The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-28

San FRANCISCO, Juno 2l.-At Q o'clock
this evening an alarm was sounded
from Fourth and Brennan streets for II
hm in tho box factory Of Wright, Car.
rick 4 Williams. Tho fire spread
rapidly and in n icw minutes tho Fifth
stree. furniture company's building
Vas mass OF flames. As soon ns tho
Ste chief arrived. another alarm was
sounded, but despite tho work OF tho
treIucu, /, WAS not long before the
whole block bounded by Four,h, Fifth.
Bryant anil Brennan was n mass Of
flames.
A third slarm. calling all tho Sire ap.
ps:a,rscs OF tho city into u.e, was
sounded, but still the fro spread and at
: O'Clock the buildings on tho other side
Of Brennan street commenced TO burn,
with n strong breeze blowing, and it
l,oked as Ii the fire would work its way
through tho water front. The tiremen
,ssusd almost povorl.,s. Several ex.
rloiions havo occurred, but 40 lar "a
SHOWN no ono is injured. This section
|, the wood manufacturing centre OF
toe city. being devoted to Rll branches
OF the lumber trade. TIL. same section
Was completely gutted nine yenrs ago.
7:t0 p. m.-The fire is now bcyond
control, aud the prospects ars that il;
will sweep TO the water front, half
mile away. No exact estimate as TO
The loss can now be made. but 1t is be.
!,eved to be already S2,000.000
there are large number OF brick
v!aeries in the vicinity, and IL the fire
reaches them the loss will be enormous.
The FIRE has already reached Fourth
street, and il i! crosses that thorough
fare the whole south OF Market street
from Fifth street to the water front is
doomed.
STILL SPREADING.
ep. m.-The fire has now been raging
FIVE honrs and is burning as fercely as
ever. Now that darkness has fallen,
tho magnitude OF the conhagration
is beginning to be appreciated
by the people. The whole south
eru sky is ablaze and the
thousands OF people are hockinC to the
scene from all parts OF the city. The
police are having hard work to keep the
multitude out OF danger and give the
-remcn room TO work in. Every fire.
nan and engine is at work and special
policemen are being pressed into SER
:lce.
s:l5 p. m.-The fire at tho Lackman
Winery, containing l,O90,00O gallons OF
vino. appears to be checked,
bu. /, /. eating its way on
III sides OF tho bi. brick
building. Koplev 4 Vonbergcr's winery
!. ouly half block from the Lachman
building and there is q prospect that
:aA: also NAV be carried by tho flames.
Il tbs fire doe. no. abase shortiy the
ate departments OF Oakland, Berkeley
and surrounding towns vii! be called
OF Tor assistance.
One death is reported. A Miss Gil.
roy. while attempting to savo somo Of
her belongings. wRs covered with burn
ing oil and burned TO death. A number
Of reoplo have received inlurics from
!Lt!n2 r1lls and flyiDg ,imbe5z.
gropLE TERROR sTEicEry.
The peoplo in the ne!ghborhood ere
terror stricken. Mos! OF thcm Gre OF
tho poorcr classes and are making great
efforts to save their small belongings.
Express wagons and drays are at Il
Premium, and pnople aro moving q few
books away from tho fire.
Probably 100000 pcnplc arc gathered
a. tho Gre. and tho tircmon aro power
lees to keep them away. Tho fro is so
hot, however, that tho crowd docs not
get nOar enough to DO in serious danger.
$50 P. M.--Tho fire department now
2fGnounce tho fro practically under
control. Tic wind In, shiiicd to tho
tou.hwest, driving the flames back over
thu burned district. Ihc limits OF tho
Ere arc now confined to tho houses i'm
EcIiatcly in the burned territory.
Tho tlamca arc now within ono hun
dFsd Yarda OF tho railroad yards and
Offices, but i. is not anticipated that
they will be destroyed. Over 100
fam;tcl have lost ,hoir home, and oil
they possessed. 4 largo number OF
horse, wcrc burned In their stables.
Tae change in tho wind saved tho big
eTcG Wineries and tho railroad otiiccg.
So~ the. tho fro is going back over tho
hnfnol territory, it il not believed
ina: tho loss will bo no eroa.
s' n FRA. estimated. PrOba-
bIy S2,UO0O00 will cover it. 1t is nearly
loid! .a,', however, na owing TO tho
4'ngcr0us district. insurance rates have
| cen 30 hi.h that inauranco was almost