The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-12
HOUSE & HERMANN SAVE RECORDS
WORTH MANY THOUSAND DOLLARS
VALUABLE BOOKS OF
ACCOUNTS ARE INTACT
Register Gets Into Action
Again at Its Own Plant
Buffalo to Resume.

tfundrCCi& - p"nnl. who wHrs dra wn to
the scene ot III" House 4 tl'rrnaHu. :ir"
Al Fourteenth and Market Str",.tS rrS-
terday. watched with c"ESid.r;hl" curl
o$i,y n" fi:ty or moro nr"u rmIfinyrh
about I'll: ruins digging oUt III" big sal"
used by the firm - keep th";r arr"ua:
books and records. and they w"rr r..-
wacded for th"ir rati"nc" and tin. hard
ships they endured by standing ~ th,
city pavcmcnts and str..>,S. for n; !
O'Clock the great mass Of S.r'l was ~
posed and finally opened 10 an interest
ed group gathered immrdiat"l" AROUND
It. disclosing til" fac; that unt on" ":
the thousands Of accounts keep, IN m"
vault had been damaged.
TIL. papers were as Try as 'ind"r n"'-
withstandtns tn" flct that ---w"ll say 4
million gallons ct water had hnn pla;-
cd upon the crca: stool rar"p:arl for
so hours and that il had been in fiery
furnace for an equal pcvi"d--t"r all tn"
firms records were intact, a fortunai"
fact that will saw them months ii work
land those associated with th"m in q
business way endless labor.
An oSocetylenc flame was used tn
| open the safe bccnr" tho records and
leases OF thirty years business was dis
closed to vi.'w. showing that asidr from
q slight 'ianpncSs everything WAS in
good order ami could be perfectly read
After the Con;"nt$ wcr" hauled ont
th.: wsr" pat !rt" waiting wagons a:rd
hauled to r." II ,"S.r l. l."rriraI'S :",u.
p"r1rr hsadqU?r:-rs a ISIS M:lrH.t
street in the Hub building. whore thas'
who have outstanding accounts may call
and transact business. just ia. $a!m"
as though Il" tirr hal occurred.
Hundreds Of peprl" called Yesterday
and made payment an tIi.!r accounts an!
little difficulty - evidenced in cuS,'.iu-
erS being unable In find III" temporary
location. Nuch surrrlS" WAS "Niir"SS"!
at the speed with whi%h ;st' :!::r. -
sun,.d operations and il !$ Interesting
20 not. thar aS Early rs yesterday morn
Ing Srles wor" i&adn III III" NV store,
With all leases and records in r"rC""r
condition House Il Hermann Will "S-
peri"nct no difficulty III continuing right
along the usual lines. and it is qu''e
safe - srtrlic; ;hat IN. n v"ry short time
this firm will t". doing business The
same az II n" fire had '.oin" /" interrupt
th"i- pleasant relations with III" i'""ni'
t: this city ard ririnitE.
Another Quick r"c"v"rE From fh"
honruuS, was i1ad" by H." E'slS'"r
wnirn was prlE iuFC'H ~ i'-i!''!'' WIS -
i;s building tw" ";,y1efr"r' IN" 't"n'HS"
sustained hy tn. fir"~ With ;!"' usual
Spirt, and r"snurr"tuln"Ss manifested by
newspaper n!rr tn" world over III" nl"n-
bars -: the staff n:;inas"d {" iSSu" II
rcry cr"dtahlc paper from! the ;"ml'"7-
arr headquarters they established IN th>
Tci"Eraph's huildtne. hHi t"-da% ;h'E
Will ixsu. their paper from their ""n
building.
The ruins will 30 cleared ,awaT ~
rapidly as possible and within u tort
night or So III" fire will h" only a m"r'-
rrv. for K is tl'r intention "t III" owi'r$
OF the property 10 commence work "u 4
rev structure as soon a* thr debris 81
tho disaster .can h. removed.
! Thr traction officials are du" 70" Il
word nt comm.nda:i1u. FOR d"Splt" ;h"
extremely cold wra her ;h"% had larc"
+ fnrc. al m"n u; work, both Monday and
Tuesday. in conjunction with others
| from the TELEGRAPH and telephone
| ron,panicx. clearing away "a" tan
| ri. ot i"n coated wires and clean
lrg TN tn" streets. rad this morning ih''
terrible sc.uo depicted in an illustration
shown in tn" lntrlltg"nccr NJ yesterday.
/ will hr but II memory. Tho ic" stIli re-
! mains on tha Reilly and Register build