Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-10

Fire Notes.
The insurance rate or premium on
the LOwenstein building was II per
cent.
1t was about midnight last night
when the walls Of Hill, Staudish &
Cos. store fell down with crash.
The city 6remen we're obliged to
quit the work of SURPRISING the
flames night before last to repair bro.
ken hose.
Warning signs announcing it dan,
gerOus to pass, and for wayfarers to
take the other side, are placed across
the sidewalk in front of the wrecked
LOwenstein building.
Numerous drayloads ofbadly burned
and very wet cahcos, wooden, linen
and silk fabrics we're hauled away
from the Lowenstein wreck yesterday
and conveyed to the junk shops.
The alarm of FIRE last evening was
caused BY the smOuldering flames at
Q. W. Smiths starting afresh. They
were quenched without much difficult
ty, bat with a good deal of hard work
Buildings put up within the fire
limits Of the city in future will
doubtless receive more attention as to
their mode and style, SO they will not
serve as tunnels to make sudden con.
fagrstiOns.
The wreckers we're busy yesterday
pulling down stone walls about the
scenes Of the late destructive fres,an
when one tumbled the crash had the
effect Of startling the people for many
squares around.
People are advised that it will be
I weiito look to their policies of in
surauce, and at the same time it might
be well to look at the same. They
read well and contain q fund of in
formation that their owners know
little or nothing about.
The upper part of the Alabama
stone wall on the front of the Lowen.
stein building was pulled down yester
day. 1t had = dangerous look, and
was done as precautionary measure
to prevent accident to citizens aud
people aud property owners.
The retail house of B. Lowenstein
& Bros. afforded employment to ITO
persons, and many of them had fam.
lilies to support SO it would be safe to
estimate that at least 800 people de.
rived Sustenauce from that portion Of
the Lowensteins' extensive business.
Foreign fire insurance companies
lost $4,000 on the recent fires, of
which sum $4,000 went on the Low.
enstein FIRE and $25. 900 ON the fires Of
night before last and yesterday morn
ing. Locals lost about $50, 900 on the
latter and $4,000 at the Lowenstein
\ disaster.
An alarm Of FIRE yesterday was caus-
ed bys bad aue, igOitiDg Mr.. saml.
Coward's tWo-story frame, at 1877 De-
soto street. The house was occupied
By Matte Ferguson, colored, and the
damages somewhere between a hun
dred and two hundred dollars. In.
sured in the Home, Of this city.
Our local insurance companies
losses on the FIRE Of the past three
days sum up about $4,000, but it is
so evenly distributed that no company
will feel it much, and the insurance
men as well as stockholders are all
cheerful. It, however, may lessen the
usual mid winter dividend distribu.
ton.
The FIRE at Smiths store, 3ls Front
street, was FIRST seen in the rear Dor.
ton fthe house, on the first floor, or
coming up from the cellar. The rumor
that il was ignited by spray from the
Wolf river water thrown from the
nozzles Of the 6remen's pipes while
they we're working on the GreeulAw
operahouse, is pronounced erroneous
The Vanderbilt Insurance Com.
pany's losses on the fires Of night
before last aggregated $4,000, aud with
the loss Of 1880 on the Lowenstein
property the total sums up $500. A
report that the company had risk Of
$1,000 on Mr.. Wallace Campbell's
building, on the south side Of the
Greenlaw OperahOuse, was erroneous.
The damage 10 the premises Of A
Seessel by FIRE last Sunday midn ght
was something over $500. The FIRE
kindled in the hay loft Of the stable,
and two horses we're scorched in rush
ing them through the flames to safe
quarters. As there was no occasion
for a light in the stable, IL is believed
to have been kindled by an incen-
diary. The stable and outhouses we're
burned, but the residence escaped in,
ury.
Mr.. Joseph Lenow has given the
Firemen's Relief Fund 500 as an
evidence Of his appreciation and graf.
ilude for their faithful efforts and
success in saving his property from
destruction, and which is located near
the scene Of the recent Gre on Union
street. He also expresses the opinion
that the insurance companies should
do something big in 4 financial way
for the FIRE department and use a part
Of their earnings for that purpose,
inasmuch as they have grown very fat
or wealthy in some cases. Its very