Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-02-13
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CONFEDERATION
GREAT Loss OF PROPERTY Il
SIX BUILDINGS DHsTRoYEDI

Louisville vas visited By one Of the MOST disas.
tfous nres On Sunday night this, it has been our
DUTY to record. A block of six buildings was de-
sLroyso, with the contents, four of which Wers ths
nnest houses IN tbs city. The FIRE originated in
the store Of Gallagher i Co., north side of Main
street. between First ind Second, three doors east
OF the Gait House.
Tie unfor innate hour Of tie night and the
headway which the FIRE had Gained before the
alarm was given, rendered the destruction of the
boek inevitable snd We are thankful thst the Gait
douse old not share the common destruction -
Messrs Gallagher & Co.'S building. in which the
lire originated, and the three buildings on the
east, which we're burned, extended from Main to
Washington streeE and contained four very high
stores
Messrs. Gallagher & &c. were extensive grocers
snd commission merchants, and gave much atten-
ton to bsg4tlg and ropa Thsir loss ia sbo,t
see 0OO which wss fully covered bv Insurance.
$4,000 of which Was IA Eastern Offices. and $40 .
W IL this city. Mr. CHARLES Gallagher owned
tue building also, which was insured to some ex.
tent. The 6fm lost all Of their stock. but asy e
The r books, ,peTs, 81
Tue tdj 1lnlng building ca the east was owned
oy MessFs. Mitchell, Guthrie & 90, and was oc.
cupied by Mr.. Richard Atkinson, who dealt large
ly IN produce and did a heavy commission busi-
ness HIS stocks embraced $50 bags coffee 300
tSiSC1 aA ~ sLudll COHbBQ u OF WHISKY. sns etc
Ings, &c, which was insured for $25 600 in dis.
tsnt offices which had sgeneis here. Mr. Akin
SOD saved ell bis papers
Msssrs. BrsLnn & Summers, commission mer.
chants and dealers IN groceries and produces, Or
ed the next building on the east Thew also lost
everything except their books and papery Their
loss ID about $50, 900, which is covered b7 insu
Fince.
Toe extreme eastern building Of the olock VS.
an 4 ~ Al 2 g
also lost all their stock which had, however been
| much reduced recently, and is valued at only
| ABOUT $40 0OO which was covered by insurance
in the hume Cfhces the safe, containing their
books ard pap rs in good preservation, was
saved BY be nE thrown from the second story win
dow.
The heirs Of John L. Martin, deceased, are the
losers oy the destruction Of the two warehouses
occupied by Brannln & Summers and Bart ~,
JJhn-on q Co.. and We learn that their interests
were uninsured. AessTs. Mitchell, Guthrie & 90.
had an insurance Of 90. 600 on their building,
which was near its value. In addition to tn
building NJ ssgs NJ. 6. & Co. lost large lot OF
bulk pork, which was stored in Mr.. GallaRher's
oellsr, and upon which they mad $4,000 insurance
Mr. JOIN Rslne also had soma stores with Messrs
Gallagher d Co., when were insured for IS 900
The TWO tTo-ssory brick buildings between the
block above described and the Gait HOUSE, were
occupied by Mr.. Rains, of the Gait House, as .
store and baT-roOm. TAe contents of these bull
dings were insured for $1,000. One of them
was owned by William Mock, ami the other by
the heirs Of John Tyler and the insurance on both
was 81 500.
The aggregate loss by this fire is in the neigh
borhood Of $250,00O, and the amount Of insu
rance is probably 5000 900. The following figures
4 show the sm0unt OF losses sustained bv home
cfHces, and Offices having agencies in this city:
Liverpool and LOadon $28 OOO Monsroh sly.
0OG; Commercial, Louisville, SO 900; Franklin,
L1ulsvls, $4,000; Falls City, Louisville, 81 900;
City, Ci1ciuaat, S. oooi Howard, New York,
50 500; Hartford, Conn, $40, 600; Delaware, Phil.
adslphIs, 5000; MsrchsltG, Pai'aie ph,s s., 900;
Atlsntic PrOVld5nce.. 5000; Home, New York,
SIS 600; E ma, Hartford, Sl9 500, Pf0 *, Hart.
ford, $500; Franklin PhilsdeInLi4, $I5 600; Con
tiuenta, NV Y-rs, So 600; Valley OF Virginia
chmond, 81 500; State Mutual, Harrisburg, IS
OO0i Krntueky Au!usl Louisville, 81, 500; total
$4,000