The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-10
A SISTER J. eITY
scouRGED BY TWO BIG FIRES,

all IL ikl1kt4 4IAg VII \ ii..ss,fl
scouRGED BY TWO BIG FIRES.
aiossgroye,s Hotel and q Numbef of nIer.
chants Burned <out-Totai Loss over
One Hundred Thousand pollarsAon
~ Fireman Killed d--NarroWEseapsas1
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Special Di,patas % Rt Iaielltgaer iF,hi55 sis
srguREsSiltE, o., March s,-+At half
past FIVE o clock this evening an alarm Of
fire was given, which was soon foundito
be near the roof, Of Mossgroyes United
States Hotel. on Market street, and in the
heart Of the city. ota baa ,salail altilsR
Theiwind ut the time was blowingyery
strong, and threatened to destroy the
whole bloch, consisting of the hotel; which
Is q three-st6ry brick, May Brothers
clothing house, Vierling's hat store, RI
| Cochran's dry goods, Hawkins IL .sidry
goods store, Alofatt's dry goods store,
II Western Union elegraph Office, and W. p.
THE city Opera House and City Build
| ing adjoining Was threatened with destne-
Itiop, but escaped with slight damage,
The streets were thronged with people,
and against frozefp pipes and the difficulty
OF getting water the tiremen worked dunder!
great disadvantage as q ~ s,iAtifrts fl.ig
AT seven o'clock the second and third,
floors otthe hotel had fallen In, on May
Bros. clothing house. }tGssi slilitefF mn
The bell tower. OF the Court Housejop-i
podte the bo.el caught fire, and. at one
time II looked as Il the splendid pile Of
architecture was doomed, butfoftqnately'
the flames were extinguished before MAJ
The fire completely destroyed Moss
groves Hotel, May. clothing house, Mof+
fatts dry goods store, Cochran 3 dry goods
laiii =, AFRE,tAN KILLED spge apiFnil1a
1 While the flames were threatening 10
ifre the City Building the south wallEofs
the hotel fell, Instantly killing Brandy,
Bickersta8, fireman, and burying him,
in,the debris. 9il71ii'. s!7's 5f'''sii -.
I The total loss will reach siS50Oo III.
sured as follows; Loss on building S00.-l .
900; insured In the Ashland Mutual for
Sl,500; Eagle Mutual, of Mt. Vernon,
$500; Franklin, OF Columbus, 5000;
london, Of London, Eng, $4,000; New
ark, Of Newark, \. j., S, 500; unknown q
companies, $4,000. ~; -,
May Brothers, loss Is SIC 900 insured In
the North British American, Mechanics Of
$500. n ti..'f7 \
Mossgroye's loss Is $4,000; insured III
the Ohio Mutualiand others.iia 40 % llE9
Mofatts loss is Sl5, 600 4 insured in theIs
London, Liverpool and Globe for, SIS, 500.
Cochran's loss Ia $50, 900; half insured,
'st A NARROW ESCAPE. i',.-.' .t.i..
Atten o'clock the side wall Of Hawkins
store, not on hre, gave way and fell Geo. y
Dickinson, the Cleveland q ,Pittsburghftt
railroad agent, coming out Of his room, In III
the third story Of the hotel, was blinded
by the smoke, and not finding the, stair. 4,
way fell through theskylight to the sgrodnd
ho2r, fity feet and mingled the rnbsa
bish, but herecoyeredh his presence ofmind 4
in time TO escape. He was slightly cut. q
A rumor prevails that there We're persons
in the hotel who failed to get out. .i.l'gl''
Mrs. Mossgroye, wife Of the proprietor
Of the burned thotel, lwaslying llwhen the
fire broke out, and she was carried from
the burning building in an insensible con-
.dition. GEL 81 aisEfsuii5l qil iiiT'lR5gg4 af
Thee cause Of the fire was defective fiue. 4
'ii - ilANoTHKR5 BLAZE. as17 ssss'I
A Keg Factory and Dry Hou,e Barned.
~ -iin pfS Loss %, 600, g 'H3 fli.iais "
Special Diputeh totAe attlifoaor! 1ios tlt0 itlh
lsrEupRNynIg,e o., March l0.:-Abouta
half past twelve his5morning, d second
alarm Of fire was sounded from the. Sixth,
ward, which proved to be Hayward q
Christyts keg factory, which supplies kegs
for the Jefferson Iron Works. yaii5 y5HAst
Thew facilities were poor, and the q
entire factory containing 1000 kegs! ,asii
carload oiheadings and hoops were entire y
ly destroyed. The flames then reached
TO the dry house which had s., 600 stockd
on hands and 1t was destroyed ; iThisisc
the second time the works have been de- a
stroyed. z-i -. ! - :. l.-..--:
{ Theloss is about 81, 600, with small in.
surance In the British Americans other !,
insurance is unknown,
The fire was still burning at 8 o'clock
this morning. twenty-five men were em-l
ployed. All the machinery and tools !,
were lost. f;ol 8s.9,i 3 l,i7 !'9k ~, ssi1 =
y BRLLAIRE. ~ ],
W. Y, Tallman's Death-The Glass sltpa. 4
IEi ton, Etc, Etc. II I,
The Christian Church will have services
all this week nightly. !, X -s.sSv N,
M The First Presbyterian Mite society,r
will meet this week at II. 0yers.i an s(dB
The United Presbytarian iMitai son;At,sf l.