Freak Fire Furthered by Flood Flaunts Wheeling Firemen
Fire and flood combined recently to give Wheeling, W. Va., firemen a nightmare experience as they struggled against heavy odds to overcome a blaze on Wheeling Island.
Companies 5, 6, 7 and 8 responded at 2:29 A.M. to an alarm at 109 So. Huron street, the residence of one H. Levin. Arriving at the scene the fire fighters found the house was entirely isolated by the raging Ohio River, then at flood stage.
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