The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-27
Ten Million Dollars Worth Of Pro
perty DevOured by Flames,
YHB PEOPLE POWERLESS
To Stop the Spread Of the Blaze.
Many Great Shoe Fac
tories Burned.
Bank BuIldIng., Newspaper OhiceS,
WorE,ugusus Homes, All 80 Down
In The RuIu-DIsastrOus Fires
Elsewhere Ia the Country.
The Damage Done.

LYNN, Mass, Nov, 2O,-Lyun, "the
dty Of shoes" was visited this afternoon
BY the greatest fire in its history, and
wi,htvo exceptions the conaagratlon 10
The most disastrous that has ever visited
New England. The exceptions are the
great Boston fire Of 1872, which destroy
ed between slOOOOO,OOO worth OF prop
srty, and the Portland FIRE Of 1865, which
cluss,l loss Of between 100000 and
Il9OOOOOG
TO.la,'s Ere started at ll:65 a. IN,
nged over eight hours, devastated
square mile OF the business section Of
the city aud caused a loss estimated at
about slO,OOOOOO. In fact, the greater
part Of ward Four is wiped out as regards
tbeimportanl shoe manufacturing blocks
and prominent places OF business. The
6re started in Movers wooden building
on AImOnt street, over the boiler, and
spread with such rapidlty that the fire
department Of the city was powsrless TO
cops with 1t. This large wooden build
iuR was soon doomed and the flames
lvsppd across a narrow passage way and
communicated with tne slx.Story brick
block known as Mowers block.
ATERRlBLR CONFEDERATION.
When the lire in these two buildings
HoL we'll under way 1t was evident ter.
rible conAtgratlon would result. Almost
simultaneously the iour.story wooden
shoe factory OF Bennett 4 Barnard on
Central avenue, and the fOur.stOry
wooden building on Almont street
caught FIRE, aud alter time q hurricane
oiaAnu was In progress which blanched
tho cheeks VI all the spectators. For
eight huurs the flames hah full sway, the
efforts OF hremen aud citizens seemingly
being Of no avail, although oil course
they did valuable work.
Thp burned territory includes and Is
bounded by the following streets: Al.
mOut, Central avenue, ut It's Junction
with Willow; Union, from Its auction
with Broad To the BOyden block, on
both sides; Mt. Vernon street entire,
bOlh sides a5 far down as Lees lumber
yard; Washington from Monroe through
to UniUn; Railroad avenue; all oi Ex.
change street; BrUad from the engine
house, on bOth sides up az far as the
corner Oi Exchange; Spring street en-.
tire; besides dwelling houses two nu.
mtrlus u mention on Suffolk, Sycamore
and Beach streets.
Aid arrived from Boston, Salem, Mar.
blebead and surrounding towns, but their
united Efforts seemed to have little effect
on the hurricane Of fame.
SCENES OF HORROR.
Scenes Of the great Boston aud Chi.
cago fires were repeated in all their
horrors. Mothers fleeing with babes in
their arms, express wagons loading at
business and dwelling houses and trans.
iening goods to a place Of sdtety, in
many cases second removal being nee.
esSary. After the FIRE had been In pro.
gresa two hours everybody declared II
would not stop until 1t reached the
ocean, So II looked, and so II proved
to be the CASE. Four daily newspapers
are burned out-ths Hsm, Bee, Press and
NsEI-three Of which are Issued In the
lEtnOOn aud one in the morning.
Three National hanks, the Central,
Security and FiBt National, together
with the Lynn Institution for Savings,
Ateall Wiped out. Twelve Uf the finest
shoe blocks In the city are in ruins nnd
About twenty-five stores. Al this writing
us impossible tostate how many dwell.
10y houses ara burned. They we're
mostly occupied by the poor class In the
vicinity Of Beach street and tho wharVps.
niS impossible to give any estimate Of
ths Insurance, but conservative pS.i.
millions,
There were many narrow escapes
ron accidents, but no fatalities are re.
ported.
SOME or TlR LoSsEs.
The high brick flre wall on the u. F.
spinney block served as barrier to the
iut'her progress Of the flames up Union
street, after that handsome structure
va Quilted, The most prominent blocks
0utGtd arc as iOlloWsi
Almont street-Mower's block and
hg OlOck occupied by the Consolidated
nnulusAole Shoe Company; Bennet 4
tS,tnIrd'e block, Fuller's block, tlIe
wooden block, ID which was located Tie
levy B0j Dugene's block, and The
ohiG.E block owned by the Ddiiy hem,
union stfeet-B. W. Curriers' new
Ghfs block, .. 0. Ebers brick block,
& p Splnneys block, large wooden
yTu,lulny occupied by Tllus aud Buckley,
tEy block, Browns block, AshoTolttl
SnSk SS block, Kirkland brick block,
pCulpm brick block, factory occupied by
y y y, LiItle 4 Co., aud Cushing ant
Ens puEns large wooden bull IinR occupied
%V. y llarWoOd aud y. 8, Boynt6n'g,
@ v,v5 factory Of Johna Bartlett & Co.,
wooden block Of L, Il, EllpF,
hSShahgO Btteet--M, 4, Abbopa wood.
~ block, the large DOak brick block,
wy M wooden block corner Of Sptinp
Hsel, the bhck block occupied by d, n
SIlsor SSTaIsor 4 Co., Fint National 5Suk
s.Ss S'UvA and ten Ottwelve small Shoe Iaclo,
Ws entire street being wiped out,
nVau stfevt--SAwyeF 4 Chase'a car,
NY NY ,Act9fy, W. n. Breed L Co.'S An,
sO,y ssC,y tiCE etiCE block, N, D. 4 Il, Jonpe' Gyt
~ T,y ToOL oIlSE block, and eight or Ten small,
NJ, ~%h Ilfeet-s, n, Breed 4 Co,,sium,
g. sOM and planning mill, Il, Potter 4
iSmbp pIanlng Mill Joseph Breeds 4 Sob'I
SbonUt b@Utt wharf, aye or RiS caFpsSisl
M. and several dwellings.
hD,use ue Vshltal Congregational Churot
SISlu,Su Ilusu 70 The ground bel WeSn a And
As0Sk AS Tue handsome Fint NaiionA
t Nv Isct block cost $4,000 10 bulli, II \
sigi Ng,i insured spsttd on the Two u,
iSs INV 1. s The Oxford club, ThiSh IA, b,
soSs,. @ s%,s.nusSGpesl club tootnS Ia Eass,
SCCS Iht4i lOSs d about 5000, MD