Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-16
BURNING or Tine oALUnrr WORKS.


Big Property Destroyed Details OF the
Eire-Loss and Insurance..
As mentioned in our telegraph columns,
yesterday, the Calumet fire clay works, up
the river, was entirely consumed Thisisthe
concern that made Mayor Miller an offer on
paving brick. Its product was principally
tile pipe and the works were the largest Of
the kind in the United States, their product
amounting last year to $40S, 600 exclusive
of loo, 900 FIRE brick turned out. They
made great quantities of sewer pipe, terra
Gotta objects and products of fire clay
generally. The property was owned BY DR..
W. Il. Garlick, but leased and operated by
the Calumet Company, composed OF DIR.
GarIck, Il. d. Sizer, VIM. Goucher. Samuel
Goucher, Frank Bowles and Samuel Nc
Adoo.
g THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE
is unknown. 1t started in the boiler house,
at the southern part of the building, and
was first noticed by David Crawford, one of
the watchmen, about half past FIVE on Sun
day evening. There had been no fire that
day in the battery of boilers nearest to
where the conHagration started, and VIM.
Dawson, the engineer who had been there
about half an hour before left everything all
right, and Mr.. McAdoo one OF the proprie-
tors, had been through the whole establish
ment only few minutes before. The con-
Germ was exceptionally well supplied with
faculties, for extinguishing FIRE. The
1000 barrel reservoir on the bill gave
a pressure of 100 pounds Of wafer, in
the house were 1000 feet of hose and Bah
cock extinguishers, and the hand grenades
on every floor. But the buildings were
filed with dense and binding smoke before
any Of these could be reached, and they
we're useless From the boiler house the
flames quickly spread to the old shops, two
three-story buildings 50xl50 feet, filled
with mouids and valuable machinery. Next
the new works, a four-story building, 34Ox
so feet lying towards the river were envel-
oped, and two acres of lurid flame
lighted the heavens for miles around.
and brought not only all the inhabitants of
the village but spectators from New Cum
berland and Toronto. Fortunately the gale
which prevailed the latter part OF the night
had not arisen. There was but a light
breeze, and this fact with the heavy rain
was all that saved Connor's works and
dozen dwellings on the north. The fire
was so hot that it was impossible to ap-
proach the burning buildings and IN less
than two hours nothing was lett standing
but the chimneys, looming up from the
debris of warped and twisted machinery,
broken moulds, etc.
LOSS AND INSURANCE..
1t is difficult to give the exact loss but 1t
is between 10000 and 500, 900, on which
here is is an insurance of $35, 600 in the
following companies: Royal of London,
$4,000; London and Lancashire, s., 600;
American, of Philadelphia, $4,000; Provi-
,Ience and Washington, Of Rhode Island,
$4,000; Hibernia, New Orleans, $1,000;
PENNSYLVANIA, Pittsburg, $1,000; Reliance,
Philadelphia, 81 800; Germsnia, New York,
50 500: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 81 500.
There are l40 men thrown out Of employ
rent by the disaster. The works were do.
ing an excellent business and the erection
If an additional warehouse had just begun.
1t was expected to run Ill winter except a
short stop during the holidays.
WILL REBUILD.
Work of rebuilding will begin immedi
ately, and will be pushed all winter if the
weather permits. The new works are ex.
pected to be ready in the spring. The com
pany has a large stock of finished work on
hands, and with the assistance of neighbor-
Ing establishments will continue 10 fill orders
as usual until the new works are running,
The original works have been erected aboSt
thirteen years, but have been greatly en-
larged, especially since the present company
took charge three years ago, and were run
ming three batteries of boilers, four steam
presses and Is kilns. They lost heavily by
the flood last spring DR.. Garllck has been
especially unfortunate in his own recent i'll
ness and death of his distinguished father,
but his we'll known energy and business en-
terprise will shortly have things In running
order again. Samuel Goucher, another
member Of the firm, is at present in New
Orleans