The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-22
DISASTROUS FIRE AT JACKSON
TENN.
Llsl OF Losses and Insurance.

List of Losses and Insurance.
: NASHVILLE, July 2l.-A large and de
i struCtiVc fire occurred at Jackson yester
! day. The following is list Of the princi
1 pal buildings destroyed: The pOstoftlcI
building, owned by D. II. King, total loss
!, covered by insurance Of $5,OOOi DR.. stillI
+ frame house, totsl loss, no insurance. thI
stores of J. O'Connor, N. W. Wright
and Keith & Vincent arc total loss; Gan
ter's store on the corner, Cullen's store II
the postoftlce building, and the Wig ant
Tribune office are u total loss; tho former
arc covered by insurance, and none on the
Wig and Tribune, but they have bought
out the Plain Dealer and will issue as
usual. The loss is estimated at 100000
JACKSON, TENN, July 2l-From the
Nhig and Tribune Extra Of to-day, and
6n interview with the agents Of the vari-
GUS insurance companies involved, the
following particulars OF the disastrous fire
at this place Sunday morning are Cleaned:
Evidence of the fire was first indicated at
I2 A. NJ. by Chief Of Police McCabe dis.
covering smoke issuing from the win
dows in the cellar beneath the frame
building Of Dr. q. A. Still, situated on the
corner OF lafayette and Market streets,
and occupied by A. Rosenburg as sa-
loon and restaurant The origin is not
known. Ii rapidly consumed the Sill
building, In which was located John T.
Ganhas' variety store. Tholrc extended
| IN ,t MoHbng oNFnnI In-
stroying single and three story brick
building owned by d. IL. King. The for.
mer was occupied by Charles Cullen Us o
cigar store, and the latter by the postoftlce
and Wig and Tribune Office, with sleep
ing apartments in the third story. Its
further progress in this direction was
blocked oil by the north wall Of Kings
saloon, four story building, with fire
proof roof extending eastward on Laiay.
etIC. The devOuriug clement rapidly con-
sumed in successive order the single
story brick store occupied by j.
Samuel's, tobaCconist, and the three
story brick stores occupied by J.
O'Conncr & Bro, dry goods and leaLh-
or dealers, nnd Noel Wright, as a
saddlery establishment and the frame ten
ement occupied by j. F. Ridloeb, dry
goods dealer. Reaching by this time and
extending across Centre alley 1t involved
the two story brick buildings occupied by
Kieth s. Vincent, dry goods dealers, and
s. Baum, tObacconist. Here 1t marched
eastward and was checked by the inter-
vention of brick walls having fire proof
roofs. Rushing southwark In Centre al
ley 1t destroyed three single story brick
buildings owned by D. II. King, W. 8.
Galloway and Mrs. II. p. Luckey, one Of
which buildings was occupied by George
ScruggS, colorcd, with stock valued al
$500. on which there was no insurance
and which was totally lost.
The following is the valuation OF losses
to property.hOldcrs: D. II, King, two
single story and one threestOry brick,
valued at $4,000; insurance with the
Imperial, Of London, 5000, and the
Home, Of Georgia, $3.50; total, $3.50.
DR.. Castill, two.stOry frame, in which the
fire originated, valued at $4,000; no insu-
rance. ]. D. Mason, two three'story
brick stores, valued at $l2 900; insurance
in the Imperial, of London, 81 600, and
the Mississippi Valley, Of Memphis, ST.
700. W. S. Galloway, one frame building
and one single.slOry brick, valued at
S., 600; no insurance. Rev. Mckinney,
two two.story brick, valued at $4,000; no
insurance. Mrs. Luckey, one singlestory
brick, valued at $1,000, insurance $3.50
The stock OF the different merchants is
estimated as follows: Charles Cullen, to-
bacco, $500; insured In the Franklin Of
Philadelphia for 5000; stock total loss,
THhig and Tribune office, total lose; no In.
surance. John B. Gaulen, stock SO 600, q
total loss; insured in the Hartford ior
81, 900, Franklin Of Philadelphia 81 200,
Niagarn of Now York $1,000. a. Rosen.
burg (wbGrc the fire originated), value OF
stock unknown, q total loss; insured in
the Royal Of London for $l,132, Missis
sissippi Valley of Memphis $1,000-total
Saba. James O'COnnor & bro, stock
$4,000, about one.half saved; insured In
the Imperial of London for $1,000. Home
of New York $1,000. Noel Wright, sad.
dlcry, stock $1,000, mostly saved; insured
in the Franklin OF Philadelphia for 81 900,
Hartford $1,000. j. Friedlob, stock
Sl7 900, about half saved; insured Hart
ford $1,000, Home New York 5000,
Planters Of Memphis $1,000, Imperial Of
London $4,000, Keith & Vincent, stock
$l50 900, most oil saved, insured Equitable
Nashville $1,000, Amazon Cincinnati
1000, Peoples Memphis 1000, Phoenix
Memphis $1,000 s. Baum, p6bacconist,
stock 81 900, most all saved, insured Pain
ters Memphis $500. ]. Samuers, tobsc-
conist, stock $1,000, total loss, insured
Equitable Nashville 1880. John Dado,
conlectIoner in post office building, stock
81 900, total loss, insured $40 in Home Of
Gorgia. ". W. Gates, ir., s Co., clothiers
and ]. W. Smith, hardware, suffered
slight losses by removal Of stock in
anticipation Of the fire reaching them,
fully covered by insurance. The
Wig and Tribune estimates the ag.
gregate loss In real estate at over
$4,000, on which there was an insurance
Of over $l1 1000, leaving a clear loss ol
over 100000; and the value of the mer-
chandise in stock at over sos, 900, upon
which there was an insurance Of over
$93, 600 on somewhat near two.thirds Of
the stock, making this amount saved.
The stock involved, with one or two ex-
ceptions, was almost fully covered by in
surancc. The loss falls heaviest on the
properly owners, but the burnt district
when rebuilt TO correspond with recent
surroundings and more modern improve
mcnts, will present more imposing and
better class Of houses in that portion of
the city. Tho Wig and Tribune will not
lose On issue, having already perfected ar
rangements 10 continue.