The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-31
RIRE Ar PARKER CITY.
Eighty Buildings burned In the Centre
OF the ToWn-SI0O,OOo Goes Up In
smoke.

Eighty Buildings burned In the Centrt
OF the ToWn-SI0O,0O0 Goes Up II
PARkER, Pa, October SO.-At 8 o'cloCI
this morning the citizens were aroused BY
the alarm OF FIRE. Thus suddenly called
from their beds, they found the Gre fiend
at work in the heart ol the First ward OIL
our city, under full headway. The FIRE
companies were soon on the ground, but
found no water with which to fight the
rapidly increasing flames. The water line
on Central avenue was cloRged, aud the
water works shut down. Thus the Ere
had It's own way with but little opposition.
Everything that could be done by tiremen
and citizens was done, but in spite Of their
efforts goodly portion of Parker was
burned.
The engine at the Water Works was put
IN order as soon as possible and called to
the rescue, but not until the insatiate
flames were almost satisfied. The fre
originated In an open stairway, leading to
the Office Of ]. Smullin, Esq, and the pre-.
vailing opinion Is that It was the work OF
an inCendiary. With the excitement OF
this hour It Is impossible to arrive at any
positive conclusion as 10 the origin OF the
fire. The building was owned by Mr..
Smulltn. The first floor was occupied by
Wallrabenstein as liquor store and
restaurant.
The north, along River avenue, Joseph
Miller's iewelry store, the Jones House,
spain's hardware store, Prest's dry goods
store, ulman's meat shop, SChwan's shoe
store, Outings drug store, McManus
House, Frisbee House, Cohen's furniture
store, Wallrabenstein's meatBhop, Chi
nese laundry and Dickinson Bros. lumber
yard. j. Smullin's residence. N. o. Leems,
w. Foreman's house, barn and two dwell.
ings owned by F. Parker, Mr.. Lewis, Dutch
Mike, Or. Leslie, Mr.. Bunting, two houses
owned by ]. s. Miller, ESQ.,, two buildings
belonging to q. A. Needle, including
the Parker Weekly office, 0'Brien House,
Helfnger's residence, Pittsburgh House,
Mrs. Howard, Mrs. McCay, L. Cohen,
Jas. Miller, Chas. Deifenbacher, Mrs.
Peck. g. D. Prest, the Lowalter oil well,
Mr.. Morrison, the Columbia engine and
hose house, Mr.. Kildry's residence, Mr.. |
Dewoodie's house, George Armistead's |
second house owned BY G. D. Prest,
sparn's machine shop, George Yauder's,
two houses unknown, four houses belong.
ing to VIM. and Widow Parkers heirs,
Iitusville House. Mary Marker, G. Sny-
der's art gallery, Mr.. Hammill and tailor
shop, with three ice houses and four liy-
cry stables. These were all north on
River avenue, on Fourth street and Cen
trail avenue.
South on River avenue were the store.
rooms OF Wilson & Manifold, vacant; Reid |
fingers saloon, Krasskop's drug store,
Norris q Wray's grocery, ]. GaSkill's |
liquor store, Diehls hotel, Bochman's |
stone building, vacant; McCracken & Nc |
Cunes news depot, NJ. Shone's barber
shop, J. Terke's saloon. Mayors liquor
store, Parker's tailor shop, the building
owned by G. S. Crosby, Esq, Gibbs & Ster.
ritts Office, J. N. Aster's, Thomas Kings
office, and the residence Of Thomas Hack
EFT and DR.. Halls Office.
There were about eighty buildings de-
stroyed, and great many goods both in
stores and residences. The fire extended
north to vacant lot, south OF the Man
sion House, and south to the Odd Eel
lows building occupied by Manifold &
Wilson as dry goods store, and from the
river on the east to the bluff on the west. 1t
makes desolate looking placein thee
81 our city, but already we hear Of parties
to rebuild, and in a more per.
nanent way. Fifty homeless sufferers,
:ast out in the chill morning air, are being
kindly cared for by the more fortunate-a
distinguishing characteristic Of the oil
'egions, and might add, of Parker.
The estimated loss is about two hundred
md fifty thousand dollars, and insurance,
'ne hundred and fifty thousand.