New Orleans Republican., 1873-07-22
CONFEDERATION.
DISASTROUS Fire At JachsOa, Tenaessee-
IT il First Discovered in . Restaurant
Several BuffdinEs DestrOyed-List sf
Lssses and Amount Of Insurance.

L0sGes ana Amount OI insurance
JACKSON, Tenn, July 2l.-From the Wing
cnd Tribune extra Of today, and inter-
views with agents of the various insurance
companies involved, the following particu-
lars Of the disastrous fire at this place on
Sunday morning are cleaned. Evidence of
the fire was first indicated at A. NJ. by
Chief OF Police McCabe discovering smoke
issuing from the windows of the cellar be-
meath the frame building owned by DR.. G.
A. Still, situated on the corner Of Lafayette
and Market streets, and occupied by A.
Rosenberg as saloon and restaurant.
Cause not known.
Rapidly consuming the Still building in
which was located John B. GOnter's varie-
ty store. the flames extended to the south
ward on Market street, destroying . single
and three.story brick building owned by
D. H. King, the former occupied by Charles
Cullen as q cigar store, the latter by the
postoffice and the Wing and Tribune office
and sleeping apartments il the third story.
blocked Off by the north wall Of Kings
saloon, four-story building, with fre-prOOf
roof. Extending eastward on Lafayette
street. the devOuring element rapidly con
sumed, in successive order, the single story
brick store occupied by J. Samuels. TO-
bacconist, and the three-stOry brick store
occupied by j. O'Conner Il Brother, dry
goods and leather dealers, and Noel Wright
as a saddlery establishment: also the frame
tenement occupied b. J. FEledioeb. dry
goods dealer.
Reaching By this time and extending
across Centre alley, the flames enveloped
the two-story brick building occupied by
Keith & Vincent. dry goods dealers, and >.
Baum, tobacconist. Here its march east
ward was checked by the Intervention OF
brick walls having fire-proof roofs. Reach
ing southwest in Centre alley. the tire de.
stroyed three One-story brick buildings
owned by D. II. King. w. S. Galloway and
Mrs. H. P. Luckey. one OF which buildings
was occupied by George Scruggs. colored,
with stock valued at $500, on which there
was no insurance, and which was totally J
lost.
The following is the valuation Of losses
to property holders: D. H. King, two single
story and one three-story brick, valued at
$l4,000; insured with Imperial. Of London,
$4,000, and Home, Of Georgia, $3.50; total
$500. Dr. c. A: Still. t.wo-s;tory frame, in
which the fire originated, valued at $4,000;
no insurance. j. D. Mason, two three-stOry
brick stores, valued at $4,000; insured
in Imperial. of London. for $4,000,
phis. $1,000. Dr. W. S. Galloway,
one frame building and one single story
brick, valued at $4,000; no insurance. Rev.
Mr.. Mckinney, two twOstOry brick build
ings. valued at $1,000: no insurance. Mrs.
Luckey. one single story brick. building,
valued at $1,000: insured for $3.50. The
stock of the different merchants is esti'
mated as follows: Charles Cullen. tobacco
| mist. $500: insured in the Franklin, OF
Philadelphia, for 5000: stock total
loss. Wig md Tribune office a
| total loss: nofnsurance. John B. Gontes'.
stock $1,000; total loss; insured in Hartford
for $1,000; franklin. OF Philadelphia $1,000;
Niagara, Of New York, $1,000. A. Rosen,
berg, whe., the fire originated; value OF
stock uni. lown; total loss; insured IN ,ne
Valley, of Memphis, $1,000; total s.loI.
James O'Conner & Brother, stock
$4,000; abou. one-.hird saved; IN
sured in the Imperial, Of London, foI
$1,000: Home. of New York, $4,000. Noel
| Wright. saddlery, stock $4,000, mostly
saved; insured in the Franklin, OF Philadei
| phia, for $1,000; Hartford $lo0O. j. frled
| loeb, stock 1000, about half saved; In
stirred in Hartford for $4,000; Home, of New
YORK $4,000: Planters, Of Memphis, $1,000
Imperial, of London, $2400. Keith g. Vim
cent. stock $4,000, mostly saved; insured
in Equitable. of Nashville, for $4,000
Amazon, of Cincinnati, $4,000: Peoples. o
| Memphis $4,000; Phoenix, of Memphis, S200o
S. Baums, tobacconist, stock $1,000. mos
all saved; insured in the Planters OF Mem
phis for $500. j. Samuels, tobacconist, stool
$1,000, total loss; insured in the Equita6i
of Nashville for $780, John Dado, confec
toner, in the postofice building, stec
$1,000, total loss; insured for $77O IN tn
Home, of Georgia. w, w. Gates, Jr., q Co
clothiers, and J. w. Smith & Co., hare
ware, suffered slight losses by RI
moval of stock in anticipation
FIRE reaching them; fully covered by insu
ance. The Wing and Tribune estimates q
gregate losa in real estate At over w, ,OO1