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Show The Jiew York Fire. New York, 18. The fire last night at North and Church streets will cause, it is said, the suspension of six or eight Bruall insurance companies. iue oioct in which the tire oxurroJ was regarded as valuable, in goods, ttored there, as any Biugle block in tho city. Twelve engines were all the morning morn-ing throwing streams of water on tho ruins of tbe North street fire. Ful- lowing are the insurance?: Ou tho. buildings, $69,000, in twelve com panies; Schuabel Bros., $175,000, in twenty-eight companies; Male & Co. , i $120,000, in twenty-one compauies;' Forstmau & Co., 175,000, in twenty-, four companies; Walkeuehuw & ' Voight, $443,000, in sixty companies; Thomson, Landon & Of., $55,000,1 in twelve companies; Von Vslkeu-burg, Vslkeu-burg, Leavitt & C.',, $402,000, in 103 companies. The losses are still estimated at 44,000,000. Boston bus $176,000 insurance. Iu the insurance insur-ance offices everybody i3 nt work ascertaining to what extent tho com ' pa.uy ia interested in the fire. One of j the presidents remarked: ''If we have a few more fires liko those of this week ycu must expect a panic among tne companies. As it is, I hear a Ci-Uj)!cof companies, heavily interested, inter-ested, are in a very lame way." |