New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-27
TONS OF TEA BURNED.
AN IMMENSE BREW IN A CHICAGO BONDED
WAREHOUSE.
FORTY THOUSAND CASES OF TIE ERAGRANK
LEAF CtNsUaED-Loss OVER E,o ooo-THE
wnrn on IbrcEHnI A RIFS tagesAt.

bbOl0 VI tSpS dti0 CUurtcs Wo5 uuk1S1 ~ 49,
ground, ensailng an, estimated loss Of between
81, 250, 900 and 81 500, 900. The fire department.
had hard task OF il, but succeeded In preventing
the flames from destroying the zyeat Galera grsia
elevator Of Munger, Wheeler &' Co. and othcr
buildings In the aeighborhood The walls Of
the warehouse fell upon the engine-room OF ths
elevator crushing it Ike an egg-sheI. Aldermen
W. Il. Manniere rcmarkrd, as he looked at the
ruins of the warehouse. Of which Inc is nansgers
that it was his tea-party, and that everybody
was invited. In point Of fact, as the water from
dozens of engine nozzhs soaked down The contents
of the building the basement was soon hlled
with water and when the 900 cases Of tea began
to brew streams of tea gushed from the windows
and doors. The dock for distance Of 100 feet
was flooded with the amber-oolored liquid that
poured like small cataract into the river.
The steam arising from this perfumed the air
blocks away
The building was a six-story brick structure.
which cost, when built in 1872, $4,000. Alder
man Manniere is convinced that the fire was of,
iacenliary origin, because there was nothing IN
that portion Of the building in which it originated
to cause it, and because this is the third IRE IN
the structure within year which can be accounted
for on no other hypothesis
About 90 per cent In value of the contents
was tea in bond, as it was Government ware
house. Besides this there were few thousand
packages of coffee and other miscellaneous articles.
The tea was owned by firms In various large cities
In al parts of the country which makes IL
extremely difficult to accurately estimate indi-
yidual losses as insurance was, doubtless, placed
elsewhere in some cases. An effort was made to
ASCERTAIN at the Custom House the exact valnc
of the tea bonded in the warehouse by OUT
side firms Deputy Collector Jeweh W.
seen about the matter and said that the
Custom House books showed that there was nov
o pound of tea in the building, as permit Ier
the removal of the last OF it had been Issued
IL was evident that this statement was incorreSsb
as the olfactories Of all who were IN the nelgn-
borhood would testify At the store OF Msssrs
Iosers, @ It was said TINT there-gers in the ware
house between $4,000 and 10000 cases OF tea:
The wide discrepancy between the statemsnhD VI
fine Deputy Collector and that OF the merchaho
was explained by Mr.. Manicrrc, who said it was
true the tea had just been released from bond.
but. notwithstanding that il had thus passed from
The Government officers hands it was st;l in the the
warehouse waiting removal when the hfe tooA
place.
Katherine DeKay Bronson, Of New. York, on build
ing 10000 nspTsSee % oS Ss saoSSv, $1,000. FssS
fss i0s cscsso $1,000 O:.
500 G. D. Larop loss siao ooo & insSranss ns1 soo
SSo ood bSfS RoS.s jesy Cos cScsso loss, siso
600; insurance. s173.ooo: s.ss.s
A. Co Boston, $4,000: w. Z. Peel CO.. IndsnaRons.
sovtbSortS So1 Boston, 5000; z. 5. Conant Co,
Isosson s8 ooo siegfied Brondenstein, San xfan-
aopS lane Aosso CO.. Ssv,Tcri sasoo; p Roone q
oo;f me So $oowin9 is detailed list OF the insur-
ance as far as 0btainaDle nero:
Ka,herne De Kay Bronson, building: Boston UndcF-
writersP s5 500 Connecticut e. 500; Brash-Amencsn-
so 500 Lancashire $500; Commercial Union. sseooi
Aetna e2 500; German American, e. 500 American new.
York 60 500 National g. 500; New'York underwn'efs'
s5o 900. Total. $4,000
Robert Jeffrey Co.. Commercial California, s2sooi
ps.nse "a 500 United States s5.oooi jersey City,
ss oOo Armenia sa 5oo Manufacturers and Merchants
s1 500: Springfield %. 500 Lumbsrmans s2oooi Enser
prise sS 600; State Of Pennyiysna, s2sooi Niasar1
$4,000; Rochester German, slS Providence
tom a. 5Oo Phoenix London, 81, 500; Teutona' new
orleans a. 500; Mercantile. Cleveland. $500; Boston
Underwriters, $1,000; German, Pittsoars. ss,ooo'
Northern $500; New-York Bowery, so'ooi raaoa.''
a. 500; Syndicate. $4,000; City OF Lonaon'
40 900 Kings County 900 Fremens Baltimore GOO
sun California So 500; American. New-Jersey. s2ooos
F1remen,s New-Jersey, e, 500; Union, PhiiaderhA
$4,000 queen. $4,000; Connecticut $500 eermaa
American, $4,000; Norwich Union. sAoooi hesans: e
as ooo Phenx, 5000; Louisiana Underwriters ss'oVo'
London Assurance. $4,000; Pennsylvania. $1,000 Nep
tune $1,000; Liberty. $4,000; American, PhiaoeipaiA
AZ 50o Eagle e. 500 NewYork Fire. $500; PnoeniN,
$4,000: American. $4,000; Williamsburg Oiy, st,Nv.
New.York Equitable, s2.5oo; Heka $4,000; Rocktofd'
$500: Amazon, s5o0o London Assurance. s2'Soo; 0-
tai. s17Sooo. 100 x,.X...s
NJ j. $40 oO0; Newark, o. 500 Virginia $1,000; Orb
ent az 600; SUM- England. $4,000; Delaware, $4,000;
Traders o. 500; Phenix, $4,000; Firemens n. d.
50 500; Hanb Bremen % 0Oo Trans-Auantc' sevo'
Connecticut s2, 500; Phoenix, London so.oooi wese
cheser a. 500 Spring Garden, e. 500 Providence Waan
,no,ou 40 500; City Of London "a 500; Efremens Fund.-
40 500; Fire Association, Phladelpha $4,000; sun,
$4,000; Commercial Union, s11,5Oo; Caifornia' sAoo
Rutgers $4,000 Firemens $4,000 Guardian, England.
Afnn ufaeturp and DulldefG. ".
NJ $4,000 Total s142, 500.
w H. Manierre-Commcrcia Union, $4,000 Manu-
,actuers and Builders So 500 Phenix % 500 So Paul
40 5Oo Rochester German, % 500; Peoples Pistsoug
40 500 southern California $500; Fire Association,
philadelphia 60 500 Phoenix London, ~ 500 Company
Of philadelphia 50 5c0 Springfield e2,oOo; Nagsr.
s25Oo Imperial American 40 eS1ss soo .saa.,s
90 500 London Assurance $500; PennsyvanIa s2sooi
Neptune $500; BOylston, $500; Northwestern ma
tional s5, 600 Prudential, $4,000; total s'o,ooo'
Heliyer & Co.-Norwich Union. $1,000; Lancashire.
AZ 500 Boston Underwriters 81 5oo London and Ian
eashire s12 600; Queen, $1,000; home' hew-Aorks
$4,000; Royal $500; North Amefican <@ooo' sun.
London ss 900 Transatanic e. 500; National Haruoo
az oO0 Rhode Island Underwriters - 5oo London As
suranee e. 500; Pennsylvania. 2.50o Total $4,000.
Otis s. Favor sapoio-Britsh American. siooo Grand
Rapids s1 200. Total. $1,000
Reid Murdoch & Co.-sprinefeh. $500; Lumber. :
mems o. 6O0 Pennsylvania. s25Oo Northwestern Ne
tonal sscoo Total s14.5oo
Falkner & Brown. eroekery--Hambufe Bremen, eS0o0;
Transatlantic So 900; Fidelity. $1,000. Total, $1,000.
O. d. Iathrop & Co.-Norwich Union. ea5500o:
American Boston, %, 600; North River $4,000; Lion.
s1o COO; s. U. and NJ. s5ooo Northern $4,000; Royal.
90 500 Phoenix So 600; California $1,000; Eew-Yctk
Underwriters 5000. Total 100000.
George Upton Boston, sandpaper and snglass-NcrtA.
ern 81 500 Empire. ss.7oo Tossi s4.soo.
W. NJ Thseher & Co., merchandise Commercial Union.
81. 900.
@. c. Marsh co.-Firs Association. Phiisdslphis.
5000. -
wineman, Grain Co., dry goods-Il {. d G.. s<oo0s
Royal sa5o0; Michigan. $1,000 Detroit si.ooo Total.
800.
sIesfried & Brsndenstein. merchandise GUARDIAN
$4,000; L. L. g.. s5,ooo; American. rhiisdelphiss
e. so0 Phenix, 5ooo Sun, London. ss0oo; HAnburs4
Bremen. 90. 500 Total. $4,000.
Munger. Wheeler G Co. Can engine hcuse)-Hsstfcrd.
si260; National s1.25o; Lancashire. si.oo0; Queen
s2 soo L. L. & g.. $4,000; Roysi. 5000; North Amer
can, f.ooo Total $4,000
LFrHoGRAPHING FIRMS STOCK DAsiA9ED
Flames wero discovered 1T q M yesterday ON