The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-09

STORES AND HOTELS DESTROYED LOSSES
FROM TWO MILLION 10 THREE MILLION
DOLLARS.
GALVESTON Texas June .. 1877.
AT hafpast thrco O'Clock this morning arc broke
out In the kitchen OF the New York restaurant, on
Market, near Twenty-second street, aud, spreading
north and east was not cxnguishcd until It had de-
stroycd nearly NIL the buildings between Market street
and the bay and wentyrst and Twon strco,s
After consuming number Of shops and retail stores
Market street lire crossed alley and attacked
the Grand Southern Hotel Murphy Brock ic man IS
hardware establish ment and several frame buildings
on the south side OF Mechanic street.
Crossing Mechanic street tho old Washington
Hotel, DAD Fellows Hall, seelgson's Bank,
Tho Frat, National Bank, Marx Kempner's
Wholesale grocery house, Jacobs & Beck.
hardus wholesale clothing house, T. Q. Taomp-
son l. Co. Wholesale drug house, J. & Brown Co. IS
wholesale hardware house. Banlett Co IS ship sorcs
George Scnneidor Co IS wholesale grocery house, all
on the south s,de of tho strand, were destroyed.
Crossing the Strand. L. & H. Bum's Wholesale dry
goods house, A. G. Craw ford Sons crockery house.
q. scersson Co. s grocery house. Friburg, Klein &
Co 2 liquor store D. 7. Ayros' grocery. tho Cotton
Exchange and other buildings were destroys ed.
LossEs AND INsUgAScEs
The total number Of buildings destroyed Is twenty
six and the loss Ii estimated At from So 600, 900
to $4,000, 600. !, Is impossible, owing to the
excitement aud confusion, to get details II said that
tie leading houses iuliy covered by Insurance. of
which only SlC0 900 are In home companies Eastern
und Sorthern companies lose heavily. L. Il II. Blum
lose stock 5000 600, and building about $3.50
insurance about SG50. 900. Marx & Kompcrs ioss on
stock Is about So, 0O0 and on building 81 COO fully
insured
Tue Firemen's Fund. or San Francisco loses s75 900
by to-day Dire here Tho statements OF the foTeian
insurance. which amounts 10 $500 600 tho vau
OF Sorey's Block cannot be obtained tonight.
FURTHER STATEMENT LOSSES
The list OF business Losses and Insurance by this
mornings FIRE, carefully prepared by tho commercial
agency OF H. @. Dun Il Co., including stocks
and buildings vt their present vaue, aggregates
81, j25 700, aud the Insurance. ST. 10000 Tho losses
not included 10 this list WILL II " thought. exceed
$50 00O The Galveston insurance companies aggregate
S12I, 900, distributed ss foows:-Merchants, $37 00O
Texas, $3J, 900; Union. Fire aud Marine, S33 900 ;
Home. $4,000; Galveston, $4,000.
FOREIGN ISsunAXcEs
II IS impossible ~ give detailed list of
tho losscs OF foreign companies, as tho Offices
of several agencies were destroyed and their books
havo not yet been taken IRON the vaults
rho following are all the insurers that
pool, s3soo0 PhDnx, $50 600; Royal Canadian,
So, 600; Amazon. 500, 600; Mobrc Undo, writers,
Si2 500 Imperial and Northern, $40, 900; Commercial
union, $1,000; Lancashire, $4,000; Manhat-
tan, 5000. ST. Joseph, Of siissoari, $4,000
Franklin, Of s. LOUIS SIC. 900; Equitable oil
Louisville, $1oO00; british American. sl5,500
Fire Association. $1,000; Commercial, $1,000; Mill
vile, OF New Jersey. So 600; East Texas So 000 CHI.
zcns, S., 900; Planters and Merchants 500; West
ern, So $685. Williamsburg City So, COO; Wostchestcr,
50, 600; United States, $1,000