The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-13
rlrc at steabenylllo "wednesday Night,

FifO NJ SteubcntttlN MeuncAuNy NtEut.
Gattt,o q Yesterday
Shortly before ten o'clock last night an
an alarm OF fire was given on Market
street between Fourth,an eth, almost
exactly in the centre oiSthe city. 1t soon
became known to persons in the neighbor-
hood that the scene Of the conflagration
was the livery and feed stable run by John
4. Reed, and situated in Rank alley, hack
Of the jefferson National Bank. and al,,
almost Immediately south OF Market
street, Of course Il WIS NJ once real
lied that the fire was in locality which
would make certain tho destruction Of u
large amount OF valuable property in case-
II was not soon.chOckGd, and the few peo-
pie who were on the streets and in neigh
boring stores and saloons immediately Went
to work with u will, some going at once
to the scene Of action, while others
made haste to the engine houses and
FROM thence issued the general alarm.
Soon the tiyrIncn were on hand, and the
work Of getting out the engines was ut
tended 10, but from some cause there was
a hitch at the Phoenix house, and eonse-
quently that steamer was so delayed that
the Reliance, which was more than twice
as far from the FIRE Us the Phoenix, got
there tirst and began the work OF fighting
the flames. ltseSms that . large dog kept
in MNrklO's stable tntGrtCred greatly with
the Phoenix boys, attacking them slvagcly
when they went to the stable for the
horses, and aftCrward following 10 the en-
CINE house, whCrt he severely bit John
Henry, member OF the company, while
he was engaged in hitching the horses to
the steamer. II is also said to-day that
certain parties deliberately intertCrcd with
the taking out Of this steamer, even going
so far Us to prevent It's removal, but we
cannot vuuch for the truth OF the rumor.
When the tirSt eolMCrS reached the stable
although there Was considerable fire in the
hay NOV, il hadn't descended TO the
ground floor, and conseQu the horses,
harness, vehicles, safe and stable furniture
were removed without great trouble, al
though the work had To b done in haste
owing to the rSpidity with which the
flames extended, By ten O'Clock the
whole building was cnvClopcSi in fire and
naught that could be done BY the one en-
zine then working, the Reliance, could save
1t, nor prevent its extension to the carpet
weaYinc establishment Of Edward Marion,
Immediately adjoining on the South, and
situated 81 the hack of Mr.. MariOn'S lot,
his house fronting ON Filth street, The
Phoenix engine seemed 10 meet with had
luck all through, Us about this time It's
hose burStEi several times in rapid success
sion, thus preventing any effective work
lbyit, The IRE now had gained such head
way that il seemed to thpHaten destruction
, to the valuable buildings In the neiShbOr-
heed, including the jefferson National
Faux. the Filth st. Methodist church and
Nv. L Sharp & Sons Ohio Foundry sales
MONS Indeed ii reached acres the alley
and attacked the stable OF James McneviIt,
hut il was there successfully fought aud
did no ussterial damage.
/ We have hCari 3 general cSpreS-
( SION oi epion to-day that had it not been foI
( the heavy rtinS OF SCSteNi1y, by which
evSrythiES1d an intianlniahlc nature was
{ VhorouShlv ScSkESl, there Is no telling
( what wo09 have been tho los, for the
6re was IN place where there was pleu-
I II Ot nlAteSial 10 feed upon, while not 80
easily reached by the tirGmenaS iihad been
I on the open street, 50 rapid Was the
WYNN VI AA1N lGLSllGS AAAsSt AENuA AAC AlAlC VI
( the iirS: alarm scarcely ten minutes seem.
I al 10 elapSsa bctOrCthS stable was MSS Of
I tirS and 10 thOSeia the distant part Of the
/ city il seemed aS il the whole business part
Z Of the cry was about to be Destroyed. But
Z it ColiapSSl SfnoSt Is readily IS il IN
crSasSi, and before half past ten il Was
evident that the sud work of the Reli-
antJ, assisted toward the last by the Pine
nix, Was telling - well that, IL the Wei
condition Of everything, no other property
Z would be lost, and by eleven, there was
s,aCSSly an embSr let to tell the tale OfiNSn.
aAtian. But it was = very narrow escape
and NC may thank the rEin tos our deliv-
GRANGE fr>m = general conaSST9tioa.
The loSs al told, wiz anount TO about
( Sl,SC0 divided between NeSSrS Reed,
Marioa Snd Eiwani CNnlsy, heOwner Il
I the S4Sbles- -RCNi Say$ his los i some
WhCrS, between SSlU and sou but u near
I Is everything 81 value Was tSSen from the
( sadie Il Is prphahle il viii not exceSsi the
! tSSaleS figure Marion elAimS hat SSO
. kSSS> but an inspection oS the ruins this
morning convineC the GaSss reporter thar
/ il i considerably he&VleS, COnteS cS1i-
lnSteS his lOSS i; $tSN although the Sssbte
Carli nOS Be rCpl2c9i with tia; amount Of
money, Neither party hs1 any insurance.