Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-15
THE FIRE RECORD.
Planters Hotel, st. Louis,
Partly Burned.
Also puggan & Perkins Hard
ware Works.
Heavy LOsses-Flres Elsewhere.

out shortly after four o'clock thii
morning in the kitchen OF the Plan
ter's House, occupying the block on
Fourth street, between Pine and
Chestnut streets, and extended to the
pantry, store room and servants quar-.
ters. These are all in a building 10
the rear, and detached rom the hotel
which was not injured One Of the
servants suffered death, one burned
and two others have broken limbs.
Great excitement prevailed among the
guests and other occupants Of the
hotel, most Of whom left the house,
but returned again during the day.
Loss about $4,000.
ST. Louis, January l5.-The
Planters Hotel, one Of tho largest in
the city, took fire yesterday morning
shortly before 4 o'clock, aud burned
so rapidly that four persons lost their
lives The greatest confusion pre-
vailed when the alarm was given, and
nearly all the guests escaped in their
night clothes. The weather was in
tensely cold, and the fremen were
thereby greatly hindered in their
work 1t is thought there we're not
more than four victims Three dead
bodies have been taken out. The loss
to the hotel will not exceed $4,000.
Most Of the guests and boarders Of
the Planters House returned to the
hotel last Saturday evening, they being
satisfied it was quite sale, and so the
business Of the house is proceeding as
usual, except that they were not
able to serve breakfast this morn
ing and perhaps not dinneE, So iar as
known none Of the guests or boarders
lost any personal effects aud none Of
them were injured or met with any
mishap. Insurance on hotel build
ing is as follows!
Lancashire. England, $4,000; Lon.
don Assurance, $4,000; Hamburg
Bremen, $4,000; Merchants New Ter
I
sey, $500; Boylston, Boston. S25QO
Union, California, $4,000; Pbenix
England, $1,000; Firemens Fund, Cal
ifOrnia, S50OOi Standard, England
s5,l0Oi British American $4,000; Lion
England, S5OObi MetrOpole, France
$1,000; City of London, $4,000; Insur
Ruce Company Of North America
5000; Pennsylvania Insurance Com
pany, $5OOOi Citizens, St. Lonis, S25OC
Star, New York, S25OO; Union, Penn
sylvania; Howard, New York, S25OC
Northern England, $25OO; Firemen's
Ohio, $780, Louisvillo Underwriters
5250Q total, $4,000. j. j. Gerard
proprietor, is insured for S67, ,0OJ ol
furniture and SUPPLIES Block, lyle
& Co s loss is probably not more thai
$lO,OO0-insured for $4,000, as fol
lows; Farragut, Of New York, $500
Clinton, New York, $25OO; Citizens
S25OA Pregc9tt, boston, slO1O, Manu-
facturers, Boston, $25OO; Allemania
Pittsburg, S25OO; Fire Insurance, O
England, sS09Oi WsteFtoEn, Nev
York, $500.
About o'clock this morning Dug
gan Il Parker hardware company
works were destroyed by FIRE. Loss
$4,000; insured for about S25,0OC
Sever zobOlt, silver platter Who osou
pied the second dOor Of the buiIdin
lost s25OO; iosgr d.
SIOUX CITY, Ia January l5.-Tb
dwelling Of Henry Price, just aero,
the line in Dakota, burned yesterda,
his wife accidently ppsettipg the lam
while he was at the barn. Hereturne
9 in time to drag his wife out almo!
, sulfocatod and in a dead faint. II
then rushed in after his two childrel
aged FIVE and two years, but was drive
. out badly scorched by the flames, an
, the little ones were burned to death.
CHICAGO, January l5.-The worL
OF the Chicago Smelling and Refnel
Company, corner Fortieth and Clar
streets, we're totally destroyed by fiji
st four o'clock this merning. Los
: 600; INSURANCE, S29 1000.
f TARRYTowN, N. Y, January 15.-
The fine residence OF Samuel @. Levi
having frontage of one hundred fec
0 together with all the furniture az
e pictures, burned to-day. Loss, ov