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Show LIS! of ii : The Hijr Theater Fire in New York Last Night Swallowed lp $."57.U(M). It Was Six O'clock this Morning Before the Flames Were Under Control . STARTED IN THE SU PES' E00M " Fanny laeiiioit Lost Her F.ii-tire F.ii-tire Wardrobe Valued at . The Loss to the Fifth Avenue Theat;r Was Exactly a Quarter of a Million. HERRMANN'S TOTAL ABOUT $25,000. Careful Investigation Kail, to Confirm the Rumor, of I.lvei Lost The Oth.r l.onn. New York, Jan. 3. A careful estimate esti-mate of the big fire last night places the total loss at $5(17,000, and tho insurance insur-ance more than half that amount. Never in tho history of tho tire department depart-ment were the members called upon to battle with Burh Fierce Flmes. Prof. Hermann says the fire started in tho "supes' "room of the Fifth Avenue theater. Hermann's theater was given up for lost, but it is found that the building is not badly damaged after all. Tlio Greatest Loss was from water, and it will not exceed .-,(I00. A rumor was started that some lives were Oil, but a careful investigation in-vestigation has failed to confirm it. The followiug is a Complete List of the Louse. as estimated by the police: Fifth Avenue theater, owned by Gel-sev Gel-sev estate; total loss. $250,000. Henry C, Miuer, lessee of the building, build-ing, $H(I00. Fanny Davenport, the actress, loses $50,000.' The Gilsey building, owned by Gilsey estate, $100,000. Hermann's theater, $25,000. Sturtevant house, $25,000. In Addition to The.. are a number of smaller losses. It was not until 6 o'clock that the fire was under control. . While no definite information is to bo had as to tho amount of insurance on the burned building, it is said on the authority thhat tho insurance companies compan-ies will not sutler heavily. The insurance insur-ance examiners were not favorably impressed im-pressed with the neighborhood. It is said the Sturtevant house was insured for $200,4)00. A Wont. d Mill Burned. Providence, It. I., Jan. 8. The main building of the Geneva Worsted Mills was bnrned this forenoon; loss estimated $100,000. Insurance $00,000. |
