The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-02-10
ITTLETlN BURNED
UP CLEAR AND CLEAN

ttt~,t Y ~ Will tftN HAh0 -
the result 81 ihe fire that broke out
there Hriaay afternoon, meager re-
ports 81 which reached here Friday
evening
-Four hotels. bank. three
churches i flour mil and many
other places Of business we're de-
stroFed Ia tle fire Tho los is es-
timated At between Se5o.000 and 4
half alillion To cstilnale the IN
snranee II tins time i impossible.
Among the business places burned
ire the following
Bank of Littleion
81 q @. Station.
"A. n. Grow s general tore.
l.oliis Dellburts s hotel.
Weiner q Jolliife's stable
Barne Shelly's hotel.
Mrs G Hendrickson's hotel.
Catholic church.
Methodist church
Christian church.
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Emma Lewis restaurant
Murphy 81 Duff's hotel
Chimney & Bartlett's Touring min.
EaiTmont Brewing Company
store housesand carload II beer.
Shortly after II o'clock FRIDAY
afternoon an alarm of FIRE was sent
out from the W. II. Crow grocery in
the central section Of the town. IN
les than tliree minutes after the crv
of tire iung out the building was +
mass Of flames Inside Of twenty
minutes the entire business block
along the west side Of the B. i o.
tracks was a blazing cauldron. lr
it was the Bank 81 Eittleton. The
opera house tile Commercial hotel
and several smaller stores and resi-
denees From this block the great
tongues of fame were swept across
The \ o. railfoad tracks u thc
Exchange Bank and Delburt's saloon
and hotel The hill back 81 this was
III built up almost 70 the top. III
SOME places along what was known
Is lain street the lrill was 50 steep
that anchor lines were used 70 keen
HE houses IN position and from slid
ing down the hill.
With 2 heavy wind beating against
Ehe hill there soon followed one 81
tllc nspst spectacular fires ever Wit
9essed IN the State 81 West Yirgin-
q. Flames leaped from house tc
Ilolse with rapidity that The eve
Soaid scarcely follow. DWELLING
'niall and large were caught IN the
roaring mas of flame and wiped ori
ls though thew were d bunch of dead
Try timber There was absolutely
10 way terrbeck The onward march
of the Gre demon and for d while
the small army of men aud bows who
we're fighting heroically almost gaze
up IN despair.
A Wheeling fire engine reaches,
bittleton about 4 O'Clock. with tie
Gre burning along two paths. I'herc
9as no way p unload the fire engine
and after shifting II around fo
several places It was finally gotten II
shape to RIM off the truck. when i
was decided by Assistant Chief
Clater that it was not necessary, as
the Cameron men, aided BY several
from the Wheeling department, were
their last stand against tie
fire.
Men laboring under the stress %
the great excitement drank more
than was good for them and soon
half the men IN die town appeared
to BE drunk.
at one time there were len fights
IN progress in barroon Men
Wild with liquor were whooping and
nowiing n a manner that promised
to start a reign of terror
This aroused the people ami fnal-
IS the police department WIS sNwed
up 10 a latent sense Of duty ard
closed the place up. After this mer.
pounded and ciubbed At the doo's
but fhey were not admitted
One hundred houses were burned
and $50 families are homeless: nuin-
berinr between lii hundred and
eight hundred Not fifty houses are
left standing
Tt was almost six o'clock at nigh;
before the flames were completely
under control 81 the almost ex-
lhausted firemen.
The Wheeling Board of Trade has
sinaugurated d relief movement md
$500 has been subscribed. besides
lare quantities Of provisions and
clothing A special relief tram
went so Idttleton from Wheellng
Saturday morning
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