New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-07
THE FIRE RECORD.
BIG BUFFALO ELEVATOR BURNED.
LOSS. s2so.ooo-rHE INSURANCE ON BUILDING
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AND GRAIN.
Buffalo, Nov Cat O'Clock this morning hfo WIS
discovered in the C. J. Wells elevator, at Ohio ana
Indiana sts The flames started In the east tower OF
the elevator from explosion, which was loud enough
to wake up the hundreds of people who live In the
boarding houses and tenements In the vicinity. Inc
boats which lay alongside tho elevator were speedily
tOwed out Of the way and none were damaged. ABOUT
twenty minutes after the started the walls began
to fall On the north were four loaded Lackawanna
freight cars which were buried In the rurs The neat
was intense as to drive the fremen away from the
OhO-st side Of the burning elevator. When IL was
seen that 1t impossible to save the Wells elevator
the main efforts Of the remen were directed to prevent
ing the fire from getting into the big wkcson elevator
The Wells elevator at this time was mass Oh "a"c
within. The tower gone, and the grain hpera'ed
from the bins pouring out Of the lower WINDOWS
and DOORS
The elevator had capacity Of about 100000 bushels
and there were about 100000 bushels In It,
At $40 a. H. the fire had worked its way into the
Of the fourstory malthouse connected with the
Wells: but at A O'Clock 1t was under control Iho
flames were confined to the Wells elevator, which was
entirely destroyed. The total loss Is estima'ed a.
$2jO,OOO of which 100000 is on the building ana
Sl5OOOO on grain. The total insurance on the build
| ing is $4,000. The grain was fully insured.
| full list of the assurances IS as follows:
On the Wells elevator, on the building ana ma
chinery-Commerce, of Albany, 81, 1000; Western, OF
Pttsburg, 81, OOO Hartford of Connecticut, $1,000
Exchange, Of NewYork, $1,000; Phoenix, OF
Brooklyn, 81 OO0 Reliance, of Philadelphia, 81 600
Royal Of England, 81 900; Kings County, Of Brook
yn, 81 O0O weschester. of New York. 81 900; Anglo
Nevada, of California 81 ,OOO Pennsylvania, of Phila
| delphia 81 900; Buffalo German, $500 Insurance
Company of North America 81 O0O Peoples, Of Pitts
burg, 81 OO0 Aetna, Of Hartford, 81 0OO sun Mutual
Of NewOrleans, al 900; Boylston of Boston, 81 900
Mechanics and Traders, OF NewYork, 81 900; the
| Sun NJ Of
81 500; Rutgers, Of NewYork, 81 500; Fire Insur-
ance Company of Philadelphia 81 900; American OF
Boston, 81 900; Liberty Of NewYorK, 81 ,0O0 Cali
| fornia, 81 500; Farmers OF York, Penn, 81 !;
| German, Of Pittsburg, $1,000; RhOenix OF
Hartford, 81 OO0 Neptune, of Boston, $1,000 Concor-
da Of Milwaukee, 81 900; Hamburg Of Bremen for
| eign) $500 Mechanics, Of Philadelphia 81 1000 /;
Sun Mutual, of New-Orleans, 81 500; American, OF
NewYork 81 900; the London, 81 900; North British
and Mercantile 81 900; Imperial OF England, $3.50 (;
Northern. of England, $3.50: Lancashire Of England,
| 81 800: Citizens OF New-York, $1,000; Milwaukee
Mechanics, 81 900; Fire Association Of Philadelphia.
81, 900; German, Of Pittsburg, $1,000 Peoples, OF
Connecticut 81 900; Commercial Union, Of England,
81 900; sun, of England, $1,000; rnan-American,
| of New-York 81, 600; Firemens Fund.- Of California,
81 900; Pacific, Of York. 81 ,O0O Norwich Union,
of England, 81 900; American, Of Pennsyvania 81 900
Empire State OF Rochester, 81 900; Providence Wash
ngton of Rhode Island, 81 O0O Dutchess County, OF
| Wy
Phoenix of England, $1,000; German American, of
New-York $500; Connecticut Of Connecticut, $500
Citizens of Pttsburg 81 900; New Hampshire, 81 900
Prudential Of New-York, 81 900; Hanover, Of New
York. 81 900: Home, OF NewYOrk, 1880; Imperial OF
England, $500; Northern, Of England $500; Spring
Garden of Pennsylvania, $1,000; Springfield, OF New
York. ~, 1000 orient, Of Connecticut, $1,000; Mer-
chants, OF Newark, $1,000; Western, of Toronto,
81 OOO National OF Hartford, 81 900; Connecticut OF
Connecticut 81 900, Transatlantic, OF Germany, $1oOO
Lancashire of England 81 900; st. Paul. of Mime
sofa 81 900; Niagara, Of New-York $500; Elliott, OF
Boston, $500; total, 10000.
All the owners Of the grain Buffalo people Their
losses and assurances arc as follows:
| The American Glucose Company, $4,000 bushels OF
corn insured as follows AngoNevada, 80 500: Ham
burp Bremen Be, O00 Phoenix, OF London, S2,3oO
Mechanics and Traders $1,000; Westminster, Sl'ooo
Walters Seymour, about 1000 bushels of corn in
sured for 81 300 the Detroit Fire and Marine lnsur
bartlett Frazer Co.. about 80 900 bushels Of corn
| insured as follows Imperial, OF London S.'VU
Northern Of London 81 900: North BRITISH ana eief
camille, 81, 500; London Assurance, $@'ooo' oeA
$1S, 500. o ;od IN,
80 600 with smith, Davis Co., In their elevator poo
| Slmons Co. about 10000 bushels OF barley, IN
ured for S21 900 with Smith, Davis d TO- III ter GIG
| vatOr pool. ,..r.-. -,