The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-18
"a DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
AT Martins Ferry ut an Early
Hour Yesterday Morning
lNO HFANlLYESclPES NARROWLY.
Its Members aslcep ID chs pnrning
bu!ldlna and Arc Only Awakened
by Throtslns Stones Through tho
Windows-The Loss VIII no About
$40, ooo-The Properly Destroyed.

Martins Forty had q $4,000 fro yos-
terday morning. The loia OF William
Prince 10 $500; Lewis schcohle, $500;
Jauea a. Dickson 5000, and the Ohio
Haley Nets, $500. Those sustaining
the ereatestl loss were Tho least insured.
The fro was Of incondlaty origin. Tho
fte department did great work.
Tho two story brick building Of Lewis
sehcehlo ID on tho corner Of Hanover
and Second streets, and ID occupied by
his grocery. q large one.
Adjoining this on Hanover s.ree. 10 a
two story brick dwelling, frame store
room next and adjoining this ia q two
story brick and O three story brick,
with wooden warehouses In the roar,
owned by ]. A. DICKSON. Next TO
scheehlo's building on Second street.
was q one story franc and q two story
brick, both occupied by William Prince.
Tho two story was occupied by his 10.
loon, the second by his family and tho
ono story frame as u restaurant.
s%choehlo's one storyframe was occupied
by his goods, bis two story brick by tho
Belmont Roofing Company and the
Ohio VaNcy Ne1,, and the three story OF.
James a.. Dickson. by tho Columbian
club. q dwelling, etc. I
The tlrp was discovered OF 1925 by a.
N. Moore In tho restaurant Of William
Prince and an alarm Immediately
turned In from box q. In the mean.
time Moore secured help and Prince
and bis family, who woro asleep in tho
second story Of the brick adjoining,
were awakened with considerable dit.
1culty. Stones wore thrown through
tho windows and much yelling done be-
fore they were awakened. Mrs. Prince
ESCAPED by o ladder and MIR. Prince
dropped tho three children into tho
arma Of men below. thon climbed out
onto tho comics and dropped to the
pavement. In so doing be sprained
his ankle.
When tho fro was discovered ie
looked as II 1t had been burning for
some time, and the flames soon spread
TO all tho other buildings named, tho
Prince building getting The worst Of It.
The hook and ladder company WINS the
6rst on the ground, followed by the
Second, Third and Flint ward hose COM
panies, and tho way they worked would
have done credit to any paid city fire
department. The First wurders climbed
a eide stairway With their hose and
from there they worked magnifcontly
and effectively in every direction. Tho
many spectators thought the entire
block could not DO saved.
Princes two-story building was Quilted
aud his one-story restaurant almost en-
tirely destroyed. The %watehouse and
FEAR end ofScheehle'sgrocer
md the goods almost entirely ruined by
wator. and Dickaon's warehouse was
entirely burned. The two-story and
!three-story bricks OF Mr.. Dixon we're
considerably damaged, tho windows
being burned out, and the flames cropt
into the Ohio Hdlly Nous o1lca. In the
lattor type was thrown in every direction
and one table and case burned. The
household goods Of Mira. Davis in the
three-story brick were pretty we'll
'drenched with water. "A family was
getting ready to move into Schedules
dwelling house. Three kegs Of powder
in tho grocery were carried out during
the ere. Most Of thegoods burned wore
in the rear end ind warehouses, Mr..
scheehle carried only $1,000 on his
groceries, w. NJ. Lupton, agent. His
total loss is double that. He will ut
once open a grocery in the room Tor.
morly occupied by Patterson'o hard.
ware store, which IS neal by.
Tho loss Of Mr.. Prince Is about $500.
Ills only insurance was on the bar fix.
lures, goods and his household goods,
etc. This was $500 aud held BY r. T.
Howell. of bridgeport. His bar fixtures
alone were worth 800. He will be out
from $1,000 to $500, moro than he is
able to lose.
Mr.. Schoeble Ind contemplated re-
modelling his building this summer. but
gave this up OF account Of the hard
times. He received several wagon loads
Of goods on Friday and Saturday even.
ing. Ho recently cancelled $500 !nsur.
ance on his goods and $500 on tho build.
ing.