Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-06
ONLY SMOKING RUINS
vABK rHB SirS OF IHs AON0N-
GAHBLA HOUSE,
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. sis-sa 'lisd by Aa5y
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..,-,trv WAS damaged by ire To-Day %
l..,,s,t of about 100000 The two
-sr stories were completely burned out
..5 The lower doors were badly damaged
., vsis- ~, lives were iost bat there
g.,s numerous narrow escapes o., guests
and .msloyss The fire vss discovered by .
r,om,s o,B,is1. tie heed porter shortly
Mon. ,lo5 lie was going down stairs
.bs, be- rusd ,istt5s b.sls bad jost
I,--.-r s+tb- bottom o. the freight ele-
vaior.
rHr rlBEs SWIFT fi.ehHss-
tlmos. as soon as OBusu had a chance
., ,,,s the aarm the times shot up
,,rengb ths elevator snaN, which forming
I,-gs chimney gave headway 20 the .
...... and 10 sr instant the entire upper
...-,.,1 cf the binding was envsloped in .
.,-l. OF smoke The cry at 0rcs went .
.t-.rgbort tia snilrs house that the build
III. ms rr r.s There were upWsrds OF
,... .rss.s in tle house. more than half Of .
,.,,-, eere in fheir rooms. when the cries
.-..,t f-em nlor to lOr for the pc pie
t. .-cl1s A number of people were just .
..e..rny or dinatr aud some were not f
completely dressed
blessing Fsou rHE FLAMEs.
Hastily 3onuiog whatever lay close st
-4,1tls way ,f appare., they rushed
.,- .ns as-seneer elevator, only % dad that
.rss-.., t13. wss solid volume of smoke. .
r....s.rs we're then resoried to and every
.re .ot o1t boz sl.e-y Those Who we're
-r.b.s t1 walk we've caul-d ont hy The .
r-srsr and employees OF the hotel Among
trs latter were several ladies, who were .
...t Dr. pers overcome by fright The .
.r.rbsruais ali other employees were .
n-.el .5 take the Gre escape, bat an got .
cu-i safety.
-rE asniA AE6AELE ESCAPES.
t.r. OH. remmkabls escapes we're R
tro-a . ID e. Mason. of New York; ~
Underwood Milwaukee, and W. 5
Hesh-s. o Philadelphia. Msson was
s.-e1 and ete1 awakened DO Was too laie
i5lags By fts .tairwsy he then return
ft8t r0-l. and making rope of the
hfcotl.s ls let himself down from the
01ri1 c- to ihe roof of au adjoining
t1fll Iom which be WAS taken down
u safety ou "a ladder N. Underwood, of
U.1r. l. who represents the Dixon
ao 1E Mill Go of Milwaukee Wis, was
fls lsst man 90 get 0u, OF the hotel He
tlrse out fire escape rope aud slid doFu,
srd escaped with light bruises
scANlN WARNING
w. Hughes. who was formerly clerk
at the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia,
now travelling Tor the Marceux Wine Co T.,
DISTINGUISHED himself by bursting open
over one hundred doors and giving the
alarm To- the occupants Of Che house. He
was among the irst to discover the fire.
David Kaiser. of the irm of Lewis, Kaiser
E Luthey. New York. hastily packed ore
hundred Thousand dollars worth of dia-
monds sDd made bis escape Just 10 time.
D u. Carusghan, "a well-known New York
mining man, Jumped a distance Of twenty
feet from bis room window i0 the rooi OF
$40 adjoining building. and thus escaped.
Hs was hemmed 10 by the DANES.
SOME OF THE LOSERS.
Amopg the firms having offices IL the
buiIding we're Che IT. k. Porter Locomo
tive Co. Atlantic Dynamite Co, @. F.
Kirkendall IS Co., druggists, and Charles
A. Wolf & Co.. cigsr dealers Their stock
and goods were damaged by water. TIE
dynamite company bad lot OF cartridges
stored in their Office, but they we're All
removed safely.
The hotel was erected after the great
ars Oh 1Sl5. TO replace ihe one destroyed
"a. ttat time. i. was owned by Florence
C Miller. Charles j. Clark and the Croi
son h-.rs. They valued the building and
nt sf $500 600 10 was recently ref ted
sI cost of $40 600 The Insurance is
slg7 .5OO of which 100000 IS on the
building and f37. 600 on the stock.
ORI0Is Or rHE FIRE
The Ore originated in the cellars. Tne
battery Of boilers is directly under the
freight elevators, and the rubbish under
30 caught on fire from the boilers and the
1 went directly up the elevator shaft
to tts seventh door The only accident
reported vas the injury OF two hremen,
Vs. H Dnbold and George Lang, who
es-s bic by falling debris The Dews OF
tla Gre created the greatest excitement
tlu1glout the city, and IN a snort time
iae crowds on the street about the burn
Ilg boldiug became s0 dense that 10 was
impossible Tor the police to keep them out
side ihs rcpes.
A. FAMOUS H0srELRIE.
For years past the Monongahela House
ha- been the prominent hotel OF Pitts
burg Many OF the nations prominent
men hags here been entertained. General
lafayette when be visited this country
vas bArquetiad 90 the Monongahela Hotel.
Americans who Sec rhslslselves Cr0suses.
GEAND RArDs. MIDH December o.
The Canton Mine Mining Company, re-
Gently organized with a capital stock Of
81 600 eco 90 engsgo iu mining operations
in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, has
.ecursd an immense concession, covering
t1e mineral rights on 10000 acres. The
tssdqunter of the company viii be- 10
ns city.
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