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Fire at Hannibal

July 5, 1860

A fire at Hannibal, Mo., yesterday morning at 3 o’clock, destroyed property to the amount of $50, 000, upon which there was insurance of $19,000. The principal losers are:

J. Riley, wholesale grocery and liquor store, $20,000—insured $10,000

G. W. Caplinger’s carriage repository, $3,000—insured $2,000

G. P. Ray, druggist, $3,000—fully insured

Robert Buchanan, on the building, $4,000-no insurance

Wm. Shoat, on building, $4,000-fully insured.

The minor losses were not ascertained.