The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-26
FIRE m PHILADELPHIA.
Loss One MILTON Dollars.

PHrLADELPHIA, March 2s.-A fire
broke out to- night on the third aoor Of
the paint and drug store Of W. q. Win
pale & Co., on 4Lh street, above Arch.
There was 4 strong wind blowing, and
the ERE rapidly spread In ali directions,
soon becoming one Of the most disas.
trous ever visited this city. The flames
rapidly spread north to No. 125 North
Fourth street, occupied by Lonegrave &
Co, machineiy y, l24 by A. T. Zising & Co.,
printers; 7. P. & s. s. Smith, shoe man.
ufacturers, and l29 by Christian Muller,
wine house. SouthWard the flames
reached No. 19l occupied by Jas Flynn,
white lead and window glass; ll9 c. Il.
Royal & Co., Morocco boots and shoet
findings; the upper stories were occupied
by r. T. A. Harris & Co, ladies and
ehildreD's shoes, No. III, by Cahill &
Mclaughlin, the upper stories by Golfer
Bros, shoe upper manufacturers, q. ].
Toudy & Co., engrayers and ChAs. Kauf.
man, map printer; Several explosions
occurred in the paint house Of Wsmpale
4 Co, an . minute Atterward the front
wall fell with terrific crash causing the
FIRE to communicate to the buildings on
the west side OF 4th street, fret catching
the roof Of No. l26, occupied by the
GeutEch paper box manufaetory; thence
to No. 124, occupied by the U. S. White
Lead Company, No. l22 occupied BY the
German American Battling Company. and
then north to No. 12S, occupied by John
FQnks Saloon, No. 100, by Martin,
paints; No. l32 BY James Iron, show
cases.
These buildings were soon inyeloped
In flames and in the meantime the roof OF
III on the east side Of 4th street fell,
carrying in the roofs Of the two build
ings below. Several 6remen in the latter
building were seriously cut, but II Is not
known that any fatal accidents happen
ed. The course Of the FIRE then descended
to No. fl5 North street, occupied BY W.
II. Grove and Charles A. Duhuripg, No.
1I3 by E. Prince Hunt, blank book manu-
facturers, and No. Ill by q. A. Burton,
wall papers; the Sd and 4th floors by
Charles Renier, looking glasses and pic
ture frames and the basement by Walter
P. Mills, bricklayers and iobbers. There
we're several more explosions, and by
the time the flames reached lis all the
iron fronts from Cherry street TO 10 that
number had fallen. The sparks were
carried eastward and first set on FIRE the
houses on Cherry street, burning the
private dwellings l39 and 318, the saloon
Of Charles Lee, No. 316, the unoccupied
building formerly known as the Golden
Fleece Hotal, Nos. 80 and 3l2, and the
extensive hat factory Of D. P. Coberly
& Co, No. 40s. These are nearly total
loss.
The flames spread to the southwest cor
uer Of Sd and Cherry streets, the upper
stories of which we're all occupied, and
further TO the east. About the
.ame time sparks set ere TO the roof OF
he store Of 81. s. Steinberger, dealer in
feathers, 1l5 North I'd street. and spread
10 the north to lis, occupied by Thomas
Hall, stoves, heaters aud ranges; III,
BY Il. q. HurlbuL lamps, and
Nos. 1l9, l2l and l23, four-story fronts,
occupied by Cooper, Hall & Co,
furniture manufacturers, Camden, N. J.
The Ere department arrived and gave
all assistance possible. The St. Elmo
Hotel was on ere from sparks in the rear
portion, but beyond causing 4 panic
among the guests little damage was done.
At midnight the FIRE is still burning
and continually breaking out
in fresh places, 60 NO estimate Of the
probable loss can be made, though 1t Is
not expected it will be less than million
dollars.
/ M-The ere is under control,
The last building burned on the east
tide f4th street was No. 10, abird cage
factory and dwelling. On the west side
II 4th street all the structures from
No. l22 10 1872 were partly or entirely de-
,troyed. On Cherry street the only addi-
,ionly Losses were the destruction oi No.
'23, rag and paper warehouse; No.
s25. Office fitting establishment, and
No, S27, paint shop.
On Fourth street, above Cherry, the
,nly loss Is that Of G. MuIler's wine housei
The only serious FIRE now burning Il at
he paper box mannfaetory Of Isaiah
No. $50 North Sd street,
he first floor Of which ia occupied by
,srs. The FIRE on second street is eftin-
yuished.
2:45 A. M.-owing TO the multiplicity
# interests involved, there being in some
cases four or Eve firms in the same build
ng, il is utterly impossible 70 obtain
wen partial list of the insurance or
osses. About thirty houses in all were
more or les damaged by FIRE and water,
md the total loss is still thought to be
lbout one million.
At this hour ga ny the FIRE is still
turning, but 90 far under control that
here Is no possible chance for its further