The Portland daily press., 1872-11-22
MASSACHUSETTS,.
The Last Boston Fire


Estimates of Losses and Insurance.
Boston, Nov. 21.-Rand & Avery are not yet
able to determine exactly their loss, but accord
ing to their estimates this morning it vas from
S150,000 to $4,000. In the matter of insur-
ance they are unfortunate, not having relocated
their policies since the great fire. They were
considering the matter and were determining
in what companies to reinsure when this calaul-
ity overlook them. The following is list of
their policies, those companies which are set
down without location being situated in Bos-
ton:-Firemen's, $4,000; Pennsylvania of Phila-
Gelphia, $4,000; American of Philadelphia,
$4,000; Manufacturers, $4,000; Merchants
$4,000; Boylston, 5000; IEtna, $4,000; American,
$4,000; Suffolk, $4,000; Union Of Bangor, $1,000;
National Of Bangor, $4,000; Neptune, $4,000;
rine, $4,000; Phoenix of Brooklyn, N. Y, $4,000;
Franklin of Philadelphia, $4,000; Insurance Co.
of North America, $4,000; Queen of Liverpool
and London, $4,000; Commerce of Albany, N.
Y, $4,000; National, $4,000; Royal, $4,000; I'm
perial of london, $4,000; City, $1,000; Boston,
Firemen's Fund, $4,000; Columbia, N. Y,
S2000 Lancashire of Manchester. Eng. $4,000;
Home, N. Y, $4,000; Citizens of N. Y, $4,000;
fremont, $500; Franklin, $1,000; North Amer
lean Of Philadelphia, $4,000; Royal OF Liver
pool, $1,000; Etna, $4,000; Franklin, $4,000. To-
tai amount of insurance, $135,000. In foreign
offices, S53.000 Boston offices, $4,000; other
offices, 1914, 900.
The Congregational Publishing Society is ful-
ly insured in local and foreign offices.
5. X. Abbott g Co., pamphlet binders at No.
- Washington street. lost $500; ADAMS &;
Baker, cloth binders, $1,000, insured; Congrega-
tional Publishing Society, $25,000, insured
Henry Hoyt, publisher Sunday school books,
$40, 200, insured; American Bible Society, $1,000
Congregationalist, &2500, insured; q. j. Peters
& Son, electrotypers, $500, insured; Corthell &
Co., tailors, $780, insured; Thomas Strahan 8,
Son, Sl5,OO uninsuredi Knight & Co., book
sellers, $4,000; John McKenna, halter, $4,000, in
sured; solomon s. samuels, clothing, $4,000,
uninsured; j. P. Lowell & Sons, dealers in
hardware, $4,000, partially insured. The cell
lars on Cornhill are damaged to the extent OF
$1,000.
Two Wien Injured by the Explosion Of a
Gun.
Thomas Madison Jones and Henry Thayei
on Monday last were firing from booth at
Punkapog pond, Randolph, when one of the
barrels of gun in the hands of Madison Jones
burst at the breech, severely lacerating his left
hand and wrist. A fragment of the gun pass
ed through the left arm of Thomas James, neal
the elbow, decorating it in a shocking manner
Thomas Jones. The wounds Of the other party
were dressed and his hand will probably be
saved.
- The Leather and Shoe Business.
The Shoe and Leather Record says:-UnaeI
existing circumstances it is simply impossible
to give any extended report of what is doing in
the line of boots and shoes. Most of the great
shoe firms have already found temporary
places of business, but everything is yet in such
chaotic state that the most that can be said is
that business, where not entirely suspended, is
in such state of transition as to render marke,
reports useless At the same time it is exceed
ingly difficult to forecast the near future of the
trade. The mere destruction of boots and shoes
| by the conhagration is of little moment as the
| power of production is so immense that any de-
mand that can possibly arise can be promptly
supplied by our manufacturers. But as the
| price of upper stock, especially, must be con.
! siderably enhanced the prices of boots and
shoes must doubtless be proportionatey adj
vanced meanwhile they are merely nominal
and we make no change in the quotations. Al
a meeting of the Wax and Kip Leather Manu-
facturers, yesterday, 1t was unanimously voted
| that III per cent. be considered fair advance
| on finished leather. 1t was voted that as {
| rule, all sales of upper leather be made on 6
basis of four months credit.
Investigating Committee.
| Mayor CASTOR has appointed Geo. 7. Bige
| low, Charles G. Greene, Charles S. Storrow
Samuel c. Cobb and Abraham Firth, commit
| tee to investigate the cause and management
| of the great fire in accordance with the Ordel
passed by the City Council.
The Harvard Fund.
Contributions for Harvard College up to to-
day noon amounted to S60,765.
MIR. Gilmore's finder BOX.
A bill passed the Legislature to-day for the
prompt removal of the Coliseum, which is to BIZ
| sold at auction Saturday.