The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-09
TIE CLEVELAND FIRE.

Ahc .Hnrch OF I've FlaMes-Ths Amount al
Destruction Entnlicl, Iil'$S Ill
CLEVELAND, September S,-The pcenc OF
last nights cenilagration presents desc
late appearance to-day The fire covers
an area extcndii. from Scranton avenue
and the Bee Line track on the east, and
the west IRON the river to Guard street
north and south embraced in the triangle
the lase OF which runs from east to west
eleven hundred feet, the sides extend
Ing southcrly and nearly meeting at dis
tancc OF thirteen hundred feet. The alarm
was given from box % at 6:57 r. NJ. bv
Frank Stepanek, = watc!iman in the cni-
ploy oi the Variety iron works. and sinful
taneouS)y boxl3 waS;rung. The fire:l,ad
then attained considerable leatlWay;nan,l
seemed TO he in the confer OF the.wood in
lerrrS& Co.'S yards. Engines Il and S
and Truck ] responded to the first alarm.
At :02 Chief Dickinson made call for
assistance and engines three and aix m,,I
seven and truck Three were sent out.
AioEehelnswas called for. BY the cbletand
engines 1iVe, nine, twclveNand thirteen
went out with rush, Still the department
could not cope with flames, and engines
ten and eleven and truck four were sent
out, leaving the remainder Of tie city
without pyatec;;on. Even the last reserve
engine was put in service and ut SILL, The
Chief ordered the operator at hcad0uar-
ters to telegraph to ncishborins cities ;o-.
help: The order Was i'Nn,cdiaieiy complied
with, and Evie, Attica, Sandusky, Akron,
Columbus, Youngstown aud Delaware re-
sponded; Only the 3last three, jna,Iicd
got their men in service, the
apparatus not being required et the time
OF their arrival. After starting the flames
exIcn!led west to the lumber yard OF por-
ter, Eirdsall 4 Co., extending from Scran-
ton avenue to the Bee Line and from the
river 10 Carrier street, eating up 100000
feet Of lumber, twenty-scvcn cars OF the,
Bee Line loaded with merchandise and
other incidentals, such rs the Offices, build.
ings, slantics and stables Having swcnt
away, the square, the flames leapcd across
the river on the aorth,S ,Sand across theilec
Line cmbankment at the west, burned
into the rear, OF Sherwin; Williams e. Co.'s
works and e. A. Stanley's lard oil and
candle iactory on tho north. attacking
llubbc!l X Westoyer's lumber yard on the
west considerable damage was done here.
but the flames were isolated aiicr a dcs.
pcrate fightana progress was checked in
this direction. -. ~ ,,5fs-s5yffi, ..
Having destroyed everything north-oi
Carter street, the fire made its wav across
the street, going south towarls Eyna., &
Co $ Machine shbp house and DaYi,lsan's,
box factory and planning mill, and the
Howell Coal. Company'aSs Yards, wholly
wlping ont everything embraced between
Carter, Bedford and Vailland street and
Scranton avenue. -. s.sylis. ga. -, s. 3
All the firms burned out, cxcept House
&Davidson, ,Nare prerlring ID, resume busI.
ncss,at the earliest inomGht, and most OF
Them have already opened IN office. Over
the burned district tonight desolution
and darkness prevails, save The lickerinc
flames 1arting from the scattered
heaps OF ofdebris.1fThc combustion Wns SO,
thorough in. the fierce flames famed dtby
the.winds that the site ei tho St1,iilagtition
looks rs il il had been swept by Il cyclone,
Nothing Is left to mari; where SO much
valuable lumber and other property was,
save the ruined brick walls Of one planning
mill, the trucks Of cars destroyed, ;,s, occi..
sional pile Of ashea and the blaekened
ground, 3, i,5,5ll
A solitary fire engine is OIL duty watch
ing the snoldering rubbish, The steamers
and firemcn from abroad returned this
evening, and the home liremenaro rest.
ing after their prolonged and l,erllous IL.
bors. The Hoard OF Trade to-day adopted
resolutions heartily commenting the
heroic and efficient manner in
which the fire department
managed last night'a cunilagralioi,,
doing all that hyaye and experienced men
could 10 awe property and prevent the
spread OF this unprecedented disaster With
the means Mt command. Also asking the
City Council to increase the fro app,ra-
tus md strength. ii Tho department,
Thanks arc also extended to the fire de-
partments Of the neishboring cities for so
promptly responding to the call for aldin
the hour OF distress. q lsi:: 35
n, The Franco. Chinese War,
PARIS, September S,-The Galtiers
states that Admiral Courbct insists on the
Instant declaration OF war hy Franco