Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-02-10
The New York Fire.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

| New York, February g. Additional details Of
the effect of the fire last night are as follows:
Nos. 444 and 446 Broadway and No. 10 Crosby
street, were occupied by Leshcr, Whitman & Co.,
importers and dealers in trimmings. They car
ried stock valued at 5000, 900, which is totally
destroyed.
The upper floors were occupied by Siedenbacb,
Schwarb Il Co., clothing manufacturers, VIM.
Smith & Co., importers of cloths, and Snedeker,
Watrous & Boynton. manufacturers of clothing.
Nos. AS and $50 Broadway. running through
to Crosby street, were occupied by Catlln, Brun-
| dette & Co.. dealers in cloths, whose stock was
valued at $500, 600.
| The upper floor was occupied by A. c. Gushing,
clothier. whose loss is estimated at $4,000, and
| Hampthall, Whitehead 4 Co., who lose $40, 900.
NO. 10 Grand street, q restaurant known es
| the Patullo House, was damaged by fire and water
| The upper floors were occupied by Rail d Meyer
ing, manufacturers CT cloth hats and caps. Stock
| damaged.
| Elkin Lyman, cloth dealer. Morris Siedesten
& Bros, dealers in trimmings. and j. Brsinsky
dealer in furs, occupants Of l29 Grand street. suf
| Ter losses on stock by fire and water.
The tenement houses Nos. and ii Crosby St.,
were damaged by fire and water.
| The fronts of buildings Nos. 10, Is and II
| Crosby street were scorched, but not much dam
aged, as was also the large building at the corner
| Of Crosby and Howard streets, occupied by Noel
4 Laurel, importers of plate glass.
| The fronts of 4i3, AS and 447 Broadway were
|
| No. 452 Broadway and No. l6 Crosby stree,
were occupied as follows: First floor by Powers
| CASTOR K Co., dealers in boots and shoes. Los:
| $4,000.
Second floor. Phelps < Everdell, wholesale
dealers in combs.
Third, fourth and fifth floors, Geo. E. Short
| ridge & Co., clothing. Loss Sl50000
No. 442 Broadway was the Continental Hotel
occupied by E. l.. Merrifeld. Loss $4,000
Loss on building $4,000.
NJ ;,J h,, ToLn
Hulin, printer and stationer, McCsy & Uasbery
importers of fans, &c, and Joseph Beckel, dealer
! in human hair and corsets. Damage by water
considerable.
No. 456 Broadway was occupied by c. w Hutte
& Co, cloth dealers, and Gutterman Bros, i'm.
porters Of silk goods. Both sustained heavy
losses by water
No. 456 Broadway was occupied by Adam &
Benedict, dealers in tailors' trimmings, and Is.
Sondheim & Co., fancy goods. Heavy damage by
water.
Number ass Broadway, corner Grand street,
was white marble building erected BY the late j.
NJ. Singer, the sewing machine manufacturer, and
occupied by Weichman & Co., cloth dealers. The
rear Of the building was damaged by fire, and the
stock by water.
At one time there was a fear that the flames
would sweep q large portion of the adjacent ter
rtory, and many guests Of the St. Nicholas hotel
left in haste for other hotels up town. Between
| and O'Clock the fire was seen 80 miles from the
city.
| Mr.. Bush an injured fireman, is reported dead
| at Belleville Hospital. Chief Engineer Bates and
several officers Of the department were injured by
| falling bricks and timbers.
The insurance the fire are not yet known
The losses are still estimated at from three to foul
millions.
The number 444 Broadway was probably one OF
| the best known buildings in the city. 1t was for
| merly the Assembly rooms, afterwards Bingham.
Lyceum and subsequently Buffers American
la, k~4r k[N
and other minstrel troupes.
The walls left standing were RACED to-day. The
| following are the additional assurances: William
Smith & Co., notions, $4,000. The Wyman es-
| tate has SAC, 600 insurance on No. 442 Broadway
which was partly burned. The five building.
owned by Matthews, which were totally destroyed
were insured Sl55, 900. Catlin Brundette & Co
were insured $4,000. The 1Etna Office of Hart
ford has SIS 900 on the burned property. Two OF
three more fremen are reported as having been
Injured,