Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-18
10 MILLION DOLLARS
..r,in Smoke at St. Louis Yes
tsrday Morning.
, FIERCE CONFEDERATION
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Il r,r-rs. No, November
= l-...,,ous -, fire which has visited
h. many years started In the
.'-'s Jus, w. nj the large dry goods
cf Penny X Gentles' on the south south
's Y. -asr of Broadway and Franklin
,''a, a,out +.30 o'clock this morning
,-s, ..b~an Immediately turned In
NA''5 ac5 then a second and third
l.l'a S,-.es ,,u Is, spread so rapidly, how
~. - general alarm was given,
',,., s-,rg6t out the entire depart
8 .D ~ before the engines arrived
%. Gsptles, the SOnnenfeld MIL
'l-l Somoany, the mammoth estao-
=! 30 of the Famous Shoe and Cloth
-,yr, Comnsnv. occupying four entire
81 four story buildings on Broad
'5 Istween Franklin avenue and Nor
n'' - De't we're in flames, and within
p 49, -, an the walls had fallen and
....., w., ,,ss left but ashes and bentand
-sd iron girterS. c.
ste ~ Penny 4 Gentles and Son
s.Eyl,. i the immense dry goods store
az ~ Crawford Il Co. While the tre
~ ., its height the heat was sOintense
/, ,be fremen were unable TO go on
-.,5g,v. ~ the whole front OF Craw-
~. .,ore. including the display win
ord the show cases in the front
y, n the store from top to bottom
10 ba5ly damaged heat, causing loss
,rr5bably $4,000.
m franklin avenue, opposite Penny
c.-,iss the whole row from Broad
Nv m the alley, was badly damaged.
NJ firms occupying these buildings
~, O. W. Heyer, drugs; Ed. +. Bohl'
,..,sr. Grierson & Co., hats: kertham
3 Co. jewellers; st. Louis Tailoring
n and C. Boehmer, jewelry.
Adjoining CrawiOrd's on Broadway
3s following business houses were gut
~ Mcdonald Bros, hats; g. III. Glenn
~. shoes: Charles Silk, gents furnish
.,,. and cloaks; Mrs. NJ. Tobin, milli-
,sr. f. Wendell * Co., New York Mil
--a-y Company; f. b. Stowe N Co.,
rDreries, and the Winman house. The
nests had safely evacuated the house.
ON Franklin avenue just west OF Pen
~ Sc GentleS, the general dry goods
s,re Of Thomas HOdSOn was damaged
, the extent Of $4,000; insured. The
bal loss will no doubt exceed Sl,OOO,-
10000. but reliable figures are not OBJ
Unable at this writing.
The IRE at ten o'clock had burned IT.
sfout and two or three engines were
arOwing water on the ruins to quench
.a flames that here and there were
ilned into activity by the strong
5rhwest wind. The fremen deserve
,ast credit for their noble work, con-
1sring the intensely cold weather,
b.ch was increased ten fold by the
sayy wind.
Shortly after o'clock, flames appear
az the cOrniCe Of the Weinman house
hlch is directly opposite the Famous
b the east side Of Broadway in few
0mentS the roof and upper story Of the
rye four story building was mass Of
lmes.
The dense smoke from the other side
the street made it impossible for the
,emen to work at this point for some
ne, but a lull, or rather change in
be wind, swept the smoke away and
ave them a chance to combat the terri
y mendacious flames. Before the de-
lriment could obtain the mastery,
lweyer, the row OF retail stores from
.e northwest corner Of Franklin ave-
ne and Broadway TO the middle Of the
ock were badly damaged.
The row Of stores on Franklin avenue
ere also badly Scorched. Next to the
emmy Il Gentle store, on Franklin ave-
le, was the dry goods emporium Of
aOnaS HOdSOn. The firms occupying
e Famous Building, outside OF the
hoe and Clothing Company and the
nnenfeld Millinery Company, were
cDOnald Bros, hats; q. n. Clements,
.oeS; Charles Steid, gents furnishings
d COakS, and Ritter, clothing.
These were completely destroyed,
linlng but a pile Of ashes marking the
ace where stood three of the largest
y goods and clothing houses in the
est. The fire throws about 800 peO-
out OF employment, majority OF
EN- being in service of the Famous
lnpany. One life was probably lost
ID four persons were injured by the
Tie whereabouts OF Night Watchman
-speT employed by the Sonnenfield
IAnery Company, has not been dis
'ered aud il is thought he was killed.
'enan John Dynch and Alonzo Simon
ere nit on the head by falling bricks
10 badly hurt, the former so seriously
4' IL was necessary TO remove him TO
g hospital.
4Ae losses and insurance are as fol-
rs;
Loss on stock and fixtures Of the Fa-
Jus Shoe and Clothing Co., 500, 900;
building $4,000; Oh stock OF Penny
Uenue, S200,05O; on the building,
SVV0. The insurance on the stock
% 'led -, oy the Famous, $3.50, 600; on the
'-u'lg, $4,000: on stock owned by
any y Gentle, Sl5O.OOO; on building,
'OOV' on SOnEenfeld'S stock, $3.50, 600;
Ou2ding, $4,000. Other losses will
sfegate $4,000.