The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-10
THE FIRE FIEND.
Two Lives Lost. and 5000. 900
Worth of Property Destroyed.

NEW YORK. Feb. ga fire was discov-
cred last night on the first floor of the Eve
! story building No. 10 Crosby street. occu-
pied by Lesher, White & Co.. extending
through TO Broadway, on which thorough
fare it was numbered as "a and 446. The
flames extended TO the adjoining six-story
building. AT Z 80 o'clock the roofs of Nos.
a. and 446. Broadway, fell in with a loud
crash and forced out the front and rear
walls Soon after the walls of Nos. 44S and
450 also fell, the front walls, which were of
iron. fell into Broadway. covering the pave
ment with the debris. Huge masses of iron
from the front of the building were thrown
a considerable distance and ercum bered the
opposite sidewalk. Alter the fall of these
walls, the firemen gained the first advan-
tage; the heat being less, they were enabled
to approach closer to the ruins. The de-
struction by the confiagration is as follows ::
Buildings Nos. 444, 446, AS, 45O and 452
Broadway, extending TO Crosby street, are
completely destroyed, with their valuable
contents; Nos. 440, 442, 454 and 456 Broad
way are badly damaged, and the rear of
several buildings on Grand street are par
TALLY destroyed. Lesher, White Il Co. were
carrying a stock of 5000, 900, which is totally
destroyed. The stock of Catlin. Brundette
& Co., dealers in clothing, Nos. AS and 455
Broadway. amounting to $500,000, was de-
stroyed. Insurance--Lesher,W White & Co.,
$4,000; Catlin, Brundette q Co., $4,000
LATER Additional and later details of
the fire last night, give the losses as follows
Lester, Whitman & CO., ST 100000, insured
for about half that amount; Catlin, Bren-
delt s. Co., from 100000 to $450,0OO. insu-|
rance $395000; Horntail, Whitehead & Co,
clothing, $250,000, insurance about Sl75 900
Powers, CASTOR q Co, boots and shoes.
10,000.insured for about the same amount
Phelps & Everdel, fancy goods, loss from
$4,000 TO $4,000, insured for $4,000:
The stock of Gutteman Bros, dealers in Ia
ces, was damaged by smoke to the amount
of $4,000, fully insured; Seidenback
Schwab and Co, clothing, loss about $4,000
nearly covered by insurance; Askin Hymen,
clothing, loss $4,000, fully insured; Morey
Il kilberstein, dress trmmers, loss $4,000
to $4,000, insured for $4,000. Other losses
given are as follows: SnedicOr. Waltrows
& B6ynton, clothing, $l20000; A. c. Cush-
ing, clothing, $4,000 &c. Shortridge & Co.,
clothing, 1925 100; E. l.. Merifield. CONT
mental Hotel, 100000; Joseph Beckett, hair
and corsets. $4,000: B. Sondheim 81 Co..
fancy goods, $1,000; Adams 81 Bendix
$4,000; E. q. Wiechman 81 Co. clothes
$l5 900; Pat. Tulohenn, restaurant, $4,000;
Rail & Megiring, hats and caps, $4,000; j.
Bresinsky, turs, SIS 600; Forelter, Byer &
Co., woolens, and Kaufman Bros. Bondy tS
Co, smOkers' articles $4,000. The loss on
the buildings is fixed at 100000, several
days will be required to accurately deter
mine the amount of damage. The total loss
is estimated by good judges at about $3.000,-
900 and the total insurance $2,0O0,000. In
addition to above losses several persons
suffered who are not able TO estimate their
damage, but two firemen, ID. Muldew and ID.
Clate, were killed, both of whom leave
families,