Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-20
HAVERHILL'S DISASTER.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE
GREAT CONFTAGRATION.


Wengate street, and two at the upper end o
Washington street. All else in the squar
bounded by the Merrimac river on the south
Washington square and Essex street on tn
east, the north side of Wengate street on tn
north and the railroad square on the west il
burned to the ground. This territory em
braces the largest part of the boot and sho
manufactures. The loss cannot be estimated
at present. Joseph Pratt, fireman. was killed
and Geo. Whittier fatally injured.
LOSSES BY THE SHOE INDUSTRY.
What yesterday was the finest street in the
city and the principal business part is to-day
a smQuldering mass of ruins. Some eighty
shoe firms are entirely burned out, and other:
suffer more or less damage. Two Thousand
people are out of employment and several fam
lilies are rendered homeless. Loss estimated
100000.
Engines were present from Newburyport
LaFrance and Lowell. Men are already al
work clearing away the debris. Oper & Blake's
and the Gardner block, on the north SIDE OF
Wingate street, were several times on fire, but
were saved. The wind blew fresh from the
northwest, which, with the scarcity of water
and freezing Of the hose, made it difficult to
)
but nothing definite is known yet
FIRMS BURNED OUT.
The following nrms were burned out: e.
W. Alien, E. K Batchelder, E. G.. Bly,, Boyndon
Bros, D. B Cluff, S. NJ. Carrier, David Bros.
& Co., J. P. Durgin, s. & G. Elliott, E. H..
Emerson & Co, w. A. Evans, John D. Tanor,
A. j. Harrington, L. a. Finney, D. Fits, W.
H. Foster, Gage & johnson, Gates & Bros,
W. Goodrich, Goodrich & Porter, G. A.
Greene, Griffin Bros, G. Hall, E. S. Harris, S.
H. Herring, G. n. Hoyt, F. NJ. Hoyt, Lincoln
Hubbard, o. H. Hubbard, Huntington Bros,
w. A. P. jacques, Fl. 81. Johnson, A. L. Kim
ball, Kimball Bros, A. McDuffie, G.. M.
Mitchell, S R. Mitchell, J. B. Nichols & Co.,
c. W Orfuth, Ordway 81 Clarke, J. Peaslee,
L. Peaslee 81 Son, B. C. Poore & Son, Sher
burne Il Blairdell, Priest & Chase, T. s Hayl
den, Sleeper Bros, G. L. Sleeper, r. s. Chase q
Bros d. F. Sprague, F. G. Stevens, j. M. Ho-
yer, Davis g. Crafts o. G. Tilton, Vitum
Bros, J. F. West & Bros, G. E. Wiggin, j. Fl.
Winchett.
All shoe manufactures.
Merrimack'National bank, First National
bank, City Five Cents Savings bank, Smile.
Bros. shoe findings; L. s.
kott & Aarnold, F.. R. Wentworth B. Foote,
s. L. Jewett, Howe and Day. Patch and Hayes,
Stockbridge and Bartlett, and Moses Howe,
leather dealers; Kempton Bros, eating house;
George w. Hall, beer manufacturer; L. Frost,
A. j. Pettingill, G. W. Cook, shoe contrac-
TORS the Butler tack mandatory; l.. Wad-
leigh, last factory; E. Kelly, last manufactur-
er; G. T. Eaton, machine shop; E. Messer,
machine shop, D. Nichols, machine shop;
Emella shoe pattern company; Carter
IL Cheney; express office; several
small stores and shoe shops, together with Il.
j. Gales stitching rooms, Wingate street, Car
Teton 81 Noyes block, the Pllling block, and
several large buildings used for manufacturing
burned, also about twelve dwelling houses on
this street.
The following shoe manufacturers were
burned out: S. f. WOodman, Fits Bros, j.
Z. Lynch, Miller Bros, j. Goodrich, Jr., John
Filling, John G. S, Little, George & Co., and
j. q, Collins stitching room.
LIVES LOST.
The loss will be fully up to the first esti-
mate, with insurance aggregating $l,000,000,
widely distributed in eastern and foreign COM
panics. One hundred and two shoe manufac-
turtles were burned out and over two hundred
other firms
Three lives were lost certainly and perhaps
more.
PRINCIPAL LOSSES.
Endicott d Arnold $4,000, insured; Grit
I'm Bros 100000, insured, $1,000; F. NJ.
Hoyt, $4,000, insured, $4,000; w. w. Cur
RE, $40, 600, insured $12, GOO; Stock, Bulge &
Bartlett, 10000, insured $1,000; S. g. Elliott
$4,000, insured $4,000; John B. Nichols.
S60000, insurance not known; Levi Taylor,
$4,000, insured, $1,000; T. c. Ford, $4,000,
insured, S., eco; j. w. Witt, $4,000, insured
John Pnling, $4,000, insured, $4,000;
Goodrich q Porter, $4,000; G. w Chase &
Co., $1,000; Thaddeus Butler, $4,000; AL
den Il fungus, $1,000; Andrew J. Tilton,
$4,000 and Edward B. Bishop, $4,000.
FALSE REPORT.
BosroN, Feb. 1S.-The report that twenty
prominent business men were missing and
their bodies expected to be found in the ruins
of the Haverhill fire, is not confirmed. The
city marshal, upon whose authority the state
ment was claimed to have been made, denies
he ever made such a statement
INSURANCE RISKS.
The following are the heaviest risks held by
the various insurance companies, Hartford
$56, GOO; North British 81 Mercantile SS5, 600;
Aetna SIS, 600; Queen $S0,000; Imperial &
Northern ST. ,000 Home of New York SEC, COO;
Phenix of Hartford $76,0O0 Liverpool and
London Globe S2l8, O0o; Royal $1,000; Lon,
don & Lancashire $4,000; Commercial
Minor S2S, 900; Guardian, London SOS, 900;
National, Hartford 1000; Lancashire S47,-
600; Phoenix Assurance; London $4,000;
Union, 1928, 600; ORIENT, $4,000; Merchants,
New Jersey, $4,000; Western Assurance,
Toronto, $20,0O0 Springfield Fire and Ma
rine, $4,000; Phoenix Assurance, Springfield,
$50 600; German American, New York, $49,
900; Connecticut, $4,000; Insurance Com
pany of North America, $4,000; Niagara,
S2G 600; Fire Association, Philadelphia, $780,
000
DREADFUL FEATURE OF THE CALAMITY.
BosToN, Feb. 1S.-The Journal estimates
the loss at Haverhill at S2,500, 600, and says
the most dreadful feature of the calamity is
the loss of life and the awful uncel tainty
caused many anxious hearts, 1t is feared the
bodies of Il score or more prominent business
men are buried in the ruins. The city marsha
states three men are missing and the spread Of
the flames was so rapid they were unable tc
escape.
Other Fires
BosToN; Feb. 1S-A large fire broke out il
Chelsea early this morning. The fire was con
troled with loss OF S25, 900.
BERLIN CENTER, Mass, Feb. 12-The sho
factory of John Fl. Parker burned to day
Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000.
0SWEGO. KaS Feb 1S-Grant's livery sta