The New York herald., 1877-03-06
DESTRUCTIVE + l5,;l.j; FIRE
TWO WHOLESALE STORES DEsTRoYED-Loss OVER
HALY MILLION pOLLAHs

TWO WHOLESALE STORES DEsTRoYED-Loss OVER
HALY A MILLION DOLLARS
ST. LOUIS. No., March s, 1877.
At neeu minutes past eleven O'Clock last night fire
was discovered In the large five story Iron building
the southwest corner OF Seventh street and Wash.
ington avenue, occupied BY Simon Gregory, whole
salc dry goods, and CIafn, Allen 4 Co., Wholesale
boots and shoes. In niteen minutes from tho time
the alarm sounded the flames burst out from collar
TO roof along tho Seventh street side Of the building.
and a minute TWO later nearly all tho front Of
Simon h Grcgory's store fell In with fearful crash
The entire building Is mass OF ruins, all tho walls.
excepting part OF the one on the alley, having
fallen. The loss tho building ana stock can
scarcely bc less than total SIMON Grcgory's stock
was estimated be worth 100000; insured for about
tho same amount, mostly in Eastern companies. Moth.
ing has yet becp learned Of Claim. Alien Co.'s loss,
no member Of tho urn being on tho ground, but IL
will be heavy. The adjoining building on Washington
avenue occupied by NJ Bergen, furniture and mattress
manufacturer, aud the Home Sewing Machine Com.
pany flooded und THO loss will be considerable.
several stores the opposite side Of the street los,
most OF thoir plate glass ironis and somc-
what damaged BY water The building cost $l20, 0O0
year ago.
Tho assurances on The stock oi simon 4 Godfrey
as follows North British and Mercantile, $40, 900;
Continental, New York, 900; German American,
New York, $40, 900; Royal, Liverpool 5000; Pho.
'nlN brooklyn, Succu. Liverpool,
.ne, ST. Louis, 5000; Hanover. New YORK.
Hartford, $4,000; Franklin, Philadcphia s.. 900;
Lamar, New York So. 600; Shawmut. Boston, &lO, 0o0
Standard, New York, $4,000; National, Hartford,
100000; Orient, Hartford $4,000; London Assurance
$4,000; Connecticut, Hartford, $1,000: Amcri-
Central, ST. Louis. $500; Commercial Union,
SIC, 600; Pennsylvania, o! Philadelphia $40. 900;
Hartford $40. 900; Imperial and Northcrn $40. O00;
Niagara $1,000; Fire Association. $40 000 Meridian,
OF Connecticut $1,000; America Of Philadelphia
S.. 900 total. f2o5. 600.
Claim, Allen Co 5 insurance is as :oiIows-Ama.
zor, OF Cincinnati $40 600 Fire Association Of Pha-
depb,a $40 900; Boylson Mutual OF Boston, $4,000;
Union. Of Philadelphia $1,000; PcopIe's Of rrcn.
ton. n. j., $4,000; Merchants. ot Newark,
n j., slO,o00 Farragut, OF New York. 81, o0O;
Updcrwrters' Boston, So 900; wcstchestcr. New
York. 700; Citizens St. LOUIS, 5000; Northwest
crn NATIONAL Milwaukee, $40 0U0; Atlantic, Now York.
So 000 Commonwealth, Boston, $1,000; Lorillard,
Boston, $4,000 Fircman's, New Jersey, IS, 900; CT
rard, Philadcphi S. 600; Frched, Hartford, S. 00O
Germau,a New Jersey, IS, 900; Underwrters'. Mobile,
$4,000; Ctizens' New York, 5000
Tbcrc are more, but the names OF tho companies
cannot now DC gwen.
The insuranccs the building were $i0.0 900 each
m shc Underwriters OF Boston, Mound Cry. Niagara
Royal and Homo Mutual. and $4,000 each IN the Do
500, 900. The total loss by she IRE is upward Of
$500 900. being tho heaviest loss by nre that has
occurred here TOR many years
The dead body OF man named William Brown, an
inmate OF tho Orleans House, ono OF the buildings
burned, taken from tho runs this afternoon The
body was burned TO crisp.