The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-05

ts9 Tny De nrnI rrgps % @ los; s $50 70 ~
los go gnin.uIed Ng t,s Mr. nagan tenant loss $50
nsn s ms sso So SS .7 9"fi jdin sf Nsn,sSr tSSr
srgk, barber tenant loss s2n unlnsarcd No i,a John
10 qSSs: GSs so gsf asST snisq cgsr tenant f f IL" e. Is
\" Ml, Mrs has.ett frame tenement loss Z 90, ms
a. TyS SaaS nsr San SSa sRS. o.. @ co. an s"
ro is2 o. sc ts M, s K1ny S@%M ss Sol 2 uninsured
In addition to the losses set down above. thore
must he nddcl the value of the household cflocts
belonging TO the tcnnnts of the burned houses.
As there were ut lCast one hundred families
who lost all or noarly all their furniture and
clothing the total amount must he large. Many
oithesc persons had moncy deposited in their
said. war" unabic to save it. Mr.. John Graham
said thnt the amount of hs insurance was dis
one half of which were In this ely. Supcrin-
tcndent Wilson " the Fire Patrol declined To
givca list II tho losses reported 10y the COM
puntcs, on the ground that such communica-
tions were conf icntial. and intended for
their own usc only. ns members of the
Fire Patrol Association. He said that
Among tho New York companies IN which
policies arc held by persons named in the
above list. are the St Nicholas. Star Germania.
Continental. Niagara. and Pacific. Mr.. Smith.
the dealer in mineral water. allowed his policy
to lapse about two weeks ago, and had intended
to renew u Yesterday. the day the IRE broKc
out Mr.. hunne ms tenant. also intended to
insure his effects hut waited to go with Mr..
smith. intending 20 insure In the same com
pany. Many ~ tho families nlulc homeless by
the fire. nre almost destitute. Ths is the ease
with most of those who lived in the frame
houses in West Thirty-sixth street. These
small buildings wrre llckcd up like shay lngs
by tho flames. and their occupants had 10
leave everything behind and nee for
their lives. Among those who lost nenrly
everything they had wcio Mrs. Reilly. widow.
who kept a snail grocery nt h26 West thirty
sixth street Shc saved only a bed. Patrick
Monaghan. n milknan ut 52S. who hns n wife
nnl i've children. lost eN 'rSthing his insurance
policy having run OIL, n f'w lays before the ire.
Mr. Hughes OF 52S lost everything. as did Mr..
Forty. Tho batter had been married only two
weeks, and his young wife had helped to fit up
their home. Mon with large families were
thrown out or work. n well M rendered home
less. some of the poor women said yesterday
that they had no place aud no money {" find a
homo They w"r" unwilling to beg and hoped
that the city and charitable people would lend
thcm n helping hand.
Chef Engineer John c. Campbell of the CrO-
ton wat r works accounts iur the scarcity Oi
water 10y the snving that the mains were made
many years ago before That section of the city
WIS built Wy as II L. npW ami before any such
high buildings were oven thought ~. In the old
timrs tn"rr WIS water enough to supply the
ordinary hand engines one steamer Will use
qu"ntly when hnit n dozen steamers were put al
work together the sN-inDh mnins were made
quHte. Yesterday he hud a conference with Com
missioner of Public Works Alien Campbell and
th"y propos" tp put large mains IN the SeN nth
Tenth. and Eleventh avenues; but To- do th,- re-
quir"- ihr"r-quaters vote OF til" Aldermen
In 1910 an act was proposed giving the Com.
missioner power To lay new mains wherever he
Thought them necessary. but II did not pass. and
Consequently he 10 pOwcrlrss TO net