Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-03-15
sYRACusE,s AWAKENING
Yesterday MOrning--One Million Dollars
Worth of Property Destroyed.

SYRACUSE. y. y. March l4-At six
O'Clock this morning fire was discovered in
HER x LightOuS cigar manufactory, at
253 West Fayette street II instantly
spread 20 the store of NJ. p Walsh, and
made an awful draft between the thick
walls Of the building The wind was very
strong a. the time II was short time
until the I. =. Hotel, at the corner of East
Fayette street and Franklin was being
licked Up. The boarders all escaped. 1t
I was one of the landmarks of the city. The
hotel block, six stories high, one of the
/ handsomest blocks in the city was attacked
and will undoubtedly be consumed. The
| flames reached across the street, catching
/ the OsgOOd Tracy block, a three-story
/ building. which was destroyed. Simul-
Itaueouslv with the catching of the fire in
/ the Tracy block, il caught in the block on
the east. the Newell block coming next.
The Fav buildings were all destroyed. An
old landmark of Syracuse was the brick
residence of eX-MayOr Charles Wilson.
Avres block was occupied above the ground
floor bV the sleeping rooms of the Seneca
hose. which adjOined ii on the north
facing Franklin street. The Seneca House
was three-story brick dOuble-front, and
also part Of the Ayres property. The
boarders had plenty of time TO get out with
all their effects The ravages of the
tween this block and the Mansion House.
The upper floors of the Newell block were
occupied as flats by five or six families.
Little. if any. property was saved from
these floors.
An alley way stopped the flames at this
point. The United States Hotel on the
southeast corner of West Fayette and
Franklin streets was run by j. Nocth. On
the south of this hotel the fire was stopped
bv the brick building owned by Charles
Cove. Time had Just been called IN the
.Journar composing rooms at : 30 this morn
ing when fire was discovered issuing from
under the cOrnice at the southwest corner
of the Cove block. a 6-story structure east
of the Journal on East Railroad street
The flames spread with marvellous rapidtty,
and inside of fifteen minutes the entire
structure was burning from cellar 10 root
The building was filled with groceries,
confectionery, etc.
Within Is minutes after the flames broke
out the compositors were called 10 lay down
their sticks and vacate the Journal build
ing.
BvS o'clock the west wall of the Cook
block fell out, the Journal building crush
inc through the three floors down to the
press room. Soon the flames licked up the
Journal building. and the four story struct-
ure with its contents and valuable plant
and machinery became involved in ruins
The origin Of the fire in the Roscoe build
ing, il is said, was due so a burning ember
which hew into an open window in the
upper floor II landed against pile of
grass or excelsior used for wrapping pur-
poses. and hence the rapid spread OF the
flames Adjoining the Journal building on
the west was the east wall Of the Wander
hilt House owned bV the Summers estate
The guests were forced 10 vaca,e their
rooms The building was saved, but was
badly damaged by water.
Another dispatch says: Syracuse never
opened its eyes On such q spectacular drama
as reused her from siUmber to-day. Hard
lv were the early risers astir, when the
whole population was suddenly reused by
cries OF Fire The Hogan block is
going, and all Fayette street is going.
The first show of fire was at $50 o'clock,
aud in less than half an hour the splendid
new Hogan block was only ghost of its
former self The fire soon spread to
the north side of West Fayette
street. and Chief Reilly quickly saw
that the threatened destruction was
too great for his apparatus TO
fight Fire and smoke burst without warn
ing from the top OF Roscoe Bros. five
story block on East Washington street,
four blocks away. \ flying brand from
West Fayette street had caused the fire.
OverwOrked iiremen could not send relief
and they were beyond control. Crowds of
people running to West Fayette street
were appalled, 10 see the fire rapidly spread
ing in RoscOe's block, when only a single
stream was playing upon it, At 80 o'clock
fierce contagration was raging IN the