The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-20
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The sweeney 0hope are Destroyed By
F1re-Destractivo counaEEation Last

The sweeney 0hops are Destroyed By
FIre-Desfractiyo counaEEation Last
hight.
Between eight and nine o'clock last
night some persons In North Wheeling
discovered flames bursting through the
machine and pattern shops Of A. ]. swee'
neY & Son between Third and Fonrth
streets, near the P. W. q KY, railroad
track, and almost Immediately afterwards
the whole Of the second.story appeared to
be enyslopsd in flames. An alarm was
sent in from the Vigilant Engine House
and the Higilant Engine at once repaired
10 the scene OF the fire under
direction OF Assistant Marshal
I. 7. Carpenter, but before II had sue
ceeded in doing any efficient service the
roof had fallen into the interior Of the
building. and in very short time all the
combustible matter in or within reach Of
the flames was consumed. BY mistake
in taking tho alarm, the Atlantic engine
went 10 the Sixth ward shops Of Sweeney
4 Son, and 1t was rather late when THU
engine and the United arrived at the IRE
The engines were at once put to worh
throwing water ON the many buildings
surrounding the burning building, ant
succeeded in saving all Of them, although
several Of them were on FIRE Of once.
TIE ORIGIN.
An ISrHLII0EHcRR reporter met Mr.
John Sweeney, a member oithe firm, bu
he said be had no idea as to what ha'
started the blaze. The watChman, mai
named Edwards, said he had just anisket
attending to the fire under the boilers II
The lower part OF the building, when hi
attention had been attracted by cry o
FIRE, and he rushed out TO see the flame
coming through the roof. His opinion
was That The Are from stove in the secon'
story near the roof had in some name
ignited the wood near by and this caused
the big blaze.
opinion that the Ere was OF incendiar!
origin, but upon what he bases his sup
position we can not imagine, as th
location OF the fire at its inception Is op
posed to any such theory.
THE BUILDING ASB CONTENTS.
The building was large two stor!
brick, used as machine shop and pat
tern shop, and was flsuked on the nortl
by a smaller shed.roofed building used q
blacksmith shop. There was larg,
quantity of valuable machinery and pat
terms in the building, besides an engine
and boilers; the patterns are all destroyed
and the machinery and boilers much dam
aged. The 'nigger" engine, the Capstan
and other unfinished machinery which
we're about ready to be placed In Captain
Campbell Sweeney's new boat were also u
this building, and will be nearly, il not al
together total loss.
INSURANCE, &C.
There are several buildings besides th'
one destroyed on the premises, but for
tunately none OF them were injured, ant
upon oil OF them is an insurance. OF $50,
coo in the J. G. Anderson agency OF thi
city. Upon tho building burned theI,
was an insurance OF 5000, and upon th'
contents 5000. distributed rs follows
Williamsburg City, n. Y. 81 400; Scottish
Commercial, Glasgow, $1,000; 1mperia
and Northern, London, $780, Mercantile
Cleveland, Ohio, $1,000; Glenn's Falls
Glenn's Falls, n. Y, $1,000; Peabody
Wheeling, $1,000; German, Wheeling
81, 900; Franklin, Wheeling, 5000.
The whole property, real personal, ]!
held by Walter S. Brooke, Of Baltimore
In trust for number OF Baltimore capital
lists. This property formerly belonged (
Thomas Sweeney, who borrowed S5O,0OI
on It from parties in Baltimore and wher
| 1t was ioreClosed Mr.. Brooke bid 1t In to
these gentlemen. It was insured for $50,
900, but ,ai2 was reduced from time Il
time to SO, COO. Major Anderson has tele
2raphed his companies and the business
will be promptly settled.