Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-11-29

the corner Of Chauncey street, was the
next victim for the hAuee, and the entire
h.cck clear from Rowe place to kiogst0n
street was consumed Crossing Uhauncey
street the FIRE soon had a gcOi head on
Ell the stores which are enClC ssd in Exeter
Place, a small street running from Harri-
soa avenue 20 Chaunoey street. Here the
iIemen got control. At Rowe Place the
FIRE Was partially checked from going to-
ward Essex street, hut quickly moved to-
ward the opposite side 10 the immense
Allen and Larrabee buildings, occupying
the square between Bedford street, Harri-
son extention and Exeter Place, al which
point their further progress WIS checked.
THE HEAVIEST LOSERS
The loss falls heaviest on the boot aud
shce man. The following is the complete
Inst Of shoe and leather firms buraed out,
those not otherwise designated carrying
only samples: o. + Aldrich & Co, Farm
ngton. n. H. 50 Bedford; Apple on Shoe
Co, lMsrlhOrO), / COlumbis; W. F. Bar
ret & o., Cllumbia; Alphers Bates, East
Weymouth, I Columbia; W O. Brien
ShCe Co, a Bedford; Bunnen & Co Co
lumbia, jrbbers; Copeland & Harlwell,
BiocktOc, 50 Bedford; FOgg q Co, II
Bedford; Fiauk 5 Gaze, Haveraill, 50
Bsdiord; J. W Hart & Co, 50 Bedford; L.
p. Hawkins < Co, Portland, SO Bedford;
Howard & Foster Brockton. 50 Bedford;
" n Keith & Co, Elman, 50 Bedford; /;
s Keith & Co iobbers, u Bedford; Lynn
o. and Slipper Co, 1 Columbia;
h. T. Marshall, BrOckton, 50 Bed
ford; George H. Nichols, Haver-
hiu, 70 Bedford; J. A. Parker & Co.,
Marlboro, COlumbis; R. J. Patton,
Lynn I Columbis; Perkins & joyce,
.Brcckton) ] Columbia; Joshua II. Put
nam, Beverly. SO Bedford; Rogers and
Webber, lynn, / Columbia; Boyce x
Gih, go Bedford, carried stock rubber
goods ard slippers; Shllson Stevenson
Shoe Manufacturing Co., n Bedford; II.
r. M. Tenny, Johber). ] Columbia; L.
W TYLER. n Bedford; Walker & Brown,
Worcester, SO Bedford; WOOnsooket
Rubber Co., 90 Bedford; Myron Wood
bury, (Bsverlyl, 50 Bedford; Boot and
Shoe FladiDgs. BrocktOn Last Co., 81 Bed
ford; Herbert x Rapp Co., Il Bedford; Ma
tional Thread Co, Al Kingston; o. o.
Patton S Co, ,BrOcktOn), 81 Bedford.
sHOE MANUFACTURING TOOLS.
Blakely BaruishiDg machine, ard Geo. H.
Clark, 1 Columbia; Dunrey & Tuagas,
70 Bedford; Lofts Shiving Machine Co.,
Shos Finding Machine Co., Wheeler &
Cummings, and Woodward q Wright,
Columbia. leather hOuses-R. G.. Sllo-
mon, Of Newark, n. J., Carried large
stock of leather IN the Shoe and Leather
Exchan e, which was O total lOss), in the
same building ] S. BAmett 4 Bros, Of
Little Falls, n. y, carried stock Of cslf
skins, also total less. Brown, Darrell &
Co., carried goods in stock to the value Of
upwards Of $500 600, and the stock will be
total loss; insured 10 the amount Of
5000, COO
There are about 200 firms burned cut
and 100 SCENTS Of New York and Western
firms have had their headquarters de-
stroyed. The ~ insurance companies
known 20 be interested carry an aggregate
insurance Of 100000 on the burned
property.
| GEOGRAPHY OF THE BURNED DISTRICT.
The burned district begins at Columbia
street on the east and extends two blocks
westward along Bedford street to
Cbauncey street on the west; on the
south side of Bedford street the fire
consumed the entire block bounded
by Bedford, Kngston, Essex and COlum-
bis streets Westward Of this the entire
block bounded by Bedford, Kingston and
| Chaunccy streets and Rowe Pinos, and
westward OF this the buildiug5on Chauucey
street from Bedford to Exeter Place. II
also badly damaged the bulldog on the
southeast corner Of Bedford and Columbia
streets. North Of Bedford 1t consumed
| tbe buildings on both the northeast and
northwest corners Of Bedford aud Kingston
streets and damaged the blocS at the cor
ner of Bedford and Chauneey.
THE Loss 81, 600. 900.
The total Ices according to the latest
conservative estimates will reach 81, 600,
| 900 The street playing the most prom
inent part in the fire was Bedford, from the
Harrison avenue exter sion eastward across
/ Caauncey, Kingston snd Columbia streets
lmos 10 the junction OF Summer aud Lin
coin. It wss near the latter point that
the ire started working its way vest.