The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-26

II. C. LibJy & Co. the Heaviest Los
ers, Having Practically No Insur-
ance on Their Plant - Some old
Landmarks of the Town Destroy
ed-Hard and Successful Fight
Made to Save the Court House.
| HASTINGS. Dec. 25.-(staf special)-
| With nearly quarter of the business
portion of the city in ashes and the fire.
men still at work on the ruins left by
| the fire which has cost Hastings 500 900,
| Christmas day passed none too cheer
| fully. Portions Of the ruins are still in
| a blaze, and the fire department will
keep force at work tonight to prevent
another spread Of the fire. The loss will
hardly reach the figures estimated rough
ly in the report of the fire published in
the G / o e this morning. Shaved down
to most conservative point the figures
are estimated as follows
| Total fire loss ......................$10 $100 600
Total insurance ............,....... 26 45O
Itemized fire loss ..................... 967OO
The companies which held insurance
policies or the burned buildings and prop
| erty were at work early today, and have
prepared a carefully itemized statement
of the loss, which, with incidental losses
that are impossible yet to list, will With
out doubt force the loss to the figures
! indicated. With the assistance OF Whit
/ ford & Boynton. the insurance agents
who have suffered the largest losses. the
following statement of the losses and in
surance has been made out:
George w. Morse agricultural irnple-
| ments frame warehouse. Loss, total.
| amounting TO sou; insurance, 1896 on
building. $500 on stock Aetna OF Hart
George w. Morse. two-story brick shop.
! Loss, $l50; insurance, SI,UGJ with North
British and Mercantile, sIG00 with another
GeIrman-American bank, vehicles in
store with G. W. Morse. Loss, $50; IN
| surance S400 with American Central.
j. + Cavanaugh. implement frame
| warehouse. Loss, total, amounting TO 500;
! insurance. 500 III Germania of New York.
j. f. Cavanaugh, frame blacksmith shop
Loss total amounting 70 $lo00; insurance
$500 with Aetna oil Hartford;
| Cavanaugh & Currier, stock Loss, $2,JJ0;
insurance, $500 with London Assurance
! W. r. Mather, four-story stone building
! and frame barn. LUss total, S5UW; agrl-
! cultural implements and living rooms,
! Total loss, Si.GlD; insurance on stock, SlU0
! with Insurance. Company of North Amer
lea ana $3.50 with W llliamsburg House
hold gooos insured for $6W with German 9so1
| of Freeport; building insured for $500
with German OF Freeport.
Moses d. Franklin, frame dwelling and
born. Loss, total, s., 800; Insurance, SLIGO
with North British and Merchantile. No
insurance on contents.
F. L. B0yntOn, dwelling and barn. Loss,
partial, 500; insurance, 81, 400 with North
| western National.
Theodore ShaaI jewelry store and dwell
ling, two-stOry frame. Loss, $25O; lnsur-
ance on building, $500 in American Cen
trail; stock, fixtures. household goods,
loss, $3.50; insurance on household goods,
$500 with the Rockford. insurance on
| stock about $500 in Mutual company.
Mrs. s. j. TruaX, millinery stock and
| frame building. Loss, total, $500; insur-
ance on building, $500 with Lancashirei
| stock loss, 1900; insurance, $500 with
German of Freeport.
Magnus olson gunsmith and frame
building. Loss on building and contents
William Zusek, harness shop. Loss on
! stock, $50; no insurance on stock; built
ing owned by building association. two
story frame Loss 500; insurance, $500 in
/ Milwaukee Fire.
Charles Knocke. tailor. two-story brick,
% by So Loss 81, 800; insurance on build
on stock no Insurance, 500.
W. E. Van Auken. musical instruments,
sewing machines In hnOcke block. Loss,
$780, no insurance.
Frank EngeI, agricultural implements,
two-story brick, AZ by s.. Loss, $S,c9O; in
surance. on building, sl.9Qe stock, loss,
Company of North America
William Thompson, frame dwelling and
! insurance, $3.50 with German of Freeport.
John kle!s. st. Johns hotel, two-story
brick and two-story frame building and
barn Loss. $4,000; insurance on buildings,
$1,000 with Security. Loss on contents of
| same no insurance, $500
Mrs. n. Emerson, twO-story brick
| building Loss, S100; occupied by II. n
Kingston. agricultural implements; in
| surance on building. $500 with Milwau-
kee Mechanics and Aetna: loss on King
| ston stock. $50; insurance on same, s., 800,
placed with Orient $500. and Manchester,
$780,
building. $500; insured for $3S000 with six
teen companies.
r. c. Iibbey & Co Total loss sawmill.
$40, 00G: planning mill. $4,000; offices and
other buildings. $500; lumber. stock and
equipments $35. .000 total, $6S500; no insur
ance except a blanket insurance on stock
for about $1,000.
Total losses itemized ................ -$S6 200
| Total insurance on the burned dis
trlct Zo,40u
Incidental losses not reported les
The cause of the fire is yet unknown.
The