The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-16
OF THE WRECK.
Tho Funeral OF Michael P. Horau
Yesterday Afternoon.
WAS VERY LARGELY ATTENDED.
Tho Work OF Tearing Down tho
Remaining Walls by the Authority
OF tho City Commsncod Yesterday.
Formal Notice to Toar Down Their
South Wall Served on Grocr Il
LainS by City officials.

Yesterday morning liallock q Bros.
commenced with a large force OF mon
the work OF tearing down tho remaining
walls Of the Hutchinson aud Chapman
buildings, on Main street, the main part
Of which fell a week ago to-day, causing
six deaths and heavy loss to property,
both IN these two buildings and in those
adjoining. Tho work is done undor tho
city's authority and by order OF It's off.
cials, the owners and contractors having
declined to do it. /,
While considerable progress was
made yesterday, the work is necessarily
allow. Tho danger Is no. by any means
past. There is a projecting section At
the top OF the party wall, which is
cracked ~perceptibly. and tho crack
widencd visibly yesterday. The men
were kept rs lar from beneath this wall
as possible Aztec the cracking was
noticed.
1t was understood by tho mayor and
Chiei Healy that Greer & Lainr would
tear down their south wall, adjoining
their ruined buildings, and that work
would be commenced yesterday. Tho
firm decided no. to do so, however, and
after consulting with expert builders,
the city solicitor aud many prominent
citizens the following notice was served
last evening:
WHEELING. W. Va, April 10, 1895.
!Nor'. Greer K LaiE9.
GExrLEMES:-The south wall OF your
building. No. 1916 Main street. Wheel
ing, W. Va, is in dangerous condition.
You are therefore notified TO forthwith
dlsmantle, raze 10 the ground and
make the same safe.
u. F. CALDWELL,
Mayor.
FRANK J.. HEALY,
Chief Fire Department.
The firm said that in view OF this no.
tice they would 60 ahead aud tear down
the wall. The law gives them five days
before the cityis authorized TO take the
contract on its own hands.
Mr.. W. D.. Johnson. committee for
the Turner estate, which own the
building south OF the alley, had it pro-
tec,ed SO tar a. possible yesterday. lie
expects to tear down aud rebuild the
entire block.
Yesterday in their work in the ruins
the men found the coat and the lunch
basket OF Robert Wincher. In the coat
pockets were found a number OF small
articles, including q handkerchief en-
broidered with his initials, which had
been presented TO him by his mother.
The lunch basket was crushed in the
middle. An apple which was among
the contents was literally crushed fiat.
There were two eggs in the basket. and
while one was mashed, the other was
not even cracked. 4 silver-plated
knife was also entirely uninlured.
The coat was left for awhile after it
was exposed to view, and the men at
work in the building shortly detected Il
fellow trying TO steal it
The tendency to steal goods under
such circumstances is something hard
TO understand. Yesterday people were
among the debris on the wharf. picking
up anything valuable they could find
and get away with without being de-
iected. A Colorcd man loaded up a
wagon with spokes from among the
stuff and took them TO n wagon maker
and sold them. fio was called to &C.
count by the police. aud said he sup
posed the stuff had been thrown away.
He agreed TO return the spokes 10 the
owners, and was let 20.