, 1881-12-28
NEW YORK.
Counting Up the Losses in
the Bonded Warehouse
Fire.
Tho Fire Underwriters Taking
Steps to Protect Their
Interests.
Partial List of Losses and
the Amount Of In-
sllr:lncc.
Further Developments in the
Palmer Defalcation at
Newark, N. j.
A Sudden Ending Of the Rail-
road War Predicted by
Vanderbilt.
Preparations for tho Reception
of the Bnrtlloltlt Statue
OF Liberty,
Phenomenal Activity Noticeable In
Various Branches Of the
Iron Market.
The Bolfes Of SMALLPOX Victims Ex-
huulcl and Transported on
tho Cars.
Rapid Increase Of Scarlet -Fover-Doath
: Of an Old Circus Man-
Items.
Phenomenal Activity Noticeable In
Various Branches Of tho
Iron Market.
Tho Bodies Of Sniall.Po Victims Ex.
huncl and Transported on
tho Cars.
Rapid Increase Of Scarlet -Fover-Doath
Of an Old Circus Man-
Items.
FIRE LOSSES
MEETING OF TIE I5nAllD OF ENDEtlWHlT-
IjkY.

MEETING OF Tl1E BOARD OF ENDEHWHlT-
Eis9.
Srtetat Dt3atth 10 Thu Cht:aoo TRIBUNE.
New YonK, Dec. :,1.-A mcettng Of tho board
Of Fire Underwriters WAS hold III tho rooms Of
tho Flro rntrpl. ut No. Iii broadway,
th!s afternoon to consider whit
united notion wRs necessary to Becure
tnnmum or loss OH tho South
street. hrc ut Christmas Eve. Tho NtEount OF
Insurance OIL tho storehouses and thofr con-
tents hns not oven yct boon estlmAtct, and ono
, Of tho underwriters sail TINT probably two
months or moro will eaarso boforo 1t will DO
possible to adjust the losses and insur-
auce. 1t Is believed that tho loss
will uot fall short Of $1,Io0OOO,
aud It ia quite possible that 1t will exceed TINT
figure. The warehouses were stored with ner-
ehandse In bond belonging to merchants all over
tho country, arid much ut 1t Is liz yet Nnidcnti-
dcd. To secure tho better protection Of goods Of
this eRsa was
Ti1E MAIN oIII;cr or THE: MEETING
today, nnd two c1sn1nittecs Ut flyo members
each wcru appointed to tAkc Charge of this
property. Tho committee for tho storo Mt Nos.
- nud * South street, includes Charles Hal
sey Of tho London s. Olobo Flrc.In-
surance Company; sasnuol D. Dlatzden,
nf tho North I.ritish e. Mercantile
Company: john ". Oakley, of tho Contlnental:
Charies sowell, Of tho Commercial unton: and
George 81. Colt, who represents tho Hartford
Companies, having risks III tho buildings and
their contents. THO Bccnntl committee. which is
II tnko chNrgo Of tho eto.0 ut Nos. Il and
7ssonth street. Ia composed Of Charles 1tn1sey;
Alfred Puck. WHO represents tho l5ostOn, Provl-
denec, md Klodn leland companies Interested
In tho ,osscs: David A,1cc. c,f tto American
r,.n'T,z,,rs,,.a C,,n,,an,.. n =, H:nna.,..
EHc'A"e"t""eo %o'"p"ts' ~ ~. 4AcnucaS'
OF tho lioston Hoard or Under.
wrItcrs: and GoorRo u. Patterson, Of
this Cmfon Flro-1nsuranco CoHpnny. Tho
committees were instructed to nluku arrange
u1ents with tho Government 10 tukc tho upo,ts
out nf h,nf1 md IN rr,nnyo thcm IN aomc ,,turc
W. ",s ~ ..I ~ 49,, tuo
"oeFe tnoy CHI w pfosee1ou tto11l 1uftoor aam-
age. nud tho meeting then adjourned.
AIMING TIL: tossEs
v,r,, ,,o,,, ,,no,, aa.ar.ntoS n,,,, H.,
"" ~ oeos. a'Iel s''1eu Nv ~" .uo 4,oulncos
liked are tho Following: olt the three buildings
Nos, - anl II South street, No. u Depoyster
Erect. md No. 1s, hfatt]on iaue owuci hv
thn yn.,n,ro o.1,+o ~ lar oea +. a..; -
Nv "e'n'''e cs.".e' .no ~, N'ss eset'
matea 1T petweatt $o,Vu ana Ht,00
an1, National, 1tntckcrDoolscr, American, anl
pcncyster street bliilnr for $iOD00 in thn ffoVni
Company, Of Lon!!nn, and tho Maiden
,als ahe .ll Gal!alnE Tor etMN N tne E2altabe OF
nns.Sny us SSay: HVo, nerna9G5 IN ~ tonacca it2
~" G'Gt; t. ts!st eimM !IWGeu e'}u h.lu fsi"y nuu
an an "susou 1T xo'o1t III 'ns euH.!eIc'ai uniDn
1,., H. aur soiv1 t )" 7, tnG Nqf'n htItlan
Sr,sHm Sr,sHmS' Iozotlo; fo.,is aits,,, 70 81 !ps9 TX
c'nH +, tha IVY no oHci1s e. Sst