The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-07-23


mains, is a crippled colored woman, the
sister of the mulatto who was hung by
the mob on Twenty eighth street, on
Wednesday morning.
LOSSES BY FIRE DURING THE RIOTS
TOTAL ESTIMATE, $500, 900.
Below we give a list of the losses by
incendiary fires growing out of the late
riots. In many cases it has been i'm
possible to find the owners of the prop
erty destroyed, but the list has been
compiled as carefully as possible by
Fire Marshal Baker and his assistants:
Monday, July 13.-l1:O5 a. m.-No.
667 Third avenue, Provost Marshal
Jenkins enrolling office. Three build
ings destroyed. Total loss, about
s25, 900.
sos p. m.-Lexington avenue, be-
tween Forty-forth and Forty fifth
streets. Two brown stone buildings
and their contents, valued at $4,000,
totally destroyed. 3
4:S5 p. m.-Forty fourth and Forty
fifth avenues. Bulls Head Hotel,
owned by Mr.. Allerton. Totally de-
stroyed, with contents. Loss, $40, 1000.
$50 p. m.-Fifth avenue, between
Forty third and Forty fourth streets.
Colored Orphan Asylum, large three
story brick building, totally destroyed.
Less, S35, 900.
s:18 p. m.-No. 429 Grand street,
enrolling Office and dwelling of Provost
Marshal John Duffy, sacked and
burned. Loss, $4,000.
900 p. Mo. SO Roosevelt street,
frame dwelling occupied by colored
people. Damage, 800.
4:5O p. m. A FIVE story brick build
ing, northeast corner of Twenty first
street and Second avenue, used for
manufacturing firearms, by Martson &
Co., totally destroyed, with contents.
Loss SIC, 900.
5:15 p. m. No. 1,19O Broadway,
Provost Marshal b. f. Manniere's en-
rolling office. Twelve buildings de-
stroyed, being the whole block in Broad
way, from Twenty eighth to Twenty
ninth streets. Total value, including
contents, $l25, 900.
9:37 p. m. Eighty-seventh street
Residence of Postmaster Wakeman
totally destroyed. Loss $4,000. The
Twenty third precinct police station
house, directly in rear of Eighty-sixtf
street, caught fire from sparks, and was
also destroyed. Loss $4,000.
Tuesday, July 1880 a. M, One
hundred and twenty ninth street, cor
ner of Third avenue; six frame build.
ings burned, Total value $4,000.
1922 p. m. Eleventh avenue and
Forty first street, hotel owned by Mr.
Allerton-brick building destroyed
Loss about SIS, 900.
3:O5 p. NJ, Weehawken Ferry House
foot of Forty second street, North riv
er. Loss $4,000.
sos p. M, Nos 70 and IS Roosevelt
street. Two dwellings occupied by
colored families. Totally destroyed
Loss $4,000.
II p. m, No. 1853 East Twenty-sec
ond street, Eighteenth Precinct Station
House also, the Fire-Alarm Bell Tow
CT dHh w. u LII i'iS uO"oN, az w
stroycd. Loss $4,000.
ll:45 r. m, Nc. "a East Thirty-thir
street, dwelling house of Mr.. Jared "
Peek, Peak, Port Warden. Library
valued at SIS, 900 destroyed. The build
ing damaged to the amount of $1,000
Wednesday, July l5-2:40 a. m.
Avenue G, corner of Fourteenth street
lumber yard of Ogden g Co. Damag
about $4,000.
Tex: -lt55-a a. M, No. 81 West Thirty-sec-
ond street, the brick buildings-occu
pied as tenement houses by colored
people. All destroyed. Loss $25, 0OO
In addition to the above seventeen
other fires occurred but the damage in
all these cases was very slight.