The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-06-28
MONDAY NIGHTS FIRE.
The Loss win Foot up to More Than First
Estimated.


Estimated.
The last spark OF fire in tho ruins OF
the Hobbs glass house promises was
not put ont until after noon yesterday.
The Niagara and Atlantic engines were
relieved atan early hour yesterday morn
ing but Wheeling No. continued to
pour streams of water on the smolder.
ing ruins throughout the morning.
Tho loss caused by the fire as at first
appToSimated appears now to have
been too low. The loss OF the United
States GlQss Company is now estimated
at ut least $4,000, while the Schmul'
bach Brewing Company lost $500.
Though tho buildings OF the glass com,
pany were not OF the most valuable and
substantial character, they were filled
with an immense amount OF finished
product, all OF which was irretrieVabIy
ruined by the fro and water. One lot
OF product alone, the beer mugs for the
Hunter spice works, stored in one OF
the small frame buildings, was valued
at $1,000 1t was stated at the COM
panY's office last evening that in the
large three,story frame building there
was stored enough glassware to supply
the demand Tor the entire summer
which was make up ahead or account
OF the usual summer shutdown.
MIR. Henry sChmulbaCn said yester'
day afternoon that his loss is divided
up rs follows: -
Frame leo house building $500;
Cooperage, $1,000, total, $500, There
was but $1,000 insurance on the build
ing, and nothing on the cooperage. Mr.,
SChmulbach was very much surprised
yesterday, when upon examination no
found that very little OF tho leo had
been destroyed. There was over 900
tons in the house Mt the time OF the
fro. Workmen were at once put to
work building Il temporary shed over
the exposed ice. This will BIO used for
the present, but it is tho intention OF
the company to build u brick leo house
us soon az possible.
Tho brewing company people after
the two recent fires at the Hobbs works,
decided to close up with brick all but
one OF the several windows on the south
side oil their luo brick stable. This
work mad only been completed about u
week, and that was the only thing that
saved the valuable strGrturc from de-
struCtion by fire.
The origin OF the fire is still unknown
and will probably never be known.
The general opinion seems to be that
it was vet on fire by boys who were sup
posed to DO in tho straw shed shortly
before tho fire was discovered, but
there is nothing much TO base oven
this opinion. 1t was being told gcner-
ally on the South Side yesterday alter
noon that two suspicious looking char
actors were driven out of the straw shed
last Sunday, but tho rumor could not be
substantiatod. The acting superin'
tendont OF the glass company said that
in his opinion there was hardly any
chance OF the fire being started by
other than human hands No motive
is known or ascribed, except careless
ness by some one.
Superintendent II. L. Waddell yes.
terday morning loft for Pittsburgh,
whore he will confer with tho officials
OF the United States company, and to-
day they are expected to be here, when
tho ground will be gone over and it will
DO determined whether tho buildings
that burned, will be rebuilt. The fac
tory was not running yesterday on &C.
count OF inability to get water, caused
by the fire, but it will probably resume
to-day.