Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-14
DESoLATIoN.
Ehs Track OF the Flames-One thousand
Families Homeless.

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Families Homeless.
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curale charts of the burnt district were
completed this evening, showing that the
course Ct the f-e was in q southwesterlY
Gissoticu. Beginning at The foot Of Six
teentd street, or Strand, the FIRE crossedav-
snues c, D and L. HsFsitwOEked its way
to the east half Of the sane block oa Which
street were the Dos. oae9 and United
States Court. The flames threatened the
post cdice ia the most aggressive manner
and the building Vss hastily cleared OF
mail matter and yaiasbies were placed in
the vaults Fortunately the hauss spared
the government bulldog and passed
arouGG toward tie gulf at Ayenue |. The
tie ferd reSelie3 in
THE srATELEsT WAEaGNS 2F rHE CITY.
One Of the trst Of these sp'eadid houses
10 saac1ub was that Of Mrs. Asgaie,
$40 OCO house Then in succession went
TO ,hs residences Of Julius Runge, OF the
house Of Ksuiuan i Rause Leon Blum,
of Land II. Blum j Co. Green Dahelds
new mGusicr, and r. I. Georges $4,000
residence, Thos Goggans and three
hundred CT leassr value. Itese
nsmss represent q loss Of $4,000
20 $40 eco .each but all are insured The
business portion Of the city was rot touch,
ed. b8t in the burnt distEiG. vsre Il grocer
les. ssloous aud small stores. iGa ctlei
. Of these are Cross i Croek. grOcsEs; her-
nsr, timer, and John L. Hsumer. lumber
nsscLans They lest everything IS did
other small STORES. As the FIRE swep; past
the all. rejecting ;,s sr!ul glare and IN
tense beat through the gra:ed windows, toe
FORTY PRISONERS BECAME Frantic
with Isaz. They set up yell which was
heard for n souass Cho7e the awful roar OF
the FIRE. On top Of lhe ja!t ard court
. house were CORPS ofstroUg men determined
10 save the buildings, aud With the aid OF
brick walls tSey succeeded. The jsil was
on Ere q deem times, bGt vas ssved.
All the street cars we're hastily run ou'
of the Galveston City Railway stables, and
thew were abandoned 10 their fate, bat as
il in mocksry at flight, the 6-e monster
spared the habi'a'icn of the humble mule,
seeking richer fields. When the FIRE start
ed gale was blowing at the rate OF thirty
miles 80 Eour. AT , o'clock the signai
observer estimated tha yslocisy OF the gale
in the vicinity OF tie FIRE at sixty piles
An hour, and this velocity wss maintained
until rear o'clock, when the IRE gave
siga! Of exhaustion, and the cyelonic vac
uum sseiBeS k-9k=n. The hre sTr!ed
through its path as lbosSh i we're 8 gigan-
tic fame, and for two squares n eltAer
side the heat was sUFocs,irg and The clouds
or e:nders binding The FIRE department
had be5o4as utterly helpless, and the water
works gaze Esas assistance. Ihe
Only p1thc buil3iag consumed
waS the second district sehooi building q
frame structure which Sss recently built
At cost Of $40, 900. The to'si area OF the
burnt district iC che hundred acres, and
forty and half blocks were swept clean Of
everything combusti5le Something over
|. 400 hoSSas we're burned and il is estimated
by the relief csmEl:ttss tE2t
ONE THOCsAND FAMILIES vssE RENDERED
HOMELESS,
the ETeSt usjority Of whom, especially the
POoIss ones, lost everything. As the hrs
, started in the Pcoz distric', they had little
or no time in which to loEe furniture
while the wealthy moved Tal=abie pictures
, and effects. Several Of the anest house,
: however, we're burned without q single sr
tiels being saved, so confident were the
occupants that the FIRE would pass BY them
4 RELIEF.
The meeting at tie Cotton ExchAng'
this afternoon vas largely tended By
business men who at once set aholt pron
ising relief for the homeless and suffering
. A general committee Of tEenty-seven prom
iEs2t citizens was orgsniz d with Col W
n L. AooS5, President OF the Cotton Ell
3 charge, ss Chairman. A finance commit
A tee OF Eve, with Colonel William Sinclsi
as chAirmao, was named By n
y original eopuitee. BsEdes thes
~ committees. .thsSa sEs E1b-committees fc
8 the various sections Of toe burned lis5ic