Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-24
FROM ST. LOUIS.

Destructive Fire-Loss over One Mil
IiOn-The Insurance.
ST.. LOUIS, April 23.-About half past
three O'Clock this morning a fire broke out
in the extensive wholesale drug store of
Blow, Curd & Co., 2l7 North Main street,
which was entirely destroyed, together
with the stores of Grumsley s. Co., cloth
ing, etc.; Speek & Co., fancy goods and
notions, and Langsdorf & Rosentein, fancy
goods and notions, all joining each other
on the south; also Jess. Larnet, hats and
caps, occupying rooms over Blow, Curd d
Co.'S.
The building on the north end, owned
by Clark Bros. & Co., and occupied by them
as bank, on the ground floor, and around
the corner of Olive street, by j. E. Craw
ford's gentlemen's furnishing store; Cunes
& Co.'s boot store; j. E. Zalle & Zanen
Champlin, tailors; and up stairs by G. g..
Coulter & Co.'s Price Current Office, and r.
2. Studley 81 Co., Job Printers, were pret-
ty we'll gutted.
The fire is still burning, but is confined
to the buildings above named. The losses
and insurance, ss far as at present ascer-
tanned, are as follows:
Langsdorf & Rosestein-total loss. Stock
valued at about $3.50 900, insured for $780,,
600, in Liverpool, London, Globe and
Home, New York: $40 900 each, and $1,000
each in the following: Howard, New York;
City Fire, Hartford; Yonkers, New York;
North America, Philadelphia; Phoenix,
Brooklyn; Etna, Hartford; Athletic Fire,
Brooklyn; Phoenix, Hartford; New Eng
land Mutual, Marine, Boston; Lamar. New
York; Lorillard, Home. New Haven; Ow-
ems, Liverpool and London; Standard, New
York; Home, New York; International,
New York; Security, New York; Girard,
Philadelphia; and the following st. Louis
offices: Franklin, Washington, Mutual,
South st. Louis, Western, Marine and
Franklin.
R.R. Steedley & Co-Stock estimated at
about SS5,000; insured for $60,000-State
Fire, Cleveland; Phoenix, Manhattan, Full
Underwriters Agency, all New York;
Cleveland, of Cleveland; Etna, Hartford,
Putnam, Hartford, Home, New Haven,
each 5000; Hope, Mutual, Marine and
Mound City, each 50 500.
L. & G. Speek s. Co-stock estimated at
$l50,O00. Total loss. The following par
tial insurance has been ascertained, Hart
ford Fire, Phoenix, Hartford; Marine, Con-
tinential, Market. Fireman's, New York;
America and St. Louis Mutual, Home Mu-
tual and Marine, of st. Louis, each $4,000;
and Liverpool, London and Globe $1,000
Loss on Clark Bros. g. Co.'s building is
about $4,000, insured in the Home Mutual,
State Mutual, Western Mutual and st.
Louis Mutual, all of St. Louis, each $1,000.
100000. Total loss. Insurance about S45,-
600, of which the following is ascertained: !:
Commerce, Albany; Pacific, Maine; Lum-
bermans' and Mechanics, each $1,000, and
st. Louis Insurance Company $4,000.
D. E. Greek & Co.-Loss on stock $780,
600, nearly covered with insurance, but
offices not ascertained.
Blow, Curd & Co., and Jesse Arnet--To-
tai loss, but neither loss nor insurance yet
ascertained.
c. G. Coulter & Co-Loss about $4,000;
insured $4,000 in Lamar, New York; Ex-
celsior St. Louis, $4,000.
Kramer 6 Lath, next door south of
Langsdorf & ROsenstien, damaged by water
$40 to $4,000; insured.
Blow, Curd & Co.'s store was completely
destroyed. .s
An explosion of chemicals totally de-
molished the walls.
Grimsley & Co.'S. and D. E. Greek & Co.'s
buildings was also blown down.
The total loss by the fire is estimated at
million dollars or upwards. This is the
most extensive and disastrous conf1agrs-
tion since the burning of the Lindell
Hotel,