The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-31
The FIRE RECORD.
Serious CONGREGATIONS in the
Eastern States.
s6,oeO,9Co WORTH OF SMOKE.
ferred Death-NOm nations
General News Notes
Fire.

| PITTsBURG, January 29.-Fire this
morning IN the centre OF the city occa-
stoned loss of $500, 600; insurance
S205 900. The principal sufferers were:
Urling Sons, merchant tailers; Hesren
Pros., manufacturing jewellers; Hsslsge
Sons, groce-s, and DR.. g. G. Hussey,
owner of the building. -. -t-.,. =,
UTICA, January 29-Mslone, Frank
lin County, was visited by terrible
fire this morning. 1t was first discov-.
cred in the rrockery store of M. c..
Fuller, situated in the Empire or How
ard House block. and was then under
full Roadway. Owing to the hydrants
being frozen, no water could be obtained
FROM them, and a long delay was caused
from the fact that connections had to
be made at the river, and water forced
up by steamers. Meanwhile the fire
had completely Quilted the above store, |
and communicated to, the Howard |
House. and was under good head
way when water was ready to
pour on the flames, During
house, an explosion, presumably OF ga
BRICK wall, and killing Isaac Chester, a !
prominent business man of Malone. |
who was coming out of the bank. and |
iniuridg several others. The whole En-
pire block, including the hotel, opera
house and all stores in the block, were I
completely destroyed. Following, is q
list of the losers: Frank Tallman, pro-
prietor of the Howard House; Ferguson
aud Merritt, proprietors of The opera
house. G. NJ Shaun, hardware; an N. I'D
@. II. Brown, carriages; N. g. Fieller,
glassware and crockery; Cantwell and
Maine lawyers; Abner Croft, furniture;
farmers National Rank; Sanford &
Bartlett, millinery Thomas Carpt n er,
clothieIs; Umpter u Barnum, dry
goods. Estimates Of the total loss place
it at 500, 900, With probably about So
600 insurance. .r .'f
New YORK, January 20-One of the
largest hres that has occurred in this
city for many months broke out in the
store of Henry Rogers & Co., at $40
Broadway, early this morning, 1T ex-
tended to and destroyed five adjoining T,
stores. The property occupies the west i
side of Broadway, Prince ard Spring
Streets, and extends through to Mercer
Street. The following firms were burned
out; 64e Brr adway, Henry Rogers e.
Co., dealers in fancy goods; Weed, Mel
sou d Co., fancy Trimmings; g. a.
Yosp, simmer clothing; Mslicolmson !
& Co., boys clothing; No. 5l5 Robert
son d Kaufman, dealers in trimmings i ,
P. X. Wilson IL Son, impartsrs Of laces
Stein, Folk & Co.. boys tloihing; NJ.
KaeEi pfer. manufacturer of waists; No.
547, r. Beenanchi 81 Co., importers Of
fiowels; No. 553, Louis Metxsr,
importer OF millinery trimuingsi J. E.
Kowski II Crust, importers of cloth A
Mitchell & Ricard1 cloihing, No. $50. R. \ I :
goods; Samuel Lowensteia, dealer in
Shaak e. Son. ifaporters of
fancy goods; No. 557 and $780, Henry
Newman, cotton goods; u. Liptnan d
Sons. clothing; g. G. Carpenter. tour
nures and erinolines; J.. Peavy& Bros.
AT Nos sol and 563 the stock Of Steiner.
Kahn & Co., novelties and Swiss cover
ings, WIS ruined by smoke and water.
Gotthold il Co. .hst.and bonnet TRAINERS.
I. l.. Barber f. Sons, straw goods, and
the Manufacturing company, spool silk,,f
also suffered heavily, IS did ].
K. ! Leesver ~ 90, importers Of
linen thread. Tie flames spread
with, astonishing rspidity after
once breaking out, and several
accidents occurred. but none were
fatal. The stork in The eight buildings
YVES totally destroyed. In other build
ings facihg on spring, Prince ana
Mercer Streets, there is damage by
smoke and water. The, buildings on
the east side of Broadway are also
somewhat injured by sone Of the flying
bricks. The walls of $40 and 55l fell
abont 6 O'Clock, and the, ruins covered
Broadway, stopping travel for several
blocks, Fire insurance adjusters now
say that the loss will reach 1880 600.
The buildings destroyed were valued
ut $500 000 anG on these be insurance
was comparatively small. The damage
30 the stock is estimated now at 81 ,000,-
600. The assurances foot up quite that
amount and are distributed among
nearly all Insurance companies doing
b3siness in New York. Fireman Reilly
died al noon from, injuries receiyed our
Ing the fire. -,
The EUening World estimates the, loss
at between 81, 0UG 0U0 and $4,000, 900.