Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-05-13
CROW lire IN NEW YnRK

The "b'rntdistnet' oftho grea, Ere in New York
has again been the scene Of destructive co .a,,r,
ton. Neeopy the following account from the New
York Journal Of Commerce OF SATURDAY;
TRuCrlVE FIRE.-AGer a Ions ncri,l n
almost total exemption from fires, our city was visit.
ed last night with one which occasioncd n bc,yy
loss of property. N'
SION alter midnight, the foIr story store No. rs
Pearl street, East side. fourth building S,uth orV,Il
s''ee', was discovered To be on fire. and a few min
uies The hames burst furiously from the roof and
rear, where was a small o,en area, which ray, Them
access TO the stores No. Ia and ll2 Wafer stree,
ooih which. as well as that IN which the fire origin.
aied, were NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. with mrsi ortheir con
tents Also the stores No. las and III Pearl street.
next a~djrining li6; the wind being moderate from
the North East. Total. Eve stores. VIZ three on Pearl
street aud tw"on Wafer All of them were four or
five stories high.
No. lis belonged 20 the estate OF Zlchariah Low.
IL, AMI was occupied on the first h,or by Nies,r,.
Richards Blssett d Aburn. as a dry goods store. and
IN the upper part by Samuel Cochran. as a lace
store.
No. lac Pearl street wns occupied below by II.
" Howard, as a dry goods store. The uppor part
was unoccupied.
No. IA Pearl street was occupied in the upnor
part by Adshcad a. Co. dry gods im,,rters IN
the lower part by n. W.. Sanford, a shoe deal.
CT.
No. li2 Pearl street, occupied in the lower part
by ). u w. Kelly, dry gp~ds dealers, aud in the up.
per part by "ierpnint Phillips, clrihicr. The build
ing extending through tn Water stn,ei. being ,ub.
stanIialiy erected, presented n formidable b,rrer Ia
the raging element, which enabled the fremcn To
stay the progress of the fire without much damage
TO the building. The contents ~ the building yerr
considerably damaged by water.
The contents Of No li0 Pearl street. occunied IN
the lower part by W. +. as Wariug, dry good.
4 la.lRta unl IN IL. T.
son. were partially damaged by wafer.
The contents OF No. $50 Pearl street. occupie1
IN the lower part by Booth & Tuile, dry goods dea
lers, were considerably damaged by water.
The lire communicated 10 the rear ofthc five STORY
brick building No. liz Water street, o .vued by r.
Coles, and occupied by WIN. Rust. Is a drug store.
and " ). Duraud d 20. who had an Office in IA,
second story building and most Of lis contents en-.
ureiy destroyed. The four story brick building. No
ia Water street. occupied by Rufus Chase x Co.
m the lower part, and Foster & Els:on. in The upper
part.
Mr.. S. Cochran's loss is estimated at about 500.
OJb, said 10 be insured. Rlchlrl's, BIsseit and
Ahorns loss estimated At about 40. O00 dollars: insur.
ed. VIM Rust loss about So zoe, insured 8. 900:
;. Dnnnd * Cos loss IN notes and valuable piper,
Is estimated frun SIS 900 to 10000; no Insurance
The loss on estimate made OF the olhar losses.
The Battle was admirably well fought, bTI he
IRE had made such progress bcfure iI,,1s d,sr,v,r.
ed that nothing b~gL-Sr1T51eh manner an which
- ORC NGs built, in addition 10 The efforts Of tho
"e'hen, Prevented an extensive confagrction. We
H.-1+ot inform our city readers, that the ground
Stre this fire occurred. was burnt over Ivy lMc
memorable conlagretIon Of 1885; whi,h was taken
a. a sufficient hiatt o. build in future with some lule
regard 10 safety. Consequently, the main walls Of
all the stores burnt, are sill Standing.
J.. ;, The fire the morning was even more De.
rtrucive than we represented 1t 10 be. Thu total
loss Of property Is probably not far from $3.50 900
OF which about S27j.000 is covered by Insurance.
distributed, more or less, among nearly all the Insu-
rance Offices in this city, and some in other States
The following l. a. correct a statement rs we have
been able 10 o5;ai9. Of the amount OF loss, oaI the
insurance by which il Is covered.
Estimated Loss. Insurance.