The Portland daily press., 1884-03-03
WORK OF THE FLAMES.
Utica, N. Y. Scourged by Fire
Yesterday.
THE TOTAL Loss WILL REACH
SsOO,OOO.

UTICA, March AT O'Clock this morning
fire was discovered in the shoe mandatory
of FL. J. Holbrook & Co., on Catharlne street,
aud the conhagration which followed proved
the most disastrous in the history OF Utica.
The Holbroof building, M. B. Belongs furni-
ture house and James Rockwell's clothing
house on Catharine street, nj. @. q e. ID. Com
stocks large store house on the Erie Canal and
the Utica City National Bank, Nevell's &
Sons paper and glass store, the Utica Observer
building and office, Comstock Bros, wholesale
house, G. H. sayres' hardware store and
Edward Martins gas fitting and plumbing
store from No. 100 to 1913 inclusive on Genessee
street were totally destroyed with most of their
contents. Tie Utica Observer saved Its files
aud but little else. The weather was intense
ly cold. Assistance was rendered by the tire
departments of Little Falls, Rome and Whitts-
town. Buckley & Co. and Fl. Barnard's Sors
and dollars. Other losses are the building oc-
cupied by Delong, loss $4,000, insured; this
building was full OF furniture, the loss on
which is $4,000: insured for $4,000. A. j.
Hoibrook * Co.'s manufacturers OF ladies'
shoes. loss on stock and building from $50 900
to 800 600; insurance $4,000, James Rock
well & Co., manufacturers of clothing give
their loss stock as $4,000, insurance 85 GOO;
builGing and contents were wholly destroy ed;
loss on building $4,000. The Utica City Ma
tional Bank building loss is $4,000; insured.
Water was poured on the bank safe all day
and its contents are believed to be all right
N G. Newell & Son, paints, loss on stock
$4,000 TO $60u00. insurance 10000, loss on
bniinng $l5,000. insured 81 800. J. b. Nc
Mtlan, drugs and oils 10 the OBSERVER build
Ioso
Utica Observer, loss $4,000 to $4,000, iDsur-
apce $13,500. The Observer building is owned
hg Dewitt q. Grover of New York, loss $780,
600; insurance not known. Comstock Bros,
druggists and grocers, warehouse and whole
sale store, total loss on buildings and contents,
$185 900, insurance SIG 600. Charles III.
Ss,rr, hardware, building and contents, loss
$37, 900, insurance $26 900. Edward Martini
loss on building. $4,000, insured $1,000. Mar
tin Trustau, third Il n'r as billiard room, loss
S4 600, insured 81, ,000.
The other losses are Sher X God s. Golden,
crockery dealers; Charles Miller, hard ware;
ChaS. @. Shaver, manufacturer; and the Ma
sonic Hail. The total loss will aggregate
about SS00,000, and the insurance about $780,
600. The Utica Observer will find accommo-
datlon in the office of the Weekly Globe. The
of the Unca City National Bank contains
securities of 81 0000 in value, and q large
Cash balance. Several of the business meu
burned out have already found emporary
quarters.
Destructive Fire in Portland Conn. Loss
100000.
Hartford, March /. The extensive works
of the United States Stamping Company in
Portland, IN this State were burned tonight.
The fire started in the Japan room over the
Office in the main building at five O'Clock this
afternoon and the flames communicated i'm
mediately to other parts of the building and
soon spread TO the adjoining structures Port
land has 10 fra department or the company
aud the IF rts to stop The frs were weak and
easily b. fl d.. Word was ssDt to this city and
tle old hand engines VIII ca have bean unused
for some years were taken over about o'clock
by hose companies me and two and they did
good work in preventing the fira from spread
ing to the Pickering shop near by, but were
absolutely useless in any thing like saving any
of the stamping company's shops. The build
iUgs, five in number, covering about two acres,
were totally consumed, nothing buiI one
brick strnclur known af the malu building,
aud used partly as an Office remaining. The
buildings destroyed were The press room and
tau shon, shnp, Japan stock and Joiner
>hop, M. stock shop aud the blacksmith
shop. The company were engaged in the man
ufacture of all sorts of iin ware The prOprie-
tors say the loss in round figures ia about $780,
900. The total insurance is 1926, 900, in about
forty different companies.