The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-01
A 8illfea aud Hall Goss Up IN Snake OF
Ntw York's Grsst TdcreugafsTs.
IiTsmsa Have 4 Hard Tine Fighting ths
Flsmss. and Several Ics IpiVrsd.
The Bvild,rgs Destroyed and the F1siusas
Of Their Ocs1plnb.
a Detailed List OF the Losscc-- Al the
Burned Property Well InsureL-One
Of the Injured Firsmen Dies.

NV York, January 30 -Oas of the !
lblPest fires that has occurred ia this city
for n any months broke out IN the store OF
HenIy Rogers & Co, at SO Broad way,
early this morning. Ii extended and de-
stroyed the IRE adjoining stores. Three
skies were sounded, and all the engines
OeIow Forty -secOnd street responded. The
properly Occupies the west side Of Broad
way, between Prince Gnd Spring street,
and exteud5 through 10 = ercer street. The
loss cannot Be estimateds-t present. No.
$40 where The IRE originated, WAS FIVE
story iron frout, douEie building. The
nssl H0Or vss occupied oy Henry Rogers
& Co, dealers in fancy Co0ds; the second
D. Weed, Nelson Il Co., fancy trimmings,
third dcor by Q. A est, summer cloth
1ng, snd fourth ~ Aslicolmson & Co.,
boys clothing. No. sc. first floor occg pied
by Robertson & KsafneIn, dealers in trim
mingsi second floor ~ P. h. Wilson 81
By Stein. Felix G Co.. boys
clothingi fourth hocr by NJ Kasmpfer,
manUIac ureTs OF ValCts. No. j47 e i've
s'oTy brick BUILDING, ir On 'front.' and the
trst Hoor is occupied by +. Baignchi & Co,
importers CT hoTeTs. No. 55S the walls of
whlch nave fallen n, was; occupied on the
hrst foor BY LOUIS NJ Tzsr, importer OF
millinery trimmings; Sc .ond floor by Jer-
koEski q Crust, impnFfs- rs OF clcth, and
the rest OF the building p Mitchell G Ric-
ard, clothing. No. $50 is ? Il iye-Etc,y-z brick
front, occupied on the 1irst foer by r.
lssacs d Brother, de Iel 5 IN Japanese
goods; second and third ssoors lv-S aInr.el
Loewenstein, dealers in Necsvssf, -sld the
fourth floor by Sch Tstc q SoE, importers
Of fancy goods. Nos 5j7 and $50 was a
large double iron front. Toe first fioor was
occGpied By Hen-y Newman, cotton goods.
They began on EStUrdsJ 20 move other
new building on Broadway, between Hus-
ton and Bleecker, bat the greater pasr. OF
the STOCK aad not been removed.
Their loss is very heavy. /.
J.. Lipman & Ecns, clothing, occupied the
hrst hOOr. c. &. Carpenter occupied the
second laft, wit heavy stock Ct tourDures
and cT1rOllnes. j. PeaVy q Bros. were
shove them TIE basement aud first floor
Of 56I Gnd J63 G cOubls uon frcnt, was oc
Cupied ny StiE e., Kann & Co., novelties
ara SSiss corr Dgs. Smoke and water
ruined theIT heavy ock, worth SO, 600 sr6
Insured. 6ott1old q CD has and bonnet
1rsu re: 7. L EsrbeT e. Sons, straw goods
sDd the Hollsn6 Manufacturing Company.
spool g.Jks, whose factory is in Whitman
tic, Com, also suffered heavily, as did 5.
X. LssTer & Co, i'm pOrters OF linen
thread. JeTks-ski & Crust, OF No. 555.
lose s. 0OJ, with DO insurance.
Tne Eames spread with astonishing rs-
Pidity afier CAGE breaking ont, and seveTsi
acclcen isocCu-Ted. About $40, President
Il u4AOs u tAst It TIC anu EcF-
efal nreusn we're Standing on the root
$40 ab055I. when the walls We're felt to
1Tsmbe The order 10 retreat was given
ard al rushed for No. 553 Even so, saV-
az j OF the msc were bruised by the fslling
brick OF the NSls Mike Kelly fell snd
YVES severely ip ured Fireman Sheridan,
o. engine iumOed from the burning roof
Of $40 II 55I. and parts Of .hs walls Of the
latter tumblsd on him. Two of his men
pulled BIN from the debris, under which
he bad fallen. He was taken to the hos
pital, with bGdiy injUrbed chest and some
broken ribs. Ee may die. The walls Of
$40 and 55I fellCt $40 and the ruins coy-
cred Broadway. Travel was stopped for
several blocks. Fire insurance adjusters
now say that the loss will reach 81, 500 900.
The stock in eight buildings WAS totally
Destroyed. In other buildings. facing on
Spring, Prince and Mercer streets, thsre is
damage by smoke and water. The build.
ings on the east side of Broadway are also
somewhat injured By smoke and flying
bricks
Fireman Kelly died 81 noon from his
injuries. But little Can yet be learned Of
the individual losses. Veit IL SONS estimate
their loss atsss3e0, 900, with insurance OF
$50, 600. The stock Of Malcomson & Co.
and Charles a. Nost 4 Co. was entirely de-
stroyed. The buildings destroyed were
valued at s5OO,00G. and On these the in
surance is comparatively small. The dam.
age to..stock is DOW estimated az 81 000, 900
The insuraDces foot up quite tnat amount,
and are distributed amoug nearly all the
domestic snd foreign insurance companies
dong business in New York in sums
raging froD 81 200 to $40 O00.
The Buildings destroyed snt damaged
and their owners are, 545 Broadway, Sam
uel Inslss. Of Calhoun, Robbins e Co.,
500. 600; $40. John II Mahoney, $3.50 900;
549and sol Henry Sib!ey, of Rochester,
$500 600; 553 BeekmsD estate $l75 900;
5S5, John j. Astor, $3.50, 900; 557 and $50,
@. Z. Detmold, $500 ,0O0, and 561 and 563,
Henry Sibley, 500 000. the above in
clpdes the loss on contents. This is the
third time within three years that Rogers
d Co. have been attacked by IRE.
TIE Evening World estimates the loss
at between four and six million dollars.
At r. G. Dun & Co.'s mercantile agency
the leases on stock of the following firms
are estimated as follows: z. Isascs & Co,
Japanese goods, carried q very valuable
stock, worth between $500, 900 aud s400.-
600; Mitchell & Picard. stock of Szt 900;
.JerkowsSi & Ernst, 500 900; S.srn. FAlk g.
Co., clothiDe. carried a stock of Sl50.C00;
RobertSOn & kaufman, stock OF $3.50 600;
Charles A.. Yost q Co., clothing loss S50,-
go; Malc0nson & Co., boysclo.hing, stock
estimated at $50, 900; Sieiner, Kahn & Co.,
SO COO; H. Bacharach & Co. artificial
flowers, carried a stock of $3.50 coo. The
losses OF these firms ara estima,ed to range
ell tee way fscm s23, ,O0e to 500 900: Louis
MetzGeT. importer; b. s. Sseinhsm, Nc
BirIey Il Co, Fl. KaemDter, Wet. S1n &
Co, II. b. & B. Stern, ]. g. Gottschalk and
i Brarder & CO.
The following estimate OF the losses is
believed 10 be as accurate IS can now be
arrived at:
Losses by Fires. Bisnchi, flowers aud
feathers 100000; Henry Rogers, fancy
goods $4,000; Belt, Son & Co., millinery
ornaments, 800 600: Charles A. Yost Il
Co, clothIers, $50 DOOR }. L. Libby & Co.,
shirts, $4,000; Malcolm, Son & Co, cloth
iefs, SIS 600; Jerkovski q Ernest, clothing,
10000; Louis Metzger, millinery. $50 900;
Beck a Nichols, clothing $40 900; Mitch
Ell 4 Picard. $4,000.
Losses BY Wster-Willism Ronysu,