New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-06-08
The Late Fire at Allentown.

The AHentowH Pa Democrat gives the partic-
uars Of the late disastrous fire in that town The beau
tiul square commencing al the Market House and ex
tending up 20 Hagenbuchs tavern on Hamilton 4 TAX
ing in both sides Of the street and ranging for enough
down to include all the back buildings either side Is
heap Of smOulderng ruins.
Tie Office OF The Lehigh P0ri0 and Rp0rfr, German
paper) with al the materials was entirely consumed
How the fire originated b. yet mystery. The fol-
lowing j. Il list Of properly destroyed:
John Eckets stable in which the IRE originated -
Charles Fckert's barn George Skaters do Mrs
-teter's DO Charles Sacgcr's do. IrcXlcrs tavern,
owned by j. Grim. with two stores and I've stables
tavern building insured for 5000 Grim & Rcnlng.rs
no insurance-loss $1,000 Augustus KEEPER two sta
blcs Mana.ss Schwartz, two DO Abraham Newhard.
fw0.sory brick and twOstOry frame dwelling carpen-
Ter shop and barn loss about s. ONO insurance
Dr. Donowsky. three-story house and drug store, Ia
boratory and stable insurance SL'OD-loss BESIDE
about $500 Mr. Kline, TWO three story brick houses,
in one OF which the Patriot and hepoup prlnnng
Office and bookstore. and the other Huber Wagner
store. stOJl insurance MoT'z & Viewers store
ihrcc-story brick insurance ON stock-ioss elOoo
Peter NeWhard. one tw0etory stone house, IN WAlch
was the Allentown Post Office the Post Once property
prlnciuAly saved. $1,000 Insurance. Edmund *. New
hard twostory brick and hardware store; el2OJ m-
surance: loss $4,000 George Lucas, two story brick
with shocstorc dwelling and stable insurance SLOW;
los, $1,000 Peter Huber storehousc nlied win Veiua
nir Grain and Goods dwelling house and stable total
loss $1,000 Naeccr Wodncrs brick store and entire
STOCK of goods: Insurance 1000. loss about $500
Iosclh Weiss matchmaker and lewelry shop aud dwell
M: insured Tuoma- Ginkugcr. In manuiuciOryi loss
nor known. Daniel KEEPER. three story brick; lnsuf-
ance $1,000. this house was occupied by Ephrnm
Oanrwerc: los about $500 Joshua Hancs, two
story stone and frame h0uscs insurance c2VN.
Odd Fellows Hall (uutuishrlD loss several thousand.
n one side Of the Han the variety store 81 Weiss
& Lochman whose loss has been serious enc. In the
ether the tailoring establishment of Mr. C. heck-loss'
goods sc 20 a considerable amount The basement
was occupied by H. F. Magic an oyster saloon and
re~taurant-lOss several hundred dollars uf. 4. IL
Maran two story brick house and three frame stables
no insurance--loss about $4,000 q Cole, Two brick
houses and shop-loss about s. 80; no insurance j.
/. Newhsrd twO-story brick house ana stable; insur
ance 81 0O-l,ss about sou J. Ruhe. one twO-story
brick dwelling brick suuif mandatory. cigar shop
.onp--fOrv framt) and stable. Insurance Sluo0-los-
/ S'O01 In Esquire Ruhe's building was burned The
| law Ehrary of II. G. lonsni ktr now IN Mexico. Nj
chael hcr two story brick house and stable, IN
surance-loss 81 2o0 intending stock OF store goods
C. Shol 2-,tory brick and srsh.c-loss S2Oo) no ius
Cathsr.ne Grad story br.ck dwelling, loss Slo1o nC
insurance james Scagreavc large barn ami contents
/ DIT Tlshman Il. Martins DO do; J. y. r Hunter,
stables George Keepers sisbe-loss abou, sou 4!
/ lentown Hose House Martin schvenks butcher
ng establishment and barn Beitler's black 'nltE
shop Reuben Kaufman turning shop Wints
Ehner's and + Grlm's stables Wootring Dresher
/ Log hou-es known az Ola tlubcrs Residence - Da
/ vid ShOll new 2story brick unfinished George Good
/ o-story frame building Allentown NarSet-aousc
! The whole number OF buildings destroyed is abou
/ sO-dwclhngs and stores 80 The aggregate amount o
loss has been very htlc ii any less than e2o0OlO-
/ about $4,000 only OF which is covered by insurance
Truly such calamity has rarely ocisllen any comna
l nifty
A meeting was held in Allentown the "a ns,an
70 take measures for the relief Of the sufferers by thi
I terrible ere.