The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-17
|ohn Sheuffs & Sons lumber yard, S65

John SheufIs & Sons lumber yard, S65
600, insurance S35, 5,00O; Chapcn & Zoos
shingle factory, $50,0JQ, insurance S12,.
800; b. Holbrook's coal-yard, loss S36,.
600, insurance $4,000; Wilmington
Coal Company, loss $4,000, insurance
$4,000; blacksmith shop of tie. Pitts.
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
Company, loss s4 eco.
On Clinton street, with a single OK
ception, the buildings destroyed wele
of the poorer class and owned by Holts
Lander & Randall, Hon. B. C.! Farwell
and A. Watson. The most serious loss
on this street was that Of Baltzer & Co..
wagon-makers, who suffer to the amount
of about $4,000, with only light insu
rance. r.
( Or jackson street, ten houses, owned
10y, Alanson Watson and occupied by
twenty7eight families, who4ost all they
had. The balance of the losses on this
street embraced dwelling houses and
shops, numbering from fittyrone to six
ty-scvcn. The total loss on this stree,
will not, probably, exceed $4,000, will
not over onc-quarter of that insured.
On Van Buren, street only three OF
four building we're burned, and of smal
value. The iron viaduct leading tC
Adams street Bridge was damaged tc
the extent Of 81 600, and the tracks Of
the Fittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
and Chicsgo and st. Louis Railroads
which run right through the burned dis
trict, were damaged probably to the 'ex
tent Of $4,000 or $4,000 ''''t'
The saddest result Of this fire was the
burning to death of Mrs. Margaret
Hadley, living on the north side OF
Jackson street. who, heing suddenly
surrounded by the flames, was unable to
escape. Her remains were burned to
cinders. They were found this morn
ing at the place where she was last seer
in her house. i'.'t -'.'- l-N'
1t is impossible to learn to night tht
exact amount of insurance and all The
names of companies and who are victims
The entire insurance will probably fal
below S150,00O; probably two: thirds o
the amount is in Chicago offices. ant
among the outside companies which snf
fer are the Teutonic and Hibernia o.
Cleveland; Buffalo Western and Buffalo
Fire and Marine; Alps, of Erie, Andes
of Cincinnati; Pacific and Union, Of
San Francisco; Knickerbocker, Repub
lie and Firemen's, of New York; Ly.
coming, of Philadelphia.
CHICAGO, October S.-3 A. M.-Tht
fremen are still at work Every drol
of water will be applied.
STILL LATER-3 80 A. NTH:
morning all the danger was over. Tht
fire was under complete cosltrol in every
direction, although the heavens are still
red with the reflection of the great mass
Of burning material. Fire Marshal VIII
Jams sent numerous engines to thei
homes at 9 o'clock this morning. The
ruins are still smoldering and the en-
gines playing, bat the danger is all over
The estimated insurance, furnished
by person well posted in nlatter, ii
not entirely autleatic, as it is based up
on the amount of Business done by the
respective companies:
Merchants $4,000 to $4,000; Mu,
tual Security, $1,000 to $4,000; Fire
mems, $4,000 to $4,000; Republic
$4,000 to $4,000; Equitable, $4,000
to $4,000; Home, $4,000; Germania
$4,000; Great Western, $4,000; Com.
mercial, $4,000 to $4,000; Knicker-
booker, $1,000; Agencies - of S. M
Moore & Co, $4,000 to $50, 900; A
C. Ducat, s59, 900; Miller d. Drew, S25
900 to $4,000; O. W. Barrett d Co.
S25,000 to $4,000; r w. Hasmer
$4,000 to $4,000; A. James & Co.
1926, 200 to $4,000; Gorreon & Pasco
$4,000 to $4,000; Teales q Fisher
$4,000 to $4,000. In regard to insu
rance it may be safely said that probably
not a single Chicago company escaped
with no loss. Firemens' had the lum
ber or Chaplin d Foss' yard the Tiffiny
placed $4,000 on vinegar factory; thu
Firemens', Of Chicago, place $4,000
on planning mill, and the Germania, O
Chicago, $4,000 on same,