The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-07-11

c snn ntsyIIanr."usr.nc.co. Co. 5000 1000
The iss. Of III. Fir: Association NAV n. sssoOS
$4,000; that Of the Franklin and Hand In hand
$4,000 EACH and that OF the American, $4,000 In
no one instance will the loss be likely to exceed our
estimate. Taking it for granted that about the same
amount OF property uninsured, which Is . very
Reasonable supp'son. the entire loss may be stated
1T from tSOOOU0 to 81 100000.
The extent OF the cannot be estim from the
mere number Of houses destroyed. Many OF them
sructon nov can only be viewed as matter Of regret
from the i'm date distress and loss to their
In every other light the Dire will prove benedt. The
old buildings and eiopded courts that have been
populated for years viii hope, be built up with
nne substantial buildings making the burnt district
one Of the hnett portions OF the city.
LOSSES OF BUSINESS PIRNs.
The loss of John Brock, in whose building the hre
snd explosion occurred about sa5 coo, which fully
covered by insurance In different Offices, an ong
which are the franklin aud County Insurance Com
John Brock, Sons 4 Co., had on storage In thi,
building sapetr-, .brmstonr sugar. molasses 80. to
the smoust of $1,000 Insured in tho Franklin Thil
house that The quantity OF ssltpes not very
large and they pledge their word aud honor and busi
repui alton that there not pound OF powder
In the store Msny persons have been under the i'm
presscn that the last explosion which was so fat
was ceused by guIpowder. The Msssrs Brook 4 Co
though give the most sacred assurance that such
hessrs Ridgeway L Budd had In store 5000 barrel
Of -four. They estimate their loss at $4,000. They
have policies, glad to stsss, In the North
American Franklin and American, that will moro than
cove this.
A wright Nephew had In store an immense
stock OF .sit nour wheat cloverseed 80 Their io.,
will reach $4,000 They insured In the Americas
Reliance, and North American. to amounts that will
amply remuneiste them.
Or. Jsynes drug warehouse was Insured for SIS 900
$1,000 In the Delaware Mutual. Tho store and stock
The above arm. comprise all the heavy business
houses that were burned out.
TIE HOUSES DESTROYED.
II II almost impossible to estimate the number OF
houses destroyed the grounds being cut by courts
end alleys, which we're all thieky populated. An
proxmste estimate makes RI, whole numhcriu all the
street,, alleys aud courts three hundred aud any,
which, We think. will not be far nom correct Many
of them however, very marrow, Inferior buangs
wher, the ore com esd on he side OF Water
street. below Vine and extending TO this wharf sir or
seven buildings destroyed On ths east side Of
Tront street below vine, aud extending to tho west
side Of Water street hfssn houses destroyed On
the wet ,id. Of front street below Vine, twelve
house, on the south eide Of Vine from Front TO Sc
oopd street t-eptysix houses On the north side OF
Vine from Front {. second street seventeen houses
On the side Of Newmarket street hy houses In
oludips two courts On the west side Of Nevmsrkss
street, twenty houses. On the vest side Of Front,
above Vine. TO Csllovhill. twenty seven houses On
the east side Of Front, opposite twenty houses On
the east side Of water street sbov- Vine eight ten
bsuses On the south side Of Csllovhill from Second
70 Front street ars.n same side below FRONT street
sevea To north side OF Cao ~hil below Water street
sI and four on the east side o. water street above
Calovhill ON Second, below Vine street, seven. On
the South side Of Nev street sx including two school
hs~ses On the north side Of New street ten, and sr
In Q court On TIE east side Of Second, above Vine
ssrecs eighteen On Norris court, twenty. Buokin's
court, ten Vests alley, forty Covpsxthvairs place
ten. Not less altogether than four hundred houses
THE KILLED, wousDED MISSING.
Afer the post dliesnt inquiry, vehave been unable
70 obtain sompl.ts list Of the killed, wounded aud
melabe holy part Of the story Of yesterdays die
astew feel ,sf. In stating the number follows
Knl.d, 70; wounded, 1oo drowned, Q; missing, II.
soRouuR's TvornsrrIoS.
uethine perhaps connected With this nsst discs
rccs esismity vhish hss visited our city, hss pre-
scented TO vis- such those witnessed this
morning b.for. the Coroners Tnquisiton 10 10 pain
fully true tina, almost .v.ry incident contested With
ths Gre and ~. eops.qu.ne.. hss bee. OF All. noss
lanentable ans deplorsss character but yet vhsn
think ct u; S.,ss, e, c.nn,'Ssncs. and dep and
o6spriss vvss thsir husbands husbands their vi,ss
Sisters their brothers erothsrs their ssters children
their pa,n aud friends their dearest all IN. reader
mar sgins the trying moments. th.s. which ecour
but seldom In the slO- journey to the valley Of death
Last evening Coroner usss -As called 10 The North
ns~s STATEN House the purpose Of investigating
late the cause which terminated the ves Of az. per-
thIrte~. named Abigail Csrolin. Drake. daughter Of
jobs Drake. merchant In Com street ahs had
ben at school IN Ns- street ,nd after tn. Ore broke
duently, she vs laid corpse In consequences Of the
explosion.
* the plse. inqu..s held upo. the bodies
sf an sDkno-n white vomsn unsnovn vhiss girl,
and two unknown boys The bodies 81 these latter
we've 90 horribly burned to l.sv. not the sishtss
tr.c~ u their Identification They we're However, ell
taken 10 the Green House
This morning he continued ct the same plsc. With
lsst evening" consisting OF Nessrs
Esvnuns Jevi,, john n Bryant @ Gardner Nishaei
Smith Gedfr.y Seller ana held inquesss sPen three
oxhex bodies One vas unknown White bg, sgse
about bine years ~bose neck vas broken In consc-
auence Of come falling umer the other Two we're snv
pest % the B. dy and 90 nsch burned that ~ vas In
possible TO recognise even the color or ser
PROM this place around which vas assembled soout
one hundred persons the Coroner and jury prec-cdee
\. the Psnp,yIvapis Hospital where the inquest vas
he,s upon Marcus Marcus This perssn gas ee.-ees
eighteen and nineteen years ofsge end tne sign,
e>~ted wss truly terrific Scarcely feature could %
reeosihed. ~ svfully vas he burs,d snd crfsped
The nert David M1lford. q man ssed ~
y-sr~. ~ho resided 81 No. "a Ns~ MARKET street hs
wr~, at the time Of HE d-~th, working with q ads
rre~m frtm theNorthsrn Liberty Hose, ~ which com
p.ny he va an sctve member, In Water street., d.
reety opposite the ssltpetr- establishment n Msssrs
Jehn Brock Son. After the explosives. he wss csr.
lied 10 his residence suffering the iptense pslrs
for his brrning Wounds received at that nchsiy
momenA Ne died Al eight O'clock Ia tbs svssing. and
h~~ l~ft wifs aud ohilarsn TO the loss Of
ttss busb.nd sEd nth-r, ana this oommsnity good