Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-09
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.
The Goodman Building. In Cincinnati, En-
tirely Destroyed by the Flames.

The Goodman Building. In Cincinnati, En-
tirely Destroyed by the Flames.
CINCINNATI, July s.-A little after 10
O'Clock tonight came an alarm of fire
calling relay Of engines to the great
building occupied by A. E. Burkhardt
& Co., manufacturers and wholesale
and retail dealers in furs and fur goods.
The building is at the southeast corner
OF Elm and Fourth streets. 1t is the
property of VIM. A. Goodman,
banker and financier. 1t was rs
feet wide on Fourth street and
extended back $50 feet to an
alley. It's Fourth street front is seven
stories high, and its height on the alley
is eight and one-half stories. 1t also
extends two stories deep under the
ground. The building is nearly new
and cost over $500, 900 to put it up. Mr..
Burkhardt added 500, COO in interior
adornment within the last two years.
Mr.. Burkhardt told the Associated
Press agent tonight that he could only
give a rough estimate of the value OF the
stock In the building, and that was, to
the best of his belief, between 5000, 600
and S700, 900. In addition to his own
immense stock great quantities of val
liable furs were stored for citizens every
summer, and these furs are all in the
burning building. He knows nothing
about his insurance at the present mo-
ment, but it is his habit to insure well.
Mr.. Goodman, the owner of the build
ing, is also good insurer.
After the start of the fire in the lower
one of the two cellars the entire fire de-
partment was soon called out. Dense
volumes Of binding smoke at first filed
the streets, and presently, with sud
den burst, the flames sped upward
through the building and with incredi-
bic rapidity shot skyward through the
roof, lighting up the city for half mile
around. Soon the walls began to crum-
BILE and the building with its contents
became an irretrievable loss. The fire
department devoted themselves to pre-
venting the spread of the fire TO adja-
cent buildings.
At IL o'clock the splendid building
was furnace. The streets are full Of
spectators and the whole heavens are
lurid. The store room of this building
has been pronounced by travelling cit-
zens and visitors the finest in America.
Valuable adjacent property is endang-
cred.
The east frontage on Fourth street
OF the Goodman building, which by the
way, was 100 feet wide by $50 feet deep,
was occupied by Henry Geirshoefer 81
Co., dealers in clothing and manufac-
turerS They estimate their stock at
valuation of over S400,0 900. GeirShoe
fer'S loss will not be less than $3.50, 900,
and they have that amount of insurance,
so their loss will be fully covered. The
loss of the building will not be less than
$3.50, 900. and if Mr.. Burkhardt'S eSti-
mate Of his stock is correct, the loss by
this fire will reach one million, one hun
dred thousand dollars at least.
CINCINNATI, July, 9.-At 20 minutes
past u o'clock this morning the menac-
Ing east wall of tho o., o,-S t6e, la ned
down from its dizzy height onto the
roof OF the Pape Manufacturing Com
pany's building next east of it with
roar and crash. The front three
quarters Of the building where the most
NdiUhUlt kOOuS dIt hCpS was OOIl plCbCAy
ruined. A mass of debris crushed into
the cellar, and the outer walls were
thrown into the street. 1t is now
thought that the aggregate loss will
reach one million and quarter.
Gillian Insurgents in Bad shape.
CALLAO, July S.-Passengers arriving
from Valparaiso and Iquique state that
the situation of the Chilian insurgents
is desperate. They are without money
and their vessels are in bad condition
and without ammunition. The army,
which comprises 5000 or 1000 ''pOloS,"
do not receive their pay. The irRur-
gents have been able to obtain onlys00
rifles in bad order bought in Panama.
Most Of the inhabitants of.IquiqNe,
PiSagua and AntofagaSta have eni-
grated to southern Chilli or TO Peru
The French residents in Chill and tho
Chilian government await with tran
guilty the decision Of the French
tribunals regarding the vessels con-
structed there on account of the gov
ernment of Chilli. They have every con-
fdence in the integrity of the French
Judges and in President Carnot.