The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-13
FIRE LAST NIGHT.
A. & l.. leyy's Clothing and Auction
store i'm Flames.
Loss $50, 600 Fully Insured The
Work of the Department,

4 AT 3 o'clock last nigh. a cry Of fire coming
| from the corner Of Gravier and Magaslhe
etrees. had tho effect Or drawing large crowd
among whom were a number OF policemen
Who Instantly notified the American District
| Telegraph Company. who transmitted the
| alarm To Capt KaIinskl. which had the effect 81
4 bringing the salvage corps Instantly on the
scene.
| An alarm from box N called out tho depart
ment and Babeooks. and In less than twenty
minutes the tlremen we're battling with the ele'
ment.
| Cant. KalIpakI and his CORDS asslsted by tho
| foreman, The two assistants and the men OIL
| Trad Ferry No Ia fought their way lueh by inch
through tho dense smoke and succeeded In
bringing In use one hundred and nifty tar
paulIns. with which they skilfnlly covered np
all the goods III the three buildings. which were
4 nj that moments In jeopardy.
The IRE originated III the second story OF the
building Mt the corner Of Gravier and Maya.
zine streets, or No 20 Magazine street and 1t was
| evident from tho progress the flames were
making that they were feeding on very com
! bustihe material and I'm esatnatanlY checked
tho total destruction Of the three buildings was
| a foregone eonolu sion.
| Chief Thos. OUonnor. taking In the situation
ut n glance. ordered u number of ladders to be
| raised and mounting them with his men. got
| thnm Tn work forcing open the shutters Of the
buildings.
A., coon ~ the ehn'tera were forced open the
son il, Louisiana 10 Crescent a.. Phoenix and
| Perss varence lato bear upon the fire.
The men DIT the various pipes selected win
dow and their arduous efforts were rewarded
| lily getting the fire under control and prevent
Ing i from spreading. Tho building 10 which
| three fourths Of Ii III wv square, beginning at
tho corner q Magazine, r,enning baek on
nraver street repr,, sented by No % Drawer,
with Magazine. and from theuee running out
Magazine. street, e desis mated a. No. 3D., This
ouped by Messre. A. 4 L. Levy as a Wholesale
clot hing store aud auction room.
7 he roof of the building wa entirely burned
| awa.. besides being utharwiHe ma etially dam
aged. The loss II estimated at s2b.ooo. The
building Ia insured. but thu whole. amount
could not be aseertaned; this much, however.
| liz known that SO 600 Of thu insurance H In the
| Firamans Insurance Company.
Messrs. Il l.. 1teyy's stock. valued mt sixty
thousand dollars, Is Insured ny follows: Mar.
| aball j. Smiths agency $40 600 Sun Mutual
$4,000. Merchants Mutual $500 Crescent $1,000,
and ID, London. Lisernoe,I and Globe 5000
The building No, II Magazine street. although
situated between the burning butt ,inss was not
| touched BY tho fire. but was considerably dam
aged Nv water. IL IL owned by L. D. Gain and
occupied as q Wholesale tobacco establishments
BY M. II. Hudgins This building Ia alsn In
sured. but thu amount esuld not he aseertalned.
| Mr.. Hudgtn'E stuck ia incurred TO- 10000 In
the Manhattan and Mechanics and Traders. In
surance companies. The damage by water
would have been great had not the stock In the
different stores have haen covered uu by the
tArpaulins. The Babe, ok man. under Capt.
atandjaan. rendered valuable set vie, by carry.
ing their hose " the rear Of tha building and
| lighting the fire In thnse portions
Regarding tho origin Of the IRE. Mr.. Levy
stated that he could assign no cause for It: hat
the bulk Vt hie stock was In the corner build.
! Ing Tho men were ~ watk In tho sneand
story w to T:ao q. n. packing: that there we're
no lights III the building, that liz II Tho colnred
| porter, who was tho last to leave tho building
an whase duty II wis. eytinguia nod them,
While jackson IL was coming down OHron1s-
unmanagsahls and ran away Gu renehng the
corner Of Julia street the engine eelided with
| ear No 81 of the Clio and Erat5 street line, and
stoya 10 the rear portion of it.
Mr.. John Gibhon, tho driver, WINS thrown from
hta seat to the tongue. but quickly recovering
hts equilibrium got back Into ha sent. and t
tine, control Of tho reins, succeeded in manag-