The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-09

Thousands of spectators yesterday
viewed the seven dismal and for.
bidding looking wrecks of the build
ings destroyed by Thursdays big fire
on Lackawanna avenue. Throughout
the entire day the avenue was lined
with curious lockers on, who watched
the tiremen maintaining a steady
stream on the smoudering ember5
and endeavoring to clear away the
burning debris.
Chief Zizelmann was on hand during
the greater part of the day. despite
his illness, and superlntended the work.
The flames did not blaze out once,
and only in the Easements of the Hen
wood and Matthews buildings was
there any need of attention. Here the
charred timbers still contained some
vestige of fire. and had 1t not been
for the double stream piled steadily,
there might have been a small out
break.
The block presents an appearance
discouraging and depressing in the ex-
treme, OF the Henwood, Matthews
and Norton buildings, nothing remains
but the mere skeletons. and the bare
walls make a grim memento of the
building but the mere shell has been
left, and the e. Morris building has
been completely gutted.
The Golden and Walsh building es-
capped with the least injury. and S.
Morris place. while not seriously af-
fected by the fire, was damaged to
such an extent by water and smoke
that the entire building will have to
be rcmodelled. 1t will be necessary
for T.. Morris to erect an entirely new
building and in all the other cases,
of course, new structures must so up.
LOSSES BY FIRE.
The complete valuations of the seven
properties, and of the stock carried by
the inmates, as given in yesterdays
Tribune, We're practically correct. The
Honwood building, which was valued
at about $4,000. was insured for $27,-
800. The Matthews building, which,
with the lot, makes a property worth
about $5j,0o0, was alone valued at $17,-
900, and on this $4,000 insurance was
carried.
The Matthews fixtures, valued at
$1,000, were insured for $S,000 and a
$4,000 stock was carried. On this lat
ter there was $4,000 insurance, The
firm has moved into the store at 434
Lackawanna avenue, formerly occu-
pied by Hunt G. Connell, and expect to
he ready for business within Il few
days.
The Norton building, valued at $780,
000 was insured for half this value,
and $4,000 was also carried on the $685.
900 stock. Temporary headquarters
have been established by Mr.. Norton
in part of the National Express COM
pany's Office at 306 Lackawanna ave-
nue..
+. L. Cranes $4,000 building was
about two-thirds insured, and $4,000
was carried on the $4,000 stock. The
Golden & Walsh building, valued at
$4,000, was about insured for all the
loss it sustained. Emanuel Morris
building, estimated to be worth $4,000,
being a practical duplicate Of the
Golden & Walsh building carried
about $1,000 insurance.
S. Morris building was valued at
$1,000, and the necessary repairs to
get the building into any kind of con-
dition will run far over the $500 in
surance carried.
OF the inmates Of the buildings, NJ.
j. Horan's entire stock was consumed.
This ran about $35,0 and a total in
surance of $2S,500 was carried upon It..
b. Moses & Co.'S $4,000 loss was among
the other great damages of the blaze.
The exact amount of their insurance
has not been as yet announced, but it
is understood to be about three-auar
ters of the stock valuation.
HEAVY LOSERS.
The fire insurance companies are
heavy losers by the confiagration, and
it is likely that the amounts to be Maid
out by them will run between $3.50 900
and 100000. The agencies represented
by G. G. Boland q Brother are prob
ably the hardest hit, and those of X.
w. Luce & Son are also big losers.
The latter will have TO pay out over
$4,000, while the Bolands' agencies
will have to expend far more than that
sum.
The agencies of Moore &; Foster,
Hitchcock & Son, Henry Beln & Co.,
the National Fire Insurance company,
and others also suffer extensively from
the big blaze. 1t is not bit unlikely
that the losses sustained by the COM
panies will result in an upward jump
In fire insurance premiums. Said a
prominent central city fire insurance
man yesterday afternoon:
II won't be surprised it these losses.
when figured up, will prove to have
eaten up the entire premiums from the
city proper for the year 1900. OF course,
one can't foresee just what effect the
fire will have on premiums. but 1t may
rpSnlf in a raiee