Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-12
BIG BLAZES.
WORK OF The RED DESTROYER.
East St, Louis, Pittsburgh and Chicago
Warmed Up Several Hundred ThOus-
and Dollars Worth - Fires
at Other Points.
At Newburg, w. Va.
Special Dispatch 10 the Register.

| St\tIdt Sliitll oul-DullllLlEo, OluCC anu
household furniture were totally de-
strOved by fire. Loss, about two thOus-
and dollars. At one time there was in
tense excitement, owing to the burning
houses being situated in the thickly
settled part OF the town. Six other
houses caught fire, and it looked as if an
extensive fire was inevitable, but by the
prompt and energetic efforts of all the
citizens, the fire was eXtinguished with
only small loss to each house. The
fire originated in the stable, caused by
several small children playing with
matches. So far as your correspondent
can learn, there was no insurance on
any OF the burned buildings. c.
At Austin, w Va.
AUSTIN, w. Va, May II.
Special Dispatch to the Register
The old dump, engine house aud shaft
belonging TO the Preston County Coal
Company mines was totally destroyed
by fire last night. The engine and all
the machinery went down in the shaft.
Loss about 81 900; no insurance. 1t is
supposed that some one set it on fire.
In PiUtsburgh-Loss $4,000.
PITTSBURGH, May l0.-The handsome
residence of Councilman Jas. Littell on
Penn evenue, near the corner OF Dallas,
i'm the East End, was considerably dam
aged by fire this morning, OCCasiOning
loss from $4,000 to $4,000. The par
,iculars Of the contlagration are about as
follows; About half past eight o'clock
a man named HOmmy, who was walk
ing on Penn avenue pavement, went
into the kitchen of Mr.. LittelPs resi-
dcnce to get bucket OF water AS he
entered the apartment the flames, which
had originated among some waste paper
i'm the chimney fue, and had been
smOuldering for some time, suddenly
broke fourth through the ceiling. The
man raised an alarm, and his fel-
low wOrkmen were soon working on the
flames with buckets of water. The blaze
had gained considerable headway, how
ever, and some oi the men gave their
attention to saving the furniture, while
another ran TO box 247 and had an
alarm pulled Meantime a large crowd
had assembled, coming principally from
FahnStock's 5 led works, and by the time
the tiremen arrived most of the house
hold furniture had been removed The
department experienced considerable
difficulty at first in getting water, owing
To the location of the plugs. Extra hose
was telegraphed for, however, and the
supply arrived in time to materially aid
i'm eNtiuguishing the flames. The dlm-
age was confined prlnclpaHy 10 the
roofs. although some ofthe upper rooms
were injured The loss is partly COW
cred bv insurance in the Continental
Insurance Company.
In st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, May lO.-At6:20 this even
inc fire broke out in the wholesale
hat and cap store OF Cannes II Haricke,
4O7 North Fifth, and in very short
time extended to the large notion and
gcntleman's furnishing goods house OF
Frankenthal d Bro. on North street,
andthe clothing store OF b. 4 W. Gold
stein on South street. All three stores
were completely gutted and the stocks
are total loss. The buildings,
owned bv Mrs. Agnes Merritt and the
Glasgow Brothers, were damaged to
the amount of $4,000 and insured Tor
about $4,000 i'm the Citizens, 1t. Louis,
Roval London and other companies not
accessible tonight. FIankenthal Il
Bros stock was valued ut about $1,000
and insured in the Albany for - 800;
Lcnnox, -, 800; LOrlllard, 5000; BoS-
ton Underwriters, 5000; London, Llv-
erpool and Globe, $1,000; and others not
attainable tonight. Goldsteln stock
was valued at $4,000; insured in the
London Assurance for 5000; Albany,
$1,000: Farragut, $1,000; Lorlllard,
!. 600; North British, 5000; London,
LIVERPOOL and Globe, 5000, and $1,000
i'm Callin's Agency. Gauss, Hunlcke u
Cos. stock was valued at $4,000; insur-
Ell i'm the Jefferson, OF st. Louis, ior
- 900; Washington Mutual, $1,000;
Phoenix, of New York, $4,000; Frank
lin, Of Philadelphia, 5000; LEtna, OF
Hartford, 5000; Imperial OF London,
So, 500: Connecticut, $1,000; German
American, 5000; Continental, $1,000;
Pmnix. of Hartford, $4,000; CONNER
cial Union, of London, $4,000; Frank
I'M MUTUAL, Ol Cls la'bAo1 N-t'NNf A@''NA
pool, London and Globe, $4,000
This was another OF those mysterious
affairs which battle ;he ingenuity OF
everyone to ascertain their origin. AT
a quarter past six the bookkeeper ol
Gauss. Henicke & Co. called some dozen
rirls down from the fifth story, where
tbev were working, and sent them home.
He then closed the safe, turned of the
gas. and left the store. In less than five
minutes a small light was seen by a
man on the street, in the front part oil
the ground floor, and in very few sec
oudS the entire house was IN flames.
The flames poured out OF the fourth and
fifth story windows in furious anu
frightful manner. Three distinct loud
and sharp reports were heard IN the
building during the fire, but the Occu-
pants declare that nothing OF an eXplo-
sive character was in the building, and
no one knows how TO account Tor them.
Lumber Burned.
CHICAGO, MAY lO.-Shortly before D
o'clock this afternoon, a fire broke out
ON the corner Of Union and Twenty
second streets, in Palmer x Fuller.s
lumber ward and dry house, which
burned tiercely until ) o'clock, and al
though then under control, it burned
the greater part Of the night. The dry
house was completely destroyed, to-
getber with 100000 feet OF shingles and
4OOOO.OOO feet of lumber. The proprle-
tors give their loss a, $4,000, hut as
their estimate is based on the selling
price of the material, it is probable that
a more accurate estimate would be
500 600. The total insurance
i about S43,OOO OF which
the following companies are tine heaviest
losers: Imperial, of London, $1,000;
Virginia, of Richmond, Traders, OF
Chicago, and Rhod, Island, OF Provi:
dence. =. 800 each; Fire Association, OF
Philadelphia, 5, 25O; st. Paul, 5000;
Insurance Company Of Philadelphia3,
the PENNSYLVANIA Fire, and Springfield,
Mass. 81. 500 each; Irving, of New York,
- o.O. I ,cr,sSa the Fire \ Association OF