Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-07
BLAZES.
THE RAVAGES OF THE RED FIEND.
Big Fire in Philadelphia, Yesterday Morn
ing Loss Estimated at $750,000
A Five Hundred Thou.
sand Dollar Burn
in St. Louis.
Philadelphia.


in the basement of a five story brick on
the northeast corner of Crown and Race
streets, occupied by the Philadelphia
Burning Machine Works of James Smith
& Co., and J. X. Proctor, and S. G. Gay
lor & Co manufacturers OF hat forms.
The first, fourth and fifth floors were
also used by the Burning Machine
Works, the second floor by Chesterman
& McHenry, manufacturers OF passen-
ger tare enumerators, and S. K. & F.
Hanzell, makers OF fringes and tassels,
and the third floor by j. F.
Wagner & Co., shoe manufac-
turers. The building cost S220,600,
and was owned by James Smith x Co.
The loss of the Burning machine COM
pany is between $4,000 and $4,000.
Adjoining this structure is five-story
building, on the northwest corner of
Fourth and Race streets; the first floor i,
occupied by VIM. Waterfall & Co., deal
ers in paints and varnishes; second floor
by l. X. Otter, publisher; third by
Quaker City Shirt Factory; fourth by II.
Muhrs' Sons, manufacturing jewellers;
fifth by Kuhn Il Koblentz, manufacture
ers OF buttons The first floors OF the
building on Fourth street are occupied
by |. h. Otter and George Mixh, beer
bottlers, and Cox * Sons, gas fix
lures. The next building on Fourth
street No. 2l2, is occupied as
beer saloon and dwelling by F.
VoelCker, No. PA by Swift d Courtney
and BeeCher Match company; all these
buildings and contents destroyed. On
the east side OF 4th street, the third floor
and roof of the drug and paint ware
house OF Robert Shoemaker x Co., sus-
tanned serious damage. The flames
communicated to the structures on the
south side OF Race street. The four
story building, southwest corner of 4th
and Race, occupied by A. W. Stewart Il
Sons, booksellers and stationers, was
badly burned and the following build
ings and their contents were destroyed;
Nos. 402, 40i and 406, the five story
building, unOccnpied, but formerly used
by Thackara, Buck d Co., Nos. 40S. 40
and 4l2. The warehouse OF Whitall,
Tatum & Co. manufacturers of druggists
glassware. No. 4l4, beer saloon, +. +.
Ruhe. No. 4l6, J. +. Hoover q Co.'S. ink
and stationary store. No. AS, saloon OF
J. Leonard, shoe factory of Joseph
Ryan, and the shoe factories of Davis
Bros. and b. Beck No. APO, saloon of
J. Hammer, and in the rear three
dwelling houses. Whitehall, Tatum &
Co.'S. warehouse was demolished; the
building was owned by the estate OF j.
NJ. d |. f. Whithall, and the stock,
valued at $4,000, is covered by insur-
ance. On the west side of Fourth
street below Race, the following build
ings were badly damaged No. 10, oc-
cupied by A. Schenbach & Hahn, tail
ors. No. l6S, by f. Schumacher,
shoemaker. No. lG6, the saloon Of
q. J. KOehl. No. l64, unoCCupied.
On the east side of Forth street: No. al,
occupied by John Lucas Il Co., paint
manufacturers, portion Of roof burned
off and rear building considerably dam
aged, and the roofs OF two dwellings on
Arch street, below Third street, burned.
Albert Frub was killed, and Frederick
Frub, Sand Dunlap and James Baxter
were severely injured by the falling
walls. Dunlapis foreman OF Engine No.
n, and Baxter assistant engineer of the
Fire Department. The total loss is esti-
mated at S750,0OO.
The following is partial list of the
losses and insurance: Jas. Smith d Co.,
on building 500, 900; insured for S65, 900.
On the building on the corner OF Fourth
and Race streets, owned by the Harrison
estate $4,000; insured. Philadelphia
burning works $4,000, and |. K.
& 7. HAZEL $4,000; no esti-
mate of insurance. J. 7. Wagner
K Co., So, 900, no estimate of insurance;
:. G.. Taylor d Co., S25, 900, no estimate
of insurance; VIM. Waterfall x Co., SJO,-
600, insured; Ignatius kohler, $4,000,
insurance $4,000. ii. Muhr's Sons, Jew
elry manufacturers, had six safes
packed with unfinished jewelry and
precious stones. These were preCipita-
ted from the fourth floor to the cellar.
II they are not recovered the firms loss
will aggregate $4,000, on which there
is an insurance of $4,000. Kuhn 4
koblentz, $4,000, insured; Geo. Misch,
5000, insured for $500; Cox 4 Sons,
loss $1,000, insurance $1,000; A. w.
Stewart Il Co., $1,000, insurance Sl0,-
900; Whitall, Tatum & Co., $4,000, in
sured; Swift 4 Courtney and the
BeeCher Match Company, 5000, no in
surance; J. +. Hoover d CO., $1,000,
insurance $500.
st. Louis.
ST. Louis, April 5.-The buildings oc-
cupied by the Appleton, Noyes d
Ma,l, Nf,cb;r. r,mpopy and - VI
Hamilton & Co., on North Fifth street,
and the store OF J. II. Meyers & Bro,
420 Washington Avenue, were burned
last night. The buildings cost $780,
600 a few years ago, and were owned by
the Mercantile Block and Real Estate
Association. The damage 10 the build
ings is about $4,000. Mack q Co.'S
stock was estimated at about Sl25, 900,
insured for $4,000. The stock
of Appleton, Moves & Mande was val
ued at $4,000: Hamilton & Co., about
SO, 900 worth of stock, and Jacobs Bros.
4 Hoffman, who occupied the -.
Charles street l. of the Fifth street build
ing, had a stock of about S75, 600 worth
Of jeans clothing. The insurance on
these stocks has not vet been ascer-
tanned. Altheimer < Whites loss is not
definitely known, but will probably be
between 10000 and $4,000 Other
minor losses will probably increase the
total TO $4,000.
Billy Ruetz, who was terribly crushed
by falling wall, died on the way to
the hospital last night. The body OF
e.. W. Farant, business agent Of the
National Guard Association, whose
arinory was in the upper story OF the
Neranda row, was taken from the ruins
this morning with his arms and legs
burned Off He was in the rear room
OF the armory looking after some cases
Of rifles, when it is supposed part OF the
root fell in and buried him in the
debris. His relatives live in Norfolk,
/ Virginia
Funeral Of the Dead Firemep.
ST. LoUIs, April 6.-The two firemen,
Neissen and Rentz, killed on Friday
night last, were buried this afternoon,
with special and imposing ceremonies
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