The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-16
POETRY AND PERIL.

The poetry leieTTed to ta taken from the
Kansas City Times, and reads as follows;
The aro Aend with bis blStsing breath
SsIEad on his helpless hopeless prey.
And threatened widespread wreck and death
AtiA.h, on ye'terdAy,
On Woo lEaFd's and on Fax0n'H store
The lurid flames did break their fast,
And hungGing, thiutlng still for mole,
To Oglsbay 4 Co.'S they passed
And yet their fury was not g'uttOd
But roaring flames on 4 Imes uprose,
And still another storA they Quilted
Twas Kelley, Wills Co.'s
Here SurgSd the throug, there hrOmen rushed
The are swept 90 10 tlful cOilI-
And soon thA falling timbOEs crushed
The wealth Of groceFiesl drugs and oils.
Heroic OglObay then came
And, !purred BY some dOlu4lyS hope,
D1htd the SCOT and smoke and dame
And pBcuhd hall gross Of soap
Upon the air StiaIug smell
Oiquinine, chrome and licoriCO
Doomed ~ tho blaCEensd TalteTa tell
Wuh many an awful thud and hlas,
There was burnt OF thunder sound
A key Of powder had exploded
The hTOmel mHtely stood aIOund-
They didn't know the thing WaS loaded,
o kegs Of maGkeTal, pots Of paint.
O saw and DE aud pane and shave,
'rlS u thy memory this plant
Is breathed above thy common grave
The prose account Ia very interesting
and from 1t We make the following alb
atTacts:
The Tines says; 'By far the most disas
trous conaagration ever known In this To-
Cality occurred In this city yesterday
morning. Fortunately II was unattended
by any loss OF life. The estimate upon
the property destroyed may be placed IL
round numbers at $4l2, 900, and the insur
anCe foots up to $4,000, The establish
ments temporarily unhonsed by the fire
are O. 0glebay & Sons, Kelley, Willis 4
Co.,, and Woodward, Faxon 4 Co., al
PROMINENT Representatives Of Kansas City'i
Wholesale trade.
The alarm was first given OF about !
o'clock by stranger, whose name Coult
not be learned, who saw the flames light
Ing up the windows Of the magnificent
block occupied by Woodward, Faxon 4
Co., wholesale druggists, and stood on thu
opposite side OF the street, rooted 10 the
spot yelling "FireI" "Firel" in o frenzy
OF lear.
Almost at the same moment q switch
engine In the Hannibal yards began L
blow its whistle to further give TIT
alarm which was taken up by other loco
motives In the vicinity, until there was I
chaos Of whistles and tumult. Officer
Fitzgerald and Nugent heard thI
Hannibal engine whistle and hast
ened in that direction. They found th,
flames bursting from the rear Of Wood
ward, .Faxon 4 Co.'s establishment ant
Immediately gave the alarm, The yells o
the excited individual on the opposite sid
OF the street had not yet ceased. Thu
crew OF the West Kansas Hose company
No. /, whose engine house is In the sam,
block, Immediately appeared on the scene
and the up town companies were Riyel
the alarm by the A. D. T. service. A
near as could be learned the FIRE started q
$3.50 in the building occupied by Wood
ward, Faxon 4 Co. II was first observed
In the third story OF the building, bu
many think that 1t started In the basemen
and ran rapidly up the elevator until |
reached the very combustible materials II
the third story.
AT six o'clock series Of explosions &C
Cured caused by the flames reaching
cans Of gun powder In the basement o
Ogebay < Soma and barrels Of coal oil Il
Woodward, Fsxon & Co. establishments
This was followed by q fusilade OF ex
ploding Cartridges from the hardware
house Of Kelly, Willis < Co., into which
the flames had already penetrated. Whill
the boys were fighting the flames II
Woodward, Faxon < Co., the floor CAV,
way and part Of the walls fell. All thu
lremen escaped but their preservation
was little short OF miraculous.
Shortly after the front walls oil @. Ogle
bay & Sons store fell with loud crash Il
the earth, almost burying another crew o
fremen In the debris. Again all escaped
unhurt. The flames spread rapidly from
Woodward, Faxon 4 90. sinto the adjoin
Ing houses Uf Oglebay & Sons and Kelly
Willis & Go. This entire block was con
sumed.
The Times also gives the following inter
views: Mr.. James 0glebay was met Rbou
II O'Clock and said he was looking for q
new store 10 open out business in. "Thl
fire was, q scorcher, but l guess we car
stand II oil right. We had about $100,00t
worth Of stock on hand, but ourinsurancC
was good and we won't lose more thar
$4,000 or Sl5, 000-Bay can't you tell mt
where can get storeH" and with these
words he was away In search OF suitable
quarters. . .
Mr.. Willis, OF the firm OF Kelly, willie
4 Co.,, stated to a Times reporter last even
eng that he could not tell at present wha'
the firm would do, but undoubtedly bust
ness would be resumed at an early date
They carried a large stock Of goods apt
their insurance was heavy, but In spite D.
all this their loss would be between 49,.
900 and $4,000"
From parties In this city we learn thai
Kelly, Willis 4 Co.'s loss is about $50, 600
The stock was valued OF Sl46,000, upor
which there was 800 900 insurance, The
following Ia the list Of 0glebay & sons In
sufancei
"The arm Of o. nglebay & Sons, whole
sale groCers, moved into the Leach 4
Olmstead block late last fall, and had on
hand at the time Of the FIRE about $4,000
worth Of goodp, and held insurance poll
cieS to the amount Of SIC, 900 In the follow
Ing companies:
Home, N Y.""""....Da.".." !, 00C
uefman' American 900
Commercial .t.s... bOO
liverpool London 00Ot
Royal 100
Imperial 1850
American Of new JeTtey sou
Traders Ghieago.... ...""...."......"...."... 6OO
Continental, New iotk""""...........".."." 500
CONNECTICUT Flfe"....'..,a",....a" 0W
London AtalTAnee.,."t0...H.. ....I .......U o.
i 49, ~,