New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-31
sUGAR IEETsEssS BIRNEIs
a sPSCg HsyLS DESTROYED
sEaRIy aaLS Z MILLION s0ss
xss0 ssuseRE1 s.oRH,fEs ess FSxR

ssss~seh eiSAs ana g,is. e0eSocS sasqo0ig3e
sigss was discovered tS sbe Scar portion of
SO. sSi FchcuriUulss street, O thne-saory
orisk buildise, ~.eS BY 6. Doll for grind
ing Coffee ana oldces although there
seemed 60 be bus . small amount of goods
stored is shs Building che sasnes passed
shrough sSe wOo6wasS sapi1lse destroying
all bus the walls.
2n shs rear OF So ss9 ard 20 ahe SoweS
sideo was a. yhomson's large Crescent
City sugar rs6nesys one sS the most eNen-
sive ID this sountrro giving constant em-
pfoymsnt 90 abous SwO hundred Sands.
The building was souS stories higho and of
immense capacity. fronting on Commerce
street, shough the snaig entrance 6Eas ON
! TchouptOulss street,
A large quantity of sueas ~ae stored in
the buildings all os which was totally de-
stsoyed. it is impossible to ssate just now
now much the loss on sugar amounts To-
She machinery was che fnese and most
expensive shat could be procured, and nos
less than $780, 900 were invested in that d.
section. Scarcely piece wil5 be saved gn
sIcs, nothing was taken Srom the building
as the fumes spread wStB almost Yjghtnins
rapidityo
A. first enc SgemeR obtained Que fitPle
water, but good flow was found when the
fire got under headway. Chen the firemen
went 60 work with Will, working like he
rocs, but the conf agratioR had spread too
fsr 90 rs checked. A general alarm was
sounded, ana all she engines vent TO work,
performing good service.
The refinery wall fronting on Commerce
street erumble3 from excessive heat, and
mOsS OF it fell.
What the loss on insurance amounts TO
can not be told now, but the loss will not
fall far short of $500, 900
About 200 men are thrown out Of employ,
ment, none of whom received less than 81
! per day. Some of the employees were at the
fire, and they spoke of Mr.. Thomson in
the &indest manner, saying that he Is a
liberal man in every sense.
Mr. Thomson is at present in Havana
purchasing sugar, which he intends to ship
TO this city. As he is a gentleman of large
means, iS is expected he will Immediately
return and build up his business once more
Yhe fire was confined to the refinery by
extraordinary exertions of the tiremen. At
one time the cotton seed oil foctOry of Mr..
McGinnis was in great danger. but the
walls being thick and strong prevented
SSrthcr spread on the lower side.
On the uppeg side nothing was burned ex-
L,,J b. ox.f
Hechanics No. 6 was well warmed in the
gear, but escaped damage.
No. l86 Ychoupitoulas street, liquor
store, was slightly damaged.
So. 564 Sas owned by Edward Burke,
and insured for $1,000 in the Hibernia office
Mr. Doll was insured for $1,000.
Mr. Thomson has insured TO about $780,
900 in the Merchants office.
4 few families living in the old buildings
on TchOupitoulas stgeet, between Julia and
ST. Joseph streets. mcved eheir furniture
unnecessarily.
The scene created fase night by the burn
ing OF the Crescent City sugar refinery was
snagniticently grand. Half the city was
Illuminated by the blaze, and the impress
sion prevailed among those who saw the
light that the fire wSs sSseeping Oyeg wide
extent of territory.
fortunately the wind was iighs, and the
:iremen had less difficulty in controlling
she consuming element than they other
wise might have encountered.
LArEe-At two o'clock this morning the
loss OF the Crescent City sugar refinery was
estimated at 81, 100000 Insurance on stock
and machinery 20 the amount oi el75,OOOs
in the Merchants a!usual and "thes city
o.fiNn.