New-York tribune., 1874-07-16
sTArRMENrs PROM COMPANIES REPRESENTED IN
THIS cIrY-LoCL LOSSES, SI7,,5O0-FoRrIGN
LOSSES OVER 100000.

THIS CTTY-LOCAL LOSSES, S4'',3OJ-FORilGN
LOSSES OVER 100000
In order TO learn the exact amount OF loss
sustained by the various insurance companies having
Offices in this city. TRIBUNE reporters visited those
Offices Yesterday and ascertaned from trustwor-
thy officer connected with each the risks iOr which each
was liable. The result OF the abors OF the reporters
will be found in the accompanying statements OF the
officers which show that the total amount OF insurance
guaranteed by Offices in this city Is only <1odsoo OF
which companies proper Of this city ani the imme
diate vicinity only liable for the sum OF s7CO the
remainder being divided among Eastern, western
Pennsyvaniau, and foreign companies, the last men
mentioned alone sustaining losses OF over siOOoV d-
vided among nine companies, one company Vhe Qleeh
OF LOndOn) being unable to give an account OF the Joss
that Company had sustained With very few eXcep-
tions the loss sustained by NewYork companies Is
Individually very light. The National Board OF fire
Underwriters yesterday at No l56 Broadway Win
f. j. Cornell presiding, but no reference Whatever was
made TO Chicago fire, one member stating prVately
that city companies had sustained small losses as
most of them had refused TO take risks there Ihere
knowledge among the members as TO the heces-
sty for calling special meeting although some OF those
most deeply interested might Go so curing the week.
when the exact OF losses had been ascerained
j H. Washburne, Secretary of the Home Insurance
Company at No 135 Broadway stated that the tOlal
loss the company from the fire in Chicago woud NOT
exceed $4,000 A rumor having been circulated N
Wa-st that the Home had suffered loss OF sl5OoCO,
THE TRIBUNE reporter called Mr.. Washburne second
time. aud a dispatch from Dneat Lyon; the com
agents giving the Hults OF tIe
the loss TO be about sl5OOoO Mr.. Washburne thought
the loss would not even reach that amount
f. Pulsord, Secretary OF the LlveTnoOi, Lohoo. anu
Globe Insurance Company, at No. as Wiam-st stated
the loss OF the company by the Cmcago ne Wolu
burned district This company sustained loss OF
s3OOO in the former disastrous fire OF CHICAGO ana the
tfG. t@lnnS ,0'' '' 80. -, ., -. ~. ,oo
and lG2 Broadway, stated that from dispatches re-
ceved Their losses it believed. would reach from
10000 to $4,000 from which there might be some deduc
iions ON account Of salvage Their insurdnces were
mostly the irst-class residences ON WaDtShaye ana
very few outside OF these Ihey conslder'n thrI- i
fortunate when comparing their last loss
there s75oOoO with the above ngutes; ,,ocor pro,b
ers No 10 Pine-s the following approximate ngureS
were gwen: Commercial Union Assurance Company OF
London, $4,000; National OrPniladelphia S25"O; Ale
slight; Merchants OF Providence, sASht ROchesleF
German Of Rochester y. Y, none. ,,.,,.. .....,.,
The London Assurance at No. 65 Wal-St sustalha
nsure Much Of this insurance upon merchandise,
and considerable amount may have been saved.
The Underwriters Agency, at No. 175 Broadway, re,
ported that they had $1,000 worth of sks 10 the burned
district OF Chcago-so0oo worth of which belonged to
the Old bnsnts and s-G TIn % 10 Ias ne" anoyeT
Niagara, and Republic the individual RISKS or each
The Secretary of the Hamburg Bremen Company at
Broadway stated TO the reporter mat from as
$4,000. Tnis certainly would be an outside nEdre.
1nSo1 s9d Liverpool Stated that as yet they had
oeived no advces from the Chicago office, though they
had many risks there; 1t was not 6theyed by them
that their losses could possibly exceed S5OOUC.
Edgar W. CrOWcl, resident manager OF the Imperial
Of London stated that tnelr losses were about S COO
Messrs. BigelOw, Cot q PecH, at NO. 100 BfOdd"aY
tn fonowIng losses had been sustained companies
represented by them: Hartford of Hartford $4,000;
sl3oO; Manufacturers OF Boston, $l5,oJO Springfield OF
Springfield very slight These were outside & hSufes; ;
Providence. and Morcautlle oi Boston sdstaihed 10
Edmund Driccs, President of the wmmsburch CITY
Fire Insurance Company, al No l5l Broadway, Sai thdt
the Company had sustained loss oi sS5,0CO which he
believed would cover everything The Company, he
said had gone safely through the rst CGcasO hre ana
also through the Boston hIe' and would 20 as saiey
stc phen CrOweil President of the Phenx Fire InsuT
ance Company OF Brooklyn, stated III the New-IOIk
Office 30 l73 Broadway tnat toe loss OF the Company
by tine Chicago fire would not exceed $4,000, even II II
reached nat amount. He had received no details from
Chicago and cOuld only give an estimate.
pany at No 1T9 Broadway. stated that the losses
tained by the company az tte recent @ nt1 ID 0HGago
were received the exact amount could not be gwen.
Hugo Schumaun Secretary OF the Germania Fne lnsu-
rance Company at No l75 Broadway. stated that tae
losses in Chicago wOuld amount 70 $4,000 being por
tIop Of the risks assumed by the Underwriters Agency
IN company had no direct risk III Chicago: 800
Al the Office North BRUSH ana Mercantile III
Stated that their iossss would not exceed $4,000 Their
insurance was prlncpay IN tne ho,hefa par oi & tm9
of tns propelty may nay De orG1 saved TINS Com
but could express OF uion as 10 the losses OF that
mlssps skeels & Bouehton at No 175 Broadway an.
thorzcd agents foT niIber OF companies stated that
the losses TO those they represented Wou'9 pe shaii
Eq0table OF Nashville Tenn, not lng The Commerce
OF Albany had no risks there Iae Ofien OF hartford,
The Mer,,ien ana FhTleii County OF Connecticut all
mad small agencies there aud u was lkelv had sus-
'9ea e sGie ri No i5e BroadTay susains loss of
$1,000 TO 10000. TAe Secretary stated that tle
FORMER figure would cover very probably al acai los
office al No l2O Broadway from tue Chicago agent,
5000 ssSoSs 'D"' '1' VS. -.
j. " Chamberlin, at No. $50 Broadway, state agent
of the PennS lvania and Lycoming Companies of Penn
syyaDia. stated that bOih OF those coppenes would
probably sustain some LOSSES. They had invariably
refused to small buildings Both companies were
represented by the same Ddu, 50 Their losses would De
evenly divided. aud there was little probability Of their
exceeding $1,000 each.
can Company OF Boston, at No I02 Broadway. that the
losses orthat Company would probably reach $1,000.
cashre Insurance Company OF Manchester. England
stated yesterday, at the Office No ls7 Broadwa tuat
the losses OF the company would $4,000 50
far could be ascertaned from the information already
John W. simonson, Secretary of the New-York and
Youkers al No 100 Broadway stated that their losses
would reach from sl2oo to sSoo IL Included pohces
IL was stated at the Office Of the Manhattan, at No 6s
wslst that that Company between tue nre IN lineage
q loss OF about $4,000 The proportion In each pace
could not then be determined. ..-
Company at No. i59 Broadway said that the loss OF the
company would not exceed at the utmost $1,000 reck
oning everything o total loss.
SOmap Secretary Of the Niagara M Fire Insurance ms rance
osny Isss by the Chicago 1ro would not exceed
belng policies obtained through the underwriters,
T6s company n1d %. 10 aSosss1 SssSs T'h
surance AMOUNTING 10 $4,000 within the imits Of this
Ore Mr. Crawford, the secretary. stated that this n
surapce was mostly merchandise and there would DO
"a good percentage saved In salvage. Their Chicago
agent present In this city judged that the actual ioss
Al the TfsdesLnep OF kewYOrk, AT No. fS Broadway,
u was stated that tsoo covered tho risks held ia ho
Inrnt dlHtret taking the extreme boundaries published
Their actual lOss would probably not exceed bNS DO
definite adyces on tho matter had been received =,