New-York tribune., 1911-02-02
CLASS Loss HALF MILLION
pio Plates CrumbIe to Powder N
Lower Manhattan Section.
BROKE BROOKLYN WINDOWS
Crash Extends TO ! 4th Street
Losses Fall on Companies in
Insurance Pool.

-...-... -,--rar,es trsurinE plate glass
..-.-s. Yesterday afternoon that the
,. ,-.~, broken s.ass duo 10 the explosion
-...s s,...4 $4,000 This estimate, it vas
...t r,. -.ts ra trn reports received in
... 4-.. -.. hours af-er the acoident and
..-... e. revised sa-e~ 90 stiu larger figures.
..,.... .r r-eakage were being received
....s0..- from far outlying sections. "here
--. s,7..-e5 the force of the explosion
could ror ~ea..
~ w -,rr manager If fne plate glass
s.,s-,mert Or inc New Amsterdam cas-
.,... CONAN. eaid that none Of the com
---ies do.-- plate glass insurance oNSl-
-... won. .. seriously affected nv the &C
.ssrt MS thew were all IN a pool, Wnich
80. ,-.- ra~ated -o sustain prices. but
.viied losses among rhe various companies
~ ,e-..-7--e. So that no one would have
q, -.-r ... -aar- a proportion Of me 'osS
.,sse.-- .. -.- extent Of the damage yes
s-ss- r- .n0 said.
., ...-..,--.-,. estimate of the loss
-..t .. s.uo. hut B think it will prob
...s.-e. within on hour after she accident
-o,a ..af 10 an estimate ~ S5'''o" loss
s-5 a. .r.~ee. v0 .at 81 that time onlF a
.---.s .a.or-. 49,. aro .onstanr.v recelV-
r.h-. .- -4..rror- and messenger fur-
..s- ..- af -.-- broken. and they are
,~.-- . .- sufficient volume 70 give me
-,ssor 4. that r- -ne time all are IN
ts .-. e' come tn more than
-dt'
.1- .. greatest loss ;s In 'ov"r
Manila we have had complaints
r.r..- rom A. far north as iith street
~. . ..... ... . ulm,.~ from BROOKLYN.
$50 ..r .re report from Pierrepont
.,-.. n- s,N lights of glass
.-.. .. r.i.r v.I cost $3.50 10 roe
.s. ... had report or loss also
.-o~ d. St.aus. but we 90 not
.-. -.. ..e extent of damage was
l~-........ ass- tl- explosion I tooN
r.., ..-..-. Maiden Lane and Cort,andt
..-s.. ...- .. t.. <H--l River. and sa"
-a g.. -... e... worth oi glass destroyed
.a --r.. .-. Streets should say that '.e
loss on .,.. Manhattan win ne al least
..br and - rt. take another $1,000" 20
cover t.s loss .r ot.e. parts of the city.
..rfs ..-..r- Gould no, have taken place
r . 1.-- .. -.. ..f- where more damage
would r. been done. o. practically all
-rs -.t I'D owe Manhattan are large
.9rs-a. .- ..... glass. and from The nature
70 .r. s...ar. au tho -lass is total loss.
~.-- r. pm ...sgc The glass crHmpied
's. paper and reu foo the ground almost
nse po,ls- ordinarily We can save some
try ON .....a- av getting g. few small
e1ss r4--s ...~ What is 'ef, ~ large
rs-.
rt.-. mos. --roaeaing explosion We
have had . This ..tr so fa~ a. the damage
o gas .- -.r.a--ea There is nothing We
ran com-s-. -a .t. TIE last .ig explosion
VAS tt-- a. -.r Grand central terminal
as, That hardly forms basis for compari-
'91 a. thor. OH. 'oss was only from So'VD
% E4g' and very little Of To- fell on the
rs1-ar.- ..-uauies Al those who SUI
's-ed v--e .- position 20 make COM
-'siut ac ..r-- -.c Central and the Central
'a.ollzr- -..-. az once made large con-
'-ar and started owe replacing the broken
;ess. V.e0 1e sent up. IN many instances
rs tolra -.. men from the Central less
ran five minute, behind VS. and starting IN
a. once o. replace the glass without asking
uesuor,