Brooklyn, NY grocery store fire, Jun 1883
LOSSES BY FIRE.
About 9 o'clock last evening fire broke out in the grocery of James Schell, No. 42 Hicks-street, Brooklyn, a three-story frame building, owned by the John Clark estate. Mr. Schell's loss was $500; insured. John Howell, a shoemaker, also on the first floor, had his stock damaged $100. Mrs. Mary Mathers, who lived on the second floor, suffered a loss of $300, and John Hanson, who occupied the top floor, had his furniture damaged to the amount of $500. The building was damaged $1,000; insured. The cause of the fire is unknown. The stock of Mrs. Albright, dealer in fancy goods, in the adjoining building, No. 40, was injured about $100 by water.
The New York Times, New York, NY 4 Jun 1883
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