The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-23
FIRES.

CHICAGO, July 22.-At four o'clock
this morning fire broke out i'll the fine
store. front block, Nos. l2l and l23,
State street, occupied by +. 7. HolllSter
e Co., dealers in carpets, and GALES
Bros, jewellers, and before it could be c1-
tjnruished it had consumed everything.
The origin of the fire is not known. AZ
these were very heavy business firms the
loss is large.
The building in which the fire occurred
this morning cost 100000 i'll 1873; the
insurance is not yet asccrtalncd. The
stock of Gales, Bros. II Co., jewellers, was
valued at 100000; insurance nearly
half S6OOOO worth of their stock was
in vaults. ID. A. HOLSTER, furniture
manufacturer and carpet dealer, loses
about S75. 200; insured. Nichards, Sham
Il Winslow's stock was damaged to the
extent of $4,000; fully insured. The
firms on the other side of the street lose
$4,000 by the breakage Of window glass
The following is the insurance 50 lar
a. known: Gales, Bros. ~ Ce~ stock
insured for five thousand dollars each IN
the Franklin and National of New Or
/ leans. and the American and Home oi
I New York, and two thousand five nun
,Irnd each i'm the Citizens, Harvard, Man
haitian and Williamsburg City.
/ U,Ilistcr's stock was insured in the
National for five thousand dollars; in tn"
Phpriy of Brooklyn for ten thousand
dollars. and in the Williamsburg City for
two thousand five hundred dollars. The
bpildinp j. insured in the Home Of New
York for ten thousand dollars. The total
loss !. probably aquartcr of "A million
| dollars: insurance, ~ far Il, a,ccrtalncd,
seventy thousand.
The following is a corrected report "t
the insurance on the property destroyed
| nv the fire this morning. Holllster :
Stock is insured in the National Of New
York; Imperial, American, and Central,
of st. Louis; Liverpool, London, Globe
and Neptune, of Boston, 5000 each. In
tbc Home, of New York; PhGniI and
,Etna. 10000 each. In the Meriden, OF
Connecticut; flannel Hall and Standard,
Of New York; Lamar, of st. Joe; EI-
chance of New York; Hoffman, of New
York. Connecticut. of Rhode Island; In
.uranr, Association and Irving, Of New
York 25OOO In the Westchester OF
New York and Star of New York, 3. $50
each, Ina number Of companies and
in mall amounts. 24;OO5. Gales, Bros
Il Co.. were insured in the Home, OF
New York; Armenia, OF Pittsburgh
Home. Of Columbus. o., Williamsburgh
Of New York; Orient, Franklin, Rand
National. of New Orleans, 5000 each
Citizens. Harvard; Manhattan, Merri
dan; Lawrence, 81. Louis; Connecticut
Fire Farrsgut. New York; Rhode ISLAND
Insurance Association, 25OOO each. The
Traders and Insurance Company Of Chi
caqo: Western Assurance and Girard
4 o. each; in the Old Dominion, 1900
in variou, rompanies 26,OOO. INSURANCE
on stock in vaults, unknown. Ih'
building which was completely destroyed
was the property of VIM. L. Dodge, q
New York; and was insursd in th,
Home of New York, ROYAL Cnderwrit
ers of New York, and London Assursnc,
CORPORATION. 10000. In the Scotcl
Commercial; North,American Manufsct
urers. of Boston, 5000 each. Tn
amount Of the los i about a quartz
of a million of dollars, which Is nearl,
covered by insurance.
TORONTO. July pa fire in Ridgtowl
this morning burneda number of store,
Loss $4,000.
MEMPHIS, July 22.-The house 0
John Sigler, near Cuba, in this county
was burned Sunday night His wife an,
two children, and Mrs. Ligon, were dan
gerously burned. The latter is not ex
pected to live. The fire Is believed to b
the work of a negro with whom Nj
Lyon had aditficulty about some work