, 1870-05-07

having taken ire some dozen tnsk Ins asa..Gss
oes Is pro6shly that Of James fsIks1 mno
dthc Herald building, and also tne X ses n
The Heynld Trtntine Companys loss = ~ ~ ~
sured for a0oo0; Bristol Co., ss2cs' So,v1p ~
surrd for s. 6Ul. E1nmons ,,zadfn-1I * 0lb. IN
u,, Io, t.aef insured ior 100 which viii proba-
III cnTer inc loss much OF me ssoek * ~ w.
ssxea M9eyo 10: ei5e Dr. R.sson, @ loss
a,,rca for @ 1t Is impossible in the CONFUSION
sn ssrrrtatu further losscs. The greatest e1cite-
ine e1itire eouare would be destroyed, Or IN fact
tne whole business part Of the city, oMlnE 70 ne
scarc1tT OF water Ana the high wind Inc nfe "as
Du1ing ihe progress Of the IRE a bold attempt
WIS made to burn the planning mill Of Bnnson,
aIcrse c. on tae eofnss o. aa = .;s,, ana u na
tirfch was also set on IRE
When It vas discovered that the Quincy House
Has on 1rc, the Inmates wcre thrown into the
greatest confusion, and general stampede pre-
Vailed. Women with nothing but their night
clothes On xs5s 5nsninE ,trant,ca'y through the
voices, altogether presenting scene hea.trcnd-
ing In thu e1treme- Wires were cltDgiug to their
husbands, and mothers hunting thelr children,
which, in manJ instances, owing to the great con-
fusion, had gut separated from them. The Quincy
House Has damaged by dre and water to the ex-
tent Of 1000, and the furniture s1,a02. Fully in
The following Insurance companies arc the
losers, with their respective Losses: Merchants,
Chicago, s. 800: Republic, Chicago e, 900; STATE,
Chicago, $500; Charter OAK, Hartford, $500;
North American, Philadelphia, $1,000; Security,
New York. s. 500; lifted States Baltimore, = 500;
Sw 3''n54 THT Nes As5Saa Ssaoaa
Davenport, :, 100; Putnam, Hartford 5t9oo;
Lumber1nan's Chicago, 1890; Merchants, Hart
ford, 2a,5D0; Connecticut, Hartford, 5000: C!eve-
land, Ohio, 81 500; international New York
Underwriters, Of New Io1E, f:,o2o; Hartford, ot
Hartford. $500; Phnuix, Of Hartford, $ss, ooo;
Rors, s, ,ao; Lamar. Of New Iors, s. 900. Home,
Of New York, s, 2,s50; xEtna, VI Hartford, s50s
Phoenix Of Brooklyn. 8,Ua0; Security, Of New
York, s. goo; miscellaneous, sG,9oo- The total
amount Of Insurance is -, ,950-
The Herald Company got Of Small paper tnls
afternoon in John Rnssell's job room.
| JACKSONVILLE, Ill, May GA harn belonging to
| Jeremiah TIce, who lives near GrecnvleW, Aenafa
| County, Was burned day or TWO aEo. Hesldes 1Ae
total destruction OF thC41lD, len rElan!e noises
LOCO bushels Of corn were burned. No insurance.
The fire Is Supposed to have been the "ofA ol an
I lncendfarys ..- -.
| WilxsRAnRE, Pa, May6.-A disastrous nFe oc-
| Cured this morning which destroyed some half
/ dozen hams and out-buitngs, ami the. extensir0
livery stal3le Of P. CorriH, tn which thirty
| horses were burned 70 death.
NEW foEk, May t]. 8. loomis' moulding
lyn, were burned to-day. Loss. S1to,0o0 partl,
/ insured.
C1Nc1ssAu, May 6-Seyen dwelling hnuscs
I were bu4nel on Calhoun street, On Vine Streel
| HILL carly this morning. Loss, 81, 900. HAIRY
Wclch, Of the BOOK and Iaddcr Company, was
| seriously injured u falling wal's, 49,,
PoCGHKKKPs1E, n. r, May G-The dres on the
Shawangunk and Ftshk1l Mountains are extn
| guished- Acres Of young trees and hundreds d
cords Of wood we're destroyed.