, 1874-08-25
FIRES.
Partial Des tructIon Of the Studebaker
Magon-Works at South
Bend.
Loss Estimated Mt g 800,
Insurance Comp lnies
Interested.
Record of Other Fires. Yesterday

N8C0lu VI AA4t0a " H0a' t0oL0'An3a
u1urntnr at tho st,ldc1,s l,kcr Wn9on-
Factory ut south IsenA.
souru BEND, 1ndt, Ang. "a AT 400 o'clock
this morning fro WnB diacovu red In tho paint
rooms OF tho mann, uoti1 vugo, manufaotory of
Tho studobakor nrok ers, roHulti ng In losa Of
100000.
Thoso works voro .,rccted Immediately after
tho burning OF their iii Ups Jun II, 1877, w1en
thoy LOST about a75,000..
The aan1cs from tho tagon- @orka spread rap
Idly, Rnd owing to tho f. rcat II 70 Of tho build
ipgs, tho Tlro Department ne TO unable to get
tho fire uutlor immodiato' CO ntrol, but flnnly
t,trnol thor attention to " her tho building coll
noo,cd with ono eroctod fonsr years ago, and
thero stopped It.
In this lattor building vaB tlu main part Of tho
machinery, which wns all rp11 Ioved and gnved
Tho heat was 30 tnlcaao that tho Lake Shore
Michigan Southern trGisht asn pasaGagel ger uo' o.
pots woro III danger. IrainB GRO oolaseo Ill
passing for some tour hours.
Thore was no air stirring, aud tho flames shot
up atraght in tho mir, 30 that tns ny huiidings in
tic Immediate vicinity werc 81 we'd. Floating
cint1ors fell oYor milo away
Tho works contained upwards Q! 2, 700 finished
wagons, MD .nst quantlttos Of 1t ook III process
of marufncture, ready for naitt ing. and cara
from the Chicago. Burlington. i Quincy Nail-
roa the Indians Central h1ilan @ AZ, the ~ pits IT,
cngo. Rock 1slant 4 Pacific Kaiisns d, and the |,
+. i e. Railroud, were slanltug as The shipping
doors in process Of loading but wm o got out Of
tho why jllat in time to rave thom fr1 I'm burning
The 1osa in detail, o. near as can he approxil-
n,atoly estimated, iB: Building. 3120 ,o0o; stock
III process Of manufacture, $4,000 D; iuahcd
Wagons, 500. 900; iron and fixtures =, $4,000 !:
tota, s300,0uo. This ia thought tt be rather
''rI trIa foliowinp ,nsnranco comuanlce had poll.
illinois Co,apan;es-Tradcrs'. Cbicat o. 81, 300 !;
dlobc Chieago, $9oOo;, Atlaatio {; - pas1fic 4sa
Wsso,uT Companies LonIs, Of ist Luuis.
| sa6uD; F1unklin, Of st. Louis, s2,5t %; Cosn-
mercial. Of st. Louis, s2.5vo; cttixens Of st.
| Lo,iis 81, ,5GD; American Central Of st Loulr,
5000 ST. Jsaeph firs l. hlar'no' st.. Joseph
Pennsylvania Con'panies-Nntional, q. Phila-
dolphis, s2.500 Farn.ora' Mutual, Of Ee,Y York.
| 32500; Aileman,a, of pittsnurg, S5,ooo !; Ben
E,anklin, ot Allegheny sd sl5oo Poopt s. ,,n OF
5a.5D0; German, Of Elio, $4,000 Doatt nan's
Iiro & Murine, OF pittaburg, s.. 600 Pom Il, of
Philadelphia, $4,000 airald, Ut philadol1 ,hia,
81 1,5uD In1castor, OF Lancaster, g., 5o0 h'an-
bury Of saM1ury $4,000; Safeguard Of plA''a'
Iiesi Wi,vinia Companies Franklin, Of
Wheeling, s2,6ou Peabody, Of Wheeling. 52.5N) ]:
Fro l. alarlno, OF Wheeling, s2.5oo; German. Of
Wheeling, W. ;, ); s2S9o; tsn Stock COMMERCIAL OF
Nc,o Jersey Companies Union Of Jersey City,
$2,5o0; Citizons', Of Newark. 92.500; Franklin,
Of Jersey City. $500: hlillvillo, Of MlllSilto,
s2Guo oorman,a' 81 Ne~ark' S2ooo: o., ooo
Aurora Fire l. Murine, of Cincinnati, st, ,0o0;
Amazon. Of Cincinnati, 92.5o0; ihbornia, of
Cleveland, $4,000.
tIiscettaaeous compantes-Michigan State. of
aa !!a:ne 's Sss6 %sS''"ssss!; asPa1a es Nsa .;
ton, rex., ss'5Oo; Fairfield J., County, of
soath, NoFualk; Coma, $3.5o0; Brewers',
tional, Of Milwaukee, ~. GOO; Peopo'b Of Mena-
phia, Tenn, 9l,5Uo; planters, of Memphis.
Tonn., $2 ,5u6: T,ronlnu's Fund, san Francisco,
| 1880: Liverpool, London t. Globo, $1,000;
aud other COMPANIES nro believed to be on, but
arc arc not yet gisou, owing to tho confusion. Tho
| theory Of tno fire is spontaneous combustion,
though fow ayor that 1t was tho work Of Ill in
| cond,ary.
| upward OF 800 hands. VINO arc thrown ont Of
| employment temporarily. Their cattiags-works
are situated in anothor Eart of tue city, and arc
aIl right.
Tic works vero the largcHt In tue world. and
| ono Of tho most elegant factories III construc-
ton to 10 touna anywhoro.
Tie citizonB held uiass mneting Of upwards
| Of 1000 people III tho Court-llouse squaro this
evening, and passed. resolutions axpressing their
| heartfelt sympathy Tor TUG groAt !0as to the
Studobakors. aud 1lcdging their moral aud Pc
cuniary aid if need. Tho meeting was address,
eli by Judge stanfold, Hon. i. @. Turner.
Leighton Pine. Elliott Tut, tho Hon. L. Hubbard.
| 4. D. Dunbar, Hon. john Drownfold. o. s.
Wttherill, Dr. Humphreys, mud otllors, declaring
their full sympathy. Tho Studebakors hayo this
Afternoon 6con in receipt Of humorous teIcgran,a
taudering sympathy aud substantial MD. Tho
loss IL deeply felt, not ouly hare but abroad.
Tho Studobakers a-o gotslng otlt circular tn
bo addressed to their customers, asking thpit'
| proupt remittance Of balances duo, aud declar-
lug tlior purpose to be iu running order again
in thirty days. Thcy hnye orders on hnna Tor
about l,0D0 Wagons. The fire is still burning Mt
Of water nayo to bo kept on to keep It down.