Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-24
CITY Of MONTREAL THE
PRAY Of FIERCE FLAMES.
WORTH OF PROPERT. CON-
SUMED IN FIVE HOURS.
THE BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING
ONE OF THE FINEST STRUCTURES
IN THE CITY AMONG THE
HOUSES CONSUMED.

gan at o'clock last night and not
withstanding tine efforts of the entire
fire department, the progress Of the
flames was not checked until l o'clock
this morning. By that time it had de-
stroyed property valued at between
s250000 and 100000 and was still
burning, though the appearance was
that the firemen have at last got it
under control.
Included in the property burned is
the splendid Board Of Trade building
which cost over half a million dollars,
with over hundred tenants and half
q dozen large firms and two scores of
cold and the fremen were greatly
hampered.
Outside of the Board of Trade build
ing there was not modern structure
among those burned.
The narrow streets, antiquated build
ings and the infiammable nature of
the stocks they contained, made COM
bination which the department was
poWerleSS to overcome.
The fire practically burned until it
came to open space which gave the
fremen an opportunity for good work.
would spread along Commissioners
street to the grand Office building in
the course of erection there.
Numerous crowds of people damned
the narrow streets and the police
could not control them. Women faint
ed and their clothes were torn and
few were slightly injured in rushes for
safety.
Ihe Following Are Estimates
of the principal losses:
Board of Trade, $500 900; insurance
$500, 900; tenants 100000; M. SAKE &
Company, wholesale clothiers, $4,000;
H. A. Nelson & Sons Company, fancy
goods, $3.50 600; Beardmore & Co., tan
ners, 100000; Silverman, Boutler &
Co., hats, caps, etc, $125, 900; coristene
& Co., furs, $500, 900; c. Seybold Sons
& Co., $4,000; Redmond, Greenless &
/ Co., hats and furs, $4,000; H. Levi,
woolens, etc, 100000; c. A. Chouilla &
Co., commission merchants, $25 900; B.
Levin & Co., furs, $4,000; Gilmour
Bros & Co., commission merchants,
$50, 900; La Porte, Martin & Co, $780,
900; J. Cohen & Co., wholesale cloth
iers, $4,000.
The Fire Started at S:O5
in the premises of NJ. SAKE & Sons,
wholesale clothiers on the corner of
Lemoine and St. Peter streets. The
streets in the locality were deserted
at the time and the fire apparently had
a good Roadway before the first alarm
was sent in. The firemen on arriving
found the building, a tree store stone
structure, a mass of flames, the fire
having apparently started in the base
ment and rushed up the elevator shat
in the rear of the store.
Second and third alarms were sent
in Immediately on the arrival of the
division chief but before the nearest
reintorcements reached me scene, the
flames had leaped across St. Peter
street which is very narrow at this
point, and attacked the big five story
stone building occupied by H. A. Mel
son & Sons Co., fancy goods, etc.
Here it spread as rapidly as it had in
the SAKE building. In almost an in
slant it seemed af If the entire build
ing was a roaring furnace.
The warehouse of Beardmore & Co.,
tanners, adjoining Nelson's to the
south was next attacked and from
three the flames communicated to the
establishment OF Silverman, Baulter
& Co, wholesale matters and furriers.
Here another inhammable stock add
ed zest to the flames.
In the meantime the flames had
continued down st. Peter street on the
side on which it started, to the cor
ner of St. Paul street, licking up the
premises of ]. Bourdeau & Co., hats,
caps, etc. st. Peter street for an en-
tire block was a mass of flames on
either side.
In the meantime a great fight was
beng made to save
The Big Board of Trade Building.
erected eight years ago at a cost of
So COO, and adjoining the Nelson
building on the north side.
For a long time the efforts Of the
brigade were successful, a plentiful
supply OF water keeping the exposed
portions cool. But the flames extend
| ed along the north side of St. Paul
street, going west from Stlverman,
Boulter & Co.. licking up half a dozen
concerns in its way, until it reached
the big wholesale fur establishment
of James Corlsten & Co. This buila-
| ing extended all the way from st.
Paul street to the Board OF Trade
building and the flames appeared to
go through il like finder box.
When the rear wall of the building
| was reached, it was seen that the
Board of Trade would have to 90 too.
Solid sheets OF fame sprang out and
up and seized hold of the big building
in a dozen different places, driving the
| fremen back
The newer and more modern struc-
ture burned more slowly than those
which had already fallen prey to the
| flames but the f1remen could not stay
the march of the devouring element.
By this time every piece of fire night
ing apparatus the city possess was In
| use. The water towers which had fall
ed to KEEP the blaze out Of the Board of
Trade building we're shifted around to