Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-22
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE In JACKSON
Thirteen Business Houses In Ashes.
The WING and Tribune Office De.
strOyed.
Loss at Least 100000.
Particulars of she Confiagraticn.

Loss at Least 100000.
Particulars of the Conisgraticn.
MEMPHIS, July 2l.-A large and de-
strectite IRE occurred at Jackson, Tenn.
yesterday. The following is list of the
principal buildings destroyed: Postofice
building, owned by D. 81. King, total loss
covered By insurance of s. 900; DR.. Still:
frame house, total loss, no insurance; stores
off. O'Conner, n. w. Wright, Galloway &
Ffiedlceh, and Keith s. Vincent, total loss;
insurance on 0'Conner C Weights build
ings s., 600; mona Ga Catlowa1's or Keith &
Vincentn, or O'Conner & Friedloeb
Keith & Vincent lose slightly by removal of
goods, fully covered by insurance. Ganter,
on the corner, Cullen, in the Postoffice
building, and Wig and tribune; toss
losses OF the former covered by Insurance;
none on the Wig and Tribune, bat they
have bought out the Pldindedler, and will
issue ss usual. Total loss estimated at
from $4,000 to S10Q,Q0e, which falls heav-
lest on o@neEs OF buildings; very slight on
stocks.
Further Particulars.
MEMPHIS, July 2l.-From the Wig and
Tribune extra of to-day, aud an interview
with agents of various Insurance companies
involved, the following particulars Of the fire
a. that place Sunday morning are cleaned:
Evidence of the Ere wss first Indicated at 2
a. m. by chief police McCsbe d scoveriDg
smoke issuing from the windows of a cellar
beneath the frame building owned by d..
G. A. Still, situated on the corner OF Lsfay-
cite and Market streets, and occupied by a.
Rosenberg as saloon and restaurant. The
origin is not known Rapidly consuming
the Sill building, in which was located
Jlo. B. Caulos' variety store, the flames
extended to the seuthWard on Market
streets destroying single and three story
brick building owned by D. FL. King, the
former occupied by Cha. Cullen, as ciga,
store, the latter By the postOffice aud Wing
ind Tribune, and sleeping a0art-
mems in the third story.
s further progress in this direction was
blocked off by the north wall of Kings ss-
loon, four story building with fre.proof
roof. Further extending on lafayette, the
devou~ing element rapidly consumed in
successive order single story brick store
occupied by l. Samuels, tobacconist, and
three one story brick stores, occupied by J.
O'Connor & Bro, dry--oods and Gather
dealers, and Noel Wright, as q saddling es-
Enlistment, and the frame tenement occu-
pied by j. Fredlove, dry-goods dealers,
reaching by this time and extending across
Centre alley, it invaded the two story brick
buildings occupied by Keith & Vincent,
dry-goods dealers, and s. Baum, tobacco
mist. Here it marched eastward, and was
checked by the intervention OF
brick walls having fire proof
roofs. Reaching southwark in Centre alley
destroyed three single.story brick buildings
owned by D. Fl. King, w. S. Galloway
and Mrs. 81. P. Lucky, ole Of which
buildings was occupied by Geo. Scruggs,
colored, with stock valued at $500, on
which there was no insurance, and which
was totally lost. The following is e
valuation of losses 10 property holders. ID.
H. King, two single story aud one three
story brick, valued at $14 0U0, insurec with
Imperial, of London, for S., 500 and Home,
of Georgia, for $3.50; total $3.50; D. d G.
A. Still, tW0-story anne, in which the fire
originated, valued at 50 900, no insurance;
J. d. Mason, two three-story brick stores,
valued at $1,000, insured in Imperial, Of
London, for $1,000, and in Mississippi
Valley, OF Memphis, for $1,000; w. s. Cal
laway, one frame building, valued at ST.
600, no insurance; Mrs. Luckey, one single
story bsick, valued at $1,000, insured for
$50. TIE stock of different merchants is
estimsted as follows: Chas. Cullen, tobac-
CO, $500, insured in Franklin Of Philadelp ia,
for 5000, stock total loss; Wing and Tri-
bune office totsl loss, no insurance; JnO. B.
Ganter, stock Sc 600, total loss, insr red in
. Ia I'D for Of Nam
York, 81 ,000; A. Rosenberg, value of stock
unknown, total less, insured 10 Queens,
London, for ST. 32, Mississippi Valley, Of
Memphis, for $1,000, total 81, 1872; James
O'Conor d Bro, stock SO, 1000, about one
third saved, insured in the Imperial, Lon
don, for 5000, Home, New York, $1,000;
Noel Wright, saddleFy, 5000, most saved,
insured in the Frankie, Philadelphia, for
$1,000, Hartford $1,000; j. Friedloeb, Sl7,-
900, about half saved, insured in the Hart
ford for So 900, Home, New York, $4,000,
Planters, Memphis, $1,000, Imperial, Lon
don, s., 400; Keith and Vincent, stock ST.,
900, most all saved, insured in the Equita-
bic, Nashville, 81 600, Amszon, Ciucin-
natti, $1,000, Peoples, Memphis, s. 900,
Phoenix, Memphis, $1,000; S. Baum,
tobaccouist, stock $1,000, most all saved,
Planters, Memphis, $3O,l; j. Samuels, to-
bacconist, stock 81, 250, total loss, insur1d
in Equitable, Nashville, for $3.50; John
Dsdo, confec.ioner, in Postofiice building,
stock 81 900, total los, insured for S770 in
Home, of Georgia. W. w. Gates, Jr., Il
Co., suffered slight losses by removal OF
stock in anticipation OF thu fire reaching
them, fully covered by insurance. The
Wing and Tribune intimstes that the ag-
gregate loss in real estate will reach $42,-
600, on which there was an insurance Cf
over $1,000, leaving a clear loss of $50, OOO,
and the value of merchandise IN stock over
S65, COO, upon which there was an insurance
of over $500.
The loss falls heaviest on property owners,
but the burnt district, when rebuilt to cor
respond with recent surroundings and most
modern improvements, will present more
imposing and better class of houses il
that portion Of the city. The Wing and
Tribune will not lose an IS sue, having al.
ready perfected arrangeme nts to continue.