Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-06
FIRES COSTLY FEAST.
1896, 900 Worth of Property Licked Up
in q New York Business Block

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-One of the largest
fires witnessed in New York in long
time broke out at midnight in the wine
vaults Of Steinhardt Bros, at Nos. 112
and ia Wooster street. The flames
spread with frightful rapidity throughout
the building, and, owing to the inf1amma-
BILE nature of the contents the fire depart
ment was unable to cope with the devour-
ing element. The fire gained such head
way that the entire fire department of the
lower part of the city was called out to
quell it. The six story iron building, eX-
tending from Nos. 10S to ia Wooster
street, and from No. 81 to No. 105 Green
street, was owned by Bernard & Muller.
At l 80 O'Clock this morning the root of
the building crashed in and shortly after
wards the walls caved in,
crushing an adjoining house.
Contiguous TO the burning struc-
ture were a number of tenement houses,
and Capt. Mcdonnell, of the
Eighth precinct, cleared the in
mates out and has now about 90 families
in his station house. Opposite the burn
ing building is row of tenements, and
the intense heat from the blazing struc-
ture cracked the walls on the other side
of the street. At O'Clock this morning
the entire block bounded by Spring.
Prince, Wooster and Greene streets was
threatened.
SOME OF THE RUIN.
The damage done to S. B. Chittendon's
building, on Barclay street and Park
Place, amounts to 500, 900. 1t is fully in
sured. The costly presses of Major &
Knapp, photographers, escaped destruc-
tion, but are more or less badly damaged,
and the total loss of the firm on stock
valued at 100000 is little less than
$l5O,O0O. 1t is covered by insurance, dis
tributed among 80 companies and
amounting to S90,000 The damage to the
costly goods of FrItchie, importer ofdrugs
and oils, is estimated at $50, 900, and may
reach $4,000 The firm is insured for
$4,000 in 30 companies. Its stock is
worth $250,000. The damage to John
Wygand's stock of ofcrOckery is $50, 900, and
his insurance $4,000, distributed among
y companies IN policies ranging from
$1,000 to $4,000. Edward Miller a. Co.
lose $50, 600. They have insurance footing
up $4,000 in 13 companies. J. Snyder
loses $1,000. His insurance is $500.
REVIEW OF THE LOSSES.
A critical review of the losses at this
mornings big fire in Wooster street foot
up total of over $500,000, of which the
underwriters Will have to pay quite three
fOurths. OF the huge building where the
IRE ragged, and to which 1t was wholly
confined, nothing is left. Every dollars
worth OF property, except what may be
found when the ruins cool down in the
buried safes is destroyed. The nearest
estimates that can be made of the loss of
The tenants to-day are: First floor and
basement, Scott q Brown, chemists, $780,
900; Steinhard Bros, wholesale liquor
dealers, $4,000; second floor, j. Rash
bower a Co., fringes and tassels, $4,000;
third floor, the Goodyear India Rubber
Glove Manufacturing Company. S25. 900:
fourth floor, Bernard Ullman, fringes and
novelties, $4,000; j. DuttOn, lace goods
and canvas, 100000; fifth floor, A. Nuss-
hauer, straw goods, $1,000; sixth floor,
Rest, Fenner, Smith & Co., manufacture
ers of gold and silver headed canes, S. 800.
The building was owned by Peter Bruener
and Henry S. Moore. furniture
manufacturers, who built it fifteen years
ago at cost of $3.50, 900. 1t is worse than
total loss, as it Will cost much labor to
clear the dangerous ruins awav. Build
ing No. 116, occupied by Gillis & Geoghe-
gan, manufacturers of steam heat appa-
ratus, was knocked entirely to pieces,
and No. 118, occupied by c. A. Stocks,
hardware store, partly. The loss on these
Is $4,000, and the steam heat firms loss
on stock $4,000. c. A. Stockshardware
is damaged $4,000. The damage to the
business house in Greene street and sur
rounding tenements may be put at $15,-
600. The total loss is $685., 900.
LAURENS DEVASTATED.
AUGUSTA, GA, Feb. GA destructive
IRE occurred at Laurens, S. c., this morn
ing. Eight stores with their stocks of
merchandise were consumed.