The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-11

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Pittsburgh, Pa. Feb. 1o.-Eieven peo-
pie dead, twenty-seven missing and
eighteen injured and property loss ST.
100000, With about 100000 Insurance.
IS the awful record Of the big fire OF last
night. Following Is q revised lis. Of the
dead, injured and missing:
Dead-Police Lieutenant A. ]. Berry.
John McHanna, William Scott. jr..
Stanley satz. John Dwycr, George
Lovelace, William Smith, Albert A.
Wolf. Thomas Claffey. William L. Wal
lensteln and an unknown, supposed TO
be John Scott, the youngest son OF the
president OF the Chautauqua Ice Com
pany.
The injured are--Robert Rosamond.
single, aged forty years, lieutenant OF
Engine Company No. Q, right foot
crushed. Leg amputateti below the knee
at Homeopathic Hospital. He was also
bruised about the body. Owen X. Fell
der. aged eighteen years, fracture OF the
right leg. George Douglass. thirty-fiye
years, or Bellevue, unconscious. 1t Is
thought he received internal injuries.
Owen Mullehan, married. thirty years.
lacerated scalp. William Flemming,
thtrty-two years, single, conclusion OF
budy and scalp wound. Joseph Head
ley. aged flfty-flve years. bruised about
body and head. Kit Wilson, thlrty-sIx
years, OF Paducah, KY, received in
1uries about the head, not fatal. Robert
Dodson, thirty-flve years. injured atbc;rt
the head and body. Captain A. A.
Brown, superintendent of the bureau OF
building inspection, leg cut and bruised.
Peter Malone. aged twerty-nine years,
slightly injured about legs. Davis Stew
art. aged %. badly cut by falling bricks.
William DesTike, aged thirty-three
years. injured about head and body.
Charles Wilson struck by falling bricks.
Police Officer Rodgers. cut and bruised
and injured internally. Peter Malone.
leg broken. Mrs. Mary Desmuke, aged
thirty-three years, cut about the head
and arms and hurt internally. Charles
Simon. aged thirty years. travelling
salesman. OF Cincinnati. cut badly on
the head by 4 brick. George King. en-
G!neer No. Z Engine Company, scalp
wound and bruises. John Hunter.
stoker No. : Engine Company, bruised
and both ankles sprained.
These are supposed to be missing
George Newman. fire inspector of Phil
adelphia Gas Company; William Doran,
William Finch, Edward Donne,ly, Chris
Schriver, James p. Morrison, Professor
James Moxan, :orgaDis. Evangelical
Lutheran church. Brushton, Pa; D. 3.
Woskerly, John Gerry, George McDcn-
aid. Jack Farrell, Samuel Mclaughlin,
Jacob Booth and party of four COM
panions, who were In a saloon on Penn
avenue when the wall crushed the build
ing. are missing and are supposed to be
under the debris. Mrs. Mary McFad-
den. with her family OF eight children,
are supposed to be under the fallen wall.
They lived In house on Mulberry alley.
which was crushed. Nothing has been
seen of them since the explosion last
night and it is believed all are dead.
All day long. firemen, policemen and
other city employees have been working
at the risk OF their lives, but up to night
fall but little progress had been made
in the clearing away OF the debris. The
work will be continued without cessation
until It Is known no bodies remain
buried.
Blackened walls tower from the midst
OF heaps OF smouldering rubbish. threat
eHlnS to 'topple over at any minute.
Twenty streams are constantly playing
On the still burning ruins. a heavy pail
OF smoke overhangs the desulate scene
and the tired policemen have hard work
kpen tho J, -
lockers from getting within the rope
GORDON. Many Of the people who fed
panlo-s.ricken from their homes last
nishtare plucklng up courage enough to
return thus not jeopardiZed by the fire
weakened walls.
Mayor Ford this afternoon realizing
that some OF the worst features OF the
calamity are yet to come so far lS the
dead and heads of families are concern
ed. and that many will be in need OF
prompt aid. issued I public letter, sug-
costing subscriptions from the citizens
for distribution among needy victims.
There Is no reason TO change last
nights estimate Of the large loss to prop
er;y.
It is difficult to get figures. but Insur-
ance experts say that 1t will be at least
Sl.5OO,0O0, and may be more.
Some Of the individual losses known
are: W. a. Hoeveler & Co.. loss on
building $4,000. with $4,000 insurance;
loss TO the 1,G00 customers who had
goods stored in the building 100000.
About 20 per cent VI the latter had no
insurance.
The Chautauqua Ice Company. owners
OF the building occupied by themselves
and the Union Storage Company, loss
s2I5,O00 on building. wagons, ice-nraklng
machinery. etc.
The Union Storage Company will lose
nothing beyond interruption Of business,
but The loss to their customers Is unofl-
clally placed at $3.50, ,000 Losses TO others
outside OF the large concerns mentioned
Will foot up SS00,OOO.
Late tonight the headless body of
william Mcdonnigle, assistant engineer
OF the Chautauqua Ice Company was
taken from the ruins and Identified.
Inc body at the morgue supposed to be
John Scott. hns been positively ident,-
lied as that Eoung man.
Reports circulated In this city yes-
tcrday that Mr.. Austin Beach, of tho
pittsburgh Times. had met with SER
ions injuries in the above fire were
Without foundation. fj
or Interest to Mcihodists.
CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 1O.-At the
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