Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-01
FIRE RECORD.
At Whitehall, ich.-Lcss el3o.ooo.

At Whitehall. Mich.-Lcss sl3o. 900.
DsTIoIr, July SJ.-A most disastrous
fire visited Whitehall, Muskingum coun.
ty, last night. The fire swept almost the
entire length OF the main business street.
Every business place was burned out.
The loss is rouG hly estimated at $3.50, 900.
Mostly insured.
DETROIT, July 30.-The heaviest los.
els by the fire at Whitehall are NJ. kohn,
dry goods, loss $4,000, insured 5000:
+. N. Ruggles, drugs, loss $40, 900, insur.
ed $500; David Fosters estate, loss
$1,000, insured $1,000; Il. ID. Lett, har-
ness shop, loss 81 ,00O, insured 5000; H..
McElray, furniture, loss 5000, insured
5000; NJ. b. Coville 4 Co, general
store, loss 5000, insured 5000; Cos
mopoi an Hotel, II. Harwood. furni.
ture, loss s., 500. insured Sl,GC0; l..
Bratz, clothing, loss 5000, insurance
5000; Michael Hanson, groceries, ioss
5000, no insurance; +. h. Stur.evart,
livery stable, eleven horses and full outfit
OF buggies, carriages, Sc., loss total, in
surance $4,000; +. T. Slocum, Detroit,
double brick store, livery barn, and two
dwelling houses, loss Sl4, 900, insurance
5000; Sam Oiell, OF Muskegon, owner
OF the Cosmopolitan Hotel, loss 5000,
insurance 81 500; Chas. Mears, hotel,
loss 81 900; II. + Staples, building, loss
$4,000, insurance 5000. There were
many other losses of 81 800 and under
At Denver. Col Loss 10000.
DENVER, Col, July S0.--A fre N
Lewis Il Wheelet's lumber yard this
morning caused 5000 or $4,000 dam.
age. Covered by insurance.
At Deep River. Conn. Loss $50 600.
H.RTroRD, July 30.-Prstt, Redd Il
Co.'s piano key factory, at Deep River,
was burned to-day. Loss about $50,
coo; partially insured. One hundred
men were thrown out OF employment.
At .ndianspolis-Loss $4,000
IxprANAroLIs, July 3l.-A fire occur.
red in the block on the corner OF Mar
ket and Illinois streets, last night.
Damage s. 900. b Shaw, picture frames.
1900, insured $500; 7. T.. lieaton, sewing
machines, $500, insured $500; Bachmau
& Kuhn, grocers, 81 200, fully insured; ;
building 81 900, covered by insurance,
At Memptis-Loss $4,000.
MENpHrs, July 3l.-A fire this even.
ing at I o'clock. having its origin in the
lamp locker OF the steamer ldleS lid, de.
stroyed that steamer, together with thu
Osceola Belle. Both boats were lyingai
the wharf preparatory To departing To
morrow. The Osceola Belle was aboy.
the Idiewild, but the flames spread with
such rapidity that she ignited before the
tugs could remove her To place 0i
safety. Alter she was burning att she
fioated down the stream and WAS drlit'
ing against the steamer James Lee,
when a tug pulled the lee out into the
rive. Her escape was very narrow. Az
IL VAS, her swinging stages were on iire
and her bow slightly scorched. The
Idlewid was eleven years old, owned
by John ID. Adams, OF Little Rock. and
Capt. J. II. Rees, Of Plttsburg, and was
valued at $4,000 She was insured Tor
s G,OCO in Cincinnati and Evansville
OH, es. She arrived here Thursday,
having b, cn repaired at PAducah, KY,
at a cost OF nearly 5000. She was to
depart o.morrow for Arkansas City, be
inc a regular Memphis and Arkansas
CITY packet. The 0sceola Belle was
owned by Capt. Jas Lee, Of this city.
She WAS built at Jeffersonville, in De-
cember. 1875, expressly for the Mem.
phis and Osceola trade, and was valued
at $40, 900; uninsured.