Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-24
GREAT FIRE.
Helena In Ruins-The Business part OF
the Sascent City DestrOyed-TWenty
Business Houses swept Away.

special 20 Che Appeal
HELENA, ARK, December Given
ty-one business houses were burned las
night Among them that Of II. Helm
rich, formerly Of P. H. Heinrich q Bros.
Of Memphis
A fire broke out this morning ab0u
one O'Clock in the centre OF the block o
frame buildings on the east side Of Mair
/ street, between Partee and Rightol
! streets. The origin Of the fire is no
/ known, but the flames burst out sud
denly with great fury, and spread Ovel
a half dozen houses before the fire depart.
ment could be cotton on the ground anC
made ready for action.
The buildings destroyed were all OF
wood and not of much value. The loss,
however, falls heavily on about fifteen
/ merchants, who are almost entirely
| broken up. The buildings on the west
side Of Main street took fire several
times, but with the exception Of a bad
scorching and damage by water, escaped
I further injury.
The following is a list Of the sufferers
/ with the amount of their losses as nearly
{ as can be ascertained at this time: A.
d DCEMudlQs OAN kODu5 anu IANAAAAAAEg
saved very little. His loss is 5000.
No insurance. on the building OF J.
I H. Grant, furniture dealer, loss 5000.
Insurance, $1,000. The building, and
/ that above, occupied by Charles Solo
mon, were the property Of Mrs BOget.
I Loss, 5000. Insured for $1,000. Mr.. sol
ONION saved nothing. With the others,
be arrived in time to witness the loss
- Ill h. Rod - frner
Norris Levy, next door, dry
goods and clothing, lost $1,000. Insured
/ for 5000. The room that he occupied,
with the two above, in which were the
saloon and shoe store Of @. +. BlanZ,
and the grocery store of J. J. Berlin,
were owned by q. +. BlanZ, who lost
5000, inclusive Of his saloon; no insur-
rance. j. J. Berlin, $500; no insur-
ance. S. Levy, milliner and fancy
goods dealer, lost $1,000; insured for
5000. J. o. Bagwell, photographer in
upstairs of LEWIS establishment, lost
his stock and personal property, amount
ing to $500: no insurance. Isaacs
& Seelig, dry goods and cloth
ing merchants, lost 5000; insSTed for
5000. The building in which the three
last were located was the property Of
Russell Right, and cost something near
5000 Here the fire was checked 10y
the brick wall of ]. Oliger's store, and
its march nOrthward stayed. Oliger
was damaged in house and stock to the
amount of $3.50, on which be is fully
insured. II. J. FretzOn, queenswaTe
dealer, next door, by moving his goods,
lost $500; fully insured. Sam Bender
dry goods, fancy goods and clothing,
three doors further above, moved his
goods and lost $500, fully insured.
Southwark and eastward, II. HeinmieT,
cOnfectiOner, in the shanty block Of
ReightOr, lost $500, insured for $3.50.
Splitter & Frank lost 5000, insured for
1880. Morris Wranker lost $500. Da-
vid Frieben lost 5000, insured for
$1,000. Morris MuDot, next door,
lost $500, fully insured. H.
Wienlsub, the last occupant Of the kind
ling pile, LOST 5000; insured for $1,000.
John II. Glass, located on the public
square east of the origin of the fire, gro
ceries and produce dealer lost, with the
building, $1,000; insured for 5000. Con-
stance Asmus, MATCHMAKER, in the
same building, lost 500; no insurance.
The butcher shop of D. b. Phillips, and
the saloon next door were the property
of the estate of Louis Tupagne;
loss, Sl5Og, no insurance. Next
came the bakery and cOnfec-
tiOneTy of John Cannifry. The building,
property of Leon BertOn, was worth
$3.50; insured for $1,000. Connifry sus-
tanned a loss of $500; reinsurance. Here
the march Of destruction terminated,
with the exception Of two or three Ii-''e
doggeries north Of COnnifTy's bakery.
More than three-fourths of the square
was burned clear Of buildings. The
names of the insurance companies inter
ested have not yet been Rscertained.
Aggregate loss S67, 900.