The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-26
THE FIRE RECORD.
Fifty Thousand Dollars Worth of Louisville
Property Burned.

Properly Burneu.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 25.-A fire, this morning
on Main street, below Second, was the most dis
astrous that has occurred here for many months
All the engines in the city were summoned, and
for three hours fought the flames. The fire orig
mated on the third floor of Isenberg Brothers
warehouse, stored with rags and all kinds of old
junk No fire had been about the building, and
the only hypothesis of the cause is spontaneous
combustion from heat engendered by old rags, or
by incendiarism, Isenberg Brothers stock is
completely destroyed estimated valne, $35, 600
John White " Co., hides, wool and fur, next
door, were also burned out A. Englehard, gro
ceries and whisky, next caught. The stock of
this house, and much of that OF John White &
Co also, was burned. Both buildings, like
isenoergs, were badly burned; Torbltt
also suffered tits impossible to give the indi.
v1ual estimates OF loss until an account OF stock
is taken. The general estimate Of loss largely
on buildings, ranges from S35 900 to $65, 900,
with the mean figures probably the nearest in
correctness.
lows: On the buildlng-Mutual Insurance Com
pany, of Louisville, $4,000; Home In surance
Company, OF New York, $1,000. On stocks
North American Insurance Company, Sc, 900;
National Insurance Company, of Hartford.
$4,000; Underwriters So, 900; Merchants Insur-
ance Company, of Louisville, $5, ,OO0 Franklin
Insurance Company $4,000; Royal Insurance
Company, OF London and Liverpool, So, 600:
Northern Insurance Company, of London, $50 600;
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Imperial Insurance Company, London, Sc, 900;
Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylva-
mia, So 900; Transatlantic Insurance Company,
Hamburg, 5000. Their loss Is smaller.
Englehards insurance on stock-Hamburg and
Bremen Insurance Company, $4,000 German
Insurance Company $500; German Security,
$4,000; Louisville Germania. $4,000; Western,
OF Louisville, $4,000; German, Of Buffalo,
$4,000; North German, $1,000. Total SOC, 900.
On budng-Continental OF New York.
$4,000; Western, of Toronto, $4,000. Total,
$1,000.
Isenberg Bros., junk dealers--Union, of Phila-
delphia. $500; Louisville Germania,
$1,000; Louisville, German, $4,000;
German Security, $1,000; Firemens
Insurance Company of Newark, N j., 81 900;
German Insurance Company, of Illinois, 81 800;
Enterprise Fire and Marine, of Cincinnati,
$4,000; Phoenix Insurance Company, of Brook
lyn, 81 900; Kenton, OF COvington, KY, $1,000;
Western Insurance Company, of Louisville
1000. Total. $4,000. On the building owned
by Mrs. Hebe Craig, of New York-Frankllu, of
Louisville, SO, 900 John White Il Co., dealers in
hides WOOL etc.-On stock: Providence of Wash
ington, $4,000; Queen, of England, $4,000; Fire
Association or Kentucky, $4,000 Franklin, of
Louisville, $4,000; Insurance Company of North
America, $4,000. Total, S25, 900 On the house
owned by Mrs. Lilly Harrison, OF Virgina--Mu.
tual Insurance, of Louisville, $4,000. ii, O.
Middleton, using the third floor OF Ehglehard's
house for The storage of hams, loss small. In.
sured in the German Security for 50 900, and
the Fire Association for S., 900.