The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-11
$500 A YEAR.
4 NEW YORK Blaze.
~hNn and a Half Loss-Eight Il
ings DESTROYED,


Six large stores Oh Broadway, between
Prince and Spring Streets, New York,
were burned on the 30th, causing a loss
of about 100000. The flames started
in the building numbered 549, which
was five-story structure. The first
floor was occupied by Henry Rogers 4
Co., dealers in fancy goods; the second
by Weed, Nelson d Co., fancy trim
mings; the third by c. \. Yost,
summer clothing, and fourth floor
by Malcolmson q Co., boys
clothing. No. 545, first floor, is oc-
cupied by Robertson & Kaufman, deal
ere in trimmings; the second floor 10y
?. X. Wilson & Son, importers of laces;
the third floor by Stein, Falk q Co.,
boys clothing, and the fourth floor 10y
NJ. kaempfer, manufacturer of waists.
No. 547 is a fve-story brick building,
iron front. The first floor is occupied by
+. Beianchl q Co, importers OF flowers.
No. 553 was occupied on the first floor
by Louis Motzer, importer of millinery
trimmings; second floor by Jerkowski x
Crust, importers of cloth, and the rest
of the building by Mitchell Il
Ricard, clothing, No. 555 is fiye-story
brick front occupied on the first
floor by X. Isaacs q Bro dealers in Jap
anese goods; the second and third
floors by Samuel lowenstein, dealer in
neckwear, and the fourth floor by
SchNak q Son, importers of fancy goods.
Nos 1o1 and o59 was a large double iron
front. The first floor was occupied by
Henry Newman, cotton goods. This
firm began, on Saturday, to move to
their new building on Broadway, be-
tween Houston and Bleecker, but
the greater part of the stock had
not been removed. Their loss is
very heavy. l.. Lipman & Sons, cloth
ing, occupied the first floor. c. c.
Carpenter occupied the second lott with
a heavy stock Of tOurnures and crino-
lines. /. Peavy q Bros. were above
them. The Easement and first floor of
SCI and 563, double iron front, was oc-
cupied by Stiner, Kahn & Co, novelties
and Swiss cornings; Gotthold Co, hat
straw goods, and the Holland Manu-
featuring Company, spool silks, whose
factory is in Willimantic, Conn, also
suffered heavily, as did J. X. Leesver X
Co., importers of linen threads.
Fire insurance adjusters say that the
loss will be between 81, ,500,0 900 and g.,
100000. The stock in eight buildings
was totally destroyed. In other build
ings, facing on Spring, Prince and Mer-
Ger Streets, there is damage by smoke
and water. The buildings on the east
side of Broadway are also somewhat in
iured by smoke and flying bricks.
At X. @. Dun & Co.'s mercantile
agency the losses on stock of the follow
ing firms are estimated as follows: R.
Isaacs & Co, Japanese goods, between
$500, 900 and $400, 200; Mitchell Il Picard,
stock, $25, 900; Jerkowski x Ernst, S90,-
000; Stern, Falk d Co., clothing, $3.50,
900; Robertson & kaufman, stock,
$3.50, 600; Charles A. Yost q Co., cloth
ing, $4,000; Malcolmson & Co, boys
clothing, Sl50,000; Stiner, Kahn q
Son, $75, COO; H. Bacharach & Co., arti-
fetal flowers, S250,0C0. The losses of
these firms are estimated to range all
the way from $23, 900 to 100000: Louis
Metzger, importer, B. S. Sternham, Me-
Birnev Il Co., NJ. kamper, Wet, Son d
Co., II. B. & F. Stern, J. d. Gottschalk
and +. Brander K Co