New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-17
Wright the well known ice yachtsman OF Porghtcep>lc
Tomorrow there will Dc race for the Champion
pcnnant Of both rivers.
HOTELS LND FACTORIES BURNED.
A DISASTROUS FIRE IN PROVIDENCE.
GUESTS DRIVEN OUT IL A TEMPERATURE TWELVE
nEGREEs HMI nW ZERn-MnEksI IlOrs MD BI 81

GUESTS DRIVEN OUT IL A TEMPERATURE TWELVE
DEGREES BELOW ZERO-woRKsuOrs AND BrsI-
NESS HOUs IN AsHrs.
ProvIDrvCr, Feb. 16.-Tho fro early this morning
oi2iratcd I'm Chacos block. four story brick build
Ing at Eddy d Fountain sts.. and sprca1 so rapidly
that a general alarm rung and the entire fire do
pr ment responded. The Chacc building was soon
destroyed The Billings block. VIII ch stood the
opposite side OF Worcester St, burned like tlnder, and
in forty five minutes nothing but the bla bcaed walls
remained Prom fhs point the fire ext"ndd TO the
AID 4ch House The next building To burn was that
occupied by Ethan Allen a carriage repository, which
was s,roycl, mot Of the contents being saved Ad-
toinng Mr. Allen, bu ding stood the Exchange Hotel
owned by Harriet T.. and George L. Barnes. The con-
tents valued at $500 were total loss
The fir men suffered severely from the cold tho
temperature being twelve degrees below zero. They
concentrated all their energc- upon the task OF con-
fninr tn flames to the north side of Westinghouse,
AID ahorg gh other buildings took fire thcy succeeded
In The eFors Anson w. Ahich, proprietor OF the
Adrch 10 &C. was lying i'll In the house, anil was taken
to tie Cir ri iouse whore he lies in crilca con-
dit on. Th' guests saved little.
The bu,dug- d.stroycd include the Aldrch House,
f,ur-sory q anllc and brick building at Washington
and f dy sts the walls Of which still stand Ehah
Aliens carriage repository next In Washlngoh-St'
two-.tory wooden building; shattucks Exchanse, q
Il rec story wooden building next west. The chimneys
kept up by ice These buildings extend back 100 feet
tow rd Wor eser-sf. The remainder of tho biock,
which I, about hundred feet square, was occupied
I'm Edd;-st. by the Billings building, three-s'ory
trck devoted to neral hardware purposes ana inc
70 ain er Of the Bill ngs Bros stables three buildings
of three sorleS each. These are all in runs ACROSS
Union s.. tho Bi ou Hotel and the Freeman Hotel wcrc
p,rt.aiv burned. North OF WOcester-st. smaller
/ hlocb extend, ng 70 Fountains. Is destroyed ln
Ed1y-s.. was fourstOry brick building occupied
by c,rriage dealer, and jewery manufacturers Back
Of this AID extending to Union-st was Crahdaii
carr ago fc cry, blacksmith and wheelwagh shop'
small two..tory building near E6iy and Norce9tr SIS.
WAS also Destroyed The following are the losses anu
! Insurance far as can be ascertaned:
hircb IIlus, loss e-tim9tcd al $lOO,OOO Insured
in The North British Company for SIolo stcnesrer ,
$500. Etua, of lIat ford 81 300; Lar ior4 Y Homo
5000 Merchants. of Newark, -, 300 spring afue
Of Pin AL rlpha, $500; Western OF Toronto S-'ooo
Shat ncks Exchange belonging TO the f. G: Barnes M e
estate los buil1lng $2O0oO Insurance 70 T0'OUo , ~
p o,nix # Hartford loss on furniture S3ooOo' iSur
AMI Tie Sadid Manufacturing Compaoy insured @ in the the
/ Comme.caI insurance Co,"pany for 5000 FIRE IN
srr.rc Coz, pany - 800: loss not eetimaicd' , 4,
il p M,.ri,cy los estimated "a $1,000 insured l"
'"' Tie b Ing bn Iyng insurenoN in the Liverpool
and Loadon and obe for ~ 800 laRourg gnercia ~
non s2.oo0 norwich Union - 40 zoo
Irion 80 500 W >hinctcn Marine, of Boston, T2''oo
Providence Mutual $500. ,,,.or,,oo, and
roi1nn ami Cl be ior r. 800. Ham urg 5000 NJ
ar,,a + vcv York $1,000 N"rwch Inlon OF ION ION
don 81 OO'. Iow1'd. of N'wNork go S5UUOc va IN NJ
,I,1ce $1,000 Wash 'c'On o. TO''on TouVoto 90
,c,,. of To-+on. $1,000: Elliott. OF Boston TI.uu
rorraout az Ncv-Yort $500: CoWmeridl ono,,
Q, Oo1 The los. building Is S73oOo al" Oh s'ooh
so 600 o,o 400 insurance
Nl,n building los estimated al $40 OOo ,ilSurancs r
@ 600 Ch~rc Ccm"any. los. S3.ooo in-ursir' G
. % COO American Tnhng ard Manufacturing oo"
nam los Sii OOD insrranr" $4,000 80
4 /, Iayrc lc-- - 500. Insurance S2"Oo
/ Smiti 4 Provrs' Io-. 5000. ooo. r.,
In,craa. onal EXples. COmrany, loss Slooo' Il"
| surel. 1900, ,.,..,oo CO. 600
tba~, anl ArnolA'- building. Roval ot iaVernon,
1-ron Of Uhrqd lph'a: Hamburg arc = onlunr" m wv
'ur,nco Crmpan'cs. $1,000 each; North BnUsh a"'
Mercantile 100000. a., ,-.t,rn ,esur
arco Comparv rof london arA Lln"GSh,r". $500
each P,nnsvlvpnla Fire, Fire Insurance ASSOCIATION
of ondon. =" 800 each ~ ,u,, ,os
" W I Matson & CO. IN billings building. Jos Jos
GO coo: nsu anco IN Poval Of Iyerponl, TloU, Wv
Ceor~c W HUMPHREYS los l. 81 300 no n 90
rames Rro,,v's loss NJ 800. Insurance $1,000; H. +
/ Narcv's ,ss - 5000 Insurance S1Ooo
Cecrg. wethcrclI. thrv-lve, who came mere
from Wimantc. walked the lodc"rs at MS ooa"n'
house NJ IL Fulton and told them Of the nrooao
d,uce. Nothirg was seen Of Weharen un,il INV
/ ~, ruIng when he wa found dead tn bed. Medica
| Fxamncr Palmer said he ded from fright MI, +,
| Tho total loss Is estimated n %"OOWO lhc iH
! suranrc lunwn amounts TO $4,000.