The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-31
BIG FIRB IN LONDON.
Many Buildings Destroyed in a
Few Hours Yesterday.
ANIIQuA1ED FIRE BRIGADE
Ia the Largest City 10 the World,
incompetent 70 TaCkIo = Large
BiAEe-.Ihc rarneiI. O'RrIrn
COnruTcnce..T Foreign News.

| LyoSpoN, Dee. ~. "A terrible rcONagra
ton Is nov {: ., m raSt1g ID this city
Tbs ESsHe OF the liv Is IN Queen NiclC
ria and Thsmes siIse;t, near BlAcA
FEIrs bridge. Numerous warehouse.
are bialtrr and LoudUH srems desttEel
to su1er ore Of The larEe.. and tnost Le,
S'Eucliye fires in !9 history oil recen,
years.
FCustCen tirt engines TCtu soon upon
the spo. and the hIrmrn did their VI.
meet, bpt with little Success, to check
the course oi the dAtnss. \ high wind
Was blowing and II materially added 70
the fury 0! the i4msst while hinderinS
the Nrruen In theiI elorts to savu prop,
CrIy. tbs large Wholesale fur mauui4cto.
~ Ui ReYiilnu FrrrEt extending from
No. IL 10 III Qusen Victoria street,
VAS ecua 70 be dOumrH shortly Gitcr the
Ire gained strong htRGway.
Following this news wGs the inlcT,
matiJn lhAl . laiGe paper Warrhousr, II
lumber o! fancy gOOLa s!ous aud the
G4icher kecttc Light aud Power Con.
pAuy5 baildinG weSe also q comp! te
Grey 10 the llAmrs. The HAmtS pprrad
Is Inpidiy on MI sides IS il there wern
no Ere'arn OF t!te er&'Gea present.
THE riEE BMGAnE AZ AxTIguArgD Az.
FAIR.
Many people expressed The hope tAa.
this disaster would At last bring about
relo;al ia the London Fire BIisele. 1t
has long needed rciuodciing upon tho
plan Of the New York Fire Department
Il seems strange to many people In view
o! the terrible fire Of u week OF TO ago,
when nearly a loznn buildings wer
destroyed on Hrdca street, that old lash
i0urd mgnul, tirU enGuts should still be
in use III tie London Fire Brigade,
while the steamers, or steam fire engines
IN use seem 10 be utterly behind the
times. As the fire progressed il spread
10 the headquarters OF the Salvation
Army, illum!nstiug ths. red painted
Blood and Fire" building iu most
dmiEens manner The SaIYa;iopis,S are
working like bravtrs in their elIong to
place the records and other property OF
the Army in place Of safety before it is
tco late.
A 'his hour a p. IN the Gfe ID rap.
idly spreading IN all directions. All the
from the corper OF Ernuctts |
Hill 10 l5j Queen Victoria street are
either blpZIug freely or are gutted,
stH0uidcftBE rdins with tcotchtd, black |
DhellB around them. And all this ruin |
has been done, aud much more ia being
done, 10 GI Appearances unchecked In
gpiie Of the picseuce OF twenty steam
fire cngrHc5, two ire eAcaPes and large
humber OF OLD "uRnuAl" Are engines
upon tho Edahs. The latter, however,
might Just rs well be in the British Siu'
scum Ms operating upon ouch confa.
grafton IA this.
AT 8 y. m. the flames have won an
1thsr victory over the aEemen, and 81.
Bcnnetts Chu1ch Was completely dc.
sttoycd.
sALVAEIe% AEHY SAVED.
On the other hand, the fremea at
that hour had managed to cave the Sal
vaton Army's headquarters from de- |
4tructon, Gnd It wGa GUnurnced that the |
Ct the London Fro Brigade |
we're once more happy and in full con- |
tF9l o! the situation md tho runs. In !
other words, tho lire had ablu. burned |
Itself out and the fire department, with |
engines Oh the spot, was |
pouring water Oh aounlains o! Smother |
Ing debris.
A rough estimate OF the damage done |
places til" aut5unt at 800, ,80a pounds, or |
81 $50 OG0 but Il is estimate is thought |
to ba under the real amount. Two
millions, il is said, may eYeniuAlly prove
10 be the cost OF the FIRE.
Upon the authotiiy OF the London |
Eirp Brigade Chiei upon the scene Of
the disaster, it is announced ,hst the |
fire originated in the building 0ccnpied
by G. Davidson L SoGs, paper and paper
f"ttmanuiaC!urn:6, aad paper bag makets,
II. llD Qlesh Victoria street. This build.
ing extended bacl; into Upper Thames
street. Il Eas . large Structure and
was completely gutted, M was nlBo that
Of Adoipn Frankan x Co., manufacturers
Of pipes and impoItcra Of tobacco, al 40.
vi QIcCn Victoria street.
LATER REroEE.
It's row p. IT., aud Il caseial exam
inaliou Of the pceuca CT tho bAttlo fought
between the London Fire DrigaGe aud
the fire feud ahows that parts Of St.
EeGe!'a chnICh were not destroyed as at
Erst stated.
liz justice to the LondoR iiramen il
may be said they had o hard tussIe with |
weather as well as with flames. As
previously noted, . high wiod material. !
ly a.sia,ed the ire in ia work G! deslyuc- |
ton aud I'll. weG:hc. vas so cold that |
water ircz9 aImost il the air, forming
ice all over the apparatus and over the |
dTemen- HbcTe HGs 10 loss OF lie aud !
but few accidents among the tiremen.