St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-29

lO Central street. mas an Insurance. Oi
Sl50.0N. There are about
TWO HUNDRED FIRMS BURNED OUT
and 100 agents of New York and West
ern firms have had their headquarters
destroyed. 1 he srventy-nine Insurance
companies kn,.wn tO be Interested carry
an aggregate Insurance of s.. 5000 on
the burned property, Other LOSERS. the
amounts of which the risks cannot at
present be aScertained, are London and
Lancaster, Elliot, Atlantic, of ProVi-
dence; First National Hartford.
Long Island, Mutual Erie, of
New York; Commonwealth, Arm
Strnng, Hecla. Reliance, United
Firrmpn's, Lumbermen's. fremont.
Milford Mutual, and Fall River. This
fire. coming as it does Oh top of the great
blaze at Lynn. is a crushing blow to
many of tie smaller companies. and it
is not at all unlikely that it
will cause the suspension of many
of them. Fol Owing Is the
complete list of shoe and leather firms
burned ont: those not otherwise deSig-
mated carrying only samples: c. +.
Aldrich IL Co., Pennington. n. H, 50
Bedford: Appleton Shoe company. Marl-
boro. Columbia: W. F. Barrett q Co.,
Randolph. Columbia; Alpheus Yates.
East Weymouth. Columbia; w. Z.
Bnen Shoe company. n Bedford. ear
r.ed stock Cf goods in store; DuntOn
IL Co.. Columbia. jobbrrs; Copeland u
Hartwell. Brockton. 81 Bedford: john
S. Fife d Co.. Bruckton. South Wey-
| mouth, Mass. Concord and Farmngton.
n. H., II Bedford, carried stock of
| shoes in store; Frank ) Gage, Haver-
hill. 80 Bedford; j. w. Hart x Co.,
Weymouth. 80 Bedford: l.. p.
HaM kins q Co.. Portland. 81
Bedford; Howard 81 Foster. BrocktOn,
80 Bedford: Wierson Il CO., Columbia;
l. n. Keith & Co., ElmwoOd, SO Bedford;
5. Keith u Co. jobbers, II Bedford;
Lynn Boot Il Slipper Co. Columbia;
II. I. Marshall, BrucktOn. 80 Bedford:
AdOiph Meyer Y Co., ~ Bedford. car
red stock in store: George Nichols,
Co., MOrlBur0, Columbia; Perkins IL
Joyce. BrocktOn. Columbia; Joshua ii.
Putnam. Beverly, 80 Bedford; Rogers
d Webber, Lynn, COlunOia; Royce u
Gaff, 50 Bedford, carried stock
of rubber goods and slippers; Stimson.
Stephenson Shoe Manufactury COM
puny. ii Bedford; w. K. NJ. Tenney,
iobbtr. Columbia: l.. w. Tyler, man
ufacturtrS agent. u Bedford: Walker IL
Brown. Worcester, SO Bedford: WOOn-
socket Rubber company, % Bedford.
carried a stock of rubber goods: MyrOn
Woodhury, Beverly. 50 Bedford; boot
and SliOt findings, Brucktun Last COM
pauy, 81 Bedford; Herbert d Rapp Co..
81 Bedford: National Thread company.4l
Kingston; o. q. Patton u Co., Brock
ton. s. Bedford. Shoe manufacturing
tools, Blakely Machine company. Col
umbIa; Duprey and Tuagas.73 Bedford;
Lofts shaving Machine company, | Col
umnia; Shoe Finding Machine company,
l Columbia; Wheeler and Cummings,
Columbia; Woodward IL Wright, l
Columbia.
LEATHER HOUSES.
II. q. Solomon. of Newark, n. j.. car
ripd a large stock of leather in the Shoe
and Leather Exchange, which was
total loss. In the same building, j. ).
Bamett " Bros, of Little Falls. N. T..
carried stock of calf skins. also total
loss. Brown, Durrell q Go. carried
goods in stock to the value of upwards
of SSU0,0 600. and the stock will be a total
loss. insurance Oh this to the amount
of S61S.0O0 WAS distributed as
follows: In foreign companies,
$500. 900; in other companies,
Broadway. 5000; Hccla, S2.5OO; Orient.
5000; tiremen's. Philadelphia. $2,50J;
Mechanics, Philadelphia, $3.50; Amer
lean Central. s3.50O; Niagara, S5.0OO;
Imperial, $500. North River. S2.5JO;
l'henix, New York, S2,5U0; Guardian
of London, $2.5UO; New Hampshire,
1000; Reliance, United Firemen's,
$1,000 each; California, Elliott, Girard,
81 900 each; Niagara, $500; Lumber
mems. $500; Reading, 5000;
Commonwealth. $l,UOJ; German,
s.. 500; Milford Mutual, S1,NU;
and other companies, $1,000. Jordan,
Marsh x Co.'s shirt factory in the Claf-
lin-L Larabee building was insured for
S2J.OUO. The Woonsocke Rubber COM
pany's stock was insured for S50.O00 as
follows: Phoenix, of England, $!.50I;
Merchants, of Newark. $3.50; Northern,
81 5,OUO; Transatlantic, S2,5O0: Anglo
Nevada, S5.UOO; Liverpool. London u
Globe, S2.5OO; New Hampshire, $500;
In Mutual companies, S34, $40 tbalance
not reDUrted.) 5. b. Taylor. importer.
had no insurance. Loss $4,000: Taylor
Brothers, hats and caps, were insured
for S75, 600. loss Sl00.OOO.
GEOGRAPHY OF THE FIRE.
The burned district begins at Column
bia street OH the east and extends two
blocks westward. along Bedford street
to Chauncey stleet OH the west; on
both sides of Bedford street the fire
consumed the entire block bounded by
Bedford, Kingston, Essex and Colum-
bia streets; westward of this the entire
block bounded by Bedford. Kingston
and Chauncey streets and Rowe place.
and westward of this the buildings
on Chauncey street from Bedford to
Exeter place. 1t also badly damaged
the building On the southeast corner of
Bedford and Columbia streets. North
of Bedford street it consumed the build
ingS OH both the northeast and north
west corners of BeufOrd and Kingston
streets. and DANA ed the block at the
Corner OF Bedford and Chauncey. The
total loss, according to the latest con-
ServatIve estimates, will reach 81. .000, 900.
The street playing the most promi-
nent part in the fire was Bedford, from
the Harrison avenue eXtentlOn east
ward across Chauncey, Kingston and
Columbia streets, almost to the junction
of Summer and Lincoln. 1t was near
the latter point that the fire started.
Working its way west. Following is a
summary of
THE WORK OF DESTRUCTION
on this street: Bedford street, south
side, Nos. q 10 81, owned by Frederick
l.. Ames and Helen A. Ames. slight
damage by smoke and water; Wilson.
Larabee u Co., dry goods, Insurance
S45u. 900, damage by water; Morse, Will
iams q Co.. Barnes, Hutchinson d
Pierce, Floyd Bros. u Co.. j II. Lane Il
Co., Continental Mills, George Frost u
Co., underwear. Insurance $4,000;
Nos. 80 to 50, owned 10y w. Il. Allen.
insurance, sl5U,UOO. damage mainly by
water and smoke Farley, Harvey 4
/ Co.. dry goods, damage by water; o. n.
Sampson Il Co, w. Ii. SOule & Co, Nos.
So. So and 81, owned by Fred l.. and
Helen Ames. all destroyed; No. 50,
George L. Quinn Il Co., oyeralls, stock
valued at S67,JOO, insured for S4,OOO,
total loss; Walker, Stelson q Sawyer,
collars and shirts, stock valued at $780,
| OUO, insured for S160.0JO; No. 59'
Taylor Bros, clothiers, loss s1OO,-
0OO, insurance $1,000; Nos. I'll
to 81, New England Shoe and
Leather association building, owned by
Eben ID. Jordan and tile Charles Marsh
heirs. totally destroyed; Brown, Durrell
& Co, small wares, loss SSOO.OOO, in
surance s678,0OO; New England Shoe
and Leather association. loss 5000:
WoOnSOcket Rubber company, loss
| SInO NM. Wiprsnn A, Co ShneS S10 NM.