, 1876-12-02
Corrected Statement Of the
Losses and Insurance for
Thursdays Fire.
Excellent Condition OF tho Water
Supply---l'robablo Cause OF
the Blaze.
Over Ono Hundred Houses Destroyed by
Fire in New Orleans.
The Loss Estimated at Ictwccn $500, 900
and 8400, 900.
CHICAGO.

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Tho origin oaSnat oi .Se frs se's which '"s burned out tho
south Wotar streot Thur,ifay ntpht is st,ll n
,nsttor ~ ,oot,,r, t,,nn1h ,ho fart thot 1.
as.et ., " - o .ass t,.a. 49, ~
minds of those who have examined tho PROM.
ises. Flre.Hcportcr Sloan, who Investigates tlio
orioin of fres in t,,e fntcrcst of The Insurance.
,,s,n.nis. !. - .n ,,,,intnn f,ot u
tol,unes1 10 y. WV oi,.'''o' ..41t - .oit,su .,
uhacf stairway near tnc eh3lhc-roonl, anu that
spontaneous combustion OF wastc r'as the ca,1ec.
It sce,ns tt,at he tnspcrtcd tho structure from
inn IN hottnm eo,po ttme no,,. art1 ran acro,a n
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Hu.".'tt ~ wy ""eso 90 s"1 .,. .os ~. ~.
ho thinks tho engineer inay nave forgotten Ills
warning, md thrown some moro aside after
cleaning or rcnackinu hts engine. The engine.
1s.s.s ...s. .,.' a.., ~ :. ,.a,, .,.1 ~.
water street, the eaat Gnu OF II be'hg used 1of
the purpose OF Trying wool. as wool is not
apt to ignite Of its own accor1 an rs there Ind
rt,,1 ,,,,,o T., avs otI,,r ,,,r+ ~ ~. t,t1a,r.
IT, no1n III any o.fr PIT ;1, o. Lhs p"!n'ng,
,rs,s s,th ~. sfntrmct af ot,irr W"c,,nt,ti
t Wi ss ., n,,s II ,~.t Vst ~,
Tmtnnnn III a th.r" Mo' was 1''o'"*'' "
41'D'", ~ w"rvsTo, M r,,r prrn,vo
,r,, v f,',a ,t"an. ~, tonns r.or1,oi ~, ,,no-
.storles. It WA "cascd " clayator--that IS, in.
RiF,ttf 1I1rN
a an,1 tha dnprs @ % on thu f}rst ,ii a,,i srrnn1
inra sAo ,vm,ii seo,, r. las, i,rn,,
n1nsad "s"'o 80 TIM t1rst opre".oncs ~
IT, t,ar in ,ho iose,;ppt tns ~ th
Tnnr hnIi nuc,, icft a,rr,' s fhore1,v 1,rnv1nm
reft af1 Torm uu.n ~ I npeis ~ ps ~ a
M.imcs. nnrti.n n the ritv wl,t,h cnmtSjn nIcvn.
% tors ot si,aiiar ehnractcr, and tic ] occupants 10
nct haing ~ orrornntiv tn;tiy.ent vi,ntinr H.. ~
no., psf & s"s,.e'gs T., Nv Mctca neo 'ie
syhrt},rr iirc hnlny n nrovi1c,i viii th 1ucnt,s
W s,.r"a e av y o n'i,ant,;a M ~. vn ht
~ ',,t ,ar ~ +,,o nra T., ,aat;,7 10 ~ ~
iikclv. hnweysr. t., be iecti,.ti. as'''A - wv
i'hc's' T,,a ~ n,1C,, " 'e !. sru,,cr,,pu
,vos onc ~ IL. tsn siy .afnry st,,rra n tha c,,r
i.s height was 50 great tiiat the arrg,!lar y H.
rn,,rn,l frnn ii n In It .W rim tarfTs NJ, s.1ci
inIii,iinrs ,xrrc nias,r,, hrh tn nTeynnt thsIr
nrn"ti.ms oni % nir +,rn ,vare M ~ ti IN,
loafd q JaleIxsitsls arc dsscry1g g Fl ersiit
bs nns ~ 1sts ts pest es II mot ps - SGdt
eontenss' i sso' ID ssats: .1.,, .,,,, '' N 80
Tho mnrovrd watersl,nnly in tI,n Ii si,,ess ' se,e.
tnn ~ th cftv mi +. u. iii. ~ ,.u ~, ussn ~ rcnto
ta ~ niv III, nmrin t,nt NJ str,ccn ~ fnt|" ~
~ uuTi1tont G,,5,ti+v. .vi,r ,.',, hn.,;Iw hn
Sxn1atr"1 ,utinr .tHa,s,or tjsa,ri,,,. Ir."' ~;
snw" lv'iront er"1,ral m anInurn fin f,,,r' NJ.
s,,"i, ot,tn. txn ~ mi, T,s,,,, warn -
n9Ivuntn~c Tbis j{,cn nnr,nitttH:, T' Iwu ensines
tu'"nta s..., nes t11,, 'ae pott.1.ns ,s t"u
timm III f"nt frm h iIrc nn1 r." ,n,t"s ,,I
b. thruyytl with Ereutcr force tlla,I Il 600 fvrt
away, US WIS gclcrally the case year Or ~ ugo.
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| uaccu "atG5 pressure, aAu Us thv lshesI WIS
tess tuah IoV pouHuh, o1!E nse or SIX ieHGlhs OF
| Hobe uufrtt-uu Auuauh1 tHlAS ltE Hlo oA sucA
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