Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-10

street, throwing Driver Stevens TO the
ground and bruising him up, cutting
one Of the horses seriously, and break
ing an axle and otherwise damaging
the engine. The report OF the acct
dent reached the scene OF the fire in
an exaggerated form, and for time
created a good deal Of excitement, In
connection with the failure OF the
alarm TO reach the uptown houses.
The building was a one story brick,
with a frame addition on top for hay
NOW, and Ii was in this top portion, In
front, that the Ere was first seen. For
tunately, all the wagons and horses
were out, and the loss TO the Grocery
Company is confined to some harness
and the grain, hay and straw on hand.
A few hundred dollars will cover It..
The building was practically ruined,
but fortunately, Ii was OF little value,
and the loss in that regard will be light.
The failure Of the alarm to reach the
uptown houses, q condition which was
duplicated In the alarm from box &c, on
Tuesday evening, Is blamed on the line
men working for the new long-dlstance
telephone company, who are alleged 10
have mixed up the telegraph lines, fire
alarm wires and telephone wires in the
northern portion Of the city In very
bad way. Whatever the cause may be,
il should be removed at once and the
fire alarm system Strengthened out
without loss OF time.
The accident 10 the Eighth ward en-
CINE occurred Just st the intersection Of
Chapline and Twenty-iourth streets.
The extent of the damage was: Driver
William Stevens had his knee hurt
shgbt'7, but is able TO work; the front
carriage OF the engine was wrecked aud
the of side horse, Doc" fell and got a
cut about five inches long on his hip.
A REGISTER reporter was at Twenty
fourth and Chapline streets, the scene
of the accident, at the time 1t occurred.
As far as can be judged, the accident
seems TO be- one OF those classed "un-
aVoidable." The engine was coming up
the street, making good time. The
side OF the street taken was the west
one. Formerly II has been the custom
for the Eighth ward fremen to come
TO the Sixth ward hose house and
there await further orders. Yes terday
they were ordered to come up Chapline
10 Twentieth and down that street to
Market. The horses were used to going
down Twenty-fourth, and yesterday
they made a frantic effort to do the
same as they had done on so many form
er occasions. The animals made q dash
10 go down Twenty-fourth, and the
front carriage OF the engine grazed the
curb in front OF the confectionery OF
Harry King. The engine did not upset,
but the front carriage went TO the
ground, one of the wheels being totally
smashed. The other was badly broken
and the tongue was smashed. The
horse at the ofT-side stumbled, and In
the fall struck some OF the protruding
irons on the engine causing the injury
10 the animal. When tha driver made
the Jump from the engine he received
his slight injuries.
This was about FIVE minutes after
four o'clock, and it took until six
o'clock to get the damaged engine back
TO the hose house. The front carriage
was taken TO the shop Of August War
neke, on Twenty-third street, for re-
pairs, and II will DO several days before
the engine is in shape again, As the
engine stands now Ii is ready for action,
II the repairs 10 the front carriage
we're made. All the other intricate
machinery Of the engine was not
harmed at all by the accident