The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-24
$4,000 Property Loss When
Houses of Walter Ebeling
and Lee Mccullough Go
Up In Flames-Louis Beu-
ter and Louis Ebeling Also
Losers Fire Com
panies Called

Two houses were burned - tho
ground and Two others were had'y
damaged, when destructive confsa-
grafton broke out on the Mount WOOD
road shortly before ? o'clock last even
ing The loss amounts 10 about SlZ,Voo
partially covered by insurance. The
losers IN the fire arc.
Walter Ebcling. No. ), Mount Wood
road; home and furnishings totally de-
stroycd. Loss $1,000: nearly all covered
by Insurance.
Lee McCullouSh, house at No. ),
Mount Wood rond;and furniture of MR..
SCullcy and sons. vino occupied INC
property. Loss $4,000.
Louis Ehclng, No. :, Mount WOOD
road; house .scorchcd. windows broken
and building soaked with waller; Loss
$500. Insured.
1.ouis Reutcr. No. /. Mount Wood
road. main building scrrched and rool
and gabl|cf small oul-kitchcn burned
LOSS $500 Insured.
rhn fire broke out about $50 O'Clock
IN the kitchen OF Walter EOelinG'S house
Mrs. Ebe!lng was Wash'nG dishes wien
she turned and noticed that the wall be-
hind the kitchen stove MAS IN tlamcS'
Shc shouted Fire and Charles Land
mycr rushed In and attempted to auevch
tho fire by using garden hose. NJ
fire had too much of a start. ana BOX
ll5 was pulled. summoninE the fire com
panics from Eleventh street. %orth
Wheeling WoodSdalc and the Atlantic
station Three streams were played lrto
the EheI.nG homo. but by this tune the
fire had spread TO the McCulinugh
house, Tho firemen on the scene were
Handicapped by mud in the fire plugs
and ,irncd their attention - usiuS what
water they could gat IN an attempt to
SAY. tho homes OF Louis EhelinS ana
Louis Rcutcr.
General Alarm Sounded.
Fire chief A. Burley Thompson sound
% general alarm, calling the Cntir"
department. with the exception or Inc
Warwoud company. which mofcd l"
North Wheeling and the Eight %ard
company moved to headquarters.
The purnprr arriving on tn" general
alarm made connections at fire plug
on thk National Road near Seventh
street, and six streams in all were used.
Ry thIs time the homo of Walter tshc-
ling and tho Lee Mccullough houses,
both frames. were gone. and the fircmen
all fought the fire from tho other two
buildings.
Two Of. the firc companies with their
APPARATUS were still on tho scene at
midnight guarding against new out
break of fire.
Mrs. Scullcy. who lived In the Nc
Cullough house. is in hospital critical
ly i'll. The only occupants OF the house
al tho time the fire broke out were her
two sons. John Lewis. * years old. and
Junior. aged .. Their father IS dead.
woman, 90, Rescued.
Mrs. Julian Games was in tho nome
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Beuter. She is
90 years old. and was carried out OF the
house by Walter Anderson. her gand-
son. and sheltered at the home OF
Charles Landmycr on tho National road.
The fire. high on Wheeling Hill. pre-
scented the appearance OF an even more
disastrous fire. and fully five thousand
people packed the hillside 10 watch the
canClagratiun. Three hundred automo'
biles lined both sides OF tho National
road during the fire. tying up trafnc
for two hours.
At one time. hundreds Of people who
took n position on the hill above Inc
houses to watch the fire. were caught
In 4 wall OF smoke when the wind veer-
cd, and some nearly choked. At times II
was Impossible 10 see IN the dense
clouds OF smoke.
NcIghhurs of the families who lost
their homes invited the unfortunate fire