New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-27

flames In the tower. and the entire building
seemed threatened with obstruction. The tower
crumbled and fell, and this proved the salvation
Of the building. for the firemen were then able to
fight the heart Of the fire and soon had 1t under
control. although the entire Market-st. front OF
the store was deluged with water and the whole
building was permeated with smoke.
Under the direction OF Chic. Baxter, Of the
FIRE Department: Mayor Warwick ard MI
Ritter. Director Of Public Safety. the firemen did
magnificent work and by noon they succeeded
In obtaining the upper hand OF the flames.
Though the fronts Of the buildings on the east
side Of Thirteenth-st were scorched. the fire
was confined to the block in which it started
Hrsh Brothers building was completely de-
stroyed. and all the other buildings on the Mar
ket-st front. with the exception Of the grocery
store Of Shovel e. Fryer, at Juniper and Mar
ket SITS, went down IN destruction. The sna
stores along ThIrteenth-st.. to Silver-ct shared
the same fate. but the rest OF the block escaped
entire destruction. II was ravaged by the
flames but the losses at that part will not be
total
THE PRINCIPAL LOSSES.
While the fremen struggling with the
fire two alarms came in from other sections OF
the city. and 1t necessary TO withdra"
several engines and send them whence these
alarms came. Fortunately these fires were
small. and the companies were able to return
to the scene of the greatest destruction As
many OF the losers by the fire were tenants. IL
impossible to get the loss OF every one
but the greatest losses. with the amount Oh 'hei'
Insurance. follows ,
Hirsh & Brother. umbrellas: Hanscom brotn-
ers. grocers. and A. w. bennett, restaurant
No 1909 to 1911 Market-st. Buildings total
loss. Loss on building and contents S3oUUo'
The loss to the three tenants and on the building
is fully covered by insurance The building was
owned by the estate Of the late Henry G. Gibson.
No 1919 Maret-st. owned by Henry c. Lea.
and occupied by Blum Brothers. cloak manu-
facturers Loss on building and contents, YOU
O00 fully covered by insurance.
The Dunlap Building. No 1.3H to l.3lO Filbert-
ST.. owned by John Wanar'aker. Loss on puild-
ing. $50 600: insurance. S3).OOO The building was
occupied by numerous tenants. the principa
losers among whom are the Dunlap Pruning
Company. whose loss is covered by ar insurance
Of S(iS 600 the Wilour Printing Company. loss COW
cred by an insurance OF $4,000: the Collins Car
riage Company, loss $4,000. fully covered by
insurance.
John Wanamakers store. Thirteenth and Mar
ket SITS. 100000 loss, mostly By water; covered
by private insurance.
The Joseph Harrison. jr.. estate owns Nos
1901. 1903 1906. 1:3O7 and | ;@23 Market-st,
the rear Of Nos 327 and 1929 Market-st.. the
rear Of Nos 25 and 81 North Juriper-st. and
Nos. g. g. TO- l.. H. IL. Is and 20 North Thr-
feminist. Most Of these were small buildings
and badly damaged. but the loss on them
was pretty we'll covered by insurance. The
buildings were occupied mostly by tenants in
q small line Of business. and most OF them car
ried lines of insurance nearly SUFFICIENT 10 cover
their losses. The losses were distributed among
so many that only an approximate icea or the
total could be gathered. but the greater part Is
covered by insurance. The total loss will prob
ably not exceed 81 100000.