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Show V ALI A 111 K liKCOKDS DKSTItOVF.D. The Loaa to the Western I'nton Company SJjO.OOO. New Yoiiic, July 18 All above tho Bixth floor was destroyed, the lifth and other floors below being soaked with water. Tho battery and storage. rooms occupied the sixth floor, tho operating room the seventh, and the associated press and part of tho bookkeeping department de-partment the eighth. In the ninth were the Wesleru Union files. The associated press loses instruments, type writers, furniture and all its books, papers and reco rds, dating from 18iri, and a valuable valua-ble reference' library. The loss is Irreparable. Irre-parable. All of the material for tho history of tho growth of tho press in America owas contained in letter books and files destroyed r.nd can never bo replaced. The money value is estimated esti-mated at $1.1,0110; no insurance. Hon. Wm. Henry Mir. 1th, general manager, is personally a heavy loser by tho destruction de-struction of raro books and papers, many , of w hich cannot bo duplicated. Among there wero 100 raro pamphlets collected in Kuropo which Smith supposed secure in this fire proof building. Kxtcnsivo correspondence corres-pondence of great valua was also consumed. con-sumed. A survey made of the upper portions found cables and itruniutlo tubes intact in-tact and they will lie soon available for use. General Kekert, vice-president of tho Western Union, is of the opinion tho loss to that company will not much exceed $100,000. He also believes be-lieves they will be able to employ considerable con-siderable of tho force in the main hallways hall-ways in a day or two. Already new switchboards aro ou the way from Philadelphia. Phil-adelphia. Tho associated press will use the executive room on tho lifth floor and such other rooms as can bo had in the neighborhood. The old Baltimore Bal-timore & Ohio Telegraph company's building, 414 Broad street, will be the temporary quarters tho Western Union. A largo force of line men w ero put to work and hundreds of wires will be ready for use tomorrow. |