The New York herald., 1869-01-03
FIRES.

Disastrous Fire af Bangor-Several Buildings
aud Large Stock Of Merchandise De-
stroyed-Loss Estimated ut n Quarter of
n Million Of Dollars. s a..rss
y BANGOR, Me-, Jan. 2. 1862
At about seven O'Clock last evening fire broke ont
in the grocery store OF Harris & Connor on Broad.
street, and spread each way until ten brick stores
were destroyed, nearly all OF them containing heavy
stocks OF goods. The following Is list OF losses,
with the amount OF damages:- = .r-.s~----.,--.
E. p. Baldwin, shoes; stock mostly saved; insured
for $4,000
Emery Wing q Co., groceries; loss 500 900: insured
for $4,000.
Charles Hayward Co.; loss $e5,ooo; insured for
Connor Fuller, grocers; loss $4,000 insured for
$4,000.
T. T. Harrington, hardware loss $4,000
Fogg Bridges, hardware; loss $4,000; insured
George c. Pickering groceries; loss 81, 200; insured
for $4,000.
George W. Ladd; loss $4,000; insured for $4,000
=. 4. Dunning; loss $4,000; insured for $4,000.
=. II. Dale Co., ship chambers; loss s50,O00
Other parties have lost, but not heavily.
The total loss Is estimated at $250,O00.
Extensive Fire in New Haven-A Machine
Shop and Other Railroad Buildings Com
sumed-TwO Locomotives DestrOyed-Loss
@1OO,OOO-Insurance Under $4,000.
NEW HAVEN, Jan. q 1850.
At about eleven O'Clock last night the repair shops
or the New York and New Haven Railroad Com
pany, situated some distance from the depot, took
fire from some unexplained cause. Although the
hremen were promptly on the spot with their en-
gines the flames made too rapid headway for them
to save the buildings. The machine and black
smith shops, together with two locomotives, were
destroyed the total loss being not far from $780, O0o
1t is stated that the insurance on the property burnt
is between $4,000 and $4,000.
The buildings being situated near the track, the
debris covered It, blocking the road and preventing
the passage Of trains for short time. The tyack
was promptly cleared however, and the down train
left for New York at about half past twelve.
Fire at Troy.
TROY, N. Y, Jan. 2, 1862
w. Taylor's lumber yard was destroyed by fire
yesterday morning. The loss is estimated at $1O oO0
insured.
The Late Destructive Fire In Philadelphia.
From the Philadelphia Ledger, Jan. 81
The fire on Thursday night at the southwest cor.
ner OF Broad and Cherry streets was attended with
ing Railroad Company, and had been used origi-
nally for depot, and afterwards as a United States
hospital It was three stories high. built Of brick,
with granite dressing, and was o very substantial
structure. 1t had q front OF 118 feet on Broad
street and depth Of l2S feet on Cherry
Of the rs wa was was Valued SSoOo a 'ns sessrs
James r. Morehead 4 Co., commission
merchants. were the lessees from the
railroad company, and the sqbtenants were Messrs.
Ettlng Co., j. p Perot a Brother M. Geselman,
Jr., 4 Brother ID, Shelmire Co., Steele Il Co0kman
and A. j. andrews. General Bodine, flour inspector,
quantity Of our Wsa eppsss Mas an seaa s
and other produce in 1t, comprising 1900 barrels OF
nour 500 tons Of feed, 5000 bushels Of oats, 1000
bushels OF wheat $50 bales of hops, 1000 barrels
Of whskey. besides q quantity Of cloverseed and
fruit. The losses and insurances Of the occupants
as follows James r. Morehead & Co.. loss
$4,000, insurance $4,000; Etting h Co., loss
$4,000, insurance almost equal to loss NJ Geisel-
man, Jr., Co. estimate tneir loss at $4,000,
upon which there is $4,000 insurance; d. Shelmire
Co. lose So, 900, which Is nearly If not quite covered
by insurance; the loss OF Steele Co. IL estimated at
$4,000, upon which there Is insurance OF $25O0;
A. ,. Andrews loses about $4,000 worth Of stock,
and Is insured for $4,000 The entire loss on stock
VIII reach nearly 100000 making the total loss
about s250,000. The insurance companies which
have met with the heaviest losses are the North
America, Of Philadelphia, $4,000; Royal, $4,000;
Liverpool and London, $l5,000 North British,
$4,000 The rest Is divided among New York and
New England companies. The neghboring dwell
lngs and places OF business for time in great
danger, but they were all saved through the efforts
OF the 1remen. 1t is not known how the fire origi-
mated.