The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-11-12
FOR THE THIRD TIME.
WOODSTOCK NEARLY WIPED OUT
By PIro-ThO DsIlllSh Work Of Ins'adIArisI
Eighty Houses Destroyed and Many Families
HOmSls.s-SO Lives Lost, bat Many Re-
ported 10 bO SsrIOuSly lnJursd.

ST. JoHN, n. B., November ll.-A firt
broke out in Woodstock at midnight
and caught in the Institute building, and
is supposed to be the work Of an incen
diary, A high wind Is prevailing and
all efforts to.stop the progress Of the flames
are unavailing. The Western Union tele
graph offices, both in the depot and the
regular Office, are destroyed and it is i'm
possible to get the particulars, At O'Clock
the operator in the depot office told the
operator at st, John: "The flames are
coming down on me and must 60" A
few minutes afterward the circuit was dis.
covered open and 1t is presumed that the
building was gone,
At 3A. N. tho operator in the general
Office said: The upper half Of the town ID
gone and part OF the lower. Tho flames
are all around me and getting too hot to
stay any longer, expect the office to catch
ut any moment, DR.. Smiths residence
gone, Free Baptist Church burned and the
rsgistery office is in flames, Efforts are
being made to save the new hotel, but 1t is
now in great danger. II tho hotel goes it
will be difficult to save the town. These
arc the last particulars that reached st.
John. 1t is feared there has been loss OF
life. Woodstock is on the st. Johns river
and is the shiretown of Carleton county.
II contained over 100 stores, had large
number OF hotels. several fOundries and
factories and population Of 1000 or 5000.
WooDsToCE, n. b., November ia
great part OF Woodstock Is for third time
In ashes. lnCendiaries, without the shad-
Ow OF q doubt were the cause Of the dlsas'
ter. About half an hour after midnight an
alarm was given that the Mechanics lnsti.
tute was on fire, A heavy northwest wind
was blowing, and in u few minutes the
building was enveloped in flames The
engine was soon ut work, but the fire seized
on W. +. Dibbles and Benz. Smiths new
residences and they were burned to tho
ground. In the meantime flames burst
out Of Mayor Il, X. Jones barn, n third OF
mile TO the windward OF the fire The
wind now seemed TO blow hurricane and
swept the flames on to Jones residence
and then across the street, the fire spread
ing each way. Soon both sides Of Main
street were burning furiOusly. The Free
Baptistand old and new Episcopal churches
and Registrars Office were wrapped in
flames. CONSERVATION was now on every
face. The work Of destruction was OF short
duration. Tho engine company having
stayed the flames In the Institute section,
came across tho bridge to battle with a
greater danger. The men were driven
down Main street house by house, until
ut last on the street passing the new hotel,
they finally stayed the devonring element.
The fire swept Main street from Hugh
Hays to the Town Hall, for distance OF
ten rods on each side, running down to
the river, and ending with the residence OF
J. T. Allen. Some eighty houses were
burned. The occupants arc being shelter:
cd by the inhabitants whOschOuses escaped
the flames. The loss is placed at SSO,0OO
insurance $4,000. No lives were lost, but
many persons were injured.