The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-04

street, wholesale groceries, destroyed; loss,
estimated at $4,000; insured. Scobe &
Parker, farming implements, damaged; loss,
estimated at $3.000 insured. Hall Brothers
building, occupied by Hall Brothers, whole
sale liquor; American Press Association, r.
G. McElroy, pictures and mirrors; slightly
damaged; loss, 81, ,000 insured. Diamond
National Bank building, corner Fifth av-
enue and Liberty street, scorched; loss, $500;
insured Oakdale Manufacturing Company
Liberty street, windows broken and dam
aged by water; loss, $2 900; insured. Brey
broken and damaged by water; loss, about
$1,000; insured. Harmony Creamery Com
pany, Liberty street, slightly damaged;
street, agricultural Implements; totally de-
stroyed, loss. about $25,0 600; partly insured.
-Four three-story dwelling houses on Penn
avenue, occupied by Hall & Gels, hair dress
ers; Dr. Sykes, DR.. Manchester and Michael
Blondin; the houses were wholly or par
TALLY destroyed; loss, $40 900. Seven freight
cars loaded with meat belonging TO Swift &
Co. OF Chicago, stationed on LIBERTY street;
loss $1,000
The Duquesne Theater. the Surprise
Clothing Company and Simme's store were
on fire several times but We're saved with
small loss. A number of other neighboring
business houses and tenants in various
buildings suffered greater or less Individual
losses, the aggregate of which it is impos-
sible to give at the present time. The fire
burned with great fury until o'clock this
morning before it was finally controlled.
An experienced insurance man to-day
gave it as his opinion that the total loss to
insurance companies would be in the neigh
borhood of 81, 500 900. This he distributed as
follows: Joseph Horne & Co., stock, 500 900;
building, $500, G0O I; c; Jenkins, building,
building, 5000 contents of the same,
$lO0O 900; amount to cover small firms and
individual losses, $50 600. A full list of in
surance carried by all who suffered dam
age is not obtainable. The following is a
list of the insurance of the damaged firms
and individuals in amounts of $1,000 and
over, as far as obtainable:
Joseph Horne & Co.-Stock: Fire Associa-
ton, 5000; Phoenix of Hartford, $500;
Imperial, $500; London and Globe $4,000:
National of Hartford, $5,000 Phoenix of
London, $12,500; Globe, so, 600; Hartford, S1O,-
600; Washington, 5000; Farragut, $1,000; M.
$1,000; Lancashire, $1,000; St Paul So 600;
Colonial Assurance, $4,000; Norwich Union
5000; Royal, $500; Ccottish Alliance, S5 900:
Commercial, $1,000; Union Assurance, 500 OO0
Atlas, $1,000; Victoria, So 900; North German
$1,000; Transatlantic, $1,000; Sum- 50 0OO;
Home, $500; Commercial Union, $1,000
Commercial Union of New York, 5000
American of Pennsylvania, $1,000; Aachen
and Munich, $4,000; Western of Toronto
$500; Pacific, $1,000; Schuylkill, $5, 900; Mag
deburg, $4,000; Northern, 5000 Hanover,
5000; German-American, $500; Lion, IS, ,00O
State of New York, $4,000; Empress, $1,000
Union Assurance, $4,000; Law Union and
Crown, $1,000; Netherlands, $40 600; Phoenix
of Brooklyn, 5000; Manufacturers Lloyds
$1,000; American of New oYrk, $1,000; Meth
erlands, $1,000; Individual Underwriters
$40 600.
Joseph Horne & Co., buiIding-Rooaeste
SISi4IldH, SlO,Uuv, New ttdinpSIlfe, %0,Up0;
London and Globe, $4,000; Continental, $25,-
000 German American, New York, sl2'5
Niagara, 5000; Royal, $4,000; Merchants +,
1000; Peoples, IS, 600; New York Under
writer's, 5000; Providence, of Washington
$1,000 Norwood, $1,000; Queen, 5000
Mutual, $4,000; Aetna, $4,000; Hanover, So
000; Hamburg, of Bremen. $4,000; Palatine
$4,000; Philadelphia Underwriters, $25, ,000
Northern, $1,000; Manchester, $4,000
Orient, 5000; Scottish Union, $4,000; Trad
ers', S. 600; Atlas So 600; Springfield S6 0J0
London Assurance, So 900.
Joseph Horne & Co, fxtures-N. B. and
M, $780, Colonial Mutual $1,000
Horne office building, Penn ave-
nue. and Cecil alley-Liverpool and London
and Globe, $4,000; Aetna, $4,000.
A long list of policies for amounts less
than 5000 will make the insurance loss
on the Horne property equal TO the amount
given above.
Thomas c. Jenkins-Stock Insurance Com
pany OF North America, $1,000 PennsylVa-
$500; National of Hartford, $1,000; Hart
ford, 5000: County of Philadelphia, So 600;
Royal, $1,000; Aetna, $500; Grand Rapids
$1,000. The total on Jenkinss stock will
reach $685. 900. most of the policies being for
amounts of $500 and under.
Thomas c. Jenkins Building-Springfield
$1,000; County of Philadelphia, 5000; Frank
$1,000; Phoenix, $5,000 Commercial Union
$1,000; Home, $1,000; Mutual, Of New York
IS 900. Total, $40 600.
The board of underwriters will meet to-
morrow with the insurance agents repre-
senting the companies interested. and make
efforts toward adjusting the losses The
fire will throw temporarily out of employ
ment about L. 500 people, but both the Horne
and Jenkins establishments expect TO start
in new quarters very soon.