Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-17
DURHAM'S DEVASTATION.
INSURANCE COMPANIES SUFFER
HEAVY LOSSES.

ton.
RALEIGH, n. c., Nov. 16.-Fire origi-
mated at Durham at O'Clock this morn
ing in the grocery store Of r. H. Atwater
and burned large part Of the business
portion OF the town. The losses are esti-
mated at $5O0,OO0 Among the individual
losses are: Jacob Levy, dry goods, $4,000,
insurance $4,000; A. III. Rggsby, general
merchandise, loss $4,000, fully
insured; r. A. Atwater, groce-
ry, loss $4,000, insurance $1,000;
Lombe, Slater Il German, loss $4,000, in
surance $8,000; Shelburne art gallery,
loss $4,000, no insurance; E. A. Whitaker,
music; Goldschneider, general rnerchan-
disc, full Insurance; S. r. Perry, general
merchandise, loss $11 900, insurance $5,-
500; G. G. TAYLOR, hardware, $500, in
sured for 81, 900; Q. K, Rawls, dry goods,
loss $4,000, insurance $4,000; Nj. &. Hern.
don e. Co., furniture, loss $12, 900, insur-
auce $500; post office, total loss; t. P.
Ashley, jeweler, not insured; Ada Smith,
millinery; Westly IL Meany, merchant
tailors; Parrish's warehouse and prize
house. total loss, insurance Sl5O,000;
| the Bank or Durham; Umstead's prize
house, j. g. Lyons residence.
WHERE 1T STARTED.
| RALEIGH, n. c., Nov. Is, IL P. M.-The
| fire originated in the store OF Atwater, a
grocer. The origin ls unknown. 1t
| caught the great tobacco warehouse of +,
| j. Parrish in the rear and consumed that
entire square, thirteen buildings, all of
brick. 1t crossed the next square north
| ward and destroyed the prize houses of
| Umstead 6 Co. and Parrish Il Co. and the
Durham Bank. The fine Methodist church
was in imminent danger when the wind
suddenly changed and the fire turned
eastward and on the third block and con-
| sumed the residence of Z. ID. Lyon. After
four hours all the nearby material had
been consumed and the fire died
out. No one was injured. There
was no water supply. The loss
| in tobacco foOts up 100000 pounds,
| 700 hoesheads being in Parrish's ware
h house alone, besides what was in Um-
stead's and various prize houses. I'm
| mense quantities were removed into ad-
iacent streets, but could not be saved
! All the mail matter In the post office was
saved. The time lock in the Bank OF
! Durham being set for 8 O'clock this morn
ing, all the yaluabes in the vault could
not be reached. The Tobacco Plant { q
newspaper) was destroyed. The mills
and factories were not in that part OF the
town, and are not involved. Contracts
for rebuilding have already been made.
! THE INSURANCE.
The insurance, so far as reported, is as
| follows, it being borne in mind that the
| II r. n-fnurths value clause is used on all
policies: .oooo
in the Virginia Fire and Marine, Hart
ford Imperial, Home of New York, and
| Queen and Phoenix of London.
Il hr1fl 4
! furniture. $4,000 each In the Georgia
Home. Niagara, and Fire Association OF
Philadelphia; $1,000 in the North British,
| 81. .OSO each in the Home OF New York, and
Virginia Fire and Marine.
Parrish's frame storage building, in the
Springfield $1,S00, Fire Association OF
Philadelphia $1,000 Underwriters $4,000;
on the furniture, in the Georgia Home
5000.
ON the Lyon dwelling: in the Home Of
New York 81 500.
On the stock of tobacco in the brick
warehouse: North British $1,000, Western
of Toronto 81, 900, Rochester 1900, $2,50C
each in the Underwriters Royal City OF
London, Phoenix of Brooklyn, Niagara,
Western and Home OF New York.
On the stock in the brick storage ware
house: PhGuiX OF Brooklyn $1,000, I'm
perial $4,000, London Assurance $1,000,
|
Queen $4,000, Underwriters S2,OOO, Ger
| man American $4,000.
On the stock in the frame storage ware
house: Northern $500, Imperial $4,000,
London $1,000, Queen $1,000, Virginia
Fire and Marine $1,000, PheniX of Hart
ford $4,000, PhUniX of Brooklyn $1,000,
North British $4,000.
Parrish & Blackwell, on stock: London
Assurance 50 900, Northern $500, North
! % " n
Jacob Levy, dry goods: Fire AssOcia-
ti0n $4,000, Hartford $1,000, Niagara
81. 600. Queen $4,000, insurance Com
nanv of North America $4,000, Liverpool.
London and Globe $1,000, Continental
$4,000.
furnishing, $2,500 each in the Under.
writer's and ROYAL, Sl,0OO each In The
Northern, Scottish and Phoenix Of Hart
ford.
r. Fl. Atwater, groceries, Georgia
Home, $1,000.
G. G. Taylor, hardware, Phoenix of Lon,
don $500, insurance Company OF NORTH
America 5000.
s. II. Perry, groceries and dry goods
Hartford $1,000, City OF London $1,000
Virginia Fire and Marine $1,000.
N. K. Rawls, notions, Northern anC
Springfield each $1,000, Queen $1,000
Phenix OF London $500.
NJ. G, Herndon Il Co., furniture, Lon
, don Assurance and German-Americar
S9 600 each, Sun Fire Office and LioI
each 81 $50, Norwich Union $1,000.
! Blackwell & Carr, post office buildinf
and furniture, Georgia Home $2,250
PhGnix $l,25O.
, Mrs. Ada NJ. Smith, millinery, Roya
, ana Phoenix Of Hartford $500 each, Con
! necticut, German-American and Spring
field 1,000each.
Mesley e. Meaney, teilors, Spring
field $500, Merchants $780,
Z l., Is. Henderson, dentist, Queen $526
, A. M. Riggsbee, store building anC
! stock. Phoenix Of Hartford and Home o
! New York each $1,000, Scottish anC
Z Georgia Home each $4,000, Northern
a Sl.500. North Carolina Home $4,000.
: Thomas j. Riggsbee, store building
Royal $2,4OO.
ri. G. Herndon, store building, Ph9nil
I OF Brooklyn $2,25O.
Al. Kivett, store building, Phenix o
London $1,000, Niagara $500.
KIN. Umstead, warehouse and fixtures
|. Ph9nix of London and Ph9nix OF Brook
lyn each $1,000, Fire Association OF Phila
delpbia S725.
Il. X, Umstead, stock Of leaf tobacco
A Georgia Home. Phoenix OF Brooklyn, Vir
A gina Fire and Marine each $1,000, k0ya
A 5000, Springfield $500.
h ". l.. swain a. Co., stock Oi tobacco
. German.Amerlcan 81, 200.
w. L. blackwell, Office furniture in IN