The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-05
sIHE!A.LARyG|EST8 FIREs
N wHEEL1No FOR SOME TINE
Narrowly Escapes Destroying MeLain's
Block-Hsrolo Work Of the Fire Depart.
ment Averts = 1.sal Catastrophs-Soms y
Heavy Losses Sustained As 1t Il. 4, Z

,ivht Her pprnpn Vng owing entirely to
:, ..,,,,r;rs, ,,arso,,..an,a y Ia. a.. AZ
'te c"uui1"s p'ie',c''N :, =. nv my Nv
partment under the direction Of Chiei
i{igss 4 ~ s.tFl
1t WINS shortly,aiter 8 o'clock when the
Try Of fire was raised ut the corner Of
y ana lwelltn streets, ana me at.
tIroMnoJ y H., t. aa se iiu,p ~ =; evp,e W..
,hron ~ ,ons s e,vu" ~ ga t.o,aa ~
cloud NJ smold "nmm "n to'roli d3w" !"
from thc roof NJ ,Si"I Mn Rrsos Ia r"o thro"
story hus;n".a ,inct On tho 90 so 81 ,.st
rornor NJ Mortet onS Twa,fth st ,o " onI
eytond;m, I,"mn ',rmo,it,' s.roa, .LL oIi' "u
IN Mn;n 49,; 80 - $50 '''f'r. 'A' WY
: Chairman Hoffman Of tho Fro Denart.
nent : "hn wns !" s;,,;nn IN; H. row, Anl ~
Civ 'pmil'l,n" = ,mma,iio,"iv cont IL nv
ALARM from, NV 90 i"nd foliowo v tha ar r
m ;m,ncJntc,v with n , s"ro~I AMI o tI; nS
n {arns caii;nn ~, tho iii iarnr s .
II rcsnoninI 'n U "nd Sr" ~ ' s;~
iiros II hnSa wornt ro;,or ~ ,he raof e ns
snon NO noss;h,o wL;ia W." ~ thro, oti,o ~,
were kant IN readiness helow n tIvbt tho
Gomos "a uoon thov Shom,i hnrst nr, y.
! Eortnnntelv tbe Src wos hnlI In chooL
on thc roof md Iid Int Little ,loma"c ~"
vnst amount oi water, however. ncrrssarv
n III th;s cn,,scI damavc IN the huiIl;ny
and Tho property Of the OCCUPANTS to Tia
omonnt nj about s7OOl Ali lamoro
%n;Yoror Il c "d ~ insurance 's''
'"e,s.' - .o..''e't " 80.
HAAp M Sli0' f t'' rhh ''EpARiAhSr.
+, As soon ~ the alarms sounded, people
i!ocked by the hundreds from all parts OF
the city, and although kept, back by the
police rs much Us possible without tho aid
OF ropes, interfercd to u considerable OK
tDDt with the proper laying OF the hose.
Tho ntcmen worked against several seri.
Gus drawbacks, Tho smoke appeared to
be unusually sitting apG filled eyes and
lungs. There was not laddc,s In theser.
vice long enough to reach to the top ofthG
building and the heavy lines OF hose had
to be hauled up lhroe flights Of stairs in
order to reach the blaze, y
The building itself Is q regular tlrc.trpp.
1t is practically three old buildings re-
modelled into one vast block. There is no
uniformity about the mannerin which the
roof girders run, md the whole is covered
with tin roof, which ia the very meancst
roof for tircmcn to handle, oaeS 4 tire has
so ~ hItrt I'iu t' y
nlo;nod sos;sioctoriiv " Ghiof D,nn;," , nn,,
+ mo;oritv nj tho Nromnn th;nl. Il wna
coms"S hv n Iofcct;yn G"o INIT ied n ,ho
.aussn n ~ H., w q Eran, 80 H. ~
~, tha ~ s,,rx q that ,,,rt , ooo u,
m;od ~ Jr rsopt !" i'hc tailor hal be"n
i,s ;u 81 ~ s,or iaI ~ hat h;s ;rnns s
ntLer ~ ia dromr mn NV NV thot thov he.
,;eya the t;re stortaj IN tbc cInn;c r Soo",
~ porson's nhotogronh "oilcru md fH ,rns
H. soS,lt Il snontancems conn"s,;om
NJ iFs ranL olso eors A. NJ tbo t;ro stnrtn
thara '" XII; ri ~ ihcse rooms arc s;tnateJ
haol. !, tha sao Hs .nd inns tLe fra H. i
oained n nooi headwnvsH nye Hint Threat.
a s"an ~, 80, en,,ora wL"r Tr a sii re,
J .1;saa, t.o I'''''o '4u"s' VIZ" y ""3 H''$
u'S SV%en ~ o.o,non rr;,o1 tber lad -
ot .he;r ",v ., m'e .hsa ~ u . u nn y,
iatb to- 10 cot to Il Wstor w. was th, 1 ior
~. ~ 49, ~ a,oro W. w. T Msa g"n H.
o o,t ~ r os ~ o,nlo,, W." ,ho
easisa;neu WIS ~ ,, .sUvA "n ~. ~
eoiills.;ies Welg osus,eG h ,ni,;' VIII tiac
tAceptioa " ','s ts''aiinS Mn aeaa ietna a
iof .l tt. " pe on pt.4 ~ t'!se ~ ' W
o '"t ou'ofeaA' 80 Ut
TIE DAMAGE. ,s
As before stated the greater part OF the
damage done was by water. That done
by the tiraD)one, isconiinsd to the roof over
the stores ore,,p;ea BY McLain Bros,
and W. Fl. Frank. Tho i8jters were badly
charred and the tin covering ont TO rib.
bons, An IxrELIlaEScER reporter under;
took.toget nm estimate Of the losses and q
list Of insurance, hit owing to the excited
condition Of everyone concerned, it was
impossible to get either complete,
z, SlcIAin Bros, owners OF the building,
could not XIV what the loss on the build.
ing would a,n1i,nt to. It will probably
not exceed $500 or $500, md is largely GOV.
cred by insurance in outside companies,
the ratio offered by the Wheeling tt,ntlor..
writer's having been considered by tic tirm
rs too high. Wiat the outside Companies
were McI.ain Bros. could not say last
night, aa they were us busy Ms bees III their
drug store, The corner room, saving thcir
stock from the water that ran in over head
from the pools Mt the head Of the Market
street atairway. Their loss on stock will
not be laYgs a. 1t was we'll cared for. II Is
also covered by insurance, but in what
companies is not knowN, The plate glass
in the building is insured in tho American
Of this city for 81 900; it was not injured,
". H. Frank, tailor and rcady.madG
clothing, No. AZ Twelfth street, had q
large portion OF his goods wat, He did
not estimate Ills loss, but it is thought that
$500 is an outside figure, His insurance
Is W follows: Lion Of Lond0n, Anderson
agency, 1900 and tho following intbt
Emsheimef agency: Northern Of Abef'
deem and I0nd0f,, $500; Citizens o.
;ilttsDuIgh, III Voi Cu!iih9foa 9i A!Dany
p. oI s Ju.es o y, MeS eatE rssyv
,.scot i ~, VI snot uJ"; @ ~
Saee W. h,, oto. I ~
III II1 ~. t;mnto ~; Ma inss az Mna e
a.u .os ", LIZ 'o"a sH9n ',o svw
fnsr miu E io1nws f,oJ,r;dss ~uI Savv
60 nonI;n ,au.n om1' 5 T nndnn IsHi nhs
800 E,'a;nor s n .Wn.tIar, e. IG Soo
r;.;sosn p;tts%yr"E vao III s az ~
Ga!zeals, :.e:: ~ ir,,,rao o amV sa.u ~
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