St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-28
LYNN'S GREAT DISASTER.
Insurance Companies Caught for
Nearly 1hrte Millions.

Nearly 1hrre Millions.
LYNN. Mass, Nov. 27.-The early
trains from Boston brought many of the
insurance adjusters. None of them ex-
pressed surprise at the sweeping con-
flagratiOn which had visited the slee
city, as ii had beena common prophecy
among them that city of so many
wooden structures must burn sometime.
The following list of the insurance conl-
panies involved and the amounts cover
full loss, as estimated by the adjusteis.
The amounts are authentic. Several
companies lave not yet reported. and in
some eases there will be slight salvage
but the Insurance below is practically a
total loss:
Citizens of Pennsylvania, $4,000; Granite
stale, $40 D: Home. n. Y, SJ9,0uO; Mer-
chants Rhode Island. S3D,0OU; Union, Cali
foruia. $1,000; Liberty. So ',40O; Anglo
Neva,ia, 81 ,,'ai0; Phoenix, England. S47,-
Washington. $500 D; West Chesier ST. 755 /;
Union, Pa, SIS. rs; Michigan Fire aud Ma
rine. Sl2,0 -: Continental, 81 1000: Cuited
Firemens. S25, 100: Milwaukee, Mich,
SHs.OOU; Glens Falls. $4,000; Pacific
Se.m0;. Jefferson, s4,' 90; Phoenix. New
York, S45,uOO; INSURANCE Company Of North
America, S4S,O0 california. So IN o: Com.
mercial Union, S29, so: Neptune, Sl,Wlu:
manufacturers, $3.50; New York Fire.
Sl,25 +; Greenwich, Sl2.5OO; Citizens, Ohio.
New York Equitable. Si.5.O; North Ameri.
can. $3.50, o: Connecticut, S4j j,62n; Han
over, $4,000; Orient ST. ,6 o: At
lanIic. Rhode Island. $50, loo: Hecla,
8 800; Lynn Mutual. S6,U0O: Franklin, o..
S4.6h0; Eliot, S7,lOO: Firemens, Boston.
So 1000; Queen. $40 o; sc 'trsh Cniun,
S3. .>25; Meriden. $1,000; tnited states,
sos %: Equitable. Rhode Island, $34 o ~;
Northwestern, s7,3 .: Guardian, England,
Sad 10; American, Boston. Sl6,74O; sun,
Sl3.3OO; Lancashire, SI3,7i6; Norwich
Union. $53646; American Pennsyl-
vania, sl7:9sO: Lion; $500: cir.
Ohio, s.s,65U;. Peoples New York. S21-
45': Holyoke Mutual. s. .,5O,: Traders and
Mechanics, $1,000: Merrimac, SIS 20: Et-
ma, S-9,0O0; Niagara, S55,G'O: Germania,
S64."0O: Insurance Company Of State Of
S27,h,O: Insurance Of North America. SiS.!
600; Merchants, New Jersey, SOS, SO ,; New
ark, SAC. O6O; Boylston. Sll .l50; London
and Lancashire, $3.50 ;: Traders, Sl6.65O;
Roval. S30.000: Pennsylvania. $1,000; Ina
perial. SlO,OnO; City of London, Sib.OOn:
Northern. $3.50 o: North British, 500. 90 |;
German-American, S37, %: Liverpool aud
London and Globe. Sl53,GOi: American
Central, $500; Saugus Mutual, $1,000;
total, 81. 4O5O.
Nearly all the leading business men
are waiting only for the bricks to cool,
and specifications for new buildings are
at this writing in order. On the site
the principal business Offices may he
found small wooden structures with
their signs on. The Lynn DAILY Item
was the first to erect its little 7x9 orfice
on the site of its former office, with a
sign daily Item Office, all ready for
business" ;" the manufacturers who
have been burned out will scatter to
surrounding towns and will be some
time in finding shops, so that the de-
mand for stock and machinery will he
gradual. As to the shoe trade, manu-
facturers were making many spring
goods, but were
SHIPPING FROM DAY TO DAY,
so that not very large stock of mama
featured shoes was burned. F. w.
Breed. who lost the largest of his three
factories. says most of the manufacture
ers will rebuild here. and before many
months we shall see the city as prosper
Gus as before the fire. Revised figures
of buildings destroyed so far as now
known: FOrty-two brick buildings. Ii2
wooden stores and factories andl42 dwell
ing houses 1852 families are homeless and
eighty seven shoe-manufacturing estab-
liShmentS are wiped out. At 1920 D. M.
his honor. Mayor Newhall. called to
order meeting ia the mayors room of
those citizens desirous of aiding the suf-
ferers. There were present between
fifty and sixty Of Lynn's most promi.
nent men. Telegrams Offering assist
ance In cash or anything else were re-
ceived frUm mayors of Haverhill, Bos-
ton. Lawrence, BrOcktOn. and from a
number of neighbOring towns. A com
mittee was appointed to go over the
ground and make report of the prob
able loss. the number of people deprived
of employment and the length of time
that would elapse before they could
again get to work. Nine thousand dol
lars was subscribed by nine citizens i'm
sums of 81 ,0OO each. A second list was
then started for those who desired to
subscribe less than 81 900. and the meet
ing adjourned to evening to hear the In
vestigatlng committees report.
BosToNIANs GIVE AID.
BosTON, Nov. PA meeting of eiti-
Zens was held this afternoon. Mayor
Hart presiding, to take action for the
relief of the sufferers blythe Lynn fire.
A relief committee, consisting ofa num-
Der of prominent citizens, was appointed
and $500 subscribed on the spot. Kid
der, Peabody & Co. will act as treasurer
of the fund. A resolutions that the
balance of the Summer street fund.
raised at the time of the explosion OF
Heyer's fireworks factory and amount