West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-16
GREAT FIRE IN GALVESTON.
Loss ESTIMATED AT THREE MILLION
DOLLARS.

Loss ESTIMATED AT THREE MILLION
DOLLARS.
CFrom the N. o. Picayune.1
The following dispatches ere posted
at the Cotton Exchange:
FIRST DISPATCH.
Galveston, June ga large fire is rag
ing in Galveston. Three blocks in the
business part of the city burnt thus far,
and heavy wind blowing. The cotton
exchange and the new hotel among the
buildings destroyed. Loss about 81, Co.,
900.
THIRD DISPATCH.
Galveston, June S.-Fire this morning
destroyed three squares bounded by Mar
ket, Twenty-first, Twenty-second Streets
and Bay. Principal losers, Grand South
ern Hotel, Seeligson's Bank, First Nation
al Bank, L. g. H. Blum, A. c. Crawford
g. Co., Cotton Exchange. More &. STRAIT
ton, Jacobs and Beckhardt, T. c. Thomp-
son g. Co., j. M. Brown g. Co., T. D.
Harrar, Geo. Schrieber g. Co. Loss esti-
mated at $3,OOO,OOO.
We have been permitted to use the
following private dispatch:
Galveston, June 8, 10 A. MA fire
broke out this morning in the business
portion of the city, and up to this time
three blocks of buildings have been con-
sumed. The fire is still raging, being
favored by prevailing high wind.
Among the buildings destroyed are the
Grand Southern Hotel and the Cotton
Exchange.
From II gentleman we'll acquainted
with the Topography of the city are Oh
tanned the following particulars relative
to the situation of the houses destroyed
by the conflagration.
Beginning on the bay side, the first
square bounded by Twenty-first (Cen-
trey and Twenty streets, and the
Bay, are the following houses:
Leon II. Blum, wholesale dealer in dry
goods and notions: A. G. Crawford &,
Sons, crockery Dealers; Freiberg, Klein
s. Co., wholesale liquor dealers; G. See
ligson &. Co., wholesale grocers; John
Caplen, auctioneer; Geo. A. Hill & Co.,
real estate; NJ. Kapperil, importer of
coffee; Cotton Exchange; James Sor-
ley, luSNiahCo dSeHCy Moio " StidI-
ton, successors to The. Ayers g. Co.,
wholesale grocers; A. Brock, fishing
tackle, etc.
Square bounded by the Strand, Me-
chanic streets, and Twenty-tirst and
Twenty-second streets-First National
Bank; Jacobs g. Beckhardt, clothiers
L. c. Thompson, druggist; Marks &
Kempner, wholesale grocers; j. Nj.
Brown s. Co., dealers in hardware; Ran
dett & Co., saiimakers, ETC.; Shaw &
Blaylock, publishers of Texas Christian
Advocate and Texas Post.
In addition several cotton houses and
the house of Geo. Schneider & Co.,
wholesale grocers. Towards Mechanics
street, fronting on Twenty second street,
II. Seeligson q Co., bankers, Frank d.
Harrars, gass filters, etc.
The brick building formerly occupied
as a portion of the Washington Hotel
warehouses of J. NJ. Brown & Co.
On the southeast corner of Twenty
second and Mechanic, the Grand South
ern Hotel, one of the best in the city,
owned by Heidenheimer Bros, and man
aged by Sbisa & Orfila.
The portion destroyed is section OF
the principal business locality of the
city. The stock of Blum & Co., dry
fully million dollars, it being one of the
largest houses in Galveston.
The stock of J. NJ. Brown & Co., hard
ware dealers, is also estimated at be-
tween $500, 900 and S4O0, 900 in value.
The buildings occupied by Leon H
Blum, James Sorley, Cotton Exchange,
First National Bank and }. M. Brown &
Co., were among the finest in the city.