New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-13
WHOLE NUMBER I7l6.

notice to be worked if occasion should re-
quire.
| At points where persons are known to-
/ nave oeen buried IN the ruins, they are be-
ing cooled with water preparatory to dig
glng out the corpses of the victims.
me immense piles of coal at Russia
| wharf, about SOC tons, are still on fire.
The city authorities have granted 60 dry
goods merchants the privilege of using the
common as repository tor such of their
| property as is saved, and to erect shantieg
an9 9 other structures for temporary use.
!Aree men were discovered in an attempG
10 oreaI5 INTO room in the Parker House.
| but made their escape.
1t is rum0red that drunken vvrAtcb lots,.
III the evening attempted to set fire To the
| gas house near the ChareStown bridge. bnt
| was seized by an inturiated crowd and uu-
| tremendously hanged to lamp post.
Three men were buried under the falling
wall on Washington street, leaving their
heads only visible All efforts made to res
cue them from the horrible position we're
unavailing, and in few moments after the
remainder of the wall fell, crushing and
burying them from sight.
1t is estimated that nearly 10000 girls arc
thrown out of employment by this fire.
1t is known that thirty lives have tGegl
lost.
Detachments Of the tirsS and second rpgi-
ments are quartered in the Old South
church. This building has not been thua
used since the British officers were qulr-
tered there during the revolution.
Six men were arrested this morning in
the northern part of the city, caught in the
act OF firing buildings by kindling bontires
IN the rear part. The streets are patroleG
by military.
New YORK, November 12-The SDectutoga
furnishes the following list of losses of this
Massachusetts insurance companies: Amer
lean, OF Boston, 81 100000; Bay State, Of
Worcester, 100000; Boston, 81 800 600, sus-
pended; Bolston, of Boston, $8OO,0OO sus-
pended; City of Boston, ST 100000, sus-
pended; Equitable, of ProVincetown, suss
pended; Mechanics Mutual, 81, 100000;
Massachusetts Mutual 81 ,20O, 900; Mer-
chants and Farmers, $300,000; Quincy Mu-
tual, S100000; Union Mutual, 81 900 600:
Exchange of Boston, $3.50 900, suspended;
kanueil Hall. of Boston, suspended; Free
mans, OF Boston, suspended; First Ma
tional, of Worcester, 81 SOC, 900, suspended:
Gloucester, suspended; Howard, of Boston,
suspended, Lawrence, of Boston, 81 800, 900,
suspended; Merchants, of Boston, $4,000
600, suspended; National, of Boston, sus-
pended: Neptune, of Boston, 81 900 900, sus-
pended; Peoples. of Worcester, $500, 900:
Prescott, of Boston, suspended; Shoe and
Leather Dealers, of Boston, suspended;
Springfield $250000; Suffolk, of Boston.
n; go 24I2P W 1otiihS Cou, u IOVS~
ton, $l,Q00OO0; Dorchester Mutual, $40, 900.
MEMPHIS, November 1.-THE BostOn'tire
had marked effect on business All cot
ton orders were c0untermanded.
CHICAGO November l2.-The 100000,
unexpended from the charity of the world,
was directed o~be sent to Boston.
The Peoples Insurance Company lose half
million; policies have been called in for
cancellation. The Bay State Insurance
Company, losing quarter of a million has
suspended. All the other companies of this
city continue.
LOUISVILLE, November l2-At meeting
of the citizens tonight resolutions of sym
pathy with the Boston sufferers were
adopted.