The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-03

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"A tonight. and is a total loss
The fire then extended across Penn
avenue and dcvourcd Joseph Horne &
CO.'S big dry goods store. and w. =.
c,,sr & Company's china house.
win Horne s Company's building
won't those OF Myers Glove Company.
vor,e's Office building. containing q
-, ~ ,,,,,,,ber of offices; W. T.. Grter &
,S,,,,rr,ny's china store, Snaman.s car
-, b1usa and the NJ T.. Publishing |
r5-esrn. all on Penn avenue. on Lao,
srty street, Huck's cigar factory aud
gar Bros Estimates OF the loss are |
anly guess work as yet. but y wiz
F-sch at least S2,0oo,ooo, supposed 10 oe
wsI insured. .-...,... a., ,.h,.,,
- yisi,aa thls CITY since 1886. and u
-. o1t pbout midnight IN T, c. Jen-
tiss' v-holtsale grocery house. The
s,r1es spread rapidly from Jenkins and
So had consumed several large build
,rrs IN the vicinity. The Insurance can.
~ he tod tonight, but It - supposed
70 be well covered.
n. origin OF the FIRE in the Jenkins
battling is not known, but Il IS supposed
"a have been smouldering for honrs IN
Jrs, heap at the foo. OF the elevator
sS5H The Wafchman tried 10 get the |
g5 mes under control, but gave up the At |
t.r,pt md sent In an alarm The depart- !
-,srt sent IN general alarm and soon
m the engines In the city were on hand.
l, vas seen at once that the city depart
u.nt was not sufficient and the Alleghe-
nv city department was called on and re-
fpondsd quickly, sending almost theIr
entire force.
,S:al losses may be stated as follows; I.
c. jenkins. wholesale grocery, occupying !
an entire block running through from
/. .Iher,y 70 Penn avenue. between Fifth |
strsgt and Cecil alley. Loss fully 100000 !
Josheph Horne & Cos, dry goods house |
corner OF Fifth and Penn, loss over
81 90. 900 building and stock. Hornes
0alos building. adjoining their store;
buIdlnEH occupied by ". p. Grier & Co,
china house, Penn avenue; Mayors glove
s;ors, Snaman's cIrpcs hOtle, Huck's
cigar factory and Hall Bros, building, In
which the American Press Association
haF its Offices. The Methodist Book Con-
csru building, In which are a number or
o.Ecas. and Lee s. Smiths dental estab-
lshment. are partially destroyed. The
Duquesne theatre RdjOlns the Methodist
house and Is now burning anu
viii BE- a total loss. The surprise
Clothing house. on the opposite side OF
Penn avenue. from the theatre Is also IN
fames and will probably be ruined.
A large number os buildings In the
vicinity had windows broken and are be-
lag deluged with water.
Another Account.
The loss will exceed two million dol
lars. and Is well covered by insurance.
Among the buildings destroyed are Jen-
kins wholesale establishment. Horne's
slG-st0ry dry goods Establishment.
Horne's Office building, the Duquesne
theatre and the Methodist Book Con-
Germ.
The Are started in the cellar OF the
Jenkins building in 4 pile OF barrels
Glied with waste paper. The flames
were discovered by Watchman William
Hunter. while making his rounds on the
third moor. He had amelt smoke ear
llsE In the evening. but believed that Il
came from the outside and had paid no
attention 20 It. The flames had lenped
rapidly up the elevator shaft and he
made q vain attempt TO extngulsh the
fire buckets OF water. An air drafi
used 20 yenuiate the great building
famed the flames and he found II i'm
POSSIBLE to do anything. He made his
escape from the building with great
d!fncul;y because OF the immense vol
umss OF smoke. The alarm was turned
!n about the same time BY officer Milton
Bailey. who noticed smoke issuing
through the window.
The flre made rapid headway nfter II
had started. and by 1870 o'clock names
b-gan 10 pour out the Penn avenue
front. All the fire department OF the
and Allegheny were summOned,und
The fremen fought brayely TO check the
progress Of the confiagration. The hre'
however. attacked the immense guam
tity % barreled oil. sugar. molasses and
-four that this building contains, ana
by l245 o'clock the Penn avenue ana
Liberty avenue fronts were one mass OF
flames
The frn ate lts way so rapidly that the
Grrmcn narrowly escaped by falling de-
hrIs. Planes filed Penn avenue com
pietsly and shot Into the air 200 feet or
more. presenting one OF the most mag
nifcont sights seen for years. The
splendid buildings OF Joseph Horne &
CO., opposite caught. and the iremcn
worked desperately 10 prevent It's loss.
The Horne building was burning from
cellar 20 roof and the flames had com
munIcated TO H0rues immense office
building adjoining.
Magnificent sight.
This structure was o; stone and also
s!T E,8E.' 10 height 1t was occupied by
vs. P Grler & COMPANY. china deal
era Bon Marche Glove Company, Sna-
TaGF carpet house and scores of ply
s.a'NrE HuCk's cigar factory and Hall |
Br.E building next zen victims 60 the ]
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