Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-11-14

ADDITIONAL Details,
AoO>--e charts Of the burnt district
were comPieted this evening, showing that the
course of the hre WIS in southeasterly d rec
tion; BEGINNING at the foot of Sixteenth street.,
On ths & Stfans, the IRE crossed avenues e, md
same BLOCK on which stands the postofi .e and
Uniied States Court. The A lmes threatened the
pos,9fnce IN the most aggressive manner, and the
building was hastily cleared of mail matter and
all valuable mail was placed in the vaults. For
avenue | the FIRE fend reveled in the state
fTst, Of these splendid houses to = sacs @e
eunb was that Of, Mrs. NJ go e, a $4,000
dences of Julius Run e of the house Of Kaufman
q 4 hunge, Leon Blum of Land & Blum, Mori
Issker, Il. A. Fellwan of FelIman a erumtach,
deorge Sealey, president Of the Santa Fe rail-
way, Green Dufield's new mansion, R. T.
Georges, s6e,t0O residence, Thomas Goggan's
loss OF siOoC0 to $40 900 each, but all insured
THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE CITY
was not touched, but in the lower district were
The chief Of these are Cross W CO., Erocelss f1 A.
Mefner, timer, and John A: Hammer lum Der
merchant. They lost everything, as did the other
jail, reee ting its fearful glare and intense he at
through the grated windows, the frightened in
up yell which was heard for squares above the
awful 70 OF the terrible hre. ON top Of The :sl
termined to save the buildings, and with
the aid of brick walls they succeeded.
Int "ss saved All the srest @sf esrs
were hastily run cut of the Galveston City rail-
ts, but as If IN meskerH % at tbeir frsat The IRE
monster spared the h4bitation of the humble
mule, seeking richer fields. When the fire
started, the gale wss blowing at the 100 of Thirty
miles an hour. At y'ciucK the signal Sc vic,
observer est mated that tho velocity of the gale
" tne vicinity Uf the fire was sixty miles per
| near O'Clock. when the Ere gave signs of ex-
nauston, and the cyclonic vacuum seemed
though it we're y giyaIt tic funnel, and Tor two
squares on either eide the
HEAT WAS SUFFoCATING
and the cloud. Of cinders binding. The Fire
water works gave poor satisfaction. The only
public bu | ing consumed was the second DIS
recently S1ie at cost tfoP of a Tie "he
area Of tse burnt district !, 100 acres, and forty
combustble: Something over 400 houses were
bnrced, and 1t Is estimated by the leiief com
q meless, a great majority OF whom, esl eca y
the poorer ones, lost every hing. As he FIRE
started in the poorer dist let they had little or
time in which to move fur iture, while III
Ve lthier vi TINS moved valuable pictures aud
effects; Several Of The finest houses, howev T,
s,ved, confident were the occupants that the
hre would pass by them.
| THE MEETING AT TIE COTTON EXCH ANGE
this afternoon was largely atte nded by business
men; who i'm edIately ct aoout providing Ielie
Tor the homeless at d suffer ng. ge raj 4 ei
was org niE.d, with W. L. Moody, President Of
the Cotton Exchange, as chsirman: A T nance
| Committee of fve, with Col VIM. II: Sinclair as
cha rma an was napcd by the origin n committee.
Besides these committees, there are sub conn it,
tees for ihe various sections of the burnt dstri
contributions are pouring in ON AL parts Of the
ton. Exchange $3.50 were subscribed By
.erbsrs sre Bali Hasebu. 1ss nTssst qS
bankers, 500; P; j; Willis Co.. wholesale dry
Hsidenhe inner, $500; W. L. Moody, $500; j. D.
| rogers Co., $50; Island City Saw ngs Bank,
s2vO; s ana the Geo; - Ball Charity Fund, $1,000,
graphs $1,000 from St. Louis, Kinman i Co.,
cotton buyers of Houston, send $500.
AID FROM ABROAD.
The following telegram was received at o. clock
NEW YORK, November lS, 1885.
| To Hon. Roger L. Fulton, Mayor of Galveston:
| am Just in receipt of dispatches with an ac-
count of the terrible conhagration that has Wis
ited your beautiful city. Please accept my deep
sympathy in your misfortune. L only hope the
| loss is overestimated. You may draw on me at
sight for s5OOO to be used under the direction OF
tion, for the needy. JAY GOULD.
| Globe, telegraghs Mayor Fulton: What can
| the people of Boston do for the suffering and
homeless in Galysston2 Please answer. We
| will collect for publication and do our best
sFord's Mikado Company. now playing here,
gave benefit at Greenwall 0pers HOu;e to- night
The city council met in special session this
syenit 9 and voted $4,000 for the sufferers, and
with the Citizens Committee in distributing the
funds. THIS makes sSI 800 already dJnated by
| side donations, foot up s3S 100 in one day.
THE TCTAL Loss.
Nearly every one has estimated as to what the
] total loss Of the great fire fOOts up. The best
posted citizens estimate the loss at fully 81 600,
| OOO, while those who claim TO have figured on the
| surance men have been hard at work all cav and
| to night completing list of their policies. So
much confusion and uncertainty has prevailed
that the task of locating policies was a difficult
| one.
INSURANCE.
Following is a list Of the companies bavins
policies on the burned district: Fire Association
OF LoSd0n 2es @ 81 & St LV2don tiEs In NJ.
Conn any. s5+ 600, Norwich Union Fire Insuran ct
Society, S3S,000 Lanca, shire Insurance Cumpa
ny. London. so ,00J; Sun FIRE Uffce OF London
leans, S, 900; Sun Insur.nee Company of Ca,r
fornia, S. 100; St. Paul Fire Insurance. COmpany
Of New YORK, ssI 90; North German, n.'I Hamburg burg
$1,000; .coitish Union and National. Ednbu urg b
Insurance Company of London, SIS, 800; Insur
YORK Upderwriters,o lAseLcy, sS5 100; AmeEie Il
$4,000; Royal Of London $4,000; Imperial o
I ndon, sl6 900; Ph enix Insurance Company Q
cs~%stcisi Sion ] A;.aTancs sl5'coO; P6oen o;aig
Of BfoOklyn, s2i 765; Queen, Liyerpo
4:5, Mere apts' of Nerark, J., s27,6l5
| Ha1 burg Of Lremen. s22,S50; Amer eau rir,
.urance, So5OU; Live p 5oi and l. london and IlobP
SIS, 90; Pennsylvania of PhiladelvhIa, S995O
| hibernia of New orleans, s54 O.; Oakland HON
Of San Francisco. $3.50; estsrn traders an
OF ew FORK, $3.50; German-A merican of Ne,
, | York, sl5,65O; Commerce of Cal fornIa, Sll50
London end Provln ial of England, sl7ol; rae @
Meste n Of Toronto, So, 500; Britt h American
7 ronto ont $500; Fire association Of Phi adelph q
$1,000; Norwich Union of ENGLAND, $3.50; Ia:
| Texas of Tyler, $500. Total, sS9O, ,730.
| Two city agencies were unable to give list {
their insurance, but they together estimated thei
policies at $50, 90, making grand total of $780,
100 A very large Proportion of the insurance,
| will be noticed. was placed with foreign comps
THE NEWS" ON THE FIRE.
The Galveston Ne,cs will tomorrow say, touct
l | ing tue great FIRE: Tho conduct of the peOpl
l | took ,hem yesterday, ,annot be too highly con
mended. The shock was severe-Ihe loss terr
: | BILE, but Galveston will come out of it und
nO' can rs u6Ssr 6Hs nSt
| Tho people of the city on the
| metal and in this condition they are at their bes
: | Many families are homeless; some people 10
| their all IL was greas calamity. but there wi
: | be no unrelieved suffering. The driving wheel
D Galveston's existence is unhamp red; the sou
a | of the city is not disturbed. The busy marts
| commerce go If nothing had hal
peLed The prompt manner in VIII ch citiz Il
: assembled TO make provision for tn impoverishe
and distressed shows the spirit that anImates tt
! l city. Galveston is equal to the emergenc,
g than it is confronted with at present. She wi
| be as beautiful rs ever in a few months, and
:, | doing business at the old stand.
e. Bogus VS.. Genuine Butter.
vi CHICAGO, Ill, November l3-In Il