The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-10
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Rare Chemicals Included.
/; WAS stated this morning 'hai
will" the loss of th" stock viii be
about $iun.pnu there are many ch"iu!'
calls and drugs consumed thai Will -"
iupoSSihlr Ia get another suppl! i"f
many wears owing to their being mama
featured in foreign countries and none
OF this particular kind has been luadc
since the outbreak of The EuropciA
war.
II could not be determined taiS
morning how the fire originated, IA
':Smuch as those who first saw tlr
blaze say thar il WAS in the second
floor front and il 4 few minutes lal"r
another blaze SnranS up III the hF'I
! floor front. the office.
Balzer anu Ba!zer. Main street AM"
dealers. put one Of their new Stuh"-
baker trucks in commission III carry
! inc coal for the fire engines.
! Fireman injured.
Charles Srhwlru a. tn" John Cole
man company. was painfully injured
! while assisting in lighting III" i!a;u'S.
/ IL. WAS cut hy Calling glass. ~
/ When the southeast wall -; tn" "Fu"
company building collapsed several IONS
! nr brick were thrown on Il small NUM-
: !ny housing several aut"monIi"S "t me
, Capitol Car company. Nh!i" tH' u"t.'
: nuuca;ad wiki. it WAS auth"riAli'.lE
learned tina: there were three cars and
:, chassis housed. ca" o. n" cars. Il
: ~rnirha!I"r. w;H rev. th'E h.@ I,,ss
,"tAllv DESTROYED. and IA" enitrG loss
=, estimated 10 approximate $2."H".
g. lErrueu n lighting IL" ht;tZG near inc
INNS OF ~" St"rh"iiSC ~ ihH HH}'f''
All. company -a.rc III rrH>ilnt "tMSH!.
Tia. wall "t tn HE"% '"'''i''"F
building was t"t;,r'iG aHd
Threatened to Collapse.
Soon att.r t',, G""j"'G ~ ' Vai,rf
'n:H"s c":n"1nHi'H;e" - IN, M>s'".' ~
he trcm"yr w"r" directed :" iHiS 81 T..
ARE. bat not before Many 80 ~" r"SI-
! G.ntS had removed heir h"HS"A"'i i"'-
The tir, was ora "t IL" n,nS' sn'"t;'',-
.,lar ma; has occurred IN Wheeling IN
,I",.y YEARS. Soon a:tr" tn" arrival 81
-:r ;ir,, department. rf'":n'r;'.N ~ 'H'
,,'iilJinr ryplo,l-t. throwing i.itr"$
..,,rr.. than twenty and thtrtT Too: ~ n
air brilliantly iilUm!rn;lEG H." ""ii",
rc% in iii" vicinity. Burning d""Ti- an"
p .ai!,nc glass after III" .Npio>i"l% thr''t'-
,,,"d th,. tircm.n stationed III 'front.' OF
Discovered by Cops.
, Officers Such w:ItI a"d carter di@r"I-
! ord fh. tir". They were returning Win
, .]"u:fi,. picked VI At Main and Four
r.r,,rh street ~ the police patrol rs
49,, r.r. passing the block Of buildings
between t'"urtc":th and Market streets
n" prisoner rClHarE"l' 80: ~ ~
:,;.!rs hard win th!&. ufir": L'u%h-
,,.IiI ,.ian,..i ui:t and discovered 'hc
flames which then were burning iIT..
Oh III. second floor. The alarm 1t
sixteenth and Main streets WIS pUi''"
Families Move Out
When III, h!aIa WAS al lis highest It
;.nLrd ~ i the umSt"ad brothers com
;,:.uy'< Paper h"usr 90 III" lmihc"jat''
rorih and tr., Rcd. Mcknight broE"raSe
nous. on thu south WORLD catch, but oy
w.. no -
streams playing on tho burning S'ruE
, tur.. til" blaze WAS confined 20 inc
n.."W3auts p: tn" American. Colonial
,,.j Manhattan -,,omjng houses on
rF.,rks, street; a. well rs occupants n
;.,.;vaI.. ro$idertrrs in the squar" were
driven rom III" h"i!dinSs ny thr IN
t"nse heat. most o; inrm !"Lt i'',''
taking only hat belongings thc% '"ui"
i.r,h hastily and carry uut ~ their arms.
Many collars in the block arr iln"u-
-. from t-w inches to four or I'VE Icy
don. and v:tluahi" property stored IN
. .nn1., az IN. cellars probably Is ruined
Th. sewers were inadcpuAto - carry
away thu, volumes % water from tl'i'"@s
L score. % lines. la
\ neriIliar .tr;LtiiH 81 the fire 10 he
SUCH, l1r-,, on. and right in the heart
rf In. business d;Stri6: was thH SinA'l
.rnwt present. Tho majority Of those
who came were IN night ciotninE co..
frcu with hIdNE Col'S. !hin - 80
Mid 10 4 number OF women liE!nS IN
flats IN The innlcGiitc vlGlflltF oi '''-
fire. oar
AZ %:45 o'clock. tho IRE seHnl'' - ~
pretty we'll under control ana ~ .'ni ~;
inur the craI"Sl danger was the posi-,
hilitv OF falling walls. The SOUTH wa,
~ fhs Drug r'",up;:uy building buiScu
sill mors AS x cooled and Nhrrt l'"Sf
ordered lur rnnu "t the Niagara com
.anv off tho small building ADJOINING
10 Tha roof OF tit" three story MESrs
Tobacco Company building from where
they worked with more safety.
.rh. hi,, hallUS;rHdr at the tHi' % mo
,.hi. valley prug building also threat
racd 20 crash I" til" street. ana inc pl~
ri,,nr aerial truck was moved north i"
h.. cl.;tr Of danger should It. fall. Fire
:n..n with lines Of hose w"r" sent onto
;hs tall ladders Ia pour water down mo
the ruined structure.
Safe Is safe.
~ c"iir o'clock IT," hottest part Of tho
.i;n Ma sill """;hirc in the center or
the second aud third floors. aud II SyoNed
AS though all ~ tn" floors may drop into
;, i..nH 80 cruh":S. but at til" front 4
half dozen streams Of water probably
Twlu SAY. tn" walls anal floors fr"!n
rushing down onto til" big safe con-
t:llnin;; all Il til" Drug C"nranys pa
! r,rs and valu;,hi,S.
-rtm nra, was 81 intense that Just b.
Tor" tho roof cAvcd III i; cracked Il few
I,an.S 81 GLASS III wini"wS III the SET
anth stor.. of tho IutelliG"nccr building
4; iInu Ii;iiu street. = half block away.
Tho light frame auto Si"rac" shed "r