The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-26

NEW YORK. D&c. :;-Flre which
started on ;hs second aoor c: :hs seven
story building 2ll-2lg. Eas; SRI street
to-day c!I S;2o,ec0 damages.
The :i7e stated near the air shaft and
spseat with sueh rapIdI.y TIA; be.sre
the tTss engine arrived almost the en-
tire building MAS In rlnes -Four alarms
Nete sent ous IN quick sucNssSIcG, hut
the lASSS tCSct Of tiVrnea who responded
were pOwerleSs 20 stay the prpSUSs o.
the nse in the building In which (; oEigI-
mated The flames burst from the rear
Windows OF she factory. and licked the
walls o! the New Yo=k FolycllnIc, on
s4ta street. adjoining she burning s;ruct-
ure. Ii the Polyci!a!c ;Aere were from
my % sixty patients. sl:cs Ct which
had r's>satly been operated, lai Others
Us WHOM. we're awaiting ;he surS1wl's
kAlte. Among ;Ae Latter wrTe thirteen
babies The INt!eE:s wr:e hastily
wrapped IN blankets and bs.Te TO the
lH-IiWATe ho;el, .eA-hy- .Grsl; excite
IneHS prevailed among the helpless sick
rrcp.e. hu: the police and iiCerlsu work
ed hard and all the Occupants Cs the hes
lItAI NeTc SS:iea Out IL s3te;y.
The IVES; SIDE o. the WAL os tA+ hum
icE building 02 Th!riy-ih!rl stree; :tll
" - ~ a-aat tsFil- minutes ualEE
The it:Na ws!~ discovered, C-Gsh.nE in the
R3joia!aE Building. W .us. occup!t,. ~
al Apar;s.eH; EoGSs. Tse ptOg.e n the
house receive! timely warning. ai.L
rushed ~, ~ their SoIsrS earring
w!;A :hsE: such personal properly rs
i5eS' hA1 tine 70 EdIaer Up n ;hHlr
r!rSS together Ss:a Ne, cn1, = I've story
tCaetlea: aGE2iG!as
On the other side o: :ae burning :Gc.
ttsy s:cc3 ( :erecies. house. No. ~
E1S: SGrd street. TAe jr!p.4 IN this
house We're a!@o driven oIi ay the iia;nes.
GId tEo building was badly damaged by
IRE and w-;eS. The ra-T an wk.Ck The
fre started WAS occupied ny Ado,pa TIN
me-. as s2ur Cna1usScta-?. the remain
de- os the building being Used by B. =.
h9!Ce5bsEE IS q z2sHeCA1un pipe fac
to-y. The SAS;aTy building was aim os.
:e:A!l$ destroyed The intense co!I ;c=I.-
et tho spray from the hose into .Cr,
" -ltcG everything that was no; within
reach % ;he flames. aad u7le .ke .n-
mediate nc!sheorhcol % :he cnch4sCa-
lion iGOE Ike Il scene = Iceland
T5e structures Wh-cA were destroy
ed we're 1 i've story Guiding At No. 81
AID @lS East Th!yiy-;hi-i S;rrAI. used
partly IS an oti.ce buill.ug GSL n big
slI-s;ury bG.ll.aS 4 . Nos HiG lGG g,
used 2s tacil.g bulIdtGG.
The a-st and SsNoGd GOG-s o. Nos
@ll-elS were Used as o:aSeS lai display
rooms tor thc EaiGeRburg Nazuiac-
tu-iDE Company, which occupied with
It's factory. the basement and first ard
second tooTS OF the faciory building.
The company manufactured pipes and
smokers articles.
The third. fourth and hrth f!oors.
'front.' OF an-t13 were occupied rs offices
by the Seoasi!a Son1ler Piano Com
pany. aad the Gibson Piano Company.
allied concerns which had their factory
IN the upper aoor$ OF the factory build
Ing. The rear pa-t oS the upper floors
os Nos ell-2Ij were occupied BY the
snur factory ot Adolph Pinner. /; is
believed that the Are started II the
sauH factory.
4 par: OF the top door OF the factory
building was occupied by the New
ENGLAND Car Spring Company.
The IRE had been burning from s
o'clock until : O'clock before any real
2la:ri was fel; In the Polycl!2!c, though
;he patients knew there was Z :!rr in
the re!ghhcrhooi.
Suddenly the roof O: the hospital
which is on Thirty tourta stree:. burs;
into flames. The Physicians IN charge
At once decided 10 remove The f!cty-
eight patients. aa1 the Delaware. ho-
ICl' ie1lOS was plaCcI al Inc QiSp0-
sal OF the Polycl.h!c officials. \ squad
Of policemen began the removal Of the
sick people, thirteen children being
carried out without trouble. There was
more trouble wish the adult patients
Patients who should no; have lett thelr
COTS Ge:!ed III. nurses md tried 10 es-
cape. None Of the patients Will suffer
from the change.
n the tenement house Just west os
the burning buildings lived twenty
four families. The mothers and Eash-
erS watched the ETemen with Inilner-
eace frcm their windows while the!-
children played with Christmas toys.
Suddenly terror seized them as onlo5k-
ers cried: Run Sor your lives. The
wal! Is going 10 fall on You!"
Mothers picked UP their little ones
and can 10 the street. Others refused
TO leave. The police showed the men
and women down the stairs and picked
the children from the nodrs, carving
them out. Most OF them were IN their
night clothes and each one was cling
Ing 10 r toy. The roof OF the factory
building fell within an hour after the
;lrc was discovered. The wall 10 tho
west tum6led upon the tenement house.
The east wall went down on Schu!!er,s
hotel.
The loss OF hllf million Is well cov
cred by Insurance.