New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-01
THE BURIED CITY.

| FURTHER DETAILS VI lie oNuho'' th'Ss
TIE loss ESTIMATED At 81, 100000. ABOUT osE-
HALE rNsURED-THngE HUNDRED HOMETEss-
DEMAND FOR IMMEDIATE As,IsTANCE-CArsE OF
TIE TIRE--.DDUIoNL ASSURANCES.
CHICAGO, April 30.-A special dispatch to
The Oceaa from Oshkosh says: "Thore is pos
sbc way OF arriving the los 70 the Insurance compa-
MES by the Oshkosh fire. since al the agencies except ono
have been burned ont aud tho books are in conusion
while the books OF one agcncy are burned The h-ur
anee with this last Uamed agency, Gary X Hlrm"ns, 70
/ estimated at 100000 Tho total loss by the lire IL
thought TO be greater than first reported ard now
put at 81 100000 1t Is cstDat'd In genera etu~, ibat
the insurance Is 30 per cent 81 tne lOss About 900 fm-
nes are burned out, and relief IL much needed Tho cry
Council has appropriated $1,000 for thcr Immediate
wants There Is no dis'0grLcement among business
m H. and the feeling is strong th3t tho rebuilding must
he sin az once Several bouIo rain to-day failed 10 oxn-
gul-h the Gre which s sin bu ming among the dobris"
dispatch from F0n Gu Lac 10 The T@fs says;
Among the principal residences burned are those ~
Dr. Barber, Or Eoyos, Mr.. Strong, d.. Sanders, T. w.
Fernandez, W b. Fcker, Il Haskell, A. Brtghc", James
VI Porter. Mrs. Pride, George Meyer, Henry Bailey,
Josiah Woodruff James keanedy, Dr.. Wright, y. Quinn,
and others. A deep pail hangs over the city. Tive times
since s foundation has con6sgraOn visited H. but the
present calamity Is The most crushing OF all This II the
third time within year that fire has desolatd IT, This
fro has taken most Of the fine residences ami homes
The citizens seem utterly hopeless and walk the streets
with sad faces The ruins still smolderns AMI WHEN
the former owners asked what they viii DO they
reply they cannot tell mt present. Tho Office Of the
telegraph company are burned and the facilities for
woykn; the lines very poor This, added 10 the gem
confusion, and tho inability OF those VITO are
losers give particulars preclodes the possibility of an
extended report"
Oshkosh lies lat piece OF srouni, anil there IL
almost continuous sou,l-weet wind which tbs occa
sion was blowing with great violence. IL has boon tho
custom in Oshkosh latcry, when heavy westerly wind
was blowing, for the mills, which situated IN the
western part o; tho city stop work 20 prevent fires.
number Of mills shut down on Wednesday noon, but
spuldng and Peek refused to stop work, ADD when Mr.
Morgan 9scd Nr. Peck to do he abruptly,
that be Uccl intended 70 run BIZ business Shortly
after This Morgan Brothers, Mills observed 20 b.
fire, and ia few minutes &c whole building az IN
flames.
The fire companies ard thousands o, citizens were
promptly hand, but The gale fierce AMI The mr.
crtl Of the mills cohusblc that the fire could not
be stayed, and speedily drove them from pLDe - place"
advancing to the heart of tho CRY. J. " DAyi-, clerk
ia The employ of Morgan Bros attempted 10 somo
boards from the mill, but becoming bewiidercd, vas
nearly roasted to d, ath before he could nl hi way OUT
and expired after reaching the open air The air
flcl with shngl and udere. which bore dcstruc-
ton to houses ut great q tau'e from the act'l fire.
and the flames advanced rapidly toward the principal
horouglares even the most nine gave up he hops
OF checking them, and The city was devastated
The following Insurance companies are kno~n - have
lost by the Oshkosh fire, in addition 10 those already
publishcd
Mercantile OF Chicago, - zoo.
Aiemlmia ~ Pittsburgh 5000
Glcnn's Fails, $1,000; Black River S2"tDi Atlas OF
Hartford, el3.oOo $1,000.
Niagara OF New-Yorb 80, 600
Gernan-A uericOn, $500.
CONNER al OF ST. Lonis % 900.
Home OF Newly Orls So00O
Liverpool. London and GlDbc, $4,000.
MelI lilo VI New JerseY lcstnl.,st1l $4,000
CHEERFUL VIEW.
THE MERCHANTS AND BUSINESS MEN rGrrsRED To
REBUILD AND RESUME SIMS INE HUN
DRIED DWELLINGS DCSTROYED-ABoCr Sl,OOo-
600 OF INsURANCE-3EyIsED LIST OF NsUR-
ANCE LOSSES.
CmCAGO, April 3O.-A special 10 The 7imes
from Oshkosh says the prospect at that city - already
Frightening and the pr)habit's ore that before Winter
the majority Of the business blocks will he rebuilt
The debris ia cleared nway from the prin-
cpal streets which hrongod with visitors who have
come from al directions 10 the ruins. Insurance
men are present from AL parts OF the country ih"y do
not take a discourasing view OF the CONFEDERATION "a
general thing, AMI not a fw have deeined th'y
will stand ready rercw their risks. The etrue-
lures burned down were generally pretty vel in-
surcd and are owned by men no can AFFORD 10 Iobnii
The vaults OF the First National Bank were opened to-
lay and the contents found intact sixty nina hn moss
structures were destroyed and about half Of these VIII
be rebuilt Immediately.
The police tod y made a"arinl count, az" "u' '",
large and small the total Of the dwellings destroyed
is about 300 These valued az an average OF SZooo
each which dives an aggregate loss Of Sl2joo0o which
| is probably near the correct figure. The ioss on
bugipcss houses - about SlO00oCc and ON the lumber
interest from 100000 TO $4,000, making a total OF
about So ,OCO, on which the insurance is fully
81 O00 600 The agency that DID the most business lost
all il. books but have nearly arrived at the correct hg'
tr toli",ng l the AMOUNTS of the losses sustained
hty nf in.s
n ers tblt will Oe Forwarded 80 the main odice- Home
| of N.y-YOrk, 100000; ftna OF Hartford SSoooo
I ,vernonI and Globe $4,000; Phoenix Of Hartford,
sI54jO; Firc and Marine OF Springfield Mass, $1,000
Contincuai OF New-lork $1,000; northwestern ma
onll of Milwaukee, Tl4,OOO: North British Mercantile
$4,000; Hartford OF Hartford, S3OOOo; New In-
! d,rwrtcrs $4,000; Alrrnana OF PITTSBURGH, 5000;
Madison Mn.us S2o'o9o' f,riIH oil nr,%s 40
orient OF Hartford $lG5oo; German Anelican Of New;
York S5UDO; Lancashire ~ Eng.aud S-0ooO; Penn OF
! PnLM iphia $4,000; Pennsylvanla OF Pniadel-
! phia $1,000: Eno Ass0riatiOn OF fEilhI.lPhId,
$1,000 i'coplcs's Of Memphis, F1.e AM Marine
! oI st. Paul Connecticut OF ilMttprh ana atln ,'
| Of IlarrOrd $4,000 e."'h; tlIe am MN MATHIS
of Detroit ant Brewers ~ Milwaukee, $1,000 cathi eiti.
zrns az Newark, New orleans Association, FranSm OK
! wheeling, and Mlyillc, y - $1,000 ta"n; ltOihe OF
Cnhuins $500 Planters Ac.upnlS, Black River VI
WatDrtow v y America OF Pttsburg National OF H. art
lord FHnicu Hall of BOSTON, frncne OF sI tahclso,
and Franklin Phiadciph $1,000 each; r. Joseph oi
chicago 1000 each the Merchants ar Newark. 1000.
per III the losses. Among the heavy lose. are Jones
" STEELE, $4,000, Insurance ShVyo; H. }" bIsssl'
10000, insurance $3.50; Mehey ~ - to onn,
j. NJ Hay bTo sl5.O0O; T. j. Watson, $4,000 insur-
ance $4,000; Celia Rogers $1,000
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LARGE FIRE AT UiTERT0UN, " y.