Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-30
THE BOSTON FIRE.
Loss Nearly S2,OOO,OOO.

BoSToN, December 29-Further de-
tails of the fire show the loss to be much
less than last evenings estimates on the
buildings; it will probably be half mil
lion or near that figure on stock. lhe
following is the list OF the firms whose
stocks were wholly or partially lost:
Rice. Kendall & Co, paper, loss about
$4,000 insured; in the same building,
Nos. 81 and % Federal street, were To-
Gated the Ashton Valve Company
Ephraim Baker, book binder; ). K. Alb
bott, binder; Thomas Y. Crom-
well, binder; David Faulkner,
& Co., wool dealers. The building was
owned by the heirs OF q. L. Bigelow,
and its recent vaIuation was $4,000.
Adjoining was the Franklin building,
corner of Federal and Franklin streets,
which was badly flooded by water.
Rand & Avery, printers, suffered almost
a total loss on their stock; insurance
SlOO,OOO The building was owned by
the heirs of G. T. BigelOw. The Cathe-
dral building, corner OF Devonshire ami
Franklin streets, in the rear OF Rice Il
Kendall, was occupied by the North Ma
tional Bank, Clafline Brown, paper;
John Dillingham;, paper; {. +. Perry,
paper cutting machine.
The upper portion OF the building was
occupied by 5. ID. Warren q Co., paper;
\. +. Brown q Co., printers; the Hello
type Printing Company, and Haughton,
0sgoOd & Co., publishers OF the Atldd'c
Monthly. The latter firm carried about
100000 worth of stock, which was fully
insured. Moore, Smith q Co., hats;
Benjamin Collender q Co, cutlery:
George Foster and Moses +. OsgOod are
losers. The estimated total loss varies
from 100000 to 100000.
The Loss Not so Heavy.
The total loss by last nights fire is
now figured at about Sl,0O0,0O0. There
is much difficulty in obtaining deil-
mite statement of the losses and lnsur-
ance, but the principal losses are dis
tributed as follows: Rice, Kendall *
Co., Sl5O,OOO; insurance, SlSO,OOO. Cath
olic building occupied by them. loss,
100000 TO Sl2j,000; insurance, SO, 900.
HOughton, OsgoOd d Co. estimate their
loss at 100000 on stock and $4,000 on
heliotvpes: and insurance at $4,000.
Rand, Avery d Co., printers,
lose about $50, 900, fully insured; Serb.
ner, G. p. Putnam d Sons and other
New York publishers lose considerably
in sheets printed by this concern; ;. ID.
Warren & Co., paper dealers, IN the
Cathedral building, lose $4,000 on
stock, insured; Claflin Il Brown, paper,
lose $4,000, insured; BigelOw estate,
about SIS, 900. The vaults OF the North
Bank were opened this morning and the
contents found uninjured. II. ii. Hur-
rewell, the owner OF the building occu-
pied by Pierce 4 Hardyard and others,
has an insurance OF about so, 200, which
covers the loss. There are other heavy
losses.
BosToN, December 29.-The addition
al losses by last nights fire are: Il. X.
Dunbar, printer, Sl0,OGO, insured; I. y.
Crowell, bookbinder, $4,000, insured
for $4,000; 5. X. Abbott, pamphlet
binder, $4,000, insured for $4,000; Clai-
lin d Brown, $4,000, not $1,000 as
stated, partially insured; Ashton Valve
Company $4,000, insured; Bugbaw,
publisher, $4,000, no insurance. The
original cost OF the Cathedral building
is now stated at S325,OOO; insurance,
S250,000.