The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-10

tner losses TiE = fef much moro Il 60 Briiai6
than here. But IS thy do a x4nStv@e busines@
and have lasge aoe@ oey aneot 70 o~at - mattel
rHn HONE INSURANCE. ooxrASv
have large business N Cnicsgo. mainly n ths
waste. Their agent 10 now on here. and his repre-.
sentative there has been burned ous 90, that It u
Ss. fSey have tired SOs isied % sst ssissrspSc
dispatches 70 or from che doomed city. They thtnk
tS, r cove, sS
gentleman said he would be AFRAID to estimate tho
viii PROBABLY, he thought far overpass that sum.
THE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY
have large risks IN Chicago bu: have no idea Of the
and extent OF the IRE they could estimate very
nearly their loss But the telegraph has LETT them
to ascertain the truth as nearly and speedily as pos
stble. ana the President Mr.. A. +. Hastings, took
the early train after business hours last night for
H have ass ssss os sSs
REPRESENTATIVES, 70 LOOK after shsar interests there
THE FULTON INSURANCE COMPANY,
at is2 Broadway the secretary. ah old gentleman.
treated the matter as cooy and philosophically as
chicago 81 THIS fre :" the reporter asked. 1--WE
% Tsas ana "%s q s
Of either 20 qoerted the reporter. '.No, cannot."
said the of1cial eve have no advices thereirom
rumor. One OF our oficers Is going out there this
evening and we shall probably know tomorrow or
the oss Ssrs eSns ina anors"s
the status OF affairs and equally cool.
THE HARTFORD INSURANCE. COMPANY, or HART
Is believed TO be very heavy sufferer by this fre,
but to what extent the agents here (Messfs Bigeow
So could nS tell me they
the losses will probably reach two three hundred
thousand dollars. 4 not more: the company u
rHE AMnEOAN INSURANCE COMPANY,
100 Broadway. has some RISKS IN Chicago. bua they
are scsstsrs sd through sns CITY me company mas
there. ITS loss will not exceed $40, Oeo altogether,
and probably not 80 much.
rHR CONTINENTAL
reported tnat though thov could noe tell any
thing about their relation g this great are they had
Excsis,cf. Lamar and Loriilard companies have
SS Ss os s
iossss Tue sscrsiafs Of she United STATES insur.
Smsii ana bis company IL tsis junCsors, as he
promptly and smiltngly replied TO the reporters
not doar me HumDolcs cfic,ss pr r q
be equally fortunate. The Commercial Of No. 206
BroadwaX have but one policy IN Chicago. and that
the IRE has reached their properly or NOS they were
slightly tndinerenL
The A4BBLCAN HACHkN0H
have policies FOR 900 or $1,000 in the burned dis
trlct OF Chicago but the officers believe that this
sum WITH cover all their loss The city agents Of The
company have large assurances In Chicago bus they
had no means OF knowing to what extent
i've OF SIX more nnn ooua 30
made good with i've days average Business But
they had learned that two OF their policies mad not
been touched AZ all BY the IRE, which was travelling
in another direcuon. Had the connagration not
crossed tue river the losses would have been COM
. dollar BY the lrst 6re on Saturday. but the snew
departure" u drawing heavily ON their treasury.
No -. rHs sIsE.sf's T SUR. ,. ccsrasr
there and were themselves now saIs here
had RISKS In Chicago and Will probably lose heavily.
but. @ the secretary remarked, they were too I'M
% poes me
fremont House and on the property OF Field,
Lighter Co. IN the centre Of the city, amounting
however, snect their business at all.
Most OF the insurance Offcais chcerfully answered
the Information With any dcanisness ana Without
INJURY TO their corporations they did 80. Not 30,
rHB STAR INSURANCE COMPANY,
whose secretary very rudely refused to answer but
said. .Do you suppose I'D give you such information
REP0RrER-I do suppose so. else 1 should not
have called upon you. The other companies have
cneeriully answered my queries, and It IS matter
SBcRBrARY-Wcii. all can say y tnat you have
come to the wrong shop. You can'tget any infor-
" The f President who was seen subsequently. was
more polite and told the reporter that they had no
THE CHEAT WESTERN, OF CHICAGO.
Is probably wiped out BY the great fire. Its agent
here had tried 70 get dispatches to and from the
sufferers there were occupying the lines to their
limit and he had no means OF telling anything
hOn m noA nnr and
win probably be several days before they can get
any correct estimate Of the losses involved.
THE RRLIRF INSURANCE. COMPANY /
have about $50 900 insurance In Chicago and their
loss they think, will be about S20,O00 They have
troEsn business enas The rremes Fund I
surance Company have only SIS, 900 insurance IN
the burned CITY, and as the re was going in the OPP
posite direction the O1cers here thought IL very
likely that they should NOT lose anything.
THE GERMANIA INSURANCE COMPANY
IN
whole or great portion Of it. But al present they
conld not tell anything about their loss.
THE NEW AMSTERDAM
Company has about two hundred and thirty thou.
sand dollars insurance and their loss will probably
be about thirty I'VE thousand dollars.
THE WILLIAMSBURG CITY INSURANCE COMPANY
win lose considerable. They have written up poll
cles for ss5.000. all OF which they expect has been
caIion today in which they assure their policy
holders OF their ability TO pay everything due. TheJ
have capital they say, Of S2So.ooo and surplus d
SEVERAL OTHER COMPANIES
were visited who either had no insurance IN Chi
cago or for small amounts. One, for instance, had
policy for $500, which was probably not touched
by the fire. Others had less sums involved and there
Is probably not company In the city with quarter
million dollars capital that has not had some risk
and probably Will have to bear some loss The bes
estimates which the HERALD representative could
obtain of the aggregate loss yesterday afternoon
placed 1t between thirty and ffty millions OF dol
lars. Some put 1t less than twenty i've million
nor more than one hundred million dollars. Dur
ing the last two years the rates or Insurance
In Chicago have broken down aud the buslness
has been greatly demoralized. Eastern and New
York companies have been contracting their policies
in consequence and at This time nave nothing ike
the risks which they had there three years ago. Ii
was The general opinion yesterday among insurance
men that there would not be Q local company ief
above ground in Chicago. and there are many
smaller companies from other parts OF the West
which have had agencies IN Chicago; they Too must
suffer greatly. The following =. !
EXHIBIT OF THE STANDING
Of the principal New York companies which have
agencies and assurances In Chicago may not be un-
interesting at this tIme:-
IN lo,j TIL