Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-05
NCENDIARY BLAZE.
DlksACKS STABLE AND CONTENTS DE-
sTR0YBD By FIRE
FIRE Eags svidsntly al work-Ths Building
Partially lns1rei-Ths Lass and
the Insurance.

There was another ire. with all indi-
cations pointing to incendiary origin,
on the South Side yesterday. Alfred
DiDmack's stable was entirely de.
stroyec. with its contents. The loca-
tion Is such that ire-bug could ply their
vocation without fear OF detection.
The blaze vas tFst discovered about
o'sS O'Clock oy several small beys ~ho
were playing together on Twcnty-sev-
enth street The east end OF the build
les. which Is located between Twenty
seventh street aud the h. & q. yards,
was tn danes. Mr.. Bowman. who lives
near BY, pulled box s.. al the corner OF
Twenty-seventh aud Market streets.
and the department. responded prompt.
". The Niagara arrived hrst,
aud In few minutes had a stream
playing upon the building. The en-
tire stable was In flames, and the
heat was so intense that firemen suffer
ed from IT, Tho sparks were carried
by the wind In Il northerly direction.
ana endangered all the buildings In the
neighborhood
Inc department worked heroically,
and In remarkably brief space of
time had the flames under control. II
was then too late, however, as the
building was practically destroyed.
An immense crowd was attract
ed TO the scene, and willing
workers took some OF the horses and half
a dozen wagons To- places OF safety.
Ihere were two horses, one n valuable
mare, and mule, which perlshed from
tue smoke and fire. a buggy, several
wagons aud all the contents of the build
ns' INCLUDING machinery for cutting up
IRON, and hay and feed, are a total loss.
Inc building was erected for an ice
house. IL IS built of frame, two stories
hish. II was at one time owned
by Xarnitz Bros, who made
some improvements to il, aud later by
the Wheeling Ice and Storage Company,
from whom Il was recently purchased
by the present owner, Alfred DimmAck,
the junk dealer. Mr.. Dimmack used IL
as stable. The last person in the
building. a driver employed by Mr..
Dimmsck, left IL about four o'clock.
There was then no lire or light about
IL. This fact lends probability to the
theory OF incendlarism. Certain 1t is
that no person had any business there
at the time OF the fire.
Mr.. Dimmack when seen by a REGIS.
TER reporter could not estimate his loss.
and did not remember any insurance
companies which carried risks on the
building, except the STANDARD. The
building was worth 81, 500 aud the con
tents, including the horses, over 81 600.
From another source IL was learned
that there was $500 on the building and
$3.50 on contents, both placed with the
Standard.
A son OF Squire Schultz, OF the
Eighth ward, was In the Vicinity Of the
building when the fire started He
states that he was with a companion,
and that the two noticed two men run
ming from the building. They followed
them TO the river bank, aud saw them
row across the river In fiat boat One
OF the men wore a soft hat, and the
other cap. About midnight two men
rushed into the Niagara engine house,
and stated that they saw man IN the
act OF setting fire To the ruins. Officer
Fitzgerald went down TO the building,
and found a Waterman, who had started
fire 10 keep warm.