect in time to see q
model hotel standing on the site of the
old Grant House, that will be credit to
the city.
SCENES, ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS.
Another evidence of the want Of fire
alarm telegraph.
The steamers were half an hour late.
Sheriff Tingie rescued a little son of
Mr.. Woodmansee, who was lying asleep
on the bed, while the flames ere kissing
and seethlng in an adjoining room.
The east wall Of the building in fall
ing slightly damaged the market house.
Was it fire. bug?
An extraordinarily heavy man, sup
posed to be drummer, was rescued from
a third story window on Market square,
a few minutes before the wall fell in.
One lady guest, in the hurry of exit,
left an elegant silk dress behind that cost
five dollars a yard. Another lady in
her hurry for fresh air, forget her watch,
which was thrust away under the pillow.
A noble friend returned and recovered
the property.
Messrs. &. w. Hornbrook and John
McCracken were among the first guests
of the hotel to give the alarm.
The insurance of the Grant House eX-
pired, and would necessarily have to
have been renewed, on April lst.
The Kramer house storerooms were
not seriously injured by fire.
There were about one hundred and ten
persons in the building at the time of the
fire.
On the furniture of Mr.. William A.
Turner there was an insurance of about
$500 in the Fire and Marine Insurance
Company.
A fire alarm telegraph would have
brought the steamers in time to have
saved the building.
Sheriff Tingle, while engaged in put.
ting wet blankets on the roof of his
house. on the opposite side of the street
from the burning building, slipped, and
sliding down the incline, narrowly es-
capped being precipltsted to the ground
below by catching on the water spout,
which was fortunately strong enough to
hold his weight. The Sheritf's hands
were badly blistered in trying to stay his
downward flight.
The streets surrounding the ruins were
thronged all day with a curious crowd.
Mrs Reed, wife OF James Reed, the
halter, lost all her bridal pres ents.
That no lives were lost, considering
the large number of ladies and children
In the building, is miraculous.
LAST NIGHTS FIRE-ANoTHER FIRE-BUG.
Last night about eleven o'clock an
alarm was sounded IN the Fifth ward
and Immediately the streets were filled |
with people, curious and anxious, and ex |
pectlng to see big thing in the way OF |
q fire. They were doomed to dissppoint- |
ment, as the fire proved to be only |
small fishing boat, anchored in the river
opposite the Riverside Mill, which had |
been fitted up as a sort of gambling hell
In this boat it was the custom OF num-
Der of persons to congregste nightly
and indulge in the mysteries of a game
of ''drsw," "bluti," sold sledge' "forty-
fves," or some other game known only
to the initiated, and it is supposed that
it was set on fire by persons whose sons
lad probably been led astray. The
owners Of the boat are said to be John
Taylor, Charles Rust, Tom McKefney
and others. The less, financially, is
about $500, with no Insurance.; but
morally speaking, the fire did no great
damage.