The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-22
"a BOSOM OF FLAME
SWEEPS RIERoELY 0VERTaE HAST
OF THE CIrE

TO
Leaving . Haas Of CFumhliuE RHIRs IN
its NAhs-Ihs 1RbbAlh 0uist
Broker by the REiEhIFaI Cry
OF FIFs-IAIuabIs Band.
.g.f7. IaEs Destroyed,
Athalt past four o'clock yesterday alter.
noon dense smoke was seen rising from
the roof Of 10 small stable and wagon shsd
10 the rear Of Nicholas shulz's cahdy man
ulactory and confectionery, on Market
street. Mr.. Louis HslmbIghE saw the
smoke, and sent word 70 schEepf's drug
store, where Q Hre alarm box key was
kept, and On alarm was RUG in. Promptly
as this was done, the stable was solid
mAsa Of fame, and several wooden sheds
in the vicinity were Ablazs, before the
alarm struck; snd though the department
responded with reasonable promptneSS,
the Windows in the rear Of the shulE build.
ing aud wooden stairway in the rear OF
HslmbriRhts cigar store, were burning
brightly before any water was thrown.
The wind was quite brisk, and blew from
the west, sweeping the furious flames
against the rear walls Of the buildings, and
into every opening. A long wooden shed
| in the rear Of HutchinS art and music
store furnished q communication with
that part OF the block, and In very few
minutes the flames were mounting to the
roof and the entire wall was sheet OF an
CRY Are.
The breeze famed the flames into great
or fury, and the iences and out houses
were licked up like 90 much paper. II
was not louR until the smoke burst through
the front windows OF the burning buildings
and rose In black columns TO the sky,
Market street was thronged with people
from Fourteenth south to Fifteenth, and
from alley Is north above Twelfth, the
SPACE between alley Is and Fourteenth
street being guarded by the are lines
The alley in the rear was moving mass
OF humanity except when the sCorchipg
heat drove them TO Y greater distanGe.
The fire gradually spread until the Paxton
block, extending from shulz'g to the
Opera House, was entirely enVeloped In
the baEs, and the buildings north Of
shulz's, occupied by the Etna Fire and
Marine Insurance Company and Hebrank
Brothers, jewellers, were also caught. Sud
denly
THE YLAARs BURST THROUGH THE ROOF
OF the three story brick candy factory, aud
leaping into the air waved Aboutas fin tri'
umph over the ruin they had
wrought. Upon arriving two Of
the engines got streams upon
The burning frame structures In the rear,
and the others played Into the front win.
dows upon the burning interior. So In.
tense was the heat, however, that the
buildings across the alley, fronting on
Main street, were kindled 10 the rear
wood work, and the attention Of the fire.
men was directed TO saving them. Those
on Market street also were quickly divert
ed from the buildings already burning by
the
IMMINENT DANGER OF THE OPERA HousB
} The flames were several times commun.
! icated to 1t, and 1t was only by the Her
: oulean efforts Of the GremeD, aided by In
, telliRsnt work from the Opera House EN-
y ployes with their own hose, that It was
f. saved. Will Richardson, the stage car
= penter, cut hole In the north wall OF the
: house near the roof and from that point
. OF vantage kept o steady stream, with
3 good force, upon the threat ened corner,
: One OF The hote companies also got hose
TO the roof above the main entrance, and
from there fought to good effect.
The bulldlDgs on the northern oonhnes
!. OF the HE were protected By the com
pAnies working there, and gradually the
! flames were confined 70 the limits Of the
= two blocks extending from the EtnA In
! suranCs office to the Opera House, one
/, owned by ]. R McOourtney aud the
> other by j. W. Paxton. Mr.. Paxton'E
/ block, two.story brick, was
ALMOST TOTALLY pEsTRoYEp,
and otthe three houses Of Mr.. MCCourt'
ney, the one occupied by Mr.. shulH, wal
entirely destroyed; the one occupied by
the Hebranks was not greatly damaged
and the one 10 which was the E!na Office
: was seriously injured. the woodwork In
the rear portion being burned.
The fierce heat could be ielt inside the
closed windows OF the IHTELLiGRNCER com.
posing and editorial rooms " hich open on
the alley, and the paint on The window
frames was blistered and The panes oil glasE
nearly oil cracked. The building on the
southeast corner,of Market and Fourteenth
street caught slghtly In the ewes once, and
the bulldlnRs on the other side Of the alley
, we're damaged 10 slight extents BY the
scOrChing and by the flames which several
times burst out Several plate glass win,
dows on the opposite side o! Market street
, were cracked by the heat.
The FIRE was not entirely under control
until seven O'Clock, haylng ragged with
liercest fury for two houEs aud half.
, The Fire Department worked like he.
roee, and
BATTLRD WITH STOUT HEARTS AGAINST TIN
VIA FRldHTFUL ODDS.
To thoPe In the neighborhood who
, watched The progress oil The Are Just OF its
start without noting The brief lapse Of
time aud the startling rapidIty Of the
! spread Of the flames, Il seemed a long
time before the arrival oil the engines
They really reached the scene with mar.
yelouB celebrity. The alarm had scarcely
been sounded until The engines were
Numbering through the streets, aud after
reaching lie Gre they make their CON.
neOtionS promptly and were playing on
the FIRE With good streams In o few mo.
meats. The Eighth Watd Hose Oompa.
ny had made lie connection and started q
good stream when the hose, which 10 old
aud rotten, burst, and alter the damage
vas repaired and the water again turned
on; the accident was repeated. Much
valuable time was thus Loot, and The work