New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-17
THE FIRE RECORD.
THE puNNELL PRINT WORKS BURNED.

THE DJNNELL PRlNI WORho DONA'HD'
LARGE FIRE AT PAwTUCKET. r. I-LosS. sSoo'ooe
TO 500. ooo-THE ASSURANCES.
Providence, r. l., Aug. 16 (SpeciaD.-lhe our''ns
OF the Dunnell Print Works, at Pawtuche'' uns hio'
ing WAS the most disastrous fire that place ever eN
pcricnccd. Three were burned over Due wv
new works. covering about one acre, were sa'cu
Tho loss IS varously estimated at S5oo'ooo u F'oo
600 Eleven calico printing machines, wortf
S35 1000 each were destroyed CAMEO printing I'D
been carried on at Pawtucket since 1885, and the pun
nell Manufacturing Company was formed In 1850
Jacob Dunncll the moving spirit In the corpoid'Ion
mad, large fortune, and when he died. hVe years
ago his stock wa, placed in the hands oil trustees "
continue the business. For ten gears, uhuI aDouu
year ago lie business was said to nave Dech run d.
loss and It was asserted that the location was os"
yantagcous one for the calico printing business n"
during the last twelve months business has beer
profitable. A.,
The works being well insured, there Is fear ina
the rebuilding NAV be at Fall River, Lawrence. o.
some large cothmakng ccntrc me ~
noweyrr declares that tho works VIII be rebuliH a.
pawtuckct at once Dyelng and b!saels a. "a a. "a.
printing ere carried The printing mas Oeen u ~
II late year, exclusively for other hon'es All on'
neal later hunting for the coming slater cen
tfnary celebration destroyed, WIN tne rOI' i.o
which 1t printed. Tho WORKS VIII start Wy "e'''
The entire fire department well as the ye tscr
employed AZ the works. - , .ho mn
Tx huiidlngs except the storehouses and the ma
cbi,,r, are covered with a BLANKET poncy 10
100 900 The companies and amounts are; -
Uoston Manufacturer Mutual. $1,000: ArKWrle.'
go OOD. state Of Providence. $4,000: hlr,Hleil
pr,vicnce $50 600: Rhode Island. S1VOlo; Nof,,e,
sto 900: Black tone. OF Providence cionN, 'i,. .
;,.,,rars' of Providence $4,000. Fall RIVER, 80
ono Niliowners' OF Boston. $4,000 Mechanic. O
proTidnnce S25 900 Merchants. OF Providence -
900: American of Providence $4,000; "hst Chee'
c insurance on the stock held in the buildings an'
owned bV commission houses. is also all IN hIu'Gi
romparies The commission houses owning the goou'
Win the names Of the companies and the amount
of the policies are a follows: o,. r,tor,rsso
5000: American. $4,000. sotohett NILS, los
mail: Enterprise $4,000; American, $1,000
Austin Bates 4 Wellington. loss considerable iosIo
Nanufacturci-,' Mutual 100000 lllOwneis' Mutual
800 900: Worcester Manufacturers Mutual; S9'VDO
COTTON and Woollen Manufacturers Mutual HoooV
o'Jafc A PinkcrS, loss small; Fircnens MUTUAL
~ 300 Mathew Blum & Vaughan, loss small. m,
state Mutual al 900. Mills d Glib. loss small, IN
tcrprlsc Mutual Sl2 900; Aetna Of Hartford $4,000
Palmer Bros loss small Fircmen's Mutual, TiooW
knowles d Cooley. probably no loss state MutIa
400 600 j. II. Lane a CO., loss considerable Nha
Cheer 81 900: Hope. $4,000; state 5000, RI
terprise. $4,000; American. $4,000; Arkwrlgh'
$4,000 Fall River. $1,000. IL. .
In addition to the above exact figures, theie at
certain commission houses with policies In mutua
companic, 70 amounts unknown These commission
houses are j. = Bcrnhcmer Il Bro. y q. Hyde a 20
and L. Splcgclbcrg & sons all Of Ncw-iork. Inc
arc Insured almost equally In heavy amounts by IN
WIat Cheer and Merchants Mutual Companies OF IN
civ II h. not known what the loss suffered by IN
commission houses amounts 10.