The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-30
CHICAGO'S PLAGUE.
Corrected List OF Losses and I1suranees
by the Great Fire.

Corrected List OF Losses and IIlsurances
by the Great Fire.
The fire that devastated Chicago last
week threatened at one time to destroy !
the entire city; but by the subsidence
of the wind and the strenuous efforts
of the fire departments it was checked at
last. Some six million dollars worth
of property was destroyed but the fire
swept over blocks that escaped before,
and many Of them were covered with
flame buildings, which IN that wind
swept city furnished finder for the de-
vouring flames to feed upon. It begun
IN the howell of Pole, as the former
IRE commenced IN barn and this fact
raises the serious question whether such
buildings should be permitted IN great
city.
The actual loss was considerably
smaller than estimated at first. In all
about one thousand buildings were con-
sumed, but very large proportion were
mere rookeries of the fimsiest descrip-
ton, whose destruction involved COM
paratively little loss. Some sixty acres
were burned over, most of it lying west
of State street, yet the loss falls Princi-
pally on the east side of that street,
where were located all the valuable
buildings burned-the First Baptist
church, Continental, St. james, and
Michigan avenue hotels, postofhce,
Adelphia treatre, Davis sewing machine
building, Jones's school, and one or two
other buildings of modest dimensions.
All the important public buildings
burned are on Wabash avenue, and
these, together with few fine residences
on the avenue, comprise the bulk of the
loss. Sampson, Gilbert & Co.'s furni-
ture house was considerably damaged,
but at that point, corner Van Buren, and
Wabash avenue, where the wholesale
palaces of new Chicago begin, the fire
was checked. The new postoflce build
ing cost $50, 900 JOnes's school, $780,
James Hotel. 800, 900; Michigan avenue
hotel, $40, 900 the Continental. $50. COO:
Woods hotel, $50, 900. The buildings
occupied by Herens & Co., Terra Gotta
company, the Inter Ocean buildings.
were valued at about $40, 600 each: the
First Baptist church, 5000, 600. OF the
private residences number of them
were very fine and costly ediices, and
furnished IN an elegant manner,
The losses of state street cannot be
p9rticularized, each being SO small in
ITSELF but the grand aggregate amounts
to very large sum. A large number
of the insurance agencies furnish an
estimate of the losses sustained by the
companies which they represent, as fol-
lows. While it is not a complete ex.
| hibit 1t is as full andaccurate as can be
got at present
Hartford. $500; North British, $50 600 /;
| Irving, $4,000; German American. $40 600 :
/ National, $50 600; New Orleans, GO, 600; Frank
lin, 5000; Imperial Oondon). S37, GOO Cen
trail (St. Louise, $4,000; New York Standard,
| $1,000 st. Joseph (Mo.), 1925; Scottish Com
mercial Glasgow, S37, 600; Lamar On. W,
! S2.500 A4emania, $4,000; MillvilIe On. j.
! $50, 900; Trade, $500; Humboldt IN. Y. s.
| $4,000 Phoenix (Haltford), $50. 600; Phoenix
| lBroohyn), $50, 600; Queens and Commerce
] 6AdIbsny), $685. 900; Traders (Chicago), $685.
w w northwestern National, Sc, $50; Mercan-
! tile (Chicago), $500; Hudson (Jersey City).
| $500; Globe (Chicago), SIS, 600; Hamburg
| (Bremen,) $50, 600; Rochester 81 1000: Adri-
ATTIC, S28, COOS Firemen's Fund, $500 Com
SI,OOOi Prescott, SIS, 900; Williamsburg, $50,
| OOO Peoples $1,000; Benjamin Franklin,
| S45eo; Home New York;, $40 00O; Ger
mania, ~, GOO; Underwriters, 1000; Ly-
i coming, S25, 600; Pennsylvania, S25, 600 Clay,
| $4,000; Franklin (Boston), $500; Chicago
| Association, 50, 900; Atlantic and Pacific (Chi-
| eago), SlO0, GOO; Michigan State, SIS 600; Cir
/ ard, $4,000; Farmers (York, Pa S12, 900
| CHartford), $4,000.
AAOSS are JIG only INDIVIDUAL losses
reported. Other agents. who represent
each several companies, sum up the
losses to their agencies as follows
Orient Hartford Lancashire and Connect
cut companies, $50, GOD; the Queen Of Liver.
pool, Commercial of Albany. $50. 600: Me-
chanics' and Traders OF New York, $4,000
Union Fire of Phlladelphis and NarTaganseti
OF Providence, $4,000 Underwriters Of New
| York, NiagaTa of New York, Fireman's OF
| Dayton, $50, 900; Pennsylvania American Fire
\ Association and Reading companies, $50 900
Home Of Columbus, Fire and Marine Of Bos-
ton, Hoffman of New York, and London As
| surance. $50 COOS Hoszard Citizens of Boston
National Of New York, and America of Pitts,
| burg, SO, coo; Commercial of st. Louis, Ger
| man, SIS, eco; Citizens, Franklin, and st
Louis companies, $4,000; National and Peo
pies Safeguard of Philadelphia and Home Of
Galveston, $780,
| Considerable of this insurance is on
stocks of merchandise, and the agents
claim that in many cases their loss viii
be reduced fifty per cent. by salvage.