The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-15

ing they occupied was owned by the Berk-
shire Life Insurance company. The Cone
firm occupied the entire building using
every room from cellar to garrett They
employed several hundred girls in the
manufacture of Oycmls The girls, of
course, are out OF employment. The fac
tory has been operating an unusually large
force of employees since the beginning OF
the year. and the fire finds them with an
immense stock OF both manufactured and
raw material, Tanner 4 Sullivan were
leaders of the wholesale trade in tin-warc.
They not only did u wholesale business,
but they ran an extensive mandatory in
connection with their store.
The Meridian clothing Company was not
'as heavy loser rs some OF the others, but
the damage was very great, rs much from
water rs from fire, and hut little OF the
very large stock of rcady-mudc clothing
and raw material was saved from some
damage. The building was owned by T..
+, tlaypool and was damaged to the cx-
tent OF several thousand dollars. The loss
TO u. L. Erwin II Co. is perhaps as heavy
as TO any Of the unfortunate business men.
His store was $50 feet deep by fifty feet
wide and four stories high. The lowertloor
was used rs the snlcs-room and the floors
above as storage, packing and shipping
rooms. lie carried iull stock OF goods in
the various departments and not one dol
lars worth was saved. The firms loss on
stock alone is estimated ut from $50 coo
TO 500 0OO and the building, owned by j..
C.. Wright, cost in the neighborhood OF
$4,000.
Geo. W. Stout's business building which
La al. -
tanned, went up in the flames. lie OCcu-
pied the four floors of the building in his
Wholesale grocery business, aud had thou.
sands Of dollars worth oi stock stored on
every floor. The loss on the building alone
will reach $50, 600, and the stock ol goods
he carried was valued at not less than S75,-
600. A half dozen other firms sustained
damages running into the thousands, but
no reliable estimate can be made IN their
exact loss till the sock Is examined. Their
damage was mostly IN the way oi smoke
and water. II has always been the custom
Of the wholesale firms to carry very
large insurance, aud they all, 80 ilr rs
could he learned, are. in good condition TO
meet the great calamity.
A revised list of the losses aud insurance
il ~ follows liymm a Cornelius, dry
goods anu building, luss Sh,uOO, insurance
100000, George W. Stout groceries, stock,
and building loss $50, 600, insurance $50,
600, John &. Wright. building, loss, $50,
600, insurance $4,000 u. T.. Erwin X Co.,
dry goods, stock, 500 600, insurance $50.
600, Lewis Morris building, loss 5000,
insurance 5000; berkshire lie lnsur.
ancc company, building, loss SiOOO0, In.
surancc Sii, 900; G.. u. Cone Sons Il Co,
oycmlls, stock. loss 100000, insurance
$4,000. Tanner & sullivan, tinncrs' sup.
plies, stock 10000, insurance $4,000;
Pearson q Wctzcll, quccnsWaT, stock,
loss $4,000, insurance ~ 600 Meridian
Clothing company, stock, loss 5000, in.
sumncc $500; +. I. Caypool, building
loss 5000, insurance 10000, V. r.
Malo,t, building, less 10000, INSURANCE,
$1,000 Mckee * liunham, boots and
shoes, stock. loss S15, OOO, insurance S76. 900.
Total lass, SOS, 900; insurance, Sd.i1, 800.