The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-17
LOUISVILLE.
Insurance Losses.

Insurance LOsses ;.s1 u
LooisV-Is July l6.-Ths following
is the lnsm I've on the buildings Of
Bumberger, 81 B1,sis IA & Co.: American
1000; .Etns Of HsfsrSV ID oao: Com,
mercial Of {. Nsy sss York kS6oo. Total in
+, ~.-' 90 The Fire. = .rti"
Four fires breaking out al Sost sitaul,
tsnsously in the centre Of theeusiness
portion OF the city, startled the vhsle
population Of the city last night, sod
attracted from their houses crowds o.
people. For time it was thought that
an attempt had been made to burn down
the city, and an extraordinary degree
of alarm was felt. 1t is impossible to
express upon paper the terror that per-
vaded the crowds gathered on the street,
After the handsome buildings owned by
Bomberger & Bloom, on Fourth street
was discovered to be in flames, and the
danger to the Public Library was I'M
inent, the third alarm coming 80
closely together, gave good foundation
to the belief that the three vert
work OF incendiaries. At 20 minutes
past 9, an alarm was sounded from box
number 3, corner of Calhoun and Ad-
ans street; this fire was exlnguisbed
by buckets before the engines arrived.
About ID minutes before 10 o'clock,
private watchman, Jas. A. Thornton,
discovered Parguy's confectionery No.
229, Market street, to be on fire. he
sounded an alarm from 81, central
station, but before the department could
be brought out, the flames had spread
to 227, occupied by Jacob Thorndale,
stone and tinware dealer, and No. 23l,
chiuaware store occupied by Charles
Roseheim, and before a stream
of water could be brought to
bear the flames had rushed through
the confectionery 10 the fourth story
and burned through the roof Of the
house in the rear while dense volumes
of smoke and flames Issued from the
windows in front, and for some time
a serious confagration was threateoed
but the second alarm having brought
several engines to the place the fire was
under control in q few minutes. Ehuler
had in his store about eight thousand
dollars worth of confectionaries which
were nearly all destroyed. He was in
sured for S. 900 in four local compar.
les. Thorne was injured for 81, $50; /;
loss $500. Shortly after the fire bells
again pealed out to startled crowds on
Centre street rom box sixty>one,
which proved TO bea fire in the
building on Third street between Main
and Water streets. owned by Herbert
" Wright. The fire spread along the
third floor and leaping to the roof il ran
along to Herbert & Wrigbts, and be-
fore water could be obtained the entire
structure Of the two buildings used as Q
tobacco factory in which was stored
five hundred barrels OF cut tobaccos
and 10000 pounds OF fine cut wss de-
stroyed. Loss $4,000; Insured for 200
in the German and Western companies.
Herbert & Wright loss 5000 at No.
ll45. While the whole fire
department was engaged on
Third street the fourth alarm was
sounded. 1t was found to be Bomber
ger 81 Blooms block on Fourth street,
which was in flames. The whole ofthe
block was destroyed. p,
The following are the losses aud in
surances : Buckley, stock and fixtures,
SIS, 900. insurance $1,000; Vernon,
stock and fixtures $4,000. insurance
$4,000; Pargon, confectioner, stock
and fixtures $4,000, insurance $4,000 !
& Bloom. loss on building
500, 900, insurance 100000. The total
loss by all the fires is between $l5O,0OO
aud 100000. '-