Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-12-22
TONGUES OF FIRE.
Great Destruction OF Property by
Fire.
Flames Break Out in Buffalo News
paper Office New Dress Or
dered by the Commercial
Advertiser.
ST. LOUIS VISITED BY THE DESTROYER.

BUFFALO, n. Y, December 2l.-0ne OF
the most destructive fires that has visited
Buffalo for long time occurred this a. seT-
noon, shortly before O'Clock. A passer.
by noticed ayolume of SIN oke issuing from
the roof of the magnificent new building
of James d. Warren, pro. .prietor OF the
Commercial Advertiser. corner of Wash
ington and North Division st-eet. Almost
Immediately after bright fame shot up
in the air, and the roof was seen
TO be in flames. An alarm was sent
to the engine house, which is q block away,
and the fireman arrived with the chemical
apparatus. An alarm was sent to the
houses in the vicinity, and by this means
a good deal of valuable time was lost, and
it was fully twenty minutes before the first
alarm was turned in. An immense crowd
assembled on the streets and impeded the
work of the tiremen. The flames
Lighted Up the Sky
for miles around. Under the street in
Main street, and about a block west, are
three large cisterns, containing q supply
of water and built expressly for use in
opened a tremendous explosion Of
gas followed, blowing one man
in the air fully twenty feet and knocking
down several spectators. The injured man
was taken to the general hospital. In
about an hour the roof of the Masonic
Temple, a splendid building, was in flames.
This structure was occupied by various
Masonic societies, and the large
wholesale grocery house Of Miller, Greene
& Co. In very short time the top door
was mass of fire. Fortunately there was
no wind.
At s'clock the inside OF the CONNER.
cial advertiser building was completely
gutted, enly the walls remaining. Two
floors of the Masonic temple were burned
before the firemen obtained control. The
CONNER cial building has frontage Ou
Washington street OF over 100 feet and cost
$1,000.
The fire originated in the engraving de-
pariment, and was caused by an employe
allowing some rags, which he had been
using for waxing plate for a transfer, to
catch in :he gas jet. Nothing was saved
The files OF the Advertiser
Fsy Fifty Years
were lost. When the alarm was
given the employees rushed fron
the building, abandoning their coats
and hats. Those in the job de-
partment, owing 10 smoke, were unable to
make their way down stairs. They got on
the roof and orawled along the parapet
OF Jewett's building, where they descended
in ssfety. Several more tainted when
saved Ont of the one hundred and ten
en- Dloyes in the bailiing only one man,
VIM. Mahony, was injured. He was badly
burned.
The loss on the stock, fixtures and build
lnps is estimated at Sl75,00O; insurance
$l25,U0. Blakeslee's loss is estimated at
S7OUJ0; insurance $4,000. Miller, Greene
& Cos, is Oneof the finest in the city and
was built in 1876. at cost Of $l50,090
Eighteen lodges held their conversations
in the temple ip it. The carpets and fur
niture of the various rooms cost 81, 500
and the Jewels, etc, $25, 600, all Of which
is a total loss. The damage to Miller,
Greene & Go. 5 grocery stock is $500 and
the building is damaged 500. II is
safe to estimate the total loss at
$500 coo. The hospitality of the Courier
Office was rendered Mr.. Warren, and the
Commercial. Advertiser will be issued tc
morrow from the Courier Office. II isstated
that Warren intends to rebuild. An order
has been given Lyman 4 Sons type foun-
dry for q new supply of type.