New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-27
The late Fire at Corning-List OF the Suffer-
er,. &c.
CORNING, steuben Co. N Y, Friday, May "a, lai

CORNING, Steuben Co. N. 7 friday MAY "a 1917.
To tie Editor Of The Tribune;
GENTLEMEN AS much speculation has been
INDUCED in, and many imperfect erroneous state
ments have been made respecting the extent, and
loss, by the fire which occurred here on Saturday,
the 18th inst many Of our citizens, together with
myself have devoted most of the two days last
past in collecting together list Of the names Of
The sufferers. (which is hereto annexed, also IN
asceraining the amount of loss occasloned by the
fire, which after careful examination, we have
estimated at about Three Hundred thousand
Dollars.
am happy to inform You, that our merchants
generally were insured the loss upon merchan-
disc we trust will be comparatively small, should
thew succeed in procuring their insurance.
Our citizens exhibit any thing but desponfing
spirit. already are they engaged some In remJy
ing. and clearing off the rubbish, preparatory TO
re building three and four story stores and brick
stores. others in erecting temporary buildings TO
meet the pressing immediate wants OF our mer-
chants and business men of the latter some twenty
are already occupied, presenting somewhat of
California aspect
Ne are bound to go ahead there is an indomit
able spirit existing among our citizens which Will
rebuild and soon present Corning as one oil the
most thriving villages in Western New York
GEO. W. DYER
List of Sufferers.
Manufacturing Depot OF the Corning aud Bloisburg Rail
road Bank OF Corning Somers Clark Corning House;
VIM Ervn. lsw-ofice; O T Spencer do; Harrington
West groceries aud liquors; D Gu Co, do: Wsit K
nroyi,iop, PosOfice; NJ Lucus bArbers6op; Dodge
Souihwen groceries and recess tuiiord Tucker do;
Lewis fuller, boots and shoes and store building;
ID Williams dry goods and | store building Ouatt,
boots and shoes Charles Paige, provisions and I sore
building: Parce Egbert cabinet ware and Store build
irg. Rowland CLARKE, groceries; Howell merchant
,.d, store buding: Jason Shook, saddles and har-
nes and store building; George BodgeL confs tonAry
Ard teppin Gey Lewis Davenport provisions and store
building; d Edwards jewelry and wsc1es u Olack-
enbush crockery and groceries, mrs Weils, dNeAlng.
house; VIM Hatch, mats CAPS ana 1usN DOCS; Y
Davis provisions, store building, dwelling, and Darn
Cobb. Corning Botel l. d Dodge, bdlfs Head Mar
hi and store building kimbsi dwehngi B9siw CO,
Tdd Uiis dry goods Benz suln Newman, ready maze
oilipg; II Phelps, dry goods, store build 1g' and
dwelling; Geo Thompson Co ready made elothngi Full
Ter Edson groceries ard recess joan GAIL CAP net "sei
S0ielos 4 Hood saddle and harness; & Gods en-,
1ssdv made cothngi Mr. White tooscco md cigars DrJ
Graves dues medicines ard books and store building;
l. 5 Thomas dry goods; J Packard. dry goods; g w
Over dry goods, Eagle block and once building; WIN
Hart HARDWARE Hirem A6oos groceries ana pf2ySoa
so1k Co watches and jewelry Dr. YIN fefbsl, drugs,
medicines and books, aud store 6uudlngj Oam2'9a
DRY goods; BoOmhEll Son, groceries and pro Hsons,
sore building and barns Denis Dtiseo- groesry and
building; h Pace groceries and provisions and
store building B-pismin Head groceries and Progsions
n Robinson Co, dry goods; Murray M.uinore gro
ceriss and provisions store but ding, barn and Shop
JsJsckson, ! dwelling house; Fillmore Weeks, groce
rteaa and ID. 4
Nah grocery ard recess Mrs Freeman, millinery aud
dveiljpg: Lev Siardevsnt dwelling; w LOgsioy, dos
G. W Southwark, do; II Ellis, DO; 4 Smith, do WIN
w Berhei do; Sornb0rger do Mrs FORMER, do; Sam
cobb saddle shop; L somers, lumber oiaeei Sage
Co. DO. - L.. r III D. l.,
] c Head 90; Pew, Justices Office; Corning Lodge 26l
IOOF; Aoutour Eneanpmeni; Mrs rows mllner and
aNelipg and store, George diddlebrook, law Office;
CoIl.ctors' (Ca and ofhce Fowler COlions, do
ara Enc r do; Corning Division sons OF Temperance
Hal No ls2 Steuben Temple Of Honor No 4l-Csdes Of
Temperapce; John SOuthwe.l, daguerrean artisti
CoIel Tailor Mr HowAad, dwellings Joel Kelly doi
Hsuon, law Office; J Whitney, billiard ssiooc; James
Baker dwellng; Maihewson doi John FAR, DO; D
Quackenbush do; Brainsrd, dos Mrs furman, do L
nm Weeks DO; Martin do; Mrs Hunter, do; Two Irish
families; Coming Journal once Mrs hersha we!ingi
Masonic Lodges Denis kaywgoe, dws,ng ar lAy.oh
7 Weeks Ju,iIcss Offices smith, Office; Cyrus kellogg
dasuerresn artist; bod Cory, dentist oface.
Rented Buildings not N ADORE List.
Corning Co store buildings and dwelling house A
c Bush Office; Mr Edwards, y. Y. s,ore ouudngs' D
/ shaw Jr do: John FAR, do ;. Gllet DO L T.
4 d. Fuller, do; Mr.. Cone do " breinAd
DO S. W. ods doi / }. CsId, 40 sag De.m'i
.tnre buildng David Purn.on. DO March Newell, dos
lanes Horter do and dwelling; j. Holenbeck, store
building 7. A. Johnson' 90 ooo ,,
shingles. and about 100000 slaves, We're burnt on
the wharves The principal sufferers in the l1m-
her. shingles and s.aves, were {. Colcot OF Pnlla-
delphia, SAGE X Co. Ithaca, Il. Jones, Elnra, Col.
+ barns and n. l.. SOmers Of this place. Not
much Insurance on the lumber
The Insurance Companies who have sustained a
loss by the fire are the Genesee, Howard, Ena,
Clinton and Essex. Saratoga Co. Washington Co.
Columbus. Ohio, and three others, l do not recol-
lect the names The loss IS nearly equally divided
in ten companies The Genesee met with the
heaviest loss, which is probably over $4,000.