Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-01-18
C0NFLAGRATI0NS.
GREAT FIRE IN NEW YORK CITY,
Several Large Business Houses Destroyed
Loss Over Two Million Dollars
- Narrow Escapes
Other Burnings.
Naw York.

! New York.
New YORK, January l6.-A fire broke
out this evening at No. 62 Wortl
street, and spread rapidly. The flame,
were first seen on the third floor, an,
| before the fircmen could get fairly Il
work, it spread to 50 Worth street, ant
! in short time the buildings right
through to Thomas street were in
| blaze. There was some difficulty al
first in getting water, but in a short
time a large number oi streams were
poured on the flames from the ThOma,
street side. The second and third
alarms were sent out and ten engines
were soon at work on Worth street and
five on Thomas street.
While Fire Commissioner Bonner and
a number of iircmen were on the iiOur
where the fire originated, the iloUr be-
gan To give way, and they were COM
PEELED to beat IA hasty retreat To Thomas
street They We're not moment too
soon. ior Just aS the last man escaped,
the floor gave way with crash, and
the flames burst out on both sides. The
police reserves were called out 10 keep
back the great crowds that were at
tracted 10 the spot. While President
King of the fire department was stand
iny i'm front of No. o. Worth street, the
cry was raised that the wall VAS
falling, and a number of tiremrn
rushed t. his rescue. They had scarce
" got across the street when the second
floor fell in with loud crash. Despite
the combined efforts OF the tiremen the
flames spread rapidly, and soon COM
municated To No. "a. Here everything
seemed To- burn like tindeT. Stream al
ter stream oi water was directed un the
burning building, but to no purpose,
and floor after floor fell in with trcmen-
dous crash, spreading CONSERVATION
among the crowd, that extended
two or three blocks away. The
hrrmcn worked hard and willingly,
but they began to get tired out. An All
ditiOnal force was then sent Tor and
soon large number OF fresh men were
drafted from up town districts and put
10 work. II was too late, however, to
save No. G5, and the whole building Was
completely gutted The flames then
took hold ui Nos. 6f and 6S Worth
street and irum that time the ilrelncn
seemed to give up all hope ot saving any
oi the stores and began pouring water
on adjoining buildings.
The flames suddenly burst through 10
Thoua, street, and the whole vicinity
wa, made bright as day. For some time
there was much CONSERVATION caused
hv report that Il fireman Was missing,
and was supposed to he in No. IS, but
the report proved to he untrue. The
DANES still gained he;Idway III spite OF
the efforts ui the iiremen. All the
buildings were occupied by dry
Goods merchants and importers, and
At about ten O'Clock were IN a
blaze, aud, a. the wOolens, silks and
prints caught fire, the flames shot up
uhnye the roofs. The wall Of No. Us be-
gan To sag, and the tircmen abandoned
that side. While working on No. w
the heavy iron cornlCe TELL Ia the street,
but without injuring any person. NJ
n o'clock there was nothing lrit OF the
three buildings butthe walls, vet flames
from the burning mass ui goods now
andthen darted up, butthe iircmenthrcw
on "A copious supply OF water and soon
had the flames completely under con
troll. The following are the estimated
losses: Won NOlkenburg u LcaVett,
SluOnNp: Walkingshaw n Naight;
S5OO. 90; Schuabcl Bros. Sl5O,OOO; John
Shade 4 co. SI5OWN; Henry ". I. Nal
lnry SCn.. SlOO.OOO; Vim. simpson, Sons
4 Co. 5000; Nunatuck Silk Company,
SiO. 100; r. :. smith, Sl5O,0OO; Toastman
Il Co., S2jO,Wn
Walkinson " Noight are the agents
nf lrlligrr BroS., uf IennrN Rhcnlst,
Prussia, and carried Il heavy stock.
They are insured for S442,Oo. di,trl-
hutcd among scyenty-right different
COMPANIES, foreign and domestic. In
their great sales were notes OF various
firms. hut no cash. Won NOlkenburg
4 Ieayrtt we're also insured for large
amount. Slade Il Go. are fully insured.
Henry W. Mallory il also fully insured.
Kruss. Hesslein 4 Co, ,tailors trimmings,
loss 50. so: SChnahel X Bros, wool
ems. aud Il. III. Smith 4 Co, dry goOd-,
are iullv covered hy insurance. VIM.
Simpson Il Co. prints, lose SliO,OO; J..
NJ. Rudmau Il Co., WunlrnS, 500;
Neu>tasHlteT Br,S.. mems clothing,
SlihO: James I. White y Co., So
ppO Among other firms that suffer
hut the extent of whose losses could
moi H., a~,ertained. were John :. Hold
en- K Co., Charles III. Townsend, gov
ernmcnt goodS: Robert Crolly x sons
needles, Geno ( KLEIN, men : clothing,
and Upham, Tucker Il Co., cotton
goods. The cause ot the lire could not
hr a-,criaiucd
James +. White, Chapman x Martin,
Uurara Maxwell, Neus~, HeSslein 4 Co,
Florence silk Co.. aud Upham, Tucker
4 Co. occupied the floors in the burned
building, hut their losses are not given.
Tin, fire il said ~ have originated un
the third floor ut NJ. ~ Worth street,
occupied hv WalkinshaW X Nuight,
dealers in wUolen goods; Iristman y
Go. dealers Ia Woolens, and Wolf,
Mover ( Co.. dealers IN mems clothing.
Rice Mills Burned.
CuNIIE~ruN, :. G.. January l1.-NeWs
has lust been received here ot the burn
ins. on "Wednesday, ,oithe heithheld riCr
mills un Black river, ,Ieurcvtown coun-
II. Total loss S.l.NO. The mills werC
nNa,,l hy Robert Adgrr, of Charleston
suI Wrr, insured ior SlU,uut
AT Cincinnati
T CININ> ITI, o., January ia iiry
lust broke out in the Cincinnati Tin q
Japan Company -t"rc-rUom, Pear
street. bvtWcsn Main and Walnut, tn,
| l"-s will probably b. heavy.
Fuse Factory Explosion
} llAErFuKD, January 1.-THE hlasiin-
/ fu-, factory al Toy. Hckfoni 4 Co, al