Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-01-06
FIRES.
SOME PLACES WHERE THE MERCURY
ROSE,
A Hotel and Several Buildings Burned al
Huntington, W, Va, Destruction Of
honOte Block, chIoago-CAth-
Olic Academy Burned,
nolel nnrnsd a. nunllnslon. w. Va.


Avenue Hotel, NJ Huntington, W, Va
Owing to the Intense cold weather, q
good deal ol trouble was experienced by
tho 6rrmcn In getting stream on the
ilrc. The hotel and other buildings
we're destroyed. When II was supposed
tho arc was under oontrel, the lire els
terms being exhausted, change oi hos"
vas necessary, during which the engine
suction was lost In the first Clstern, aud
before Il could bc recovered, tho fire Was
agaiu under full headway -Four othDr
buildings wcU burned l.o~ sle,OOo,
HUNTINGTON, January 3. The fire 10
suited irnm adclociiyC Hue, The LOSSES
are u \ Mathews, hotel building,
SSMA, NJ. A. sample, SlWN, h. h.
Ward, two buildings, S2,Wn; W. 4,
Rugga, II .2On, aud u. IIlsscll, ~ 800,
with 500 Insurance on Bisell. The
alarm was Riyrn ut u \. ", when the
thrrmomctrr NasG' dclow Ioro. There
wa, considerable delay with the iirc
companies, the Council having neglected
tn confirm tho appointment ol Captain
] ". Hnunc, hlrchiCl. Twelve families
az, homeless. T.. NJ Campbell, OF the
Continental, aud ttcurgC SCraNagc, al the
Merchants llotol, have Opened their
hotels tu the sufferers.
Destruction of Honors Hook, Chicago.
CuIOAGu, January 4, A a;aO O'Clock
this evening u lire waN discovered Ia tho
Ilonurv block, corner oi Doarhorne aud
Adams streets. THIS cditiCc, which IN
one ~ the finest nt the city, Was first
erected immediately preceding the llrC
in 1871. was rebuilt soon after on
the samr plan, la French ronuissanco
stylo, almuSt classical IA it, severity II
IL lp9 feet ou Dearborn street aud 100
on Adams, was i've stories high with u
basement aud u Mausard ro"i, tHcod
with lcmontc lin,cstunC aud finished IN
brick. iron aud stone. The foundation
aud wall. were 1T unusual stability, the
highest wall hoiug sixteen inches IN
thick nu-s. u Was huilt lOr hotel,
hut had been rcmodullrd Tor husinoss
purposes, aud was occupied hy the post
office shortly after the tire ui lSii IT.
original cost WRs over AanWh, hut II
could probably hc put up now Tor lees.
The floors Mcru occupied ~ nllnwS'
Basrncnt hN the pnstoihcc, first aud
SECOND llnuts hy the pustutllJC aud hy
Ihi,nru aud \ltou Il. RCo., third iloor
h, I,rurral Nhrridau aud stall as Mny
headquarters ot the military division ol
the Missouri, fourth floor 10y the military
aud hy the following hNycrs Lawrence,
Campbell \ Lawrence. lzham 4 Lincoln,
aud rNldoCk n lNoz, and the tllth
nuor Nv the Quaueumaster ot the
army, hy the heavy mail department,
and hy Shuirldt n WCstoNcr Tho lat
tcr lirm wore Just moving IN, and lnSt
Ih,ir law library ot trom 1000 Ia h,WO
hooks. The upper rnums IN the Man
Sari rnoi wcrv occupied lay walchnien
aud others as dumlcllG The hrr
originated Ia the carpenter shop In the
ha~rul,ut while ia Carpontcr MaS all.
srut iu the upper stories. The ihmrH
swept without warning up the hatch
va, lo the root aud drove out the ten.
auts nl the upper stories in very short
time.
The rApidity with which the ilamCS
sprund after uachiug the top ol the
building prevented the escape 10y the
stairway uf number Oi postutliCC cm-
pluNCS Who were driven Ia tho ROOT, AMI
lur "A time TCmaiuod thuio IN au agony
ni suswusa Hnd alarm, awaiting rescue,
\ Wnn,au Who lraued implOrlngly out
ni a window IN the tlllh story
VAS saved hy the gallantry ot
"A hruman who H~CCudod the tirc
rscRpc aud bare her Calthwarls IN hts
arms The mCu WCUc saved not an IN
stlnt tuu suuu hy long rope which
MAS procured Rud on which they ia
turn slid a. tlic GROUND The mail mat
Ter WAS gotten nut oi danger in u short
limo aud all NaluahlCs about the post
office were locked up IA vaults, The
mail matter was takcu IT, tho new Singer
building, on state und Washington
stTrsts, where business will la trans
artrd ior the prrscnt The postal cars
will Jn large amount oi the work which
would otherwise fall on the department.
Al the mails lett tonight ~ usual
The huilding. which ~ owned 10y the
Connecticut Mutual Insurance Com.
pany, was damaged tO an amount NRrl-
uuslN estimated ai slOO,ONO to SlhO,ON
insurance ~ iullnWS' SlO,0N IN the
Lancaster; - ,Nn each In the Manu-.
h,rtupr., the RoNd and the North
British, S,h,An each ia tho Springfield
Eirr aud Marine, the Imperial the
Niagara. the American Central, the
London Assurance, the Roylestnu, the
Neptune, the renusylyania, the Huti-
,uau, the rhcniN, the ludorNritcrs',
the Hamburg ol l'rrmcn, the CONNER
cih luiuu, the Scottish American, the
BOSTON UnderNrtcrs'. tho Insurance
Company IT North America, the Orient,
the Northwestern National, the Ira.
dcrs'. the Rhode Island, the Hart
font. the National aud ticrman-
American; S2bN each IN the 81
Paul, the Irving, the Mercantile
the Atlantic, the Commonwealth, the
lnrillard, the fipmrn'S Fund, the
Nothrrn, the Connecticut, the Trades
men. the tiluns Falls, the Trans Atlantic,
the Rochester GcrmNu. the Chntun,
the Franklin the Home ol Columbus,
the Peoples, the lamar, the buffalo
,,crman. the nctrUit Fire and Marine,
tho Mcridian. Total, SsGl,ON
Individual losses, as we'll ~ the loss
On the building prove To hc less than
might lc expected The Law library ol
lsham 4 Lincoln Is nearly intact, aud
their loss will nut cNcrcd Sl,OOO. ttcn.
sheridan lost Some papers ot value un-
known apd furniture, The Cnicago aGd
Alton Railroad Company lUst nothing
cNrrpt a tutiing sum ia furniture. lhr
ACTIVE efforts Oi Manager McMullrn
prevented the destruction ol the backs
and papers The total individual
L,sscs arr estimated at from SlO,0O to
81. i.In Tho only loss sustained 10y the
post0flicc Department u $lA0n worth
oi stamped envelopes. NJ Ia O'Clock
the tirv was almosl cut, the darusge
having been mostly Coahncd to the
three upper stories
Catholic Academy Burned.
RrrrALo, January The ACADEMY
~ the Holy Angrls lCatholIcl Sas
burned this afternoon. Tho children
werc removed. loss S,i0,OsO; insurance
Saa,Nn The AcldemN VAS mortgaEC,l
20 the extent oi the INSURANCE,
Railroad oaaoea DamAged.