The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-10
INTERESTING REPORTS
Presented by Fire Chief Cline and
Electrician Dunaway to the Fire
Committee Last Night.

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Electrician Dunaway TO the Fire
Committee Last Night.
Two interesting reports engrossed the
attention OF the members of the fire
committee last night. One pertained to
the record Of fires for the quarter end
ing September 30, and the other re-
port of Electrician Dunaway's observa-
lions at the wilmington, Del, conven-
ton he attended. Both reports were
credltnble documents and testify to the
ambition to make the Wheeling depart
ment second to none in the country.
Chief cline's report was as follows:
July S-ll:2O p. M, % Twelfth street;
owner, David Gutman; occupant, G. A.
Beuter; cause unknown; loss, $522; In
surance, $1,000.
July gil p. M, 22S9 Main street; ow-
ner, William Meyers; cause, fireworks;
loss, 81: Insurance, $500.
July 4-7:A p. M, jacob street, ow-
ner, Mrs. Larkins: loss. $50; insurance,
July 60 p. M, Forty-seventh and
Eoff streets: owner, James NickolaG;
cause, from paper balloon; no loss
July iOE11:s5 a. M, Alley D and
South Eoff street; owner, Mr.. Nesbitt;
cause, defective flue; loss, none; insur-
July il-7:45 a. M, Terminal trestle;
cause, rubbish; no loss.
July 11-6:15 p. M, Thirty-seventh
street: FIRE on river bank; no loss.
July 11-3 p. M, Thirty-eighth street;
fire on river bank; no loss
July 12-1O:2O p. M, ll20 Main street;
owner. Platoff Zane; cause. match
thrown on floor; no loss. insurance
$1,000
July 14-1:2O a. M. 100 Main street;
owner, Dan Arndt: cause, incendiary;
loss, $25: insurance. $1.1O0.
July 1874 p. M; 1904 Wood street;
owner, George Crumbacker; loss, $25;
no insurance.
July 2O-4:1O p. M, Main street: rub
Dish In rear Of Alexander's shoe store.
July 20-10:0S p. M: Twenty-seventh
and Water streets; Wire & Steel Com
pany: loss. $50; no insurance.
July 2S-3:1O p. m; 20 Twenty-fourth
street; owner, Mr.. Schafer; cause, gas
olIne stove; loss, 81: insurance. $500.
July 25-4:55 a. M; Twenty-seventh
and chapllne streets; Knights Of Py-
thIas Castle; no loss; insurance, $4,000
/ AukuhI sa4o - sNsV %AAAa'-~N
street; owner, Mr.. Jones; cause, gaso-
lnie stove; loss, SIS; no insurance.
August 3-7:45 p. M; 1119 Market
street: owner. P. welty; no loss; In
surance. $4,000.
August 6-National pike; owner, C..
Rudler: cause. unknown; loss, s.; no
August 7-s:s7 p. M; 2422 Eof
street: owner, Mr.. Frazer; cause, lamp
explosions no loss or insurance.
August s-ll:l5 a. M; l719 Wood
street; owner, A. L. Kelley: defective
fiue: loss, $50; insurance, $1,000.
August 9-2:l2 p. M: creek bank on
Eoff street: rubbish fire: no loss,
August 1855. p. M: Twenty-eighth
street; owner, James Emblem: cause,
defective flue; loss, none; no insurance.
August 17-S:37 p. M; Alley u; owner,
Mr.. Parker: unknown cause; loss, $50;
insurance, $500.
August 1850 a. M; Jacob street;
owner, Mrs. r. v, Ankle; no loss; In
surance. $500.
August 23-12:13 p. M: 1l12 Lind
street; ]. A. Ritz; sparks from chim-
ney; loss, 81; no insurance.
August 25-5:25 p. M; 1884 Market
street; G. o. Smith; defective fiue; no
loss or insurance.
| AuBuhI So-isfV ps l4GNNlloNA
street; George Windowbar; unknown
cause; loss. Sc: no Insurance.
September $3.50 p. M; Twenty
fourth street: rubbish heap fire; no
September s-s p. M; McColIoch and
Fifteenth streets: Central glass works;
loss, $40: insurance, $4,000.
September s-3:05 p. M; 1887 Market
street: unknown cause; loss, $40; insur-
September $3.50 a. M; 5si Market
street: Peter Greer; cause, SCOT in
chimney; loss, none; insurance, 5000.
September 15-n:4b p. M Thirty
eighth and Eoff streets; Henry Dam
nenberR; no loss; insurance, 800.
September 16-s p. M: l04S McColloch
street: Mrs EIchenborg; lamp explos-
ion; no loss; Insurance, $1,000.
September 1910 p. m; A21-l423
Main street; George Smith, owner; gas
oline explosion; loss, $500; insurance,
September sO-s:4O a. M; 100 Alley 1s:
Joseph Burkhart; cause, furnace; loss,
The committee also received writ
ten report from ]. c. DunRwRy. who
represented Wheeling nt the meeting Of
municipal electricians held In Whining
ton, Delaware. The report says:
Wilmington is city Of 1000, and has
assessed valuation of real and personal
| property OF so 100000. Tho flro department
/ conslsts OF companies They have eight
engines, two chemicals, one hook and lad
i dor truck five hose carts and three wng-
OnB. The nrc department IA volunteer, and
each company owns It's house and hppRTa.
/ tus. and the city phys each company u
stipulated sum each year for extlnEushing
| lrcE. They have only ono man In enCh Of
! tho houses, and never more than three, and
about 500. Tho cost TO tho city Is $500