Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1890 — FLAMES AT NEW ORLEANS. [ARTICLE]

FLAMES AT NEW ORLEANS.

- ’■ T - --r * A Club. House and Its Contents, Destroyed at a Loss of 840,000. At New Orleans fire started at 6 BaronAe Street,- spread rapidly, and inti few minutes the upper floors of the. ;four-story building, situated at the southwest corner of Baronne and Canal streets, occupied by the Chess, Checker and Whist club, was in flames, and the entire building and contents were destroyed. The total loss is estimated at $40,000. The Chess club’s loss will aggregate $15,000, including library, furniture and fixtures. Inez Domecy’s confectionary, on the first floor of 204 Canal Street, was also destroyed. The loss is well covered by insurance.