The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-10
A BIG FIRE in FULTON.
The Old List Pork House Makes a
Bright Blaze, but Small Loss.
TRE HEAVENS LIGHTED FOR HOURS.
All the Surrounding Property Saved
by an Engine from the city.-The
Fulton Department. Disabled by the
Freezing Gifts Pumps and Bursting
OF its Hose,-The Loss will not Ex'
coed $4,000,

About half past ten o'clock last night
the residents OF Fulton were startled by
cries Of fire. Lawrence Heller first dis
covered tho flames AID raised the
alarm,
At tho time Of the discovery bright
blaze illulnined the heavens and the
surroundings for a mile, 1t was seen
in the city aboutthe same time the dis
coyery was made.
In few minutesa number OF people
gathered around the burning building.
1t was the house formerly known Us the
List Pork House, but has been used for
the past four years by scheRk & Son as
fertilizer factory,
For o few minutes II looked as though
the whole village would be swept away,
as there was q fierce gallo Of wind blow
ing at tho time, The fire started some'
where in the boiler house, and must
have been smouldering for some time,
When the blaze broke out 1t seemed to
envelope the whole building ut once,
which was due to q large number OF
grease tanks throughout the building.
All of these were filed at tho time.
Andrew Kirk, VINO is employed rs
engineer, said that when he left the
building at 6;l0 p. m. everything was
safe. The only fro in the building was
the one under the boiler,
The Atlantic engine was telephoned
for at 1850 p. M, and went out ut once.
Only ono fire plug was available. With
this the fire department succeeded in
getting three streams, which did valu.
able service in saving the surrounding
property,
The Fulton fire department was use
less on account OF the hand pump
freezing. AT later hour, however,
they succeeded in getting the pump to
work, pumping directly from tho
creek, after cuttings hole in the ice.
The pump only worked at short inter-
walls, the hose bursting a second time,
causing suspension of the efforts, and
all dependence was placed on the At
lantic. 1t, however, saved oil the sur
rounding property:
The burning building was reduced to
smoldering ruins, only a few walls DO.
ing left standing.
The adjoining building, recently
leased by Henry Roth for awarenouse
for storing feed and hides, was not
damaged 10 any extent.
No estimate Of the loss can be placed
by the owners until the damage to the
machinery is ascertained. The loss will
not exceed 5000. Only q few hands
are employed in the building, which ia
used in converting the refuse OF the
slaughter houses into fertilizers.
The building, which was only two
stories high, built Of brick. two hun.
dred feet long and sixty wide, was well
known to the public for a number Of
years as the old List, Davenport &
Parks pork house, standing on the
creek bunk Just above the paper mill.
Officers Wally Lukens, Walter Terrell
and Rich Donavau rendered valuable
assistance to the fire department by
their efforts.
The FIRE was not extinguished until
two o'clock, only the brick walls being
left standing. A report was current in
the city that Schenck's pork house and
the Fulton paper mill were burning,
but these fortunately were not dam
aged. UarT'fIIE lti