New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-31
WHOLE NUMBER 1856.

millinery. The flames have crossed Washe
ngton street. Chickering's splendid granits
building, with its immense front, is in ruins,
Inc ire has also caugh, the s.eepls OF
the Presbyterian Chureh. corner BeacA
street and Harrison avenue and the .aisa
is mass of flames.
IL ~ M.-The rear Of Chauncev streee 20
threatened both from Hayward place and
| Essex street, and the entire souare bounded
| by those streets and Washington s.rees.
! wtich IS not already DESTROYED. IS Se;ng
abandoned by its occupants.
Chic. Damrell expresses confienro stas
| the fire will speedily be stopped.
The Joss already amounts 10 severa! l;$$.
lions.
Continuing its course southe1,y fron "a
place of ori gin, the fire soon attacked shs
International Hotel, G. X. Richard. BRO:
pr,etoG Noe 4lo ashlngtOn street. and is
TELL an easy.prey TO the devouring element
lhe sway OF the monster was irresistible,
and the next to tall SIS Vicnm was a .S;ge
tour-story store.
The ire on Beach street. N lie rreshys
cerIan Church has been exringuished. Tie
military have been called out. and tie
crowds IN the vicinity Of the fire are being
forced back giving che Gremsn more coorp
70 work
10 a. M-Ihe fee is now believed "a be
fully under control. The widest excitemens
exists throughout the city, and thousands ot
'extras' are being circulated.
Il being Decoration Day. all the ;nsur
ance offices were closed. but are now beng
opened or intelligence of ..he contagrations
l..:l5 2. M.-Tte ire is now completely
under control.
Evening.-It is impossible to give az once
all the losses, or even the names .: the
losers by the fire to-day, but it can he sait
that from Avery street to Boylsten 81. Get.
on the west side OF Washington stree.. is
nearly or quite destroyed: on the other
side, from Harvard place TO Essex s.cee:,
little is left 70 show what existed there az
eight o'clock this morning. The Globe
Theatre saved nearly all the wardrobes.
Two persons are known to be killed by fall.
ing wallis so far.
Among the firms and Individuals burned
out on Essex street are: Berj amin s. Rowe
Il Co., boots and shoes, loss $4,000. insur-
ance $90O0 Hawley. Folsom 4 Martin, fur
nishing goods, loss $4,000, fully insured;
surance 10000; George E. Turner. boots
and shoes, loss $4,000, insurance $4,000.
Chauncey Hall School, Messrs. Gushing &.
Ladd, loss $4,000, insurance $3U00 j. W,
Pitcher, Globe Cafe, loss $4,000, no insurance,
the Ninth Regiment headquarters. losS
slight; Leland, Wheelock & Co., furnishing
goods, loss 100000, insurance $50,000j
JOHN ID. RPgaD, pOOtS ana suCeS, loss $tJ.CtUa
insurance $780, 600. On Washington streets
T. C. Pazolt & Son, furriers. loss $50, ,OO0n
insurance unknown; the Pilot book store. in
the same building, occupying three cham+
bers, containing valua Die books and articles
used in the Catholic Church. loss abous.
$4,000: loss of II. E. Hibbard. proprietor
of Bryant and Stratton College $4,000.
insured in the Central Mutual Company Of
Worcester.
has lost fifteen wires by the fire, and com
municatiOn is interrupted. The Firemens
National Bank has not opened its vaults to-
day, and it has reason 10 believe that all
its securities are saved. The day being a
holiday, the report Of the fire telegraphed
TO the surrounding towns brought tnou+
sands of persons to the city, every train in
ward bound being crowded with anxious
business men and sensation seekers.
The following is complete list of the
Few York fire insurance companies having
risks ia Boston: The Clinton. Pacific Etna,
Brewers and Matters Citizens, City, Co.
lumbia, Commerce., Commercial, Cont
mental, Corn Exchange, Firemen's, Gers
man, American, Germania, Guardian, Han4
over, Hoffman, Home, Humboldt, Internas
tional, Irving, Lamar, LOrillard, Manhats
York, Yonkers, Niagara, Phoenix, Relief,
Republic, Standard, Star, St. Nicholas
Tradesmen's and Washington.
New YORK, May 30.-It is believed that
but few of the insurance companies of this
city suffer to any extent by the Boston fire.
to-day. The few companies heard from
average about $1,000 each.
HARTFORD, May 30.-The tctal losses Of
the Hartford insurance companies by the
Boston fire will not exceed $SS 5000, dis
tributed as follows: Etna, 100000; Harts
ford ST. .000 Phoenix $l4 600: Connecticut
$ll ,000; Orient 10000, and National $4,000.