Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-01
/. Vacant lot.
2. Bakery damaged by water.

l. Vacant lot.
q BAKERY damaged by water
4ssLankershim fats Roof burned, badly
damaged by water.
s. Norton block. Lodging house upper
stories. Three stores on first floor; two of them
occupied grocery store by Alexander and mat
trass factory by N Landsberg. This building
s. Two.story residence occupied by Mr..
Mancho. Total loss.
IL. Unity church. Total loss
wy. Cottage occupied by R.w. Abbott. Total
8. Two.story residence occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Reinart. Half destroyed
THE LOSSES.
1t was very difficult to get information
in regard to the losses, as most of the
victims of the blaze were away from
home.
The Norton block was three-story
frame building. 1t occupied the south
east corner OF Seventh and Hill streets
and was built during the boom, costing
about $4,000. Two of the stores on
Seventh street in this building were oc-
cupied, one by n. Lansberg's mattress
factory and the other by Alexander's
grocery store. The second and third
stories were occupied by several different
families, and as nearly all of them
were out of the city when the fire broke
out, very little information could be OBJ
tanned in regard to their losses In ad-
dition to Isaac Norton and his family, A.
Feintuch, Mrs. Katz, Mrs. Neubauer
and several others occupied rooms in the
Norton building and lost all their furni-
ture. Very little of the furniture was
insured. Absolutely nothing was saved.
The adjoining cottage on Hill street
was also owned by Mr.. Norton. 1t was
occupied by R. w. Abbott, who lost all
his furniture. There was no insurance
on the furniture.
The two-story frame building next
south of the Abbott cottage, recently
purchased by John Reinart for $1,000,
was partially destroyed. There was an
insurance of $4,000 ON the building. The
best part of the furniture was saved.
There was no insurance on the furniture.
/ Among the occupants of flats in the
Lankershim building were DIR. ]. D.
Seymour, George Montgomery, t. A.
throp and Robert Green. All the furni-
ture and effects were moved from the
Lankershim building, and the only loss
will be from the damage by water, and
loss by moving in and out. The dam
age to the Lankershim building will
probably not exceed $4,000.
The frame residence occupied by Mr..
Mancho, directly opposite the Lanker-
SHIN building, was reported to be
owned by Mr.. De las Casas, but that
gentleman could not be found. The
building and furniture did not exceed
$4,000 in value. U.s.
The house on the south side of Mr..
Reinart's is occupied by f. r. Warner,
but the residence was not damaged even
by water.
THE INSURANCE.
As far as could be learned last evening
the insurance on the buildings was as
follows:
The Lankershim flats were insured
for $4,000, with the Meade & Adams
agency, as follows:
In the British American company,
$4,000; Michigan company, $4,000; st.
Paul German company, $1,000; Sun of
San Francisco, $1,000.
Mr.. Robert Green, who lived in the
flats, had $500 in the Southern Cali
fornia and $400 in the New Zealand.
The two-story residence occupied by
John Reinart was insured for $4,000,
$500 being with the New Zealand.
The Norton block wasinsured with the
Kremer q Campbell agency for $4,000.
The Unity clnrch was insured with
Dobinson & Vetter for 10000, equally
divided among the following companies:
London Assurance company of London;
Imperial, Connecticut and National of
Ireland.
THE TOTAL LOSS.
The entire loss will be about $4,000,
less than half OF which is covered by in
surance. The following estimate will
be found to be nearly correct:
Unity church. ....................$ $25, 900
Isaac Norton .......... ................. 10000
Roomers. Norton block. k.................. 5000
Lankershim building. ......-....i....... 1000
De las Casa ............. ......,......,... 5000
Mr. Abbott. .....,...-.. .,..:............ 200O
Mr. keinart ....,. ..............a... 1000
Stores in the Norton block. ............. 1000
Other losses. ........... -l...-.....<..... iOUO
Total. &. 10000
THE FIRES ORIGIN.
The origin of the fire could not be def
initely ascertained yesterday.
All accounts agree that the first smoke
came from the rear of the Norton block,
and the neighbors said that gasoline
stove which had been located there had
exploded.
Mr. Niles Pease stated that the first
flames seen were in the rear of the Nor
ton block, underneath the staircase