Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-19
The Maxwell House Barely Escapes. The
American Not Destroyed,
Total Loss 1926, 900 to $3.50, 900, Insurance
100000.

Total Loss 1926, 900 to $3.50 900, Insurance
100000.
The Knoxville Insurance Company Loses
Only $1,000.
The great confagration that occurred in
Nashville Tuesday continues to be the alb
sorbing topic of conversation, and there is
still much eagerness and anxiety to hear the
news. Owing to the burning out of the
Western Union telegraph Office and attend
anything satisfactory by telegraph as to the
details of the fire, but give here what we
gather from our exchanges.
A special from Nashville to yesterdays
Atlanta Constitution says:
The fire this morning was the most de-
struct1ve that has occurred in Nashville for
many years. Commencing in the oil and
and paint establishment of Warren Bros,
corner of Warren and Church streets, it
! spread rapidly north, east and west, till
thlrty-four buildings were consumed. The
new marble front Noel block, on Church
street, of eight three-story buildings, in
Guiding the beautiful new Office of the
! Western Union Telegraph Company, with all
Its valuable equipments, is in ruins The
Hfe III tIlls direction west struck across an
alley, destroying two old buildings occupied
as restaurants and club rooms, and with
great difficulty the Maxwell House and in
! te|Venlng block were saved On the oppo-
site side of the same street, the wholesale
liquor houses ot Ryan Il Ryan, Cheat
nam d Pierce, Hopkins & Lawrence, ad-
joining the American office, were DESTROYED
together with the small intervening build
ln8S. The roof and cornice of the Ameri
can building were partially burned, but the
MAN damage to this building and its con-
tents was from water on the machinery, pa
per and newspaper files. Sweeping east
along Church street, the fire DESTROYED
DIekens's wholesale liquor house and the
warehouse of Cherry, OConner & Co.
and some smaller buildings. Moving north
along College street, the furniture houses of
Philip Schneider and Atwen & Snood, and
mattress and china store adjoining build
lngs on the west side of College street, Oc-
cup1ed as storage room by Weekly & Far
ren and several smaller buildings, were de-
stroyed The estimated loss is near half
million dollars, The insurance does not ex-
ceed 5000, 900.
The following are excerpts from The Ban
ner of Tuesday evening:
One of the most destructive confaora-
tons that has occurred in this city for MANY
years, originated at five minutes past 10
O'Clock this morning, in the oil, paint and
&arnlsh house of Warren Bros, on the west
corner of Church and College streets In
lew seconds the store was in the embrace os
the destroying element, the dense smoke that
rolled out OF every window being very rap
Idly succeeded by flames that rendered near
approach to the building absolutely impos-
slble. Jesse Warren, jr. OF the firm of
Warren Bros, informed the Banner that the
fire broke out in the cellar and that no one
was down there at the time He had no
time to get out anything. All of the FIRMS
valuable books, papers and cash on hand
were lost. The stock was valued at $50, 900.
on which there was an insurance of 500. 600.
The building was owned by Jos. w. Allen;
insured
Cheatham, Pearce & Co. s loss is estimated
at from $l7, 600 to $4,000. The amount
Of insurance is said to be small.
The block of buildings on the corner of
Church and Market streets, occupied by
Geo~ge A. Dickel & Co., and B. Shire, and
owned by Thomas ID. Fite, valued at S24,-
900, was entirely destroyed Insured in
the Commercial Insurance Company for
$1,000
Grigsby & Co., saddlers, South Market
street, were damaged to the extentof So. 800.
They are insured for 5000
d. Demerich, boot and shoe maker, lost
goods valued at 5000.
G. Demerich, plumber and gas-ftter, esti-
mates his loss at $75
5. Ritter was damaged to the amount of
$500.
J. A BANDS stable suffered damage to
the amount of 800.
WeaIley & Warren estimate their less at
from $1,000 to $4,000. They are insured
for SIS, 900.
L. Moses, dyes and secondhand clothier, |
near the telegraph Office, was damaged |
$3.50
James Browne, who occupied The second
story between Charles LeRoi's printing :
ONCE and Hess, Hotel, on Church street,
lost most of his household goods including
piano
The Noel block was insured for $50, 900 |
and valued at sos, 900.
Charles LeRoTs printing office on Church
street was destroyed, but most of the ma
terial was saved.
The house destroyed in the rear of the
old Union and American block was owned
by Mrs. Elliott, a widow lady, and was not
insured.
The State Insurance Company's loss is
$4,000. ~
The Honseholder's Relief Insurance Com
pany escaped with single loss of s.. 900.
Several insurance agents reported to the
Banner that they held policies for the sew
efal parties as follows: Noel block. S15.-
OOO; Dlckel d Co., 500, 50O Blumenthal.
-; OcO; Pearce, Lawrence & Hopkins. S5.-
5O0; Henry Sperry, $4,000; American
Publishing Co., $4,000; c. S. Pearce. So
800; Warren Bros, $14, 500 Atwell &
Sneed, $4,000; American building, So, 500:
Cherry, O'Conner q Co., So, 500: RYAN &
Ryan, $4,000.
The damage to the American is not so
much as at first anticipated, and will not in
terfere, to a great extent, with their business.
The paper will be issued as usual.
A gentleman had just paid Warren Bros.
81, 900, which was placed in the cash draw
er, before their store caught fire. It was
burned up.
A special to the Chattanooga Times placed
the damage to the American Office at S1O,-
ooO, by water. The publication of the
paper was uninterrupted.
An associated press telegram says:
During the fire the rear window of the
Church of the Advent was ignited, and be-
tween fire and water was broken. 1t was
the memorial window to the late Bishop
Otey, for the purchase which Bishop Ouin-
tard raised a SubScriptiOD of al O00 ,Ub;Io