Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-11-29
lcRgS or WEALTH IN ASHES
Four Million Dollar Fire in
the Ciiy'S Heart.
MAGNIFICENT BUSINESS HOUSES


ro.aS November 2S.-A great fire
.5 t.rs s.l lhs morning For time it
l.t.is.sftta entire district burned over
,,r,-s esa.d Ed. Az s.l5 o'c'Cck flames
81. covered u the mommoth stone
t-,t..,ttts corner Of Kingston aad
B4s-f Streets T1is is a building hith-
.-,ttsssb .o Be ie-p.oCf and recently
b,. Notwithstanding tbis it burned
rs.st.. s-b,x. ana che dimes r5se h1u-
f.l4os. 500. thslir
rt- a9an,nswlicl r,spolded wss
s,,r, 4sp.5s o.h3atiag The fire, aad
,ss4s.Fl.i- fc. vsry plainly when tne
.,-ss t-ssa .o lisp up and out Of .he
,,f,,l v.si5vs towards the buildings
o, .ssob,- SIDE of che street and 10 the
brrli7sso' E,s Place. A second alarm
v,s-s- i1 "a. S.3l o'clock, and at 9
osok third alarm was ruug. 10 half
a., brr tbsrs was issued q general slafm,
ubr5hl-.bt .rgines nom Cambridge,
s,nr ci C-e'sea
nr..t-sn THE LYNN DIsAsrER.
From very start there was little hope
ofhs6e sspg stopped before i. had con-
.snsi several buildings aud, the dremeD
who hii recently rstured from the great
Lvfr -r and wondered how in the world
tua.i have gained such headway, found
oaitos tits themselves. at 9:45 steamer
30 sad hose no. . we're on the way
from Tsunt1n,,n answer 10 Chief Weber
aI Shortly after l0 10 looked az II the
1tufs would advance without hiEdrancs
r1 Kingston to sumner street. Brown
0rrrsU IL Co.'S doe block, which
tv MINUTES before had stood II
SD its magnid lecce, was soon
bsap of glowing ruins upoi
hose edge stood q steamer, an aerial LAD
l4r and hose carriage which had beer
.b,nsoued in hot haste at the time th
building collapsed The old build ng' NO
BID Kingston stree. then began 20 hgas up
and me Brairerd N Armstrong Compiny
building at 35 was just catching A sfoul
90
DESPERATE FIRE FIGHTERS
wan, bsing forced toIscede inch bg inch
S.oriea we're sdlat OF men who had oee'
caught in she falling gsil7, acd o. oios
nfsl acciden.s. bu. there was 10 time q
s.r,fy tbess reports. Ths building occu
ris3 bv Bradford Thomas and the Ame
boiI5iry vcre next involved in the genera
Eastward the drs al $3.50 o'clock hs'
reached the Freedman building, on tn
corner of Lincoln and Bradford streets
vbiIs toward Washington street i-s Ainl
,t tbe same dme was Chsuucsy street
Inst before 1O o'clock assistance re'ens'
t5s enc from C3mbudga, both N engine
.,d hook ard ladder trucks. From tn
r,..3,r, .f Brogn t5 ID 1reil, where ths M
.,of., b.. .p-ead across the street and oaci
tba,1.a .ss burning builiiug 10 Cnsunce.
-.-.t Do, f-ss than 10 minutes the q ime
. ....s., into the mammoth stoa
hrr4l,, occupied by williams N % o
tss ,ert corner South, and into Cluetl
Eoou E Co.'S building From the ONE
ads it caught almost no once ifom upo
tbs buildings on Rowe Place, and the win
favored the supposiiion that the whole
DRY GOODS DISTRICT WAS DOOMED
Already every building has gone i'oI
Bedford street. along Kingston and Cnaul
esg streets. and the h5mes were eating %
tb,ss on the south side Of Rowe Place
Oa the east side OF Chsuucey street Wer
tbe mammoth structures occupied
wholesale houses in the dry GOODS an
fancy goods trade, and every endeav jr va
made 90 keep them from catching nr'
This eudeavor was futile, nowever, an
the flames rushed on ia both directions.