The Portland daily press., 1889-11-27
THE LATEST NEWS.
VIGOROUS Measures of ReIIef-Some-
thing About the Insurance.

LYNN, Mass, November 27.-Requests
were made on all the towns and cities within
20 miles to have fire apparatus. All the re-
quests met with prompt responses. Salem
sent three engines, Beverly two, Newbury-
port, Swampscott and Peabody. one each ;
Everett, Chelsea and Marblehead, two each /,
Boston five, Worcester, steamer and hose
carriage. There was great sufficiency Of
water. Mayor Newhall says that over 6O00
persons are thrown out of employment and
over 200 families are homeless. The city
will be forced to appeal for assistance.
Clothing is needed Immediately as many oc-
cupants of the tenements burned lost eve ~
thing Mayor Newhall tonight made a re-
QUESTION on Gov. Ames for six companies
ofmilItia to do patrol duty. 1t is probable the
request will be granted.
A special meeting of the city council and
citizens was called by Mayor Newhall in
City Hall at 8 o'clock and was we'll attended.
The mayor appointed the city council COM
mittee on relief. He stated that three school
houses and two churches were open and
warmed for sufferers by fire. The Asso-
| thew Hall. To accommodate poor people
100 mattresses were placed in HeelerS' As
sembly Hail. Offers of relief were received
from the mayors of Haverhill, Salem, W0r-
C6SLtT, OUblS6d anu L bSuuUubu. IN. II. nc
Daily Item is located at the Weekly Trans
script office and will issue in the morning.
AT midnight the glare from the ruins had
somewhat subsided. All the steamers are
playing on the flames.
A large delegation of the state police force
arrived early and did good service. Post
master A. j. Hoitt furnished six letter car
rlers TO do messenger service for the West
ern Union Telegraph Company at its i'm
provished quarters, the regular messenger
hOVS having diSaDDpared
Through one of the agencies of the Girard
Fire Insurance Co. of Philadelphia there is
loss Of $4,000; Firemen's, Dayton, Ohio,
$4,000; Peoples Insurance Co.. New York,
5000; Traders and Mechanics, $1,000; Mer-
Co., tSc."'A AndoVer, a Mass, $500; Lam
cashire Insurance Co., $4,000: Norwich
Union Fire Assurance Co., New York, S54.-
600; Binghamton Insurance Co., $4,000;
Insurance Co., Newark, n; j.. $4,000; Mer,
chants of Newark N; j., So, S0S GOO
Newark, n: j., Fire Insurance Co., $41, 900
London g. Lancashire Fire Insurance Co.,
Mower Bros, shoe manufacturers, esti-
mate their loss at 500, 900; the Lynn Bee at
| $4,000; Lynn Press at $4,000; G. M. Stew
ems, $4,000; f. w. Abergengreen, $4,000;
W. NJ. Cqrrier, $5O,OOo; B. i. Spinney 4 Co.,
$4,000; J. G; Brown. s4o, 900; Arthur Fuller
10000; W.. 3. Cushing & Co.. $4,000;
| c. J. Little & Co., S15,0 900; Joseph N. Smith,
| $4,000; Chas. & ID. S. Buffum, $4,000;
Amos A. Breed, $4,000. Luther johnson &
| Co., $4,000; S. o. Hollis, $4,000; Francis
w. Breed, 1000; Kelly & Murphy, S11 900;
| fuckers cigar store, 5000; Goldthwaite.
states, $4,000; Situs & Buckley, 500, 900; Chas.
| o. Beede, $4,000; w. C. Thomson, $12,OO
John S. Earle. $4,000; J. F. Swain & Co.,
| $4,000; Davis Shoe Company $4,000;
Houghton g. Godfrey, $25OO0; Breed & Bad
| ger, $4,000; c. d, Pecker & Co., So, 600; w
r. Blanchard, $4,000; w. FL. holt, Jr., S13,-
600; Breed & Holder, $4,000; Hoyt Bros.
$4,000; j. N. Pike, $4,000; John P. Wood
bury, S22, 900; K. W. g. c. +. Mower, S32, 900
j. B. Benton, $4,000; Oxford Club. $4,000
Lynn Institution for Savings, $4,000; p. A
| Chase, $4,000; V. K & A. A. Jones, $40, ,0OO
| q. NJ. Howard & Co., $4,000; P. P. Tapley
& Co., $4,000; M. II. Abbott, $4,000; E. FL
Ashcroft, $50,0C0; FL. A. Pevear, 10000
| G. w. Emerson & Co., $4,000; E. E. Elder
$4,000 M. N. Bresnahan, $4,000; Peter
| johnson q Co., $1,000.
At 2 a. m. the Boston and ether out-of
town fire appartus limbered up for home.