The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-15
CITY INTELLIGENCE
THE GREAT FIRE.
The Latest Particulars-The Losses About
s755,OOO-The Insurances Available
About 475,OOO-The Ruins
Still In Fiames-The
Dead Bodies not
Recovered,

.i-ne vicinity OF Ninth and Chestnut streets
This morning was visited by thousanoS ol
aesIructive fiTe at Celdwelps and Howelps
stores. All expressed deep sympathy with the
suffering firms, who are known as among the
most enIerprsing in this country.
The appearance OF the structures mas Deeu
somewhat altered since yesterday Ine noors ators
have all fallen to the cellar, In consequences OF
the ends which penetrated the Nlntn stree!
wall having been charred to such an extenJ
that their support was gone. The ruins have
been continually In flames, and at times the
nre beneath them breaks out afresh, nling
Cnesput and Ninth streets with smoke. Various
hre companies have been de allied by the Ohlef
Engineer, and they relieve each otner 1t fesu-
Al about 8 O'Clock tins morning the fire
burned 30 turiously that an alarm was eiudu; MIN
were put In service. The lmmehbe pies ol
paper which are In tue ee.ar naSat Wese enlv o 70
Dtrse Tss vail on Ninth street has been pro
nonpced TO be in u dangerous condition, and
the police are Kept busy In keeping the crowd
OF visitors from getting too close 20 II. Toe
upper portion, near SAMSON strset, leans very
much towards Tenth street, and the probability
Is that it will fall, unless some measure is
The bodies Of Folk and Hogan are sill In the
ruins, and no effort can be made TO secure them.
owing to the intense heat of the debris and the
tottefipg state of The wall. AS soon as circum
stances viii allow, asearch Tor the remains Will
The cars of the Chestnut and Walnut Streets
Passenger Railway Company, owing TO the pre-
Renee OF the nrelDen ali Jne morning, nave Oeen
compelled TO switch OIL at Tenth street to
Walnut This Inconvenience to passengers
visiting and doing busines Ia the eastern por
ton of the city, is likely to continue throughout
The Condition Of the street at the southeast
corner OF Ninth and Chesnut streets is precarious
aud dangerous, space some nfteen feet In
diameter having sunk several inches. The
cause of this is not definitely known. though II
is thought the culvert beneath has given away
The Howell Brothers have already secured q
store on Chestnut street, above Seventh, wnerC
they will transact their business until the re.
erection of their store
The Losses and Insurances
In the hurry of collecting the insurauces on
the different buildings and stocks yesterday
we inadvertently gave the wrong credit FOL
effectlDg them. Messrs. Tillinghast & Hit Were
the agents who negotiated the insurances OF
J. f. Caldwell & Co; Mr.. Charles w. Coke those
those of Howell & BroC1
Our list of the insuranceS given yesterday
needs but one correction-,hs tlsk OF Sd2uoo ia
She Lorillard of New York and that OF S5JOO In
the Manufacturers OF Philadelphia being uoon
the stock of the Messrs Orne. instead OF That
of Howell Il Brothers.. ,,,
owned by W. q. Houston, amounts 10 So0,0OJ
which will scar cely cover halfthe loss sustained
Tue O. ldwe valued their stock and fixtures
at $50 900, the insurance reaching only Sl3o6VO
although the loss will reach about $3.50 QUO.
On the Howell building, valued al sS3 200 and
owned by Mr. George Howell, the Insurance.
about $50 coo. Their stock was valued al
S125,OO0, the insurance amounting to 3lU5.0OO.
The Orne building, belonging to Mr.. BenJa
min Orne, was insured to the extent of S5i,OOO
which Will more than cover the damage In
ficted upon it, Tho damage sustained py thei
stock was occasioned by the deluge OF water
the fire not reaching it. Their loss will nearly
reach its full value. 900, the Insurance.
amounting to S2S.0OO
The following Is a summary OF the losses ant
insurances, as nearly correct as IL Is possible u
ka al