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Tous les autres exemplaires originaux sont film6s en commenpant par la premidre page qui comporte une empreinte d'impression ou d'illustration et en terminant par la dernidre page qui comporte une telle empreinte. Un des symboles suivants apparaitra sur la dernidre image de cheque microfiche, selon le cas: le symbols — »- signifie "A SUIVRE", le symbols V signifie "FIN". Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre filmds d des taux de reduction diff^rents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul cliche, il est film6 d partir de Tangle sup6rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images ndcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 4 5 6 *'^-**«'«*&S£ili^fel: t.^^m^i^la;im^&Si^6^^-^>--'>-^-^-^^'^' /?<; • > ■'• • /■-■ ■ ■> PR,IOE J3S OEISTTS. "-y^.-f. -, pssgf^^fo^ THE DOOMED CITY! V*3 R During an Appalling Ordeal! ,:^'»V # THE CONFLAGRATIONS IN THE WEST, SOUTH AND NORTH DIVISIONS. Graphic Sketches from the Scene of the Disaster. Enterprising Y^ung M^^ ShouM know ,l,a CMunltlo.- ..f Bu.il>«l.. Men .ppolnUd .t Six ««*• "^ •■••"• Fair* ic. d..i.-rn.lne tho mcrlU of competing In.tltullon., have Invariably .Tvarded Diplomas ...d Fir.» fromlum. to the niaytaew Bu.luesa CoU.g. of D.trolt, for the b«.t .y-tem of Book-keepluir and Bu.ln... Practice. OfflcUl repon «y: "They an. admirably adapted for preparing young n>en » accountant, and for bu.lue.^ BrvMt 4 Hiratton College., ..IvertUlng that they u«e tb« >' Nayhew Sy.tem. of BMlneM Study ««« Practice," m it l« "muck more eyatematlc and complete than any hentofore In u.e." Vrepa™ for bu«lne»., and wcce.. U your.. ALONZO ROLFE, CARRIAGE And Harness Repository, Urgest in the State. Defying Competition in Prices. F. L. SEITZ & CO., gi Gri^dd St.,_SeUz^lock, 'DET'ROIT. ] mmsi amn m mm. «i mam nm umm. j AT UODEEATB EATBa f C. SCHULENBURG, Billiard Table ]VIanufkaurer i WITH BBLAMBYS PATENT STSSL ^IBB CUSB10N8, | GHAI.l.EN«ft:! I ""' P'-"^ •?JJ'J" ?*^i'„'^S'te"?t^hrCriuVhU^^^^ | „« a^BlUlard Table Manufacturer n America 1. wHHngti^^^^ ^^^ ^ ^ B Table, iiwln.1 mine. n« to »«'f""S'iSl^neVB of CuSllion-, he venturinj a like l Durability, Correctneee and J"»e»"*"J • be tested by 7 Committee o! Impar | Siount on the' declnlon. J he ^•'''f?»,''1^?""Vo convince th^^ of the .uperiority of I Z ¥i1,i::";S.rCu'^,^U ^fuAtr^^To-'^lSSt Vw^nner .hall^Upo-. of tb. money wo. by giving !• for .omo oharliable purpo.«. ng Me" t«d at Six State and Vnlan B Invariably awarded Dlplamas ■ Callege of Datrolt, (or the ractlce. Official reporv aay: a accouutanti und for bualuett." ibu ''IHaybicw System •! cli more ■ystematic and busineiM, and suceeii In your*. 1AVHEW, Prealdent, liETROIT, MICH. LFE, IITORY, Competition in Prices. & CO., St 'A 'LET'ROIT. ED PAPER DISCOUNTED. £S. t JURG, [anufafturer t\S& CUSBIOKS, ,d> of any l*»V°'''^}>^\FV^ ^^^k -- Ins to teat the meriU of hl» BUHaro 'orfcmanelilp and Style, and » (• f CuSmone, he venturin* a Uka % M be tested by a Committee of Impart | ince thTpubnio of the auperiorlty of f Iner ahall dUpoM of the money won rho 'uurr '4 ■^ I J J r^ TT u U.. J .; \X- E! The atiove Mi Cuurr House. t.,. , 8. "Tribi It t<^ such bulU L nWBMSM© ^^mi TWm TSMM. Ti,., i,„,.n M«ii wliii'Vi hiiB been piiiiraved with much caro, and l^, ^■^ l.:^^^^^^ cLrr'Tco^r olflrV. U: Si";S"omee?the •' Time. " OOlee the Tremont. Bn««., and otl.er hotel. 1 ■; l '..• ll • l i^^' -*•"-' -■'""--■ ■ THE DOOMED CITY. CHICAGO DURING AN APPALLING ORDEAL. THE FIRE DEMOH'S CARNIVAL. The Conflagrations in West, South and North Divisions. GRAPHIC SKETCHES FROM THE SCENE OF THE DISASTER. Prepared and Written by a Journalist. D ET RO IT : Published riv the Michigan^ News Company, 1871. \ I W. K. TUUIS, rRINTKB, 81 Woodwwd Ave. DlTBOIT. J t ii i I rtl iii ti i rij i i Iti ifci i lifi i r i i i f-iiiW i W \ *■ tl I S T O R Y I ( GEEAT FIRE H CHICAGO. GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRIBLE EVENT. SCBWKJSt, IIVOII>KIVTS, ETC. " OstT a (Ire In the West Division." This was the reply to anxious etKinirors or ppiliaps disinterestml curiosity-seek- ers, as a bright light burst upon the horizon ami illumined the district »ituat«d between the southern bend of Chicago River and Jellierson Street. Only a fire on the West Side— and despite tlie eflforts of firemen, despite tho genius of human skill and mechanism— lour raagnillcent blocks— magnificent by reason of the wealth, industry and enterprise they represented— were rediiced to ashes, only tliree or four structures remaining on the entire area. Vinegar Works, Planing Mills, Box Factories, Lumber Yards, Wagon Works— all were swept like paper from roof to foundation, and fully $500,000 sacrificed. Amongst the heavy losers were Messrs. Lull and Holmes, Oweigle, Sheriff & Sons, Chapin & Son, Pitts- burg, Fort Wayne*& Chicago Railway Co., Wilmington Coal Co., Boltzer & Co. On Jefferson Street a row of tenement houses were consumed, together with the chattels and personal property of dwellers therein, who narroely escaped with their lives. while an unfortunate lady, Mrs. Margaret Hadley, was so blinded and smothered that she fell upon her face in the hall of her residence, and naught save a calcined, charred and ghastly skeleton remained to identify the ill-fated victim. But it was only one life, ouly a loss of a few buildings, only a loss of half a. million dollars. The Insurance Companies were responsible, were sound ; let the merry bells ring instead of the loud Are alarms ; let the gloom of an hour be cleared before the glowing progress of a prosperous people. It « III&TORY OF THE ; IL ton hours the Western conflasration was fovgolton ; in ten hours a rich, enlor- prising, pleasure-lovin- poo,.le wore sketching out their plans for Sunday aranse- mentrrecreation, and devotional exercises; the fashion of the city, tlie poor of the city, thousands gathered under the roofs of magnificent churclies, ^Inci. in the short space of a few liours were to fall before the resistless advance of Ih- Are fiend; thou- sands entered their ofllces and finished some neglected task; thousands yisited pleasure resorts or listened to the Orchestrion's jangled music, in a northern saloon; ihousands promenaded the parks or visited their friends and arranged future specu- lative transactions; whilst in the evening Turner Ilall-lhe great German Sacred Concert establishment-was packed with jubilant humanity. Then the Western Light Guard Band struck up an exquisite selection from the opera. What cared the gay mr^ses for the howling of the wind or the mournful warning of the night before ; let the poor feel,-let the rich enjoy themsolves-proceed with the music, pass around tlic glorious Ithnn Wdn, and drown the hurricane's roar without, by strains of music morl exquisite and fascinating than the famed breathings of the .Eolian harp. But there is an alarm of fire; the door keepar looks out; the manager runs down to listen; still the light is west-; miles away in fact-and the answer to en- quiries is:-" O.ily a lire in the West Division." "Only a fire in the West Division" »s re-echoed throughout the vast assemblage -and the music proceeds. But the din grows louder.:-the bolls ring out a heart-rending peal-; the sky is radiaut-and the people quietly ret're from their Sunday evening amusements. At the Sherman, Tre- mont, Briggs, Talmer and other hotels, successful speculators, bold operators, inter- ested' tourrts are calmly discussing various .luestions more directly concerning them- gelves-when the " clang, clang, clang," of the belh' arouses them. " Where is the fire 1 " " Oh. way up in the West Division, I think," answers the porter. ■ But the bells almost speak-there is something deathly, awful, supernatural in their wild appeal. The streets are crowded with anxious faces, running to the scene of disaster-running to meet the foe so rapidly advancing upon their fortunes- families and liomes. God knows, if a veil could close out the black spot upon the memory of those who witnessed these awful scenes which followed, humanity would kneel submissively and crave the boon ; heads which never before bowed would sink in Christian humility ; voices wliich never spoke save to curse their Croator-woakl beraised to thank Him for his great goodness! ... - ^ . ' '., " Clang, clang, clang ! "—and through streets, across squares, clown every possible •thoroughfaro iumdreds of excited people rushed ; from the north-west section they came lo assist the firemen and sullerers ; from the river towards the west dense masses of people thronged, wildly screaming fire, fire, /re-whilst the south-west wind-blowing a perfect hurricane-hurled clouds of dust and other refuse into the eyes of the exdted, yelling racing crowd. The roar and hiss of the flre after it had fairly started is indescribable; it seemed as though a large pent-up power had sud- denly sundered the shackles which bound it and revengefully burst upon its victims. On the corner of De Koven and Jefferson streets, the scene paralyzed description: the i. in ten houfs a rich, enlor- plans for Sunday aranse- f the city, tlie poor of the mrclies, \Ylii(;ii in the short nee of tliM fire fiend ; thou- I task; thounands Yisited uslc, in a northern saloon ; md arranged future specu- -llie great German Sacred '. Then the Western Light ipera. Wliat cared the gay ng of the night before ; let ith the music, pass around ■ithout, by strains of music )f the .Eolian harp. ks out; the manager runs ct — and tliR answer to en- ire in tli« West Division" is sic proceedH. But the din tlie sky is radiant— and the its. At the Slierman, Tre- itors, bold operators, inter- 3 directly concernhig tliem- iises tliem. " Wliere is the rers the porter. ' thly, awful, supernatural in faces, running to the scene sing upon their fortunes — Lit the black spot upon the 1 followed, humanity would ir before bowed would sink :urae their Creator— would " n iquares, down every possible the noith-west section they er towards the west dense _/tre— whilst tlie south-west 'it and other lefuse into the 1 hiss of the fire after it had fge pent-up power had sud- fully burst upon its victims, le paralyzed description: the GREAT FIRE IN CHICAGO. five had spread with the wind and darted off with the rapidity of lightning ; in fact tr^ legitimately its progress would be an impossibility. In hai an hour two olOockB of Are spread a ghastly radiance between Jetrerson and C nton s.ree h oth The firemen-bruised, exhausted and over worked, tore do.n bu d-n^. a^ eCe.l to head off the fire to the norU.-but in vain; shrinking mult.tu es, the vrtnlof temporary lunacy, wild with afright and excitement, closed together an^ :: ent to loud lamentations; they cursed and Jostled each other, knocked one To her down, trampled over females in their mad anxiety, when ,ho flames w.th lec I rapidi y, sp 'l on in their work of mad destruction. Building after bu du,g, t^2 blod. followed in au^ck succession; Taylor, Far.uar, Polk and Lwn,, ! rel -ve soon in flames, whilst hundreds of unfo, tunate.s, s.icv.flcmg property nd ea tX p«..essions_vacated the districts; many of these were Gennans, a ,ew rrad others of foreign nationality. One unfortunate woman on Polk street wa. to an r a he up ,er window of a bia.ing building and wildly display a ch.ld, :::: :;:^, l— to a mother. i»stinct_she would not part wiU. U. Ts res of her heart, both perishing together. Another woman, issued from a bu.1.1- ; Ling at the top of her voice, tearing her hair and calling on God to curs !lk 1 her others, happily a majority, were collected calm and res.gned ; wh.ls t Latin., t ey ga.ed on the magnificent buildings which boUlly fronted t.,e Are, as 1 gh t dispute its passage ; there they felt con.ident, the conflagrat.on must cease Cease -scarce had this carnival of the tire fiend commenced; tb,s was but as advanced lines of skirmishers to p.epare the road for complete desolat.on, o;,e column of fire held its way alor.g Clinton and Canal street, the other along thnton and Jefferson-moving north-west with a sullen, angry roar. Fh. and wmd coal- esced-a bond of unity see«.ed established, and man stood abashed m the presence of the terrible progress accomplished. ..My God, the fire has broken out in the South,- was neard fom the hps of a cU- .en and sure enough «.:hile the blanched and weary toilers, with bloody hands, burned faces and many with torn garments, had been checking the progress on the west Side, a suggestive light appeared in the vicinity of the Gas Works, between Adams and Monroe, and Wells and Market streets. Imn.cdiately there was a stam- pede in that direction, though the atmosphere by tins time was stiflling; the heat, dust wind, burning cinders and scorching ground was almost unbearable ; it was maddening. A myriad of burning cinders had been hurled over one-flfth of a m> le. impregnating a wooden tenement situated as above described, and m an 3n..aut, w. h the rapidity of breath, the structure was wrapped from roof to foundation m a seeth- ing blanket of flame ! The fire crackled and roared, leaping with demomac exulta- tion from roof to roof ; buildings apparently uninjured suddenly steamed, smoked and in a moment flames darted from beneath the eaves, grappled with the wmdows, em- braced the girders, and with a parting roar, sped on to other quarters. Tins w-as before one o'clock Monday morning, and as the flames leaped toward th« miserable, grovelling district, popularly known as ■' Connollys Patch ;" that portion of the flra 1 8 HISTORY OF THE between Cliutou and Canal streets, in the Wast Division, was miking rapid liaad-vay, quickly eiigiilpliing the lumbar yards, tenement houses, and buildings on Van Burea street, whilst the extreme western branch had reached West Harrison Htreet, border- ing the scene of the previous night'n calamity. Suddenly anothsr cry of alarm was hoard, and each heart sank as a bright light appeared in the vicinity of Adams' street, and engin3s, (iremeu and voluntears dashed toward the scene, " Connolly's patch '' was now blazing with intense fury, dozens of unfortunates ran out in almost a nude condition ; struggling females, crying children, groaning nun, rushed in dozens from the flre-feediag shanties; but njt all — many •were unable to escape, being perfectly hemmed In. A poor man who got out with his hair almost singed to the skull, raised his hands above his head and cried piteously for his child. '■ Slie's in the back room — my God, my Qod — 3ave poor Anne, my poor child !" but it was an entire impossibility, and as the roof fell in, and millioiist of sparks sprung fiom -he grave of the child, the unfortunate man fell prostrate on the ground. Tiie madden»d sea of flams broke like waves over the devoted settlement ; it darted in fiery arrows, or rolled like a blazing cylinder, then suddenly burst into shafts wh'.c'ii cut with the seething precision of a reaper at his work ; a perfect para- pet Olf Are blocked many in their dwellings ; one man rushed forward and was silently Orawn down to his long home ; ethers madly screamed for lielj) — but the barrier was impassable and fully eight or ten perished in the space of as many seconds — some with curses, come with prayers upon their lips. In the neighborhood of LaSalle street, Monroe, Clark and Diarborn streets, very little anxiety was felt concerning buildings iu these neighborhoods. Pew dreamed that the exquisite creations of genius, the hand- some, massive mirb'e structures which had comprised the wealth, the hope, the pride of the msrcantile community, would prove but pasteboarii objtaclss in checking the ad- vancing flames. Whilst this flre was in progress, a junction of the western branch was rapidly approaching — by way of JefFarsoa street towards the VanBuren street bridge and Mirket street ; but the intensest interest was created on the south line of Monroe street and running along Wells and Market street. On Monroe street, the stables of J. V. Farwell & Co., and the American Union Express Company, were next attackied. The shivering horses nestled closely together; they neighed .'ith fear and stood tremblingly eyeing the advancing death fiend ; very few escaped ; not more perhaps than eight or ten out of a hundred powerful animals. It was a fearful sight; but man was suffering still greater afflictions. On — on to Wells street— the poor again attacked and poverty — in such a case — the sure courier of ruin and death — clung to its little store until the scorching cohorts drove it from what had ever been its strong- hold. Old ra3n and wom3n, stout, stalwart men and little children, all alike quailed before the m.irch of this terrible enemy. Sick and maimad, decrepit and crippled, many fell by the way and were speedily lapped up by tongues of flame only too ready for prey. And the fireman— aoble, reckless, Spartaudike in thoir effjrts — no praise, DO eulogy would do them justice ; they worked with the defiant energy of men who would assert their manhood and discharge their duties even at the tacriflce o{:lifa ; » GREAT FIUE IN ClIICAQO. s miking rapid headivay, I buildings on Van Biiran t Harrison street, border- irt sank as a bright light 1311 and volunteard dashed ith intense fury, dozens of ? females, crying children, ■uties ; but not all — many man who got out with his s head and cried piteously loJ — aave poor Anne, my oof fell in, and millioiis of man fell prostrate on the T the devoted settlement ; . then suddenly burst into his work ; a perfect para- d forward and was silently lielj) — but the barrier was many seconds — some with orhood of LaSalle street, elt concerning buildings iu itions of genius, the haud- lalth, the hope, the pride of itaclos in checking the ad- of the waotern branch was le VanBuren street bridge a the south line of Monroe anroe street, the stables of ipany, were next attackied. ;hed .'ith fear and stood scaped ; not more perhaps It was a fearful sight; but ills street— the poor agaia ruia and death — clung to t had erer been its strong- children, all alike quailed id, decrepit and crippled, es of flame only too ready 1 their effjrts — no praise, efiant energy of men who en at the tacrifice of : life ; darting throuah windows whilst dense smoke and lava-like rivers of lire streamed from the roofs ; scaling the summits of blazing edifices— God know*, had it been pr>isil)l« to subdue the wild onset of the flames, these men would hive aohieviid a victory. But Providence had otherwise ordained — the extraordinary powers and perseverance of these noble fellows was an imperishable monument in the record of manhood's heroism. And now the Southern Division was alive to the threatened danger. The managers of the Sherman, Tremont, Briggs and other hotels, hastily warned their guests— and in these immense buildings scenes took place beggaring description. Guests rushed from their rooms forgetting money, papers, clothes and other property ; Bickly women were conveyed to the first flat; porters stumbled over trunks and trunks fell upon guests ; some fell down the stairways, others attempted to pack their possessions; but such a state of trepidation were they in that many abandoned the attempt and dashed into the streets. The flames steadily advanced towards the north branch of the river— crossing Maddison and rolling their ravaging columns down La Salle street— rapidly approach- ing the Pacific Hotel, and there another voice made known the fact that the fire had sprung across the river at Van Buren street— and was working southward. That Division was doomed, and strong men wept upon the shoulders of their friends as they were warned to seek safety in flight. Many dashed towards the North Division- having little confidence in the west ; some went south — others stood to see the reward of a life's labor swept away in the space of a few minutes. This new branch which had thus partially deserted the West Division became a powerful adjunct to that whieh was working north and east, and what the first fire which visited " Connolly's Patch" had loft, the new arrival swept before it — working toward La Salle street ; and here the united demons— impelled by a furious wind, strengthened by the unison of force, sped on in their mad career, flames forming a perfect canopy of lurid sheets which passed like an archway over the streets, roaring, crackling and gurgling with almost human signiflcance ; they seemed to vie with each other in the work of de- struction. Suddenly t*iere was a frightful explosion ; in some parts of the city a per- fect shock as of an earthquake was experienced — the Gas retorts had exploded, and quickly following this the Qovernm»nt Store House and some barrels of gunpowder in a gunsmith's shop ign-ted — creating a perfect panic — whiUt many fiends m human shape, in order to carry on their thieving and plundering operations, announced that certain bnildings were about to be blown up with gunpowder, thus creating a wild confusion, causing many to be trampled under foot and seriously injured. Up to 2:80 A. M., no fear for the North Division was seriously felt, for the hissing monster sprang upon and clung to his prey in the South Division, whilst a wail went up as the Lake- side Publishing House and the grand Pacific Hotel were attacked. The Pacific Hotel was nearly completed — the site being a solid block of land having four distinct fronts on Quincy, Jackson, Clark and La Salle streets. The general style of archi- tecture -as observable on the exterior was Italian, presenting the general eflfect of broad spaces and bold, sweeping outlines. The principal fronts and returns were ex- 10 HISTORY OF TIIK r quisilely wroufclit in th« olive tinted sandstone of Ohio, from the Anllier^t .luarries, .nd presenting a continuous cut stone front of over 750 feet, rising ninety-six feet from, sidewalk to cornice-and six full stones above a splendid basement. The total height of the walls was 104 feet from the pavement. Ad.lod to these, thero was a magmfl- cent display of architecture on the upper floors. The attack made by the Are on this edidce was watched with considerable inlerest-the announcement having been made that it was flre-proof. Thousands o.f feet of lumber, however, were stacked within, and this rapidly ignited, and in a few minutes the stately building was wrapped in flames All the walls and partitions above thesohd stone foundation were bricked to the second floor and the interior divisions carried with brick to the tops of the building. The exterior walls were twenty-four inches thick to the first story, thence twenty inches thick to the fourth story, thence sixteen inches the remaining two stories. A system of iron girders entirely encircled the building, lesling on brick walls, these girders carrying the main partitions and supporting the bricking in of the partitions on each floor, thus constructed to prevent Are running from one side of the buildinu to Uie other, through the joists. Qentlemen of great intelligence and experience had pronounced the main portions of the racific impervious to the action of Are; Dut the mad flames the roaring sea of fire which dashed through and enveloped this grand triumph of architecture, melted the very stones with which it came in contact and hurled the stately piles to instantaneous deslruclion-and with it over half a million dollars The hotel was not yet opened, and was owned by a large company. At this point the city appeared like a boiling cauldron; viewed from any point there was a weird, impressive grandeur. In the west fire was still raging-thousands of tons of soft and chestnut coal transformed the scene into that of a volcanic erupt- ion • in the north-east huge fires and fiames darting upwards, illumined the Northern Division while in the Southern Division the cries of escaping refugees, the screams of injured 'beings, the roar of the lire and the shock of falling ruins, called to mind Yiistoric descriptions of the days of Pompeii and Ilerculaneum. At the magnificent fire proof building of the Tribunk Office, many gathered to witness the fire from an emi- nence-one of the editors thus graphically describing the awful grandeur of the scene:— ■■< ' ' ■"«■ ' "^ " The si"ht from the windows of the Trihvre Building was one the like of which few have ever seen. At fifteen minutes to 1 o'clock the view was like this : To the south-we^t rose a cloud of black smoke, which, colored with the lurid glare of the ■ flames which caused it, presented a remarkable picture, Due west another column of fire and smoke arose, while the north was lighted with the flying cinders and des ruct- ive brands In ten minutes more the whole horizon to the west, as far as could be seen from the windows, was a fiery cloud, with flames leaping up along the whole line, ust showing their heads and subsiding from view like tongues of snakes Five min- utes more wrought a change. Peal after peal sounded from the Court House bell. The fire was ou LaSalle street, had swept north, and the Chamber of Commerce began to belch forth smoke and flame from windows and ventilators. The east wing of the CHEAT FIRE IN CHlCAaO. 11 "rora llie Atuller^t (iuanieM, Bt, lisiug ninety-six feet from basement. The total beiglit these, thero was a magnill- acli made by the (Ira on this nncement having been made ivever, were stacked within, y building was wrapped in iimdation were bricked to the . to the tops of the building. ic first story, thence twenty e remainins? two stories. A lesting on brick walls, these bricking in of the partitions om one side of the building elligence and experience had to the action of lire; But the ;h and enveloped this grand ,hich it came in contact and id with it over half a million by a large company, ildron ; viewed from any point re was still raging — thousands into that of a volcanic erupt- ivards, illumined the Northern iping refugees, the screams of ' falling ruins, called to mind tieum. At the magnificent fire I witness the fire from an emi- g the awful grandeur of the Ing was one the like of which le view was like this : To the red with the lurid glare of the Due west another column of ;he flying cinders and destruct- ,0 the west, as far as could be japing up along the whole line, tongues of snakes. Five min- ed from the Court House bell, e Chamber of Commerce began lilators. The east wing of tha Court House was alii-ht ; thei> the west wing, the tower wai< hhyM^u <;n the Sou.h Side and at 2 o'clo.k iho wliole l.uiUling was in a sheet of fiam. The Clumber ot Connnerce burned with a bright steady 11 ano. The s,n..ke in front gn-w -lenser lor a minute or two, and then, bursting into a bla/o from Monroe to Madis«n streets, p>.>- clai.i.ed that Farewell Hall and the buildings north and south .of it were on lire. At lOnnnntes past 2 o'clock the Court Hou^e tower was a ylorioiis sight. It sto.id a clowin.' almost dazzliuL.. trellis-work, around which was wrapped a sl<.et-a w:nd..m sheet-of flame. At a .piarter past two, tlm tower fell, and in two mim.tes u.ore a crash announced the fall of the building. Tl,e windows of the ollice wore hoi, and the names "ave a light almost dazzling in Us intensity. U became evident that the whole block from Clark to Dearborn, and from Monroe to Madison must sio ; that the block f,om A[adis.,n to Washington must follow; Portland Block was abla/.e, while every- thin" from Clark to D.arborn on Washington street was on fire. At 2:P,0 the fire wa.s half "way down Madison street; the wind blewfa Inn.icane; the fire brands were hurled alon- the ground with incredible force auainst everything that stood n. the,r wnv Then"the flames shot up in the rear of Reynold's Block, and then the 2V//.««. Buildin- seemed doomed. An otrort was n>ade to save the files, and other valuables, which were moved into tho composing room, but the building stood like a r.,ck, hi-shed on two sides by raging waves of flan.e, and it was abandoned. It was a fire p.^oot building and there were ont a few who e.xhocted to .see it stand the .shock. The areatesi possible anxiety was felt for it, as it was the koy to the whole block, mdud- L. M-Vickor's Theatre, and protecting State street, and Wabash ajid Midiigan ave- nues north of Madison street. When the walls of Reynolds' Block fell, an.l Cobb's Buildinc^ was no more, the pro.spccts of its standing were good. Sc-v.r.al persons went „p stairs a..d found it cool and ploasant.-quite a refreshing haven from the Inirru.ane of smoke, dust and cinders that a.^ailed tho eyes." ' Now tlie fire seemed to fasten upon the stately rows of marhlo and stone on La Salle Clark, Dearborn, and the southern end of State street, running east, and sur,.- ina through lanes and avenues, skipping, leaping from building to building^ w,!h ravenous i^pidity. W. K. Nixon's buildina, Republic Life Insurance Con'.p.-^ny'-s buildin.,Boones Clock, Andrews' I'.lock, on the oast side of LaSalle street, and Brvan-r Block, Otis' building, Miller & Drew's i,>surance buildin., Oriental huMuvr, Mercantile building of D. S. Smith & Co., Union National Bank building, on the west side of La Salle, were smoking ; then south again, towards the lake, the llond sped on unmolc^ted; buildings were blown up, but the flames cast firebrands for bloc.s nhead the first intimation of Arc being a burst of smoke from the caves and wmdows; i,„n sl'uuters were torn open or draw,> apart, metal fron, the roofs poured a flood ot Hcorchin. fluid to the earth, whilst tin was pulled np and cast in coils frou> its resting place Westward on Washington street a terrifying sea of fire existed, the Nichol- son pavement-althongh resisting the fire to a very great extent-was obliged to succumb blading under the feet of fleeing nndtitnd.s, many of whom cursed the.r lives and indulged in the utmost profanity. Massive stone melted under the mad em- braces of the heat ; it chipped ofl in blocks, cracked into fragments and shrunk fronx r- 1: IIISTOIIV OF TIIK t til" ri'lrnn-yiiu fl^ivl ; ;nin nivl the fruits of liN iiKluslrious in^onui'y 'vppp .ilikc lietp- 1"<M. Wliilit ili.> w«Ht'»:Ti si'le nf tlm S mtli D:vi,<ioii wi-* biiminT 1iu,m pieces of flrsl tirali'';- \v"-f (ust finvrl toviils Rmlalph straH, anl oran bifjre many ot Uie l>'iilrliir,'s 1)11 LiSilIc, D-'ai". irn aivl o'Iit stmsts wrR on fl:'e, the O.iurt House and 8<>vpral sliMU'turps wr-rc ooinninnein^ to blaze, iiius dividing the iirnranii and nrovpntin? anything like a p^rfeot concpntraMon of the scoie of steam engiiins at work. Opposite the tirniicl the trrsit Cuvt House loJim^d in torrlble srandnur. Rjinovel to a grpfil degrra from tb- surraun liiQ; ilrfl, thoss in antiiority hesitated to allow the ]);-iso'i3rs uo-r^i-, ins I it.t;<r yellel in fury, priyed. l)p',f«p(;!ie 1 for clpmsncy, charity, anything that could soften the hearts of th<;ir guard -i, and at last, when siuf)ke issued from the roof, tlir^y wpre discharged, two persons guilty of murder being placed in custody and li»ld by tlie police. Tlien the groat b -11 of this splendid edifice seemed to speak ; it sent, lortli ilie wildest alarm which had yet been heard; even as the Are smothered the cup„'.'., "real harsh, mournful sounds were nearu from it — " Ci.AN(j"— " Clano"— " Olano." T!iis mirlced the pro-Jnct and th? daT.;er,— and psiple shuddered as volumes of smoke passed through the windows of this stately edince, and great Rhaftg of flame and myriads of trembling cinders were caught by the wind and liurlea as messengers of ruin towards adjacent structures. Many people sought refuge in the LaSalle Street Tunnel, carrying books, trunks and papers with them. But dense columns of , .«moke passing north and south warned the fleeing niassas ; immense blocks of stone, falling with the quickness of lightning from the buildings, cut huge masses from the stoning of the tunnel, and tore away parts of the iron railing as though it were thread; to add to the misery of the nnfortur.ates, thieve.s prowiea jaround, stealing property, friglitening women, and indulging in the lowe.it description ot Diauic- guardism. In fact, some quietly entered back premises and fitted suits of clothes, liats, boots and vests— displaying a refined nicety in selecting their costumes not often observable. The fiends should have been handcuffed one after another. It WIS Just previous to this that th- Gas Works exploded, and when the fire crossed Monroe street, several voice cried: " The fire has reached the Qw House— run, run for your liyes! " • A frightfully confused seens followii ; curses and profanity, shrieks of fear nd p.aia, were ca^t from white lips and pass'^d upon ths wings of the hurricane. Ilsre stoo 1 a mother with her tender child pressad closelv to her bosom, the little darllng'pouting its innocent lips and pressing its face to the only 'aoart|il, knew. " Take the child away'l " almi-it yelled the father, who w.as acting as though perfectly insann— 'MIv U>d do you w.ant to ba destroyed ! Run, run for your life ! " And he siezei th'' cinging, startled woinan by the arm, forcing her towards Clark street. On State Street, Field, Leiter & Co.. had engines employed flooding the palatial building which they occupied, and many firmly believed that the structure would be saved ; meanwhile hundreds of thousands of dollars in goods were remored, and a US ingonuHy wore .ilikp lielp- biirninj; hu:^^ pieces of Aral III oron bifjre many ot Uie n fli'p, the O.iuvt House and nu liifi iirornnii and nrovpntin? earn Piigiiips at work, torrib'e iraudfttir. R^imvel thority liMitatod to allow the ^"cliel for clPiTiincy, charity, id at last, when smr)ke issued ilty of murder brajng placed of this splendid edifice seemed been heard ; even as the Are ere nearu from it — paiple shuddarod as volumes ince, and great Miaftg of flame vind and liurlea as messengers ioujht refuge in the LaSalle them. But dense columns of !3s ; immense blocks of stone, ings, cut huge masses from iron railing as though it were eves prowiea jaround, stealing lowest description ot DiacK- ies and fitted suits of clothes, acting their costumes not often ne after another, exploded, and when the fire • your lives!" ■• profanity, shrieks of f«ar nd igs of the hurricane, closelv to her bosom, the little 38 to the only lioartjit knew. fvas acting as though perfectly Lun, run for your life ! " And ing her towards Clark street, sraployed flooding the palatial I that the structure would be ^ goods were removed, and a GRKAT FIUK 1\ CIIICAfJO. 18 ttysteniilic nrrangement of forces instituted. Then on the corner of State and Kandolph streets volunteers and others mounted thn roof of Ross & Gossage's building, riikins; their very livHS in attempts to cliop away tlip cornicps, whicli tlipy Huoceeded in doing, Uih nmltituds below cheering enthusiastically. But the labor availed little, for speedily the immense block was wrapped in fiery garb, and crumbled into ashes before the enemy's attack. It was heartrending to hear women calling lor their children ; they would seize a bystander by the arm, and between hysterical sobbings and shiverings anxiously implore aid in seeking the missing loved ones ; 80 startled were the horses that at times they would break loose from their fetters and dash madly into the ruins of the fire — whilst tame pigeons — crossing the line of fire — wore suddenly paralized by the heat and added their little carcases to appease the wrath of this devastating monster. Back towards the central portion of Wabash avenue frightful scenes had oocurred — scenes too solemn, too striking to |)ermit of any perfect daseription. In many places naught could be seen save jagged remains of buildings, and angles ])ointed their scarred edges to the sky ; very few buildings stood ; the Post Oflise almost dared the sea ttf lire to engnlph it; with a roar as of the waves of ocean hurling their mighty power against a rock-bound coast — the 'flames darted fpr their prey ; they rolled beneath the cornice^, hissed and gurgled as they found light prey amid the boxes and drawers and i)apers; the revelry of paademoaium seemed to be rivalled in this earthly region, where the flre king held sway and passed the fl.it of dastruction upon this doomed city. Uj) to Wabash avenue the crowd was immense — thousands of poor houseless wretches, driven from their homes, had sought refuge in this district ; but shortly af- ter 4 o'clock the cry cama — '■ Fire spreading up the avenue !" and immediately there ensued a state of excitement beyond parallel. The flre was behind them — the vast prairie of palatial residences was as straw in ^liccking the flames; dense clouds of smoke rolled above, whilst cinders, burning and igniting everything with which they «ame in contact, found resting places in many a happy home which was soon U^ be desolated. " Oh, sir, I have lost mv mother." ' She was a child of nearly thirteen, who spoke, whilst her sobs told what suffer- ings the little one was enduring ; dressed in fashionable apparel, with a light, " t loud " npon her head— it seemed a crime that rough fellows should push, jostle and frighten her ; " her mother !" perhaps the tie had been severed in this world, and we placed the poor little soul under charge of a friendly policeman, who, no doubt, did his ut- most to restore her to her relatives. Now came a struggle for the pavement; thous- ands rushing south mat thousands pressing northward ; women were crushed and fainted in the collision ; blasphemy, imprecations, drunken jokes and other orgies in- dicative o ' degradation, were indulged in. The rich jewels of a pampered beauty, or reigning belle, did not preserve her from contact with those of meaner origin or mean- er position ; both had hearts, feelings — both suflfered and both were subdued. One lady ran about with several chains passed over her neck, her fingers covered witk / ' HISTORY OF THE , u ul.llsi n.K.lher nmnifeBte.! that the ruling pnsHion was strong even In death- ':r^^^^^^ -"«.. a '■ Barato,a- U.n.n.U the ..et., the fl.rne. capture.! T , ulLl with itH renuniscencoH of fascinating flirtations nn.l waler.ng-place U.e valuable t-'^-t ' ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^_^^.^^^^^_^^^^ ,^^,^, ^.^^ ^^^^^, .,, „, i„..„,„es, and the - •"- ,,,noso,.hical n.ood ; she rcn,arl.ed to him :- ^:::;:"::: :;: "o ;;;:o,.ci.a\o.ni«M;. .. ... ..t ,,. wo.d-c..sh.s o had been n,no.ni.ic.ently fitted n,., over ^70,000 havin, been spent npon r; e 1 i X con,ploted and approved on Saturday ni.hf. it wa« to have Lt: o^-'lhy TheLre Ti.o.as with his Orchestra ou that Monday even.ng ^"'Mtlelv:::' ^n, fifteen or thirty .inn.s an explosion could he heard ; ho„.s \ 1 Only two en.Mnes were in this section, and these were powerless ..ere h own t p. ^ ^^J^; „,, ,^,,, .^yond Adan.s, Jac.son and Van • ...thout wate, ^^'''ll''^ I a determined etlort was made at Ha^-ison n:rtr;" rC^hl^c. between caress, Harrison, Btate and X a 1 a^ certain prey for the .lames, e.lbrt was concentrated on the l,ne of Wabash a^en ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^.^^^^^^ b„,,a. .,, ..h„..h .ts d n.er ^^^^^ ^^.^^ ^^_^^^^ ^^^^^ ^,_^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^_ ^„, ,„ , •'":"'T:: ' he Iw U remain! The eflectofthis was seen in a nroment, and niriv checked, at least as far as the hi.h-reaching flames were con- Z: ^^^rC !^ 1^-. ,.st mentioned, and the church which occupied cerned. »«' ^-" ,. .^^,,^ ^,„,,,„ ^ns was a dangerous heap, and "^TZ : I tm " hich reduced the .ext hou.e; but not until af^er H had so :::::::;:;;: names as to senously endanger the Wabash avenue Method.t ^''""■?' , . n>an's in.enuily b.llled the devastating fire flend ; by the skillful re- Ufl I s t ch was saved and here the n.st check proved successful , ,,K.val .of biuKlmgs tne i,u-:ldings being saved. ■ , r lh?S..,lU Dlvl.i« «.™.1>..1 ft.™ "tave ir.„*.» .met .o,.i™.l nHEAT KIRK 1\ CItFCAliO. 15 ng even in death — the flumes captured niid wateriiig-place idy was towt id the remarked to hira : — her woid— Croshy's in;; been spent upon ght ; it wan to have at Monday evening lid be heard ; homes lese were powevlefsa i\s, Jackson and Van 'as made at lla'-'-'son , Harrison, State and :itraled on the line of was a wooden build- efore blown up. Ad- lie same fate, and in a ieon in a moment, and •hinf; flames were con- uni'h which occupied I dangerous heap, and not until after it had so t)ash avenue Methodist id ; by the skillful re- >ck proved successful ; bu'idings being paved. ?t and No. 330 'WabaBh >en the fire which even clock the position was rrison street northward lad been reached by the y before it. All hoped l-_whith Vad been de- iiiet, in the east the Are ccomplished. :sh ; it lifts huge boards stB and eddies and scal- Cers tons of dust over all pedestriaiiH, bliiidH the workmen, biiads thosf wjio are re- treating, blinds tiiH unforlmmte homoh'ss child and tho heart broken iiiollior — and Qod know8, the world would bo a more uliaritable, more kindly disposed could all in it have witnessed the miseries of Monday, the Otli day of October 1871. '■ The Ure has started tti^iiin in the SDUlhern Diviiiion." This was the announce- nienl which nearly maddened tlw distracted poimlaoe — for now the norlli was rapidly being destroyed — deaths were occurring every hour; iionest men were being pillaged by thieving e.\i)ress men, hack drivers and rascally carriers — ; people were tiretl, hungry, sleepy — and yet nothing could he procured to meot the demands of nature. '■ Uon't cry motlim-, don't cry," were words heard thousands of tims.s that night passing from the lips of a child who felt the oouvulsive spasms pressed into her own liands and knew well the awful anguish which alllicted the one who nourished, loved and would protect her, even by sacrilking hor life. But sconos such as tlieae had occurred too often to excite emotion now. The wind increased ; livid coals were eaught up and hurled upon the wooden structures across the street, and in a moment the tiro had gained a foothold, and swept on once more to the northward and eastward. All that had been left untouch- ed between Jackson and Madison streets, and between Dearbon street and the lake shore, wis now doomed, and as the fury of the flrst hurricane of wind subsided, there came almost a lull, so that the lire began to work southward and westward. Solemn and serious a task as it is to chronicle the misfortunes of a wealthy city by Are, itisadoubly melancholy duly to speak of Dbatii, and to record His work of silent destruction. People dashed from wagons and killed, horses burned to cinders, women rushing for succor, with their clothes in flames. Men in dangorous positions leaping forty and even sixty feet, to be dashed to pieces on the pavement below. The Tri- llin* reporter witnessed an intensely exciting leap from Speed's Clock, on Dearborn street, by which a man met sudden death under tlie following circumstances : While Madison street south of boarborn, and the west side of Dearborn were all abla/.e, the spectators saw the lurid light appear in the rear windows of Speed's Block. Pre- sently a man, who had apparently taken tima to dress himself leisurely, appeared on the extension built up to the .second story of two of the stores. He cooly looked down the thiry feet between him an I Iho groun 1, while the excited crowd Ur.st cried jump, and then some of them more considerately looked for a ladder. A long plank was presently found and answered the same as a ladder, and was placed at once against the building, down which the man soon after slid. But while these prepara- tions were going on, there suddenly appeared another man at a fourth story window of the building below, which had no projection, but was (lush fr jm the top to the ground — four stories and a basement. His escape by the stairway was evidently cut off, and he looked desirairingly down the fifty feet between him and the ground. The crowd gathered frantically at the sight, for it was only a choice of death before him — by fire or being crushed to death by the fall. Senseless cries of jump ! jump! went — — i^mr r »a<lw»^r'<BM-*a; ti 10 lllSTtillY 111" TIIK ,,„„ ,„. ao«d-H.n.e!.•^»lml lull ..r m .npa.hy, t..r .h. .vy wnn .l.M.lu.ely u«onl- .ins T1..M. f..r a ..ii..«le ..r l«., he .li.api.eMnl, ,.e>l,o,,s .v.m> l^^s, UU it. .eeu.e.l *.> ,;.„„ a nn,« tluU .l,e M.pp.^Mtion «a. tlmlhe ,,acl .all..,, .u.I.-chU.I «iil, ,l,e , .noVe and ,...l l!ul m., Ue arvea.H H^niu. Flr.l l>e Ihn.WH out a be.l. ll-.n ^c-e l.e.l-.lo.he.. „,,,.au..,tly •. .) y, ,...l.a..:T ev.n l.edo.s „.„, kn... A.ain lu- 1. oUs .lovu ,l,e ,lea . L. wall .!• niiy ..H bel.w hi.... Then he ...ount. ... .1..- >v;n.l.,w.Mli. Hi. ^v b-.l. „„„. „,,,,.,„H, .,uk.nl ... the Khirl, ami bin wbi.e hmbn gUan. n«ai„sl tho -la^k ^all .» „ .. b.i.hl Hub. a« 1... s>M.,u. hanself b«U,- lb. «i.,clow. 8.,n,«h.,vs_b.,w ......e .an tell-be .lr..r» ami ca.c h..,s ,„,.... .he l..,.s .,f lb. wi,.d.,w« bel..>v him. Ho m...,. and a,„,.sr.„ain.an.Uei>,...be.n....-vi,b bis l,.,mN. and bin .leam.ng b.,.ly ..n-'e n...re .uuigh...ns and ban«s ,,.o,.e do.n.a.-l, and th.... .IropH in.lantly and accuralely u,...n a,e windo^v.^ill ol .h. .hi.d K....y. A ^boul, ,....e .,f jcy .ban applauM., ,.,.s n, .r.,m ,„ebr.a.hl.s.c..,wd,and vh..e .ho bad .u.nod a.ay .heir heads, noV b..«..n«lo ,.,ol- u,.,n bin. as b. se. n,. d uh.,nl to .1...,. U, snd.len and .e.tain death, ulan.ed up .ahimu..emo,e.i-ba .ay o. h.„,e at this da„n. and sKiU.« .ea.. In.otbis^.u- ,lowb.-m,,ttolo,.k, i,.ol,ably,.or a Mai.>s.,y, but H^ea-ed a^ain pesenlly, lor ,e,e only .as the only avenu., o. escare, .les,,e,alo and b.^eles^ an il >^■aH 0«ce u.ore be dropped his body, ha.,.in, by bis hands. Ibe cowd sc.eawd and .aved to hi.u to swin« biu.sell over the projection fr.u. vvbicb lt.e o.her n.an bad jns beeu ,escued H« tried I., .lo this, and vibrated lik« a pemlulun. )■.,... side to sm e, but ..ould uot reach far onouoh -to throw Imnself upon its u.of. The,, he hung by o„e hand an.l looked down ; visin,- the other hand, be look a fresh hold and Bwung from Hide to M.le once n,..re to reach .be roof. In vain ; a.aiu be bang n...t,onless by one Land, and slowly turned bis bead over his sbouhU-r and .a.ed into the abysa below ,,,„ Then, .atberinu bim.elf up, be let ,o bis bol.l, an.l lor a second a uleam of wbiiesbotclownUdn...ty)eet.o.hebaHn..nt. Ofcou.se i. killed him. He ^a» taken to a d. ug store near by, and died in ten minutes. When tbe Ross building near Slate and Vasbingt.n, streets fell, a man with a vvaiion- occupied by himself and four others-reached the base of the edifice just as the walls fell; th.^y live vve.c crushed to atoms and .emained beneath the tomb which covered them. One of them saw the ruins topple and uttered an exclan.at.on- ,,„t was unable to escape. One of the IVilme reporters, wandering on the ^or,h Side discovered, in .be rear cellar of the dwelling next east of the T.stor.cal Society-B building, the cbarred trunk of a buman body, lying amid ruins ol many .ine bottles ar.d .be apparatus of a water-closet. There was mucb roas.ed flesh Mill clinging to the spine, but no clue to tbe identity, or even the sex of U.e vrct.m, was obtainable. The hou.e had been occupied by a Gern.an-lhe keeper of the Ilistorhal Building-but the body may bave been that of some person who had stravedinu. (apparently) tbe upper chambers ..f his bouse, probably in pursu.t of • plunder. Two men were also fou..d in the neighborhood of a livery stable near the raciflc Hotel, burned and charred so ah to render recognition an imposs.b.hty ; only GREAT FIRE IN CIIICAao, .liMiliiicly iiuoni- li\it it Keeliietl «o ill ilip 1 iiiiiUf ami •eiyo lie(l-(lollie», « <lc'Wii llip (lead, Hill. IliM whole ilio (l«ik vtall in , — ii(,\v iKiiie fan 1, lie McdlJH Bllli 5 liody <'inp mine il BCtuintely upon iu»*, y<i«'H I'l' 'fon* Is, not, Iji'Hiina to Ipatli, Kluiiieil up ul. liitolhiH iviu- aiii i.ieK'iitly, lor us il WBM. Ouce enined ami waved iiBii liad just 1)eeii 1 side to si<le, but leii lie liiiUB by one Id and swung from I motionless by one ilo the abyss below second a gleam of lied him. He wa» s fell, a man with a 3 of the edifice just d beneath the tomb ed an exclamation — leiing on the North it of the IMstorical amid rnins of many much roasted flesh le sex of tJie victim, —the keeper of the me person who had irobably in pursuit of livery stable near the n impossibility ; only a part of tlioir legs and trowKers lenmined to establUh the liict that they wero huniPtt heingH. Mr. Muichoad perifhtd in the huildinu tif lit \hinn, Hunter & lu, whilst, etideiivoriiiK to snvp hdiks; he li-ll li;uk >nu)tliei( il. Ui.e Wull was iiasnd lo deatli at 95 West Ilniii^son slieetj wliii^i a diui.kcn tiiun, ciKUuvorliB to cii.ss ihti htibe ball s'ound, wa.-. also dtstioyed. gix Lin. wtic \\(,ikii:i: t,n il.e v.,ii.ii vl Cluik iii.n Mait;soii streets, top o! J. 1), thnmbus stoic, ai,d wl.m the l;ie lai-yht the lower part of the building weie uiiuble to get .lovsn, ai.d Kniully i.i.i.hie lo isiape to ailjoiiiliig buildiii|-s. Tl.cy loll U.k ii;^h the r».«.l and weie totally consumed, alter utteriig heart ici.diig shiiil.; I A viUiantii State strut was i.i.ubie totsiujie liom her room I she acted .liaiititally, slapping ut tlie nnn.ts, scui.m n^ at U ciowd, iluncing, siiigin;; and hcidim her l.iLd with both hui.iU , tl.tn witli a hi i.ntii,^, despairing shriek she succumbed to the flie ai.d .-mike. Ikr son did ui! in his power lo save her, but the solid, iccthii.y (he datu'd towaids I.;m,.ai.d rooted with disltacl- iiig (lertfiiess; the fire held i.i.tu mn-tlrd nii.sttiy oxer tie pK.ple; their liuie < lloiu were— so to speak— mocked and jteied at as he Imped Horn bu.Idii^u to building twisted his rmistarips ll:!ou',h(ail a bicik, and hiiiii J lor nilKs aioiiiid huye mi..sse8 of filed timber; the wiiad il.i:it;e<l li((;uiiitiy, but the missu.n ol de.H.latioii hud to be accimplished, ai.J man had lo succumb to llie sway of this maddennd eU meni. Shiny of the dead wero gathered togothor and conveyed to the Wesi iJidu; some were Muothered-tome had their skulls fiatlui.d, some hml l.-eii burned to d>'ath— but all wi-re victims of llic terrible ciihiiiiity. Ere turning attention to the Xorili Side it may not be out of place to enumerate a few of the [ironiineiil blocks and UuildiiiKs leveled loasiiesin llio Soullierii Division. Of course there weie hundied,-) of olhor edilices, represeiii'ua millions of dollars which are omitted: City National Bank, Illinois Savings' Institution, Western fire aud Marine, Telegidph Odice, Chajiiber of Oommeice, Merchants' Insurance Block, A^ivA Insurance Block, Fiisl Methodist Church, St. Jlaiy's (Catholic), iMist I'lesln terian, Second rresbyterian, Trinity (Eiiiscopal), Si. I'aul's (Universnlist), SwedenbuiRiaii Church, Wabash Avenue Meihodist (pauially). Birch Block, Palmer Block, Michigan Southern Dejiot, Academy of Design, Chicago Academy of Music, Bryant & Siratton's Commercial College, Jcwhh Sjnagogiie, l'h,.eni.\ Club lluu;e, Muyo Block, Drtke- Farewell Block, Trihuuc Block, Join ml and Tmik Ollices, Oflices of the iW, Mail uuASUuitH ZciluHi/, lieyuUican Ollice, Lombard Block, Slurgess Block, Faiewtll Hall, Morrison Block Arcade Building, Stoiies Block, Armoiy, Ilublaid Bloik, ChiUeudcn Building, Boot & Cudj's, Lyou & Ikalj 's, Bmith & Mx.u.s, Kimbulls, Baucrs & iMolter's Music store, Metropolitan Hall and Music Hall. The lisi, of course, includes only a very few ol the busii ess blocks of the Koutli Division, but such as pn minently occur to us in ucull'rf; il.eloimer coiidllion ol these once bii.Ny streets. Terrance Block, Michigan Cenlial Depot, Adams '.louse, lUassasoil House, City Hotel, Meliopo- lilan Hotel, Tremont House, St. Jame's HoLel, Palmer House, Pa.ulic Hotel, Bigelow Hou.se, Sherman House, Matteson House, Nevada Hotel, Brifea's House, Court House, II mSTdllY OK TllK ,U. Work. Cro.bv> r,,..,a H , M.-Vi..Wo,'. Th.-.tre, HooLy'. Opera "-*";■ J^";*'; OiiHWorKM.iro. y i , ui,...w Ilnm.rrt Dlo.-W, Poitl OIHce and P.ml Of. us- au,l Farm«rV «»vln«. Loan and TruH, na.l«e,-. Bank, etc., ct... cU.„ «l... 0„n„u th. vav,„« „r Iho flr«, IIIIIh atlenti.m wan cxciUul by tl.« occurrence of ac^ .,ae,! a ll,;ouna«a, .ck, <..ri,..le.l-a,. ...I .• take care of tU-.-seWeB a^d ^: Z. ..narea. of n.n, wo... an. Cildren ..,. U.-ir last .oep an.ld tUe nstips of this iiwful ei.nllauration. Whilst the ,o,aU.we. an. ..uU...ru action, were s.no,.Uh,ri.. nj;"^^ ^^ ,.f .„n,..ion was .h. ...rth ..l. .h- U,. .n.kin. rapi.l ,.ro«ro. -«; '^^-^'^^ .,nd an.l n.-chir,. Ur,.h .^..i. Th. .u-ul«e here wa« crowded w.th people ,va« at one... l..r„ed to pr..v,M.t the flam-n making further headway. r;;,:!:;; aware ..f it. po.or the hre attacked the hrid.e. drove ^^^^^^^J „., wiUllv iMlo the water and many inf. sufloeation. The warehouse, lumiu. yard :::;^:i:p,ani.mi„s .. -^^j^:::z::::::z::::^zz: ,Uis,lrethanby re,yh.s upon the evidence of ropoUers fron. the Ch.cago p,e«s " rr::r:.^;r;::,..e.ivin.near.e„i^ricai..^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ontario .reet, h..een ,>.ar.H.rn and Cark. of ^";-;^- J^" ^ ^.r m there Old Colonel Slou- and hm wite, Mi. a.id Mks. a. u ,,,• Preer „U,ers who were in there shaved the same fate, bew.lde.ed b> the u ue , : «,., .,«,. .ay outof abuihlin, with which they were ^'^^^^^^J;^^, ,,„ up the cellar Htair« and went into the readmg-roon. on the ground I lUvAM, Wood'i c« and PoHl Of. N Nilii'iial, Oer- Thlrd Nalioiial, Ilk of C'oiiunorce, m' National, Mor- tc, otc, etc. occurrence of ac- • tlicniselves, and jt dlesp aniid lUe niinti, llio centre d by anorlli-v/ent itii peoplB and it re many Into leap- ise, liinil)or yards, around wore soon hoiulbroken crowd if the spreading of a Chicago pre8»— aciely nuildiug on Iter ruin wliii;h the V sou'^lil Hheller in ll:ininial)le maU-.vial. il Society, William ainly sought refuge lieii- daughters, Mrs. .il p>M>i)lo, Dr. Freer property helonging lliohard's place, and of a tiuuk, and Mrs. I, for the 8lairs, lead- tone Huftbcated and, r that nearly all the le fumes, and unahle ainted. Mr. Oockran ho ground floor, and (JIIKAT FlKl, IN (•|nC.4IJ0. 10 Ihencc hurriml up into the library mom. At ihut 'Inn- there did iKrI, sfem to he any KymptoniM of lire in the roof. Then, «oin« down stai' • aauin into the lecture «nd pamphlet rooiri, he Haw the llamen rushing up Ht»lr», and maile hii exit m hurriedly ax poHMililo. Nothing wan iiavod from the building, not even the Emancipation Pro- clamation, and it Ih now nn utter and hopelens wreck. At Chicago avenue. It wan 10 o'clock when the lire got to Chicago avenue, ami all down Clark and Wcllii »treetri was In a state of terrible excitement. The lire had crossed the river at aiiolher point, or, rallier, the flying sparks had Met lire up near Ontario .street. Kncouragod by the abitence of policemen, the roughs along on Kln/.ie street broke into the saloons there, and began seizing and drinking the llijuor. Many others, at the very moment when.they most needed all the solf-posseslon they liad, worried iheniHelves, and, in many caseH, were surrounded by the llanies and stifled by the smoke. Some were found lying on the sidewalk, and, since no one any particular attention to them, they met their fate there. Some women, and tlielr children, lingered too long, and were either lost In the house, or compelled to jump out of the windows, and receiving injuries, remained where they were. The incredible rapidity of the llames passed all comprehension. They sprang from side to side of the street, and skipping extensive tracts, returned to complete their work Often before the llames had reached a house, the thick, black smoke began to roll out of the chimneys, the result of the action of the intense heat on the pine woodwork within. The Church of the Holy Nume, which has a slate roof, was especially no- ticeable. From the creviceB of the slates poured out eddying whirls of black smoke which, after rising a short height, burned for a moment with an intense flame, and then went out. At an early hour in the morning, it was possible to get teams, but it was not very long before they were all secured. So soon as the people west of Clark began to see that there was no hope, and that the fire was really bound to go northward to an indettnlte point, they turned all their minds to getting over to the We'-t Division, where there was comparative safety from the Humes, and plenty of vacant ground on which to encamp. So, since Chicago avenue bridge was useless, the whole tide turned toward Division, which, from Grove to Halated, was untouched, and i.romised to remain so. It was not many minutes before a steady stream of carriages, drays, express wagons, and vehicles of every description were rushing pell mell across that bridge, interlocking and breaking, while the southern streets leading up to Division were jammed with wagons, which occasionally caught fire. The expressmen and draymen, stimulated by the Immense prices they were receiving— «20 to JoO a load— drove th.Mr heavy teams recklessly forward breaking down the weaker teams and forcing their way across the river in • order to return as soon as possible for another load. Sometimes they themselves came to grief, and then, unfastening their horses, tried to find another wagon. The roads were filled with people crazed by excitement and liquor, or stupified by smoke, and no regard at all was paid to them bv ihe drivers, so that at all thosa 2Q HIBTORY OF THE points namerous accidents v ere constantly occurring. One n.an was drh-ing „,> Clark street with a heavy load when he fell from his seat and instantly broke h.s neck The team was loaded with trunks marked " Barton Edsall." Mr. tdsaU was taken from her house in a half insensible condition, c,uite e*rly in the mornmg It willlbe remembered that her husband was murdered in his house the precedn^g Thursday night. The wanderers crossing Division street either scattered themselves north or went straight west, while many encamped themselves upon Grove Island, winch hes be wee« the North Branch and Ogden Canal. When the trains moved a little west they found their way blocked bv the cars of the Northwestern Ro,d, which had been run up here to avoid the Are, and people were compelled to make long detours to get through them Many, unable to force their way through the confusion at D.v.s.on street, which was almost equal to that at the crossing of the Beresina, turned .nto the s.de streets, and made their way to North Avenue Bridge, where they were aWe to ge out without great difficulty, tho;-h n.uch han.pered by the ra.lroad trams aft^r the got across there. Not only teams, but foot passengers, carrying in the.r arms ch.l- flren and some Utile articles of furniture or wearing apparel, wended their weary way n the -me direction. One woman had nothing but a silk sack and ano her was accompanied by a child, who had in its arms a couple of cats and a httle dog, and "v n" H«elf, sobs out, .' Don't c,y, mamma." After getting out upon the pra.r.e, they I ieVdow; wherever th.y could find room, some sitting in rockmg chairs, and oth s upon blankets on tne ground. None of them said anything, but aU sat lookmg i, Ln ly at the fire which was immediately before them. Many who had teams went as far west as the Artesian Well, where they encamped around the large pond, which supplied them with water. There they remained in the most forlorn and uncomfort- Sc ndition, which was aggravated by the rain, which began fa Img about 1 o'lock on Monday nigh, and which caused a change from the warm and comfortable temperature oi the day, to the piercing chilliness of Tuesday mormng. Late on Monday evening, Chicago avenue bridge caught ftre, and soon fell into the river. It was even then alm3st impossible to get over at Division street, on account of the teams which were even then crossing. Everywhere the widest con- fusion was prevailing. Families were separated, and vhe members were van. ly seek- n^ or one another." One policeman picked up a three months' old chUd, winch had been lost in some way. Since there was no use in facing the Aa-. heen^mes arranged themselves along the west bank of the North Branch, did the best they could all Mondav in playing on the East and West Sides. The fire went farther and further north, taking both sides of North avenue, and continuing north. The people Uving north of Chicago avenue and rather west of ^^Salle street, were exceedingly hopeful that they would escape, and that the fire would drift steadily eLtwardrnocex'pecting that it would make any progress against the steady an fu... west wind. They also had great hopes in Chicago avenue, wh.cn a 100 foot street. Z the flames running up Clark street, catching Turner Hall and the new building north of it, worked west, and got into the brick blocks on the east *de of La lan was driving np I iiiBtaiiUy broke his ,." Mrs. Edsa'l was in the morning. It liouse tho preceding iselves north or went a, which lies between ittle west they found ch had been run up Btours to get througli D at Division street, , turned into the side liey were able to get road trains after they ig in their arms cliil- ided tlieir weary way ,ck, and another was and a little dog, and ipon the prairie, they n rocking chairs, and ig, but all sat looking who had teams went he large pond, which irlorn and uncomfort- legan falling about 11 varm and comfortable orning. Ire, and soon fell into at Division street, on fhere the wildest con- bers were vainly seek- t' old child, which had le flames, the engines ich, did the best they of North avenue, and }f LaSalle street, were e would drift steadily , the steady and furious ch is a 100 foot street, r Hall and the new on the east *de of La GREAT FIRE IN CHICAaO. 21 r*alle, and then jumped that street and got into the blocks on tlie west side. At about the same time it crossed Chicago avenue and caught McEwen's planing mill, on Wells, near Pearson, and then rushed on northward among the wooden building.* situated there, blowing them down almost before they were on fire. Nnmberg of tlie citizens seized what property they could, piling it on drays, which they .sometimes dragged themselves, and took the goods thus teraiiorarily received over to a vacant lot on Franklin street beyond Elm, where there was nothing but earth and green cel- ery, and there bestowed their possessions in little heaps, with which the ground was soon covered. But this material with which the earth was cumbered was of the most incongruous and often inflammable nature. Irish women brought straw beds, and others piled up chairs, bureaux, trunks, and every conceivable article. It was not long before the cinders, falling in dense masses, began to make of the surface of this lot a succession of small bonfires, and the owners, having no water, and no means of covering with earth what they had, were either compelled to stamp out these flames or to let their stuff go, and confine themselves to regretting the useless waste of time, or to pick up the most portable article and march off with it. One man was seen marching off with a glass kerosene lamp, and after he had carried it about a block, he met a friend, who asked him what was the use of carrying a thing like that any fur- ther. He looked at it, observed that there did not seem to be much use in it, and tossed it away. Another man had secured a rickety and tremulous cart, to which was harnessed a rickety and tremulous horse, and in it had a beer safe, which with great regard for the property of others, he was carrying out of harm's way, on the prairie or elsewhere. Other men took their goods up to Lincoln Park, hoping that there, at least, they would be safe. But there, as elsewhere, the fury of the flames passed their comprehension, and everything stored there, as well as the trees, were swept away. " God help us, where is this to stop V groaned a fatiier, as with his children in his arms he traveled the streets, now and again looking back with a manifestation of intense anxiety. On— on — on— towards the lake the unfortunate people crowded, shrinking as the roar of the fire-torrent neared them. On— on— on— to the beach, and still the serpentine monster left its devastating marks behind, and advanced on the forlorn battalions crouching in the sand, or crawling in the water. As the hiss and roar advanced, many drove their horses into the lake ; women unused to fatigue, clasp- ed their children to tbeir breasts and prayed fervently to their Maker. Others laughed with the hollow glee of lunacy, others stood petrified, gazing upon the terrible sight before them. These people were sandwiched between two walls of death ! To advance was to be destroyed by flie — to retreat — to meet a watery grave ! One man held his head under water at intervals, anotlier bound his coat around his head and saturated it with water. Wagons were capsized, and many retreated be- neath them for concealment, and thus baflfled their foe until far in the distance. Wright's and Ogden's groves could be seen distinctly, although the fire had not yet reached that point. The line of devastation could be distinctly traced north-east towards Newbury School House, gliding into Webster avenue in the vicinity of Lincoln Place, there the IlISTOUY 0? THE 22 «. .„«,. CUV .»~o, ., «-J:;* ™ trr,Il.,.»,,».,. mo...... ;-.ov.i«, A. Ui« <l«y pro8r...«l Ih. ma ry oi ii» ^^.j^^,^, lion. From the corner of LftSalle street nor ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ Ue«,arny noticab.e ; in .o.e ... tUe ^^^^^^Z:;^, ,^ , .^rfeet bUndin, wind, after scooping uMmh and al m a body, m ^^^^ _ cloud. Division street was swept clean, not -^-f ^^^J™ \^ ,, ,„ve act.d ed to the spot where stood ^^^^^^'TZT^^Z^'^X^.r.er^ in aiding as fire conductors ;-they burned rap.dly, ^"^^ ''"^'"'^ZveA the North avenue Police ,.eho.Ushwor. of destruction. \'^^^-'^^ ^^^^^^ Station, whilst the charred ^-^^ -"«;;^\^^' ^^ Hospital, the K. C. ChurcM- worship-were particularily noticeable. ^^^/'^^^J,^^ ^,,,J, i,„,^arks rubbish and hothdisappeared-leavingscarceauace^^^^^^^^^^ -^^:r =. reader, on. ^:^)::z:t:::^^:::zi the gloom and bitterness occasioned by the feU dest y , ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^. ^^_ .^^^^ that for miles south, miles north, m.les east, "» '-^ L wheat and acres of battered eorners Of buildings, blazmg heaps of c^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^„_._ machinery, gr.my, red and useless ^ ^^^^^^ ^^.^..^ had gathered accomplished some good work n ts ^'^^-^'^'''' g,,., „,e«rred a heart-rend- ,o be educated by the -'^-"^^^'^^s;! ^^^^ aloud-their lamentations ,„g scene, the children ^^^^^''^f^^'Zl .ecu'red wagons and saved them being heard by many ^^''^^°"'. . '\' J"'^',,, ...reatened. The spire of the Church ot from the horrible fate with whchtl^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^.^ ^^, ,^,,,,,y Holy Name --'"-^-^^ '"',;' ^.u J the Rev Robert Collyer delivered so injuring several men. ^l^X^^-^.^^.o. the destruction of Paris-now be- eloquent a sermon the mght before d* J ,,,ath. more potent than mill- came a victim to the element mo e deadly tha ^^^ ^^^.^.^^ ^^ p^^^^^ ^,, tary heartlessness. At the Wat«r Works Mr. t g ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ interests of the city-the roof '^l"- ^^'"".^f^t'Lg out to the Works. Even viewing the Are on Ohio street, to observe the flames he^d. g ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^_ the graves in the old cemetery were -^^^f ^7^^;;™; ,,,,, „pon the frightful J.on railings twisted ';-;— ^ ^^rt^^^ ^^^^ ob^ct.. the sadden- work accomplished durmg Monday 1 J^^y call ^^^.^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^. i„g experiences of that awful day 1 ^^ "J" ;; ;" „, g^^om aud Gomorra-and l„g. prevailed upon his brain to -;^- "^^f^^™ „, ,,,erved pity, hooted as he to prophecy a similar destrucUon n^he <.^ of C ^ J„ ,„„,,^, .ho ran or walked was, driven from his stand-he yet wa^ '' ,„„„.i^„.,„ thought what the m.foriunate or spoke as though in a dream, and ^^^^^ZlZL rapidly melting streets. ::xrr=s;:xreiv.uir.dge.^ D llie lake, whilst ;reased ;— nothing Duble and iribula- 1 division was par- l to ashes, and the a perfect blinding I could have point- seem to have acted rumental in aiding orth tvenue Police -a German place of the K. C. Churck— imarks rubbish and B to Orchard, every- •ther progress west- uins, and witnessed credit the assertion n save ruins, jagged ml acres of battered rphan Home ; it had lildren had gathered curred a heart-rend- 1— their lamentations gons and saved them )ire of the Church of 1 down and severely CoUyer delivered so L;n of Paris— now be- lore potent than mili- riving to protect the ger was amazed when t to the Works. Even s blistered and scaled, rell upon the frightful ul objects, the sadden- by anxiety and suffer- om and Gomorra— and vedpity, hooted as he eds who ran or walked It what the uuforiunaVe rapidly melting streeU, ,r sidewalks; clergymen general destruction— in ade men brothers. GREAT FIRE IN ClUCAGO. 23 It were useless te endeavor to classify the inagniflceiit structures reduceil to ashes on the North Side ; happy homos were made desolate; the lauyli of youth was turned into weei)ing; the plans for future enjoyment were defeated; the prattling infant in the cradle, the young mother full of hope— what a fearful comment on the uncertainty of human happiness. Milliims of dollars represented now by crumbled ruins ; households pampered in luxury and ease praying for an opportunity of con- cealing themselves, protecting themselves, with paupers, beggars and thieves ; not a building to enter, scarce clothing to cover their forms; God in his great mercy would not have sent so great an alHiction without mysteriously ordering it for some wise purpose. The following were a few of the destroyed buildings in North Division : Revero Hotel, Ullich's Block, Ewing's Block, the Hatch House, the Humboldt House, Illinois Street Church, Armour, Dole & Co.'s Elevator, Hirara Wheeler's Elevator, the private residences of William B. Ogden, J. L. Stark, Isaac N. Arnold. J. K. Rice, George L. Dunlap, W. B. Iloughteling, Samuel Johnson, E. I. Tinkham, Thomas Mackin, the contractor, whose loss is from four to five hundred thousand dollars; George F. and Julian Rumsey, Edward Burling, A. H. Biirley, 0. F. Fuller, Dr. C. V. Dyer, Q.W. Goudy, Obadiah Jackson, General Bucker, the new Diversey Block, near the Water Works, E. B. McCagg, Perry N. Smith, Philip Iloyue, Franklin Mosely, Lincoln, Pierson Street Primary, Elm Street Primary, and other school buildings, the Clarendon Hotel on Clark Street, the North Side SUbles, from which nearly all the horses were saved, McCormick's Reaper Factory, the Chicago Sugar Refinery, the Galena Freight House, the Galena Elevator, Lill's and Sand's Breweries, the Tanneries alonrf the North Branch, the German Theatre at the corner of Indiana and Wells streets, Unity, New England, and Westminster Churches, the Chapel of the Holy Name, the Cathe- dral, the Hospital of the Alexian Brothers, the Jewish Hospital on LaSalle street, the new Catholic one on the corner of Sedgwick and Flm, with the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy, the Chicago Historical Society, the Huron Street Station, the Bethel. Galena Depot, &c., &c. , It is Tuesday. No papers are issued. Where once stood the Timeg offl(;e, from whence issued one of the most fearless, dashing papers on the Continent, was now a ruin, Mr. Storey's loss being altogether immense. The Tribune, having secured Edwards' Directory Office on Canal street. West Side, coalesced with the Joumul, for the lime being, in fact all the printing offices nestled closely together on Canal and adjacent streets. West Division was crowde I, as also portions of the South. There is a settled gloom observable ; rich men on Saturday are poor to-day. They are not downhearted, however. They calmly talk the matter, each one wondering, apecuiat- ing as to how his safe has " stood it." Selfish merchants in some cases are extortion- ate in prioes ; they ask 26 cents per pound for the commonest brand of sugar ; they swindle on bread prices until a manifesto is issued forbidding them to sell for more than eight cents per loaf. One man hangs out his shingie, and a real bona fide thingle, U)0 ; on it is inscribed his name, and underneath, " wife, children energy !" That it all he had left. On the corner of Canal street business men discussed their losses ; Uiey w«re 21 HISTORY OF TFIE j.hilosopliifal, but ever and anon the trembling lip, tlip un.enain neivou'. action, told too plainly that the lieart felt what the lip failed to utlor. Here is Mr. Wentworlh of the Michigan Central ; he has been working hard, and ■evidently has borne his share of the fray. " How much money liave you 1" asks his friend. " Just fMur dollarH," is the reply— and one-half goes to the anxious enquirer. A trentleman who had been worth $300,000 stood viewing the destruction of his wealth in an elevator. Pointing towards a mountain of wet, smoldering \vheat, he baid : " This day I am not worth a dollar ; this day a week ago I was possessed of $300,000. Scenes such as these were frefpient ; men came down from their wealth-created positions, and removed the mantle of business courtesy and practical coldness which had too often frozen their hearts, and made them indiflerent.to the troubles and bur- dens of others less fortunate in the battle of life. But now all were wounded, and able to practically test the efTect of changes reverses and afflictions upon the human heart. During the day the following notices, proclamations, etc., were issued : " 1. All citizens are requested to exercise great caution in the use of fire in their dwellings and not to use kerosene lights at present, as the city will be without a full supply of water for probably two or three days. 2. The following bridges are passable, to wit ; All bridges (except Van Buren aad Adams streets) from Lake street south, and all bridges over the North Branch of the Chicago River. 3. All good citizens who are willing to serve, are requested to report at the corner of Anne and Washington streets, to be sworn in as special policemen. Citizens are refpiested to organize a police for each block in the city, and to send reports of such organization to the police head(|uarters, corner of Union and West Madison streets. All persons neoding food will be relieved by applying at the following places : At the corner of Ann and West Washington ; Hlinois Central Railroad round- house. M. 8. R. R. — Twenty-second street station. C. B. &Q. R. R. — Canal street depot. St. L. & A. R. R.— Near Sixteenth street. C. & N. W. R. R.— Corner of Kinzie and Canal streets. All the public schoolhouses, and at nearly all the churches. 4. Citizens are requested to avoid passing through the burnt districts until the dangerous walls left standing can be levelled. 5. All saloons are ordered be closed at p. m. every day for one week, under a penalty of forfeiture of license. 6. The Common Council have this day by ordinance fixed the price of bread at eight (8) cents per loaf of twelve ounces, and at the same rate for loaves of a less or greater weight, and aflBxed a penalty of ten dollars for selling, or attempting to sell, bread at a greater rate within the next ten dtfys. w.™J.- vims action, told oikinj hard, and JU8 enquirer, estruction of his lering \vheat, he was possessed of r wealth-created il coldness which troubles and bur- ffect of changes issued : iseof Are in their be without a full xcept Van Buren I North Branch of ;poit at the corner n. ; city, and to send Union and West iHowing places : , Railroad round- districts uutil the one week, under a price of bread at • loaves of a less or attempting to sell, GREAT FIRE IN CHICAGO. 25 7. Any hackraan, expres.'nnn, drayman or teamster charging more thin tie regular fare will have his license revoked. All citizens are re.mested to aid in preserving the peace, got d or.ler and goo.l name of our city. October 10, 18"f. R- B. MASJN, Mayor." "Proc/(7WJrt/jo/i.— Wliereas, in the providence of God, to whrse will we humbly submit, a terrible calamity has befallen our city, which demands of us our best efforts for the preservation of order, and the relief of the suffering : " Be it known, that the faith and credit of the city of Chicago is hereby pledge<l for the necessary expenses for the relief of the sulFering. Public order will be pre- served. The police and special police now being appointed, will be responsible for the maintenance of the peace and the protection of property. " All officers and men of the Fire Department and Health Department will act a» special policemen without further notice. The Mayor and Comptroller will give vouchers for all supplies funished by the different relief committees. The headquar- ters of the city government will be at the Congregational Church, comer of West Washington and Ann streets. All persons are warned against any acU tending to endanger property. All persons caught in any depredation will be immetliately ar- rested. "With the help of God order and peace and private property shall be preserved. The City Government and committees of citizens pledge themselves to the com- munity to protect them, and prepare the way for a restoration of public and private welfare. " It is believe<l the fire has spent its force, and all will soon be well." " R. B. MASON, Mayor. GEO. TAYLOR, Comptroller. By R. B. MASON. CHARLES C. P, HOLDEN. President Common Council. T. B. BROWN, President Board of Police." Gov. Hayes, who had been in Chicago for three days, assisting in the work, issued Ihe following suggestions : " To the People of Ohio : - It is believed by the best informed citizens here that many thousands of the suf- fers must be provided with the necessaries of life during the whole winter. Let the efforts to raise contributions be energetically pushed. Money, food, flour, pork, clothing and other articles not perishable should be collected as rapidly aa possible, •especially money, fuel and flour." (Signed) " R. B. HAYES." Lieut. Gen. Sheridan issued the following order : " IIeadqcarters Militaby Division op Missoubi, ) Chicaoo, October 12. J " To His Honor the Mayor : The preservation of the peace and good order of the city having been intrusted to se HISTORY OF THE roe by your Honor, I am hnppy to Btate that no case of outbreak or dis.irder has been re- porteil. No autlientiited attempt fvt incendiarism has reached me, and the people of tlie city are cahn, cpiiet and well-disposed, The force at my ..disposal is ample to maintain order, should it be necessary to i)rotect the district devastated by flre. Still I would suggest to citizens not to relax in their watchfulness until the smoulderina fires of the burned buildings are entirely extinguished. (Signed) r- H. SHERIDAN, Lieut. General." Mayor Mason issued the following appeal : " Clothing and all protection from the cold will be needed through the winter as well as now. Send forward in as large quantities as possible. Collect money and hold it subject to our order. Send in provisions that will keep. Cooked meats nearly spoil before we can distribute them. Aid arrives liberally. Now we want to husband our resources as much as possible, for a long winter is before us, and the suffering will continue until our laboring classes are again enabled to susUin their families. (Signed) R. B. MASON, Mayor." The Gov. of Missouri, in his proclamation to the jieople, said : " Let us unite likewise in the most generous emulation, and extend the largest possible aid to them in this the hour of misfortune. I, therefore, recommend all counties, cities, towns and other corporations, to all business and charitable associa- tions, and to the community at large, to take immediate steps to organize relief com- mittees to express the deep sorrow which Missouri feels at this overwhelmning afflict- ion. It was only yesterday that they were united with you in congratulating you on your own soil and in your own chief eity, whilst their own homes were being des- troyed. Let us respond by throwing open wide our own doors to those who are with- out shelter, by sending bread and raiment at once, and by such contributions ward off further distress, as the generous heart of our own great State will be proud to trans- mit, in recognition, too, of the warm and intimate feeling that has heretofore so close- ly bound ourcitizens together. I cannot forbear lo extend to all who have been thus stricken down in the midst of an unbounded prosperity, the sincerest sympathy of Missouri's sons and daughters in their distress. Done at the city of Jefferson this 9th day of October, A. D. 1871. B. GRATZ BROWN, Governor of Missouri." The following dispatch was received Oct. 12th, by Archbishop Spaulding : " To Archbishop Spa ulding, Chicago : The cathedral, six churches, orphan asylums, hospitals, House of the Good Shepherd, schools, charitable institutions and Bishop's house are in ruins. Over 100,- 000 people are homeless. 1 beg you for a general collection in your church ne>:' o"^- day. The Superintendent of the Tel -graph Company asks you to r-port this ...cwage to the Prelates of the co\intry as our wires are too crowded and few. Request all re- mittances to be to yourself. ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^.^^^^ ^^ ^^.^^^, And from one end of the Continent to the other arrived assurances of aid and sup- port. 1.. (ler lias been re- d the people of >8al is ample to I by fire. Still 16 smoulderiiia Bill. General." jh the winter as money and hold jats nearly spoil to husband our le siiflfering will families. SON, Mayor." [lend the largest , recommend all laritable associa- anize relief com- rhelmning afllict- atulating you on were being des- )se who are witli- ibutions ward off le proud to trans- retofore so close- 10 have been thus •est sympathy of rZ BROWN, ir of Missouri." paulding : use of the Good ruins. Over 100,- church ne:»:' o"n- (port this u.c'isage '. Request all re- op of Chicago.'' :es of aid and sup- GREAT FIRK IN CHICAGO. 27 It may be interesting in the future as a reference to know some of the prominent towns and cities which contributed to the fund for relief of suderers. It would prove an impossibility to publish all these who poured into the Treasury their small or great contributions ; thousands of individuals halved their finances and prayed Providence to help the stricken people. North, south, east, west— across the prairies or across the ocean— across mountain steeps or in the radiant valley— all came forward to prove that Charity was yet an attribute of man's nature. Here are the prominent oaes : City St. Louis i 50,000 Citizens of St. Louis 70,000 Pittsfleld, Massachusetts 6,000 J. M. Gould, Santa Fe 425 Boston, Massachuf etts (various contributions) 400,000 Kansas City, Missouri 10,000 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania— citizens 200,000 City Council 100,000 Hamilton, Ontario 2,000 Patterson, New Jersey 7,000 First installment of Urbana, Ohio 1>000 Buffalo, New York 100,000 Indianapolis, Indiana 40,000 First National Bank, Greencastle, Indiana 2,000 Cincinnati, Ohio 225,000 Leavenworth, Kansas 10,000 Collin. Randall & Co., New York 1,000 Quincy, IHinois 16,000 Montreal Board of Trade 10,000 Meadville, Pennsylvania 8,000 Fort Wayne, Indiana 2,000 Jeffersonville, Indiana 1,000 Portland, Maine 20,000 Baltimore American subscription list 10,000 Watertown, Mass., in addition to the fifty cages of clothing 1,000 Rondout, New York 2,000 San Francisco Stock Exchange, in gold 8,000 Adams Express Company 10,000 Alex Martin 2,000 James Roosevelt, Hyde Park, New York 1,000 Lawrence, Kansas 10,000 Joseph Barrett & Co , Boston 1,000 Amsterdam, New York 8,000 D. S. Morgan & Co., London, England 6,000 Drexel, Morgan & Co., New York 5,0C0 City of Rochester and Monroe county, New York 70,000 Port Byron, New York 260 San Francisco subscriptions 25,000 28 HISTORY OF THE Which they iiitend to adtl fTJ.OOO SlBiidnriJ Li'e Insurance Company, New Yoik 1>000 Wnynf sviUe, Ohio 2,000 Tonnto, OnUrio, (gold) 10,000 N. E. Dodac, London, England 10,000 Citizens of Missruri 20,000 City of SI. Joseph ^''^^ C.mnly of Missouri 18,0<)0 Syracuse, New Yorlc 26,000 Jeffersonville, Indiana V^^ Police Department, Washington, D. C ^^ New OrleanB, subscriptiors incomplete 10,000 Mechanics Trade Exchange, Brooklyn 1.^00 Haverh.ll, Massachusetts 10,000 Shaneetown, Illinois 5,000 Guardian Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York 1,000 Tcpeka, Kancas MOO Louisville 200,000 Naragar.sett Steamship Co ^^^ Oswego ^2,000 Newark ^^•^'^ Trenton 17,000 Rome, N. Y 2,500 Palmyra, New York •'^'OOO Robinson, Shade & Co., New York 500 Employees of the Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C. . . 4 000 Manufacturers and Builders Fire Insurance Company 5,000 North British and Mercantile Fire Insurance Company, London 5,000 Employees of the Engraving and Printing Bureau, Washington.... 1,400 Ohio Falls Car Cotrpany, JefTersonville, Indiana 1,000 Philadelphia 130,000 Whitman & Field, manufacturing company, Shielburg, Mass 500 Jacksonville, Illinois ^00 Protestant Episcopal General Convention, in session at Baltimore . . 2,000 Laflin Powder Company ^'^^O Greencastle, Indiana, council appropriation 2,000 Manchester, New Hampshire 15,000 Henry Fawn, of New Haven, Connecticut 5,000 Terre Haute, Indiana 10,000 Bloomington, Illinois 15,000 Decatur, Hlinois 5,000 Green Castle citi?ens 1,-00 New York Gold Exchange 12,000 Alexander T. Stewart, New York 50,000 Erie, Pennsylvania 15,000 $75,000 1,000 2,000 10,000 10,000 i:o,ooo n,ooo 18,0<)0 26,000 1,000 600 10,000 1,000 10,000 5,000 1,000 6,000 200,000 1,000 , 12,000 . 30,000 . 17,000 , 2,500 . 3,000 500 , 4000 6,000 . 5,000 . 1,400 . 1,000 . 130,000 500 500 . 2,000 1,000 . 2,000 . 15,000 . 5,000 . 10,000 . 15,000 5,000 . 1,200 . 12,000 ,. 50,000 ,. 15,000 (IIIE.VT FIRE IN' CIIICAOa 29 pphoii i^n.ooo Baltimoio 2(M>,0()0 Concord, N. 11 7,400 LancftNter, Pa 25,000 Mason Cily, Illinois '2M Danville, lliinoiH 1,750 Clinlsea, MaflHachusettH 2ti0 New York Cotton Exchange 6,000 Lafayette, Indiana 10.000 London, (Canada) 2,000 Lynn, MaHHachusetls 5,000 Keokuk, Iowa 6,360 Commercial Excliango Philadelphia 10,000 General Julius »*'hite, Evansville, Illinois 600 Industaial Exhibition Fair, Buffalo, 6,000 Paris. Illinois 1,000 Up to Saturday night the 14th, the following llgures were recognized as being a fair estimate of the subscriptions already raised : LONDON, ENO., LIST OP SUBSCRIPTIONS. Amount. Corporation of London 9 6,000 Private citizens of London 35,000 Messrs. Baring, of London 5,000 Messrs. Rothschild of London 6,000 Messrs. Morgan, of London 5,000 Messrs. Brown, Siiepley & Co., of London 6,000 Great Western Railway, of Canada, London 6,000 Grand Trunk Railway, of Canada, London 5,000 Liverpool Chamber of Commerce 2,000 American Chamber of Commerce, of Liverpool 1,800 Total (gold) $73,800 Recapitulation. Total to October 12 inclusive 81,375,880.00 Received at New Vork Herakt office 1,079.45 At Chamber of Commerce 48,266.15 At Stock Exchange 2,825.00 At Cotton E.xchange 1,250.00 At Produce Exchange/ 8,814.00 Brooklyn 126,000.00 At Grocers' Board of Trade 33,053.00 Hardware trade 15,111.50 Fourth avenue and Twenty-eighth street 120.00 Union, Adams & Co 86.00 Miscellaneous city collections 47,262.20 Other cities (including Canada) 454,600 00 Euroi)e 78,800.00 Clothing, &c., estimated 600,000.00 f 80 HISTORY OK TIIK Hon K. C. Ii.K<^iKoll, on bel.alf of ll.o Illinois Stale AsHociaUon, Wasl.inaton, D. C, Ima forwavae.1 l.y special inoHHenger >3,727, an.l ,.rovi«ionN, nn.l «ent move llie next day Omaha also raisod a fund, whilst many of those mentioned added largely to these contri!...tionH during the paHt week. Food and ololhing arrived in ahundance- Imndreds of cars conveyed it thither-whilM it was rumored in many caHen parties se- cured the charity of committees, and after obtaining article* or passes on railways, K,ld them i such case*, happily, were few and far between ; a bitter lesson hr.d been Uught^let us hope it benefitted thousands who seldom before appeared thai«Vful for the protecting hand of Providence. It ii Wednesday. The people desired to blot out the past — rub the old reckoning off the slate and commence anew. The TribuM had already furnished admirable re- porU, and we are indebted to the able reporters for the annexoH p^thy Information, Owing to tho fact that the North Division was accessible only .c oss Kinzie and Di- vision street bridges and through the dark Lasalle street tunnel, passage throug'i which was forbidden to teams, the i)eople who yesterday visited that quarter of th« city were chielly those who had formerly lived there, and were hunting for shreds an(' scraps of property, or were trying to find the places where they had once lived ani. the property they had once owned. The great rush of visitors on foot and in carria- ges was across Randolph, Lake, and Madison street bridges into the South Division. People from the West Side, from lower down on the South Division, and strangers who had just reached the city, all turned in that direction, and wandered from point to point, often pu/.zled as to their whereabouts, and seeking in vain for old and famil- iar landmarks. The principal business in the South Division yesl.^day was the digg- ing out of safes from the smoking buildings in which they were bur.^d. Several per- .sons were shrewd enough to make that a business, and they succeeded in getting all the work thev wanted. A few ropes, shovels, levers, and occasionally a little water, made up the'stock in trade. Some had gotten out their fourth safe by 2 o'clock, and were hunting aronnd in search of other jobs. Mony of the safes came up in excel- lent condition, while others were the most deplorable wrecks. One of Herring's lay on River street near Rush street bridge, the interior wood-work gone, and all the pa- pers charred. The Harris safe of Deeflfenbacher who is in the tobacco business on Water street, was also found to be worthless. It contained papers valued at about e40,000. Others were taken out which had apparently passed unharmed through the fiery trial. Others which had been oi)ened were found to be in excellent condition. All things considered, they have stood rather better than was expected. Many which have been gotten out were not opened for a day or two, until they got somewhat cooled off. McVicker was working to get out his and they were also laboring on one or two other buildings. . Another business was started by a man in a cart, who drove down Randolph to the lake displaying a sign "Removal signs painted here," so that persons desirous of sticking up upon the ruins of their stores a notice of the places at which they intend- ed U> reopen business could do so. Nothing strikes the eye more favorably, in going near the South Side, than the great number of these little Bulletin Boards, which have been roughly lettered off with notices of removal, generally to Wabash avenue or te West Canal or Randolph street*, and they give abundant proof that the energies of the merchants have not been crushed out by the catastrophe which has befallen liiem. ■-Tat^y*^ " ' *^-' **"' '" ' '-''* ' lin^lon, D. C, iioiP llie next led largely to I abundance — iHes parties se- s» on railwnyF» '88on lir.d been d Ibatdcfiil for I old reckoiiin<{ admirable re- Information, Kinzie and Di- MHage tliroug'i quarter of tli« ; for shreds aw' once lived aiii , and in carria- South Division, and strangers ired from point ■ old and fanul- f was the dictg- Several per- id in getting all y a little water, )• 2 o'clock, and ine up in excel- f Herring's lay and all the i)a- co business on alued at about led through the lUent condition, d. Many which ■ got somewhat laboring on one Elandolph to the sons desirous of lich they intend- irorably, in going Boards, which Wabash avenue that the energies lich has befallen GKKAT FIUE IN CIIIC.VOO. 81 On crohMUg the river at Madison street there Is a vaoamy -n th.' north side of the bl.eet and nothing else, and with a few noticeable exceptions there remain but in- significant an.' one-story relics of once flrst-class buildings. Law's coal yard on the south side of the street is on lire, and even where the Hames have not broken out, the white smoke is pouring out at a fearful rate. Some of It may, however, be saved, by the liberal and constant use of water. Ueyond there, going east, there Is practi- cally nothing until the relics of the Otis Block are reached, at the corner of LaSalle and Madison. Just to the south on LaSalle, the walls of the Arcade building, which was immediately in the rear of the Farwell Hall, remain comparatively intact. The Trihune was, by .several hours, the last building in Chicago to survive the general destruclioM, and iumagnilicentflre-proof building was the last to succumb, althounh it had been surrounded by fire on two sides for about four hours. The buildim- was a perfect model of architeclHral elegance, and had been constructed throughout wilh\efe.ence to safety and durability in case of fire. The ceilings wore Of corrugated iron, resting upon wrought iron " I " beams, while every partition wall in the entire structure was of brick. It was, in all respects, one of the most abso- lutely " fire-proof buildings ever erected. That is, it was fire-proof up to the date of its destruction. It was completed in April, 180!., at a cost of e225,000, and its contents were fully 8100,000 more. Relying upon tne integrity of their edifice, the Tribune Company had taken no insurance, although they have little cause to regret this ne-Tlect. In the corner of the first floor was the counting-room and business office, with a fire-proof vault for the safe keeping of records, valuables, etc. Oa the Madison and Dearborn street fronts were elegant stores of various kinds, all filled with stocks of goods. In the basement wore the boilers and engines, two of Hoe's eight-cylinder presses, several folding machines, large quantities of printing paper, and a vast collection of miscellaneous machinery, tools, appliances and material necessary to the carrying on of a great newspaper. The second and third floor of the building were devoted to offices, all of which were occupied. On the fourth floor were the editorial and composing rooms, all su- perbly fitted up. As stated above, the building withstood the storm for several hours, and it was not nntil 10 o'clock on Monday forenoon, six hours after it had seemingly escaped, that it was reached from the eastward from McVicker's Theatre. The interior wood- work and combustible material was consumed at once, but the floor, and walb. gen- erally remained intact, although all were so blistered, cracked and twisted as to be almost worthless for future use. In the private office of the business manager on the ground floor was a relic of the siege of Paris, a Krupp shell, which fired by the heat, and. exploding tore a wide breach in the walls in its vicinity. • A search among the ruins reveals the gratifying fact that the two eight cyliner pres- eee valued at about $60,000, are not seriously damaged. It is believed that both can be 'restored to service at a small cost. The four turtles are also all riuht, including the two which were on the press when the men got scared and left. The Post Office building also stood well,ita wall being intact, and its roof is not entirely gone. It can probably be repaired. At the northeast comer of SUte and Madison Street sUvudB, comparatively uniiyured.the unfinished brown stone front which was erect.na there. 12 1 HISTORY OF THE J J ! i i BIrirp ihew wa* notliiiig In It to Imrn, Hn front hIkiwh very fow trnces of Hoorrhliig. Tli«> (lorrick wliich >-\*»m\ \u front of it han fnlltMi agiihiHt ono of tli<< ii|i|Htr windows, but hHH lirokcn notliiug. Of tlic niagnilicii-nt blta-lc oicupled liy the Wuntern News Com- pany, 8. C. Origgn St, Co., only a fragnionl ri'nmlri, the siouthwcNtern coriwr of the wall riHing to tlit< Kecund Ntory helglit. At the corner of Waxhington and 8tate stands the building which had un(|ues- tiunably best stood the trial by Are — the First National Bank. Its walls seem per- fectly safi", althonuh the floors have sntfered. Field, King St, Co. retain their ortice in the basement, where Robert Law is also installed, and if the room were only swept out, and the ])ieces of paper removed, no one oould |)ercieve tliat anything had gone wrong overhead, Untiuestionably the comparatively slight repairs will |)iit it in order again, and it will .serve as a nucleus fur building in that (juarter. Turning east Into Washington street, the way is encumbered with the limestone blocks which once formed part of Field, Leiter St, Co.'s store, and which were thrown there when the building was blown up. Mixed up with brick, telegraph wire, and other debris, it makes a mass of rubbish which ought to have impeded the progress of the flames, but did not do so. Down in the basement, piles of dry goods are still burning and epjitting an unpleasant stench. On the opposite side of Washington, the photo- graphers' places and the other stores have vanished, while Drake's Block is decidedly more of a ruin than it was a year ago. The ipiestion of the removal of the Second Presbyterian congregation has been eternally settled. The hard limestone walls of the church resisted very well, notwithstanding the slight amount of pitumen in them. The southern tower remains, and the walls are all upon a level with a point just above the great front windows, Tlie experience of this Are has been rather imfavorable to the softer limestones from Lerao:it, and has shown that, after all. a thick wall of good brick will stand as well, and resist the action of the flames, as well as any stone that is used here. excepling[granite. The eftect of the lire upon the Athens marble has been remarkable. In some places the stone has disappeared altogether. In others, such as the LaSalle street front of the Court House, it has been gnawed and eaten awny, or fallen on the great flakes. The sandstone and granite may not have been exposed to so intense a flame, but they certainly stood very well. The Tribune build- ing was badly scorched, but the stone was not materially ii\jured. Dearborn Park has been taken possession of by Keen & Cooke and Lord St, Smith, while right across the way, on the Base Ball Oround, the fence surrounding which, has been wiped out, is a sign to the effect that parties wanting room on public grounds must go to C, B. Farwell, at the corner of Thirteenth and Michigan Avenue. The American Mer- chants' Union Express have obtained possession of a part of the ground, including the diamond, and Oray Brothers have hold of the north fifty feet of the base ball lot. C. T. Bolles, dealer in stoves, has also begun running up a small booth. The ground is covered with piles of lumber, and bears a more striking resemblance to Cheyenne in its incipient days, than anything else. The iron stores of J. V. Ayer, Hall, Kimbark & Co., and others, on Michigan avenue, between Lake and Randolph streets, present a curious spectacle. They are filled with iron, twisted, distorted, and bent out of all shape, while across the street the immense iron rafters and beams have been dealt with in a most extraordinary fashion. In many of these stores, and, indeed, generally in the wholesale warehouses, the fires were still burning, and, of course, no attempt »i'. GREAT FiUE IN t'llK'AdO. 8t H (if NOOri'llillg. r wiiidowH, bul »rn News Com- curiinr of the :h had un({uea- vMa seem per- 1 tlieir utHue in ere only swept .liiiig had gone will |)iit it in Turning east :ks which once ^here when the lither debris, it of the flames, 111 burning and )n, the photo- ck is decidedly of the Second estone walls of umen in them, oint just above unfavorable to k wall of good any stone that BUS marble has er. In others, .wed and eaten not have been Tribune build- born Park has ight across the wiped out, is a st go to C. B. Lmerican Mer- luud, including e base ball lot. . The grountt :e to Cheyenne Hall, Kimbark itreets, present bent out of all lave been dealt leed, generally rse, no attempt was made to put Uiem oul. i lie sidewalks of tlie Union Depot, tliirk and stniiii?, are (dill standing, but the ofllcej in the rear have cived In, except at the northeast corner, where one tall pinnacle remains. The building occupied by the Chicago, llurlington & Quincy and Michigan Central Roads has been gutted, but the walls are still partiallly standing. The Michigan Central Freight Depot has alio been cleaned out, though the walls are up to the spring of the roof. Quite an amount of sugar was lost here. Just south of this depot half a dozen cars were burned, the trucks yet remaining on the track. Near by was a car which had just run up from Tolono, on the Illinois Central Road, tilled with jirovisious. generally bread and cheene, some of which were issued on the spot to hungry men who hap))ened to be near by. The trains of the Illinois and Michigan Central stop jast in front of the old depot. At the head of the slip which lies just west of Elevator A was the Providence, one of the live AnioHkcng NtcaintMs which cnnie on from Pittsburg, and t!io Pliicnix, of Det- roit, engngi'd in pumping water through along line of hose, past the rui-is of the Mas- sasoit House, to wet down the ruins beyond. Another engine wos near the Central Elevator, playing upon the innnense hill of wlie\t, which was in Elevator A, and which wos bursting in little puH's of smoke all over its surfiice. It cannot bo very easily ex- tinguished, and all that is expected is that it will gradually smoulder away. The Marine Hospital, an old ond substantial building, is in very good order, comparatively. Of course the inner walls and the roof are gone, but the outside walls have stood it very well. It is not possible to ascertain as yet the entire amount of shipping lost along the river aiid the branches. The Navarino, however, a new vessell belonging to Captain floodrich, was lying off Goodrich's docks, and tried to run out, but stuck just beyond and behind Rathbone's stove manufactory on the north side of the river aud sunk tliore, _ her boilers now Ijeen just visible. Eight or nine schooners and brigs were also caught near the mouth of the river, and burned to the water's edge. From Rush street bridge east, on the north bank, the coal hea|)s are in a blaze. Rathbone's place, and all inuiiedintely east of that, are safe. Rush street bridge itself is a hopeless and utter wreck, as is also the state one. The great wholesale houses on River street have been completely swejit away, and nothing is left tit give an iilea of what was once done there, except that in some places there is iron, and in another a quantity of lime which has been effectually ruined by the heat. Along li,»re were one or two burnt safes, and as many disgusted, but uncomplaining, owners. Water street is done for, and State street, from the bridge to the First National Bank, is in the same condition. At the northweiit corner of Clark and Water streets, one corner of a building is standing, but ought to be taken down as soon as possible. The Sherman House has totally disappeared, and the remains in that part of the city are so scanty as to make it almost impossible to identify localities. On many of these streets women and children were engaged in collecting scraps of iron and all kinds of rubbish from the still hot buildings. Some boys had found on Water street a lot of China doll heads, scorched but unbroken, and were carrying thera off as rel- ics. Three men were also moving up the river in a row boat, intent on doing a little wrecking, if they got a chance. The burnt district is now so thoroughly patro'led by regulars that there need be np apprehensions as to the perpetration of more thefts. ■~^:T^^f'^^^s^:^sr*i^ 84 HISTORY OF THE The old pari of the Court House is gutted, but the wing* have .tood very well, and '"' ";:: 'wal rrJl. stores of tl. Bo^d of Trade huUding are .ill standing. The ellect of the fire upon the different kinds of pavement has been very curious. AS ZZ of course the stone stood it the best, but the large cobble stones spht^n „any instances. The asphalt laid in the Court House square was no .nju^ed at aH^ The new cylindrical block pavement on Clark street stood ^^y ^f^^^^^^^^r Place whore the tar kettle had run over and a great str,p was eaten out The tar wasgone f om between the blocks where the gravel had not been laid on ,t but he IcksLre generally uninjured. The pavements o Madison, .Kand^^^^^^^^^^^ other streets were in much better condition than was expected. They were UaUiy Ccrrd in many places, and sometimes twisted and upheaved but can be ge. erally repaired. The rails of the street cars were in many cases badly spmng, but the sills are uninjured. The S.uth side road will have its track all repaired in a day or two, and .t v,-.n cake the West Side companies but ashort time to relay their's. ^bere.s considerable aeb,ns in many ot the streets, but the work of clearing has already begun. The side ttlks, wood a'nd stone, have gone, the large limestone blocks. A ong the South Brunch Lind's building stands, and the me,^n,g Marl has its office here. The cod yards south to Madi«on street are still burning, and will do so desp.te the wate , wi h Ih exception of the one at Randolph street bridge. The LaSalle street tunnel .sm perfect o'der but on account of the of the darkness there, and the fear of accident*, Totiriages were allowed to go through. There are no records in there at present, and, if any were stored there, they have been destroyed. The real headquarters of the order-preserving force of the city is now at No. o69 Wablsh avenue, wire General Phil Sheridan has e-^>' ^ 'd''f t crr^L house formerly occupied by the Phoenix Club. Here the head of the c.ty has planted a pine table and entertained his numerous visitors. The force at the General's command, in addition to the city regalar and spe«d police consists of seven companies of regulars and six of volunteers. The fo mer f. 11 and other- western points, and are all camped ^^^^T^^^ Ball Park on Michigan avenue. To them, as the most trustworthy and vigilant for^ Tt Lu ha been entrusted the care of the South Side ^-',^^'«^^'^;; j;^;,^';f,^:: Harrison street t. the main river, in this space is at present ^^^-"^ ;;;7;^ fAhe City yet in safes, and in most cases buried in the ^^ ^^^^ ^^Z pow known t. be in the city and the P-^^ ;;"^^^^ ^ " '^Lt one possidle. r :r:r i:: r:::::: ;~ .j.. ... and it wi. be wonderful indeed if the ruffianly element shall triumph. ^ looking men as one could see. They were irou" «•" 11 |.«. tood very well, and re still standing. B been very curious, obble stones split in i not inju'-ed at all. well, except in one eaten out. The tar 1 laid on it, but the , ^Randolph and the They were badly red, but can be gen- badly sprung, but ,y or two, and it will Ehere is considerable y begun. The side- s. Along the South ice there. The coal espite the water, with le street tunnel is in Lhe fear of a'-cidents, s in there at present, city is now at No. 569 s headquarters, in the f the city has planted y regalar and special unteers. The former 1 upon the site of the trthy and vigilant force listricl, reaching from e wealth and treasure The number of thieves ill make the safes their prudent one possidle. jsible kind, and it will mpaign in Illinois, and Tuesday morning under itioned in different parts Two companies were street, and were as fine Industrial University at GREAT FIRE IN CHICAGO. 3-3 -Ohampaisn, and a lieavfier, healthier, more intelligent set of men wouM b" hard to find. One other company of militia was stationed at the corner of Canal and Wilson streeis, for tlio i.roteclion of the tlioroiighly atfiishted residents of that portion of the city. Another comiiany was placod at Ilalstead street, with headquarters at the railroad Station, on Twelfth street. The North side did not need much miliUry protection in its dilapidated condition , and was abuiidimly guarded by two militia companies stationed at Lincoln Park. A pan of ttie Oliaitipaisii company was also at the corner of Rauriolpli and Eliza- beth streets. Geiiaral Sheridan seemed satisfif-d that the city was pRrfectly safe under the pro- tection already at hand; but, in order to assure tliLs, more trooi)s will arrive shortly. Three a.l lilion il companies of reo;iil-ir8 were exiiected last night, and ten conipanien more will arrive to-day, making a forco large enough to k^ep in or.ler all the roughs iu the Utiited Stales. \Ve!).ve.U)Av, ami the smoke commenced to clear away ; men were braver, truer to themsolves, more collected, more enorgeiic. The Corn li.Kchange meiL>l)ers ha<l se- ' cured a large, d.irk-looking hall at '.1 Canal street, and there tlw (|nestion was mooted as to thj b;v o )iir:tH to be pursued with regard to business on hand— whether to re- pudiate or declare all transact)ions " off." or to await the settlement of insurances and op.ining of banks. Men were certainly downhearted, and yet they spoke brave words — ini tliey m?ant wh it Ihsy aaid ; " Chicago rauit rise," " Chicago is our city," and thay were jus'Jy proud in being able to feel that the world's sympathy was with them iu this awful hour of doubt and atlliction. LiUlv! p-inting o(flj3i;were commsncing to distribute, and these little ones now had the upper hand ; neglected workers who had feared the sherilf and dodged the baliff, put ou tueir best clothes, and in some cases sold out for satisfactory prices to those daily publishers who were short ot sorts, or perhaps " son of short." The Font came out— the Tribune came out— the Jmrml came ou!r-the liepublimn came cut, but save and except the Tribune and perhaps the Journal, it was a weakly "comd." No mende.ierve more credit thau the journalistic refugees of Canal and adjacei:-. streets; they slept in old wagons one night, an i had rented oftices and se- cured a few hard looking "cases," and set to work ; verily they were obliged to work in order to set, for matters generally were in a demoralized condition. Boys took advantage of limited issues of the paper and charged 25 cents, 60 cents and even $1.00 per copy for the Triune and other papers ; the proprietors grumbled, but the boys— for these city Arabs were now the pompous and wealthy classes— main- tained their prices and formed a ring, so that no youth dare dispose of his newspa- pers at an unfair figure— or ratner at a fair, hoVieat figure. The following, from the Governor of Michigan, was read with much pleasure by the community at large : — " The City of Chicago, in the neighboring State of Illinois, has been visited in the provideiip^e of Almi^htv God with a calamity almost unequalled in the annals of his- tory A lar^e portion "of that beautiful and most prosperous city has been reduced to ashes and is "now iu ruins. Many millions of dollars in property, the accumulation ot 3 36 HISTORY OF THE vpars of iiidu.Miv ami toil, liavo boon swept away, almost in a monipnt. Tlio rich have ixM-n itiliuvd i<i'i«'imrv. ihi> I"""" li»^*' ''"*'' ''"' 'i^''*' ''"'y powswHcd, ami many ihou- sandH of i)eo])l(' ri'ii<lere(l homeless and liouseless, and are now ■wilhout the ahsuliile uen-HMaries of life. 1, iherelore, earnestly call ii|)on the oili/ens of every portion of Michi<'an to take immediHte measures for alleviatinn the pressini; wants of that fear- fuUv atliicteil citv tiv colleitini; anil lorwardin« to tlie i\Ji.\or, or proper authorities of Uhicaeo supjilies of food as well as liheral collections of money. Lei this sore ealamilv of our neiiihliors remind us of tlie uncerliiinty of oarllily pos.sessious, and that wh'en one member suRers all (he nicmbers should sutler with it. 1 cannot dimbt that the wliole people of the Slate will mo.st, fjladlv, most promptly, and most, Hlierally respond to this uraenl demand upon their »ynvpathy, but no words of mine can plead so sironalv as the calamity itselt. * • HENRY P. BALDWIN, Governor ol Michigan, The Secretary of War telpgraphe<l :— „ ^ War Pepartment, Washington, D. f; October 11, 1871. To Lieutenant Oeneral Bheridati, Chicago, ill. „,,„,, I a"ree with you, that the tire is a National calaimty. The sullerers have the •incere sympathv ilf the miti(ui. Officers nt the Dejiots at St. Louis and .Joftersonville, ■Aia elsewhere, have been ordered lo forward sufiplies liberally and promptly. WILLIAM W. BELKNAP, Secretary of War. To add to tills, Robert Bonner, of the Z«rf/yer, telegraphed to Mr. J, Walsh of the American News Company, that he could draw tipc.i him for $10,000 to be used in relieving members of the press— whilst the manly tone of the press sustained and fortified many through the dark shadows of the hour. Then news arrived from London, (Ihigland,) that in respon.se to the call of the American Minister for a meeting to express sympathy and provide relief for the peoi)le of Chicago, over 400 American and English gentlemen assembled at the Lenghain Hotel. One >■>( the speakers tlrew a parallel between the conflagration of Chicago and tlie great lire in London. Great enthusiasm was evident from th;- oiiening, and the meeting needed no stimulus. Everybody was eager to contribute, and within a short time from the opening of the list £1000 was subscribed vii)a voce. Conspicuous among the subscribers were several Confederates,who retjuosted that their names should not appear. A few merchants of Chicago, who,so establishments were destroye.l by lire, also oftored their contributions amid the cheers of the assemblage. Resolutions expressing the deepest sympathy for the sullereiii, and pledging furthcu- aid, ware adopted by acclamation. A committee was appointed, with J. 8. Morgan and Gen. Schenck at the head, to produce additional subscriptions in London and throughout the kingdt)m, and there was every reason to expect that a largo sutu would be raised. Expressions of sympathy were received by telegraph and by mail from all parts of the ooimtry, and read by the chairman. Among those present were Hon. A. Curtin, Mic- ister to Russia, General A. E. Buruside, General .J. Q. Barnard, lion. Hugh McCidlough, Messrs. Morgan and WoodhuU, of the American Legation, Adam Badeau, Consul Gen- eral at London, Wm. E. Dodge, of New York, John I. Cisco, of New York, Messrs. Munn, Storring, Habicht, of Clews, Habicht & Co., Bowles, Randolph Clay, George Wilkes, Bcjughton, the artist, John Healy, and Thaddeits Hyatt. Many eminent Eng- lishmen also attended the meeting and manifested their interest in its objects liberally by word and deed. 8u(;h charity kindly expressed nerved tlie sufferers— who had BOW not only to think for themselves but also for the poor— and as the news of sub- GREAT FIRR IN CHICAGO. t. Tlio rich have , and many ihou- hout the ah.siihlle r evt-ry portion of anis of that lear- ipcr anlhoiilie.s of y. Lta this sore pos.seNsidus, and . I cannot doubt inptly, and inoHt no words of mine lALDWIN, ir ol Michigan. Department, •tobcr 11, 1871. sufterprs have the and Jeflersonville, roniptly. ;elknap, i;retary of War. r. J, Walsli of the IJ()0 to be used in ess sustained and to the call of the lief for the peo])le at the Lentsham courtagration of from th;- opening, ribute, and within •oce. Conspicuous heir names should ei'e destroyed by age. Resolutions furtluu- aid, ware Morgan and Gen. >n and throughout would be raised, im all parts of the n. A. Curtin, Mic- lugh McCullough, ;leau, Consid Qen- 3W York, Messrs. olph Clay. George any eminent Eng- ts objects liberally afTerers — who had 8 the news of sub- Mripiioas — announced abovt; — was received, jiroutl men \ve|ii, arid nianlj lieail*-- yeRrnod to pmve that a world's syuiiiathy wns appreciated. Men sold it was Christ- Mko. Let us lioi>e it will b(>ar fruits and make !> more tha;i la'iiing impression on tlieni. in the future. We shall pass over tlie frightful scenes fibsorvable in /isiiing ilie niorpue, where- OTer eishty unfortunate and almost unrecogni/alile bodies were Inid f)nt; some iiad be<;n .suflbcated, trampled to death; a few ! id fallen, others licrn tnlten fruni r\iin>, but hundreds more must still remain in the ruiiii. TnnRsnAV pawnko and now that telegrams were received and niessrngeis arrived it became known that a m.i.jority of the insurance companies wei-e anxiour. to »ettle all claims in full; such announcements as the following creating intense e.vcite- ment, as thousands hail anticipnted advantage being taken, and an apportionment («f 10 or 1.') per cent being declared: — The Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Co's. telegraphed their agents : — Nrw York. 0<t lli. 1871. "Chicago losses probably under two and a half millions. The Directors in New York are authorized to draw on London, Charge higher rales.' Ai.KBKD Pf.1,1,, Manager. The Hanover Fire Insurance Company telegraphed : — New York, Oct. 12, I87I. " In view of the intense feeling existing relative to the sl.imling of Fire Insur- ance Companies, we take pleasure in saying to our friends and the public, that we have telegraphed to our agents to diaw at sight m soltlenient of all losses by the ChiMgo tire as fast as they are adjusted. After the payment of which we shall have our Capital intact and a surplus of over $125,000, leaving our Cash Assets ovtjr $525 - 000. B. S. Wai.c:oit, Pre.'^ident. I. Rkmsen Laxe, Secretary. The New York managers of the North British and Mercantile Insurance Com- pany received the following kindly and generous cable telegram from Mr. .1. W. Cater. Chairman of the London Board : — " Subscribe $5,000 for the Chicago suflerers. Settle all losses promptly. Draw, at three days sight." " The assets of this company in the United SUtes, amounting to over $1, .'300,000, will not be touched in the payment of losses in Chicago." * Wm. Con.xkr, Chas. E. WniTR, > Associate Managers. Wm. Con.xkr, 1 Chas. E. WniTR, > Associate Mam Wm. p. Blagdknt.J The managers of the Niagara Fire Insurance Company issued the following : — Nbw York, Oct. 10, 1871. " The los.ses of this company by the recent fires in Chicago cannot exceed a quarter of a million ef dollars, which will be promptly paid as the various claims shall be ad- justed. This Company will have remainuig more than a million of dollars of good assets, 38 a guarantee to its policy holders." H. A. HowK, President. P. NoTMAN, Vice President and Secretary, , The Jefferson Insurance Company, (New York) : — Trihity BuiLDisn, No. Ill Broadway, New York, Oct. 10, 1871. To the public: This Company having no out-of-town Agent,^, and doing busine,s.<i only at this Office, is not materially affected by the great fire in Chicago, the entire aujoujit at risk there being only $47,500." Samdel £. BfiLCHBB. PresldeuU IIISTORV OF THE Tl.e loUuwing wa. i.vsuo.l by the Ande. Insurance l'ompan>-^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^.^ " To ilip AiKk's liismaiice (Jo.; _ An.lp < losse. « ill nol exceed $^00,000. j. ^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ '• The Andes i, s.-lvout and ve, y simnR. and Las already commenced payiug the Chicago lo^^i3.'' J jj jjexnett, President. The 'Comiiieiclar' aj!ft:icy anuonuoed ; "The Coniiiany li io only ^o.OOU al nh iij 'JLicai:".'' M. V. 1!. I'UWLKK President. '^^^t':!S^^'ui'=:;:>i^'i'S^ie"ru^^ by U. .lisa.Uous,flre i. <;hica^;: U Lve no a.ency there, and but one r.U o';)- ^'-^^^'il-iaent. ;;.S. nu-e t,un our n.. reserve, le.vin, our capaal ^'^l^^^^^^'^,,^^,^. The foUow-.n^ a,sp,vlch was received from the 0(11:= of the Amencan Cnitral Fire la- su;ance ComiHiny of Si. L .ui^ Mo.: ^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^, ^^^ ^g^j_ .. M.>ssr.< Wm. II. Cheppu & C... Manai-^s of the New York Branch America. 10 bu.i„.'>s. twenty per cent call made. ^^^ ^ ^^^^^ SecreUry. ». .1 i<' „, r.f (I .vif ud liruelv interested, the followins; arrived : ^'■r.t :^ an/f on •1^l) r^^^^ A-'.nt of this Company at Buffalo say, the .liil'i^rmrnv ;.avs all looses pvomotly at Chicago and elsewhere, and contmue. all branches of buiiness at all points^as IJ^^'^J^-;^,^^^ ^„^^, ,,^,^^, Department. The annexed telegram wa.s f,om the underwriter.' age^,cy : ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ '^^^i'lf:^^^:;^ ;S Sr!irSv^^i^^.ara and I^epublic I^ura^eCo.- The Paclflo Company, of San Francisc, telegraphed their agent that the lo,s«. ■«ould be fully «l,Oa;),0;)0, and tlu-y had levied an a.Sbessraent of seventy-ttve per cent, vhich would meet all demands and leave a surphxs. The Agents of various companies is.sued a noticethatthefollowmgCompan.es topresentedbythemcan pay all losses susUined by the lat« fives in Chicago, afl*r which their respective capitals will remain ummpaned : "D.troit Fire and Marine Insurance Company ; City Fire Insurance Compa.y, Uartford , Pacitic Insurance Company, San Francisco. ^^^^^^^ ^ Belanobr. '''• fitaf ad^Lnr^'iltlheCses^K^ Fi.e Inuranco Company, of New ^""o* win noT cS^me the surplus. The Merchant. J^«3"-°<;; Company, of Providence, had uo Agency in Chicago-losses by '^Tt! ir&^o., Ag^U. ir 11, 1S71. fAN, Agent. «d payiug the ', President. ;, President. astrous fire in dollars." s, President. nsequeut upo« company, that, rill not absorb lO. li, President. ( ntral Fire la- bor 12, 1871. anch Anaericaa )nl interruptiom (VM, Secretary. It Buffalo, says B, and continuet e Department. obar 10, 1871. Insurance Corn- is day, due pre- I inourred at the will remain nn- ig the gross cash B of dollars, leneral Agent, at that the loss«» nty-flve per cent, owing Companies in Chicago, after urance Company, B & Belanobr. ince Company, of ,nce Company, of only." & Co., AgesU. GREAT FIRK I\ CIIICAGO. liO- The People's Fire Insurance Conipnny, of Woiccstpr, Mass , ^aid : "The People's Fire InsurancB Cinippny, of Worces-ter. MasMirlmsrtis, is perfect- ly goWent, and all their losses at Cbicsgo nnd elsewhere will be paid pronijitly on de- mand." Ai'iJ. N. Cfidrn, Secretary. The Williamsburg City Fire Insurance Company : 'October II, 1S71. At a meetint; of the Committee on Clainis nnd Lo'-^es conveiied by llie I'reKideiit, a resolution was passed unanimously authorisiiii; him to lelciiuiph to Chicajjo that all losses sustained by the Conipnny. as soon (is adjusted, would be settled by sight drafts without deducting the sixty days' interest." Edmitnd Diuooh, President. Tho Firemen's Fund Company : " This Comiiany has no Agencies; will siid'er loss in ("liicago to the extent of two-thirds of its surplus, leavinu; cai)ilal uriliaiiiied. The President is now in ('liica<.'i> prepared to give sight drafts for all los'^es as soon as adjiuted.' Jamiis D. f PAnKMAx, President. The Lamar Insurance Company, of New Voik, said : '■The Agents of the Company at Chicago telegraplied that the losses by the late Ire, after a careful examination, will be less tlian S'Jil).IK)l), thus leaving the capital whole, with a handsome surplus, and the Company are ])repared to pay on demand all losses as soon as adjusted.'' W, R. MAfntARMtD, Secretary. The Corn Exchanire Insurance Company (N. Y,) nniM)unced : " In reply to the numerous iii(|uiiie.s as to our losses by the Chicago lire, and to .refute the many false rumors in regard to ilie staiiding of this Comiiany. we have to itate that we have taken no risks in tliat cily since December. 187t», and the whole amount of the unexpired risks within the burnt district is but sixt,y-one thousand dol- lars, all of which is re-instired." E. .1. LownicR, President. The U. S. Branch of luiperinl Fire Insnrame romi)any announced : " Our net losses will not exceed Slllo (KM), by rlie CliicHgo (ire." \'i. \y. Crowulf,, Rei-ident Manager. The ^Etna, Har*ford and Plurnix were largely interested, and the am ounct inert that they would pay their losses in full, gave wide satisfaction. Further telegri'ms. were as follows : — Hartford, Conn., October 13. — The following circular was issueil: Office of thk Co.n.nkcticct Firk Insurance Company, >• IIartkoru, Conn., October 13, lb7l. V Definite information just receiveil from Chicago, places our los.ses at so ni{>h » tgure that we are obUged to su.spend business until the question of reorganization shall be settled. (Signed) ^ John B. ELnRunoE, President. Boston, October 1.3. — It is announced that a enarantee fund has l>een raised bj the directors of the New England Fire Insurance Company, and it will continue bust. ■e«M. LoNDOH, October IS. — The los.ses of the Liverpool Insurance Companies by tho Chicago fire are estimated at £420,000. The following notice to the policy-holders and stockholders of the Commerce In- tmnnce Company, of Albany, has been issued : I have just received (midnight, October 18) telegrpjihic advices from our General Agent, who is in Chicago, which convinces me that our loss will not exceed 8!450,('*(Kt, and probably will be adjusted for less. As our 8.ssets amount to over {>650,(i00, ther« remains 820t),000, if not more, to protect outstanding policies. (Signed) Q. A. Van Allkn, Vice President. The banks issued cards stating tlieir being prepared to ppy 15 per cent on all de- posits in a few days, and promising prompt arrangement of claims and liabilities — SSSitSSrai'ia^^^artteWsS*; » 40 HISTORY OF THR ..uc.bank.sLalin«lluiilwouId-.,my .loUar for dollar after the lap.e of a few week.. Then caM.e u ^uu-.n.-ni ..f li.e position of all insurai-c co.npai.ies-Mc.nt privately t. leading n.en. l.nt now pul.lisl>«d,in f„ll-it will U.ero U, seen that nmny fompan.es doin.' a lar.re Imsine.s, bv rea.o.. of lacking judoment, were straw corporations, and .^. is lo'be hoped that when the Nalional,Conventiou of Innurance Con.punies Ukes place, .trinsont Stat* action will l.e^dvised, to prohibit the reckless and carele«s comiact of insurance liUfiiness. Jfew York ComjntufK. Name. ^tna, Oily Adriatic, Oily Aarlculuiral, Wuleriowii Albany, Albany Albany City, Albany Anicriran, 1'., City Amrriean Kxuliiinjjt', t'ily Arcl ie, »;ily Aslor, City Atlantic, City Hiekmuii, I'ity lirewum' and Mal.»turrt', City Uroadway, Oity Itroiiklyn, I.. 1., Oily liiittalo City, Bullulu Huirali) Kliv and Mm iiif Burt'ulo (ioj-nian, Biitl'alo -Capital Ollj, Albany ■i'UuoUB" 1'., City City, Oily ■Clinton, City t'uluiabia, I iiy ■Coiuinerce, Albatiy ■ . -Uoinmcrcf Fire, I'ity * !oinmervial. Oily «Jontimnital, 1*., City <,'orn fixcUange, City Kagle, City tEmplre City, Oily .iixcelBior, Oily .{exchange. Oily >fiirinerB' Joint Slock, Meridan... .a. VUeineu'K, City i''iri'iuen'« Fund, City Firainen'* Trust Fulton, City (nuspended) "tiebbard, Cliy ■Cternianla, City •Olenit Falls, Glens Falls Kilobe, City ilireenwicli. City ■<}UBrdian, Oily Hamilton, City Hanover, P., City Hoffman, City HolUud, Purchase, Biila\ ia Homu, Oily Pope, City lioward. P., City Humboldt, City J raport«rs' and Traders', City International, City Irving, City Jcflbrson, City Kings County, City.. Knickerbockui', Oily Ijifayctte, L. 1., City Lamar, City Lenox, City Long liilanJ, P., City Lnrillard, P., City Uauhaltan, City, atari ai: Market, P., C% Mevbunicg' L. I., City. Capital. \ ^0O,(WU • '.;Ol),lHil) 10(1,001) 1511,00(1 :;oi),iKio 'JOO.Oiill •iflJ.oiio 25 1,000 •JJO.OOO U)ti,(Ki;i iOO,0O0 i:oo,ooo i:.Ki,ooo i5a,oo() 200,o;;o y;)4,222 2'K),li00 20o,D00 ,TOO,0,iO 210,000 "50,01 lO aoti,ooo 400,0110 2:ki,ooo 200,000 o JO.OO ;iOO,ooo aoo,ooo 200,000 2'H),000 100,000 lOO.OOO 204.000 160,000 160,i;00 200,01)0 200,000 ."iOO.OOO 200,000 200,000 • 200,000 200,000 160,1 00 400,0J0 20(,',(H10 100,0(10 2,500,000 150,000 600,000 200,000 200,000 500,000 200,0^0 200,010 150,000 280,0(1 1 15U,0UJ 3oo,0(n! 150, 00 20u,0i/u 1,800,0110 6tO,COO 200,0,,.. 200,000 160,C0 1 UroRB AmpIs Jan. 1, 1871. I 442,7011 240,120 660,84S 204,073 ;il)7,«4ti 741,405 274,360 200,433 4 15,671 850,179 201,351 220,(i(KI 370,004 304,444 370.034 473,677 270,0«1 203.700 «84,70S 468,009 302,704 451,332 002,377 249,372 300,1102 2,638,038 398,930 606,440 286,409 ;'.35,724 183,959 19$,«73 360,981 173,377 226,369 383,002 260,892 1.077,849 571,123 315,738 429,872 279,688 260,135 700 336 236,242 171,496 4,578,008 214,241 783,861 261,18ti 302,589 1,329.476 322,746 411,155 262,673 394,079 214,757 651,402 240,801 384,932 1,716,909 l,407,7;i8 200,4l'9 704,684 218,047 $260,000 6,000 Suspended 26,(K)0 16,000 Nothing 250,()(A) Suspended Nothing Nothing Nothing 8,00J 26,000 Nothing 2,000 3.IXW 10,000 16,(X)n 5,000 1,(K)0,000 Nothing Nothing Nothing Suspended Nothing 15,000 6,000 Ad'ts 700,n00 Nothing 26fl,0()(J 10,000 Nothing Nothing 40,000 Nothing 230,000 10,000 Over 2,0tX),0.'B Nothing 275,000 10,000 22,500 400,00 Refuses risks 47,500 33,000 Nothing 7,600 200,000 30,000 Busncnded Nothing Suspended 22,500 S« $260,000 6,000 Bunpemlcd 26,1100 15,000 Nothing 260,0(4) BuKpundcd Nothing Nothing Nothing 8,00J 25,000 Nothing ■2,0OU 8.000 10,000 16,000 0,1100 1,(XH),000 Nothing Nothing Nothing Suapunded Nothing 15,000 ' 5,600 d'ts 700,iK)0 Nothing 260,000 10,000 Nothing Nothing 40,00*) Nothing 230,000 10,00tl tet 2,0tX;,0' 8 Nothing 275,000 10,000 22,500 400,0. K) itefuraij ri«k8 47,500 3a,000 Nothing 7,500 200,000 30,000 GRKAT FIKE IN CHICAGO. 41 Nauip. Oapllwi. Mcchiiniis' undTradorn' City f200,(«i<i Meroanlili', City 20(M>00 Wwclmnti., Oitv 2(iO,WK) Metropolitan, i'My 3110,000 .Mont»ul{, 1,. I., VMy 16(>,0<H) NaH»«u, I.. 1., City. 2nO,(KXI Nationai, City..... a"<M>"0 NfW Am«t.*(l8m, 1'., City .'WKMTO N. Y. Bowery, City WK),Oim N. Y. Com ral, Union SpriniiB 100,000 N«w Yorl« E(iuitabii' 210,000 New Yorlc Kiro 20(),0(K) Niagara, Oity 1,<00,0<X) Nortli American, City .MKi.dOO North Uiycr DAiylOO JVllle, fily 2(W,II0() I'arli, City "OO.OO"' I'eoplun, t'itv 150,000 P«ter Cooper, Citv 150,000 I'h.enix, T,. 1, C:ity l,lH)0,oiO Ueh.'f, Citv 200,000 Itepubllc, t'itv :i00,n0O J{p8oliite, Clt'y 2110.000 RutgiMK, City 200,000 HohoncctaHy; Hclienectady 1(X),1I00 Hccurity, C'ity 1, IIK),(KH) HIandard, City 200,0il0 Htar, City 2IKI,IKI0 PtcrlinK, City 200,000 Htuyyesant, City 200,000 St. Niclinlas, t.'lty I.'i0,000 TradoKnien'H City 150,000 United StateH, City 2.M),000 AVasliinn!lon, l'.,Cilp 4IKVIO0 \VaU-rto>vn, Watert.iwn ]iH),00 1 \Vcstche«ter, New Kcchello 200,{M)0 AVcutern, of Buffalo 3 "0,000 Williamaburg City, City 250,IKK) Yonkers and New York, City 600,000 MMSachmetis Companies. American, Boston $ 300,000 Bay Btatc, Worcester 104,800 Beverly, Beverly 30,(K)0 Uoston, Boston 300,(KK) Boylston, Boston 309,000 City, Boston 200,000 Kliot, Boston 300,000 Kquilahic, I'rovlnstown 50,000 J:xchange, Bo»ton 100,000 Firemen's, Boston 300,0(K) First Kstlonai, 'Vv orcoster 1(X),000 Franklin, Boston 300,000 (ilouoester, Olouoester 100,000 Hide .nnd Leather, Boiiton 300,000 Howard, Boston ?00,000 Independent, Boston 300,000 Lawrence, Boston 260,0'!0 Manufacturers', Boston 400,ooo Mercantile, Boiton 300,000 Meroh nt<i', Boston 500,000 Mutual Benefit, Hoston 200,000 National Boston 300,000 Neptune, Boston 300,000 New England Mu'ual M., Boston 2(X),000 North American, Boston 200,000 reoplc'e, Worcester 400,000 Prescott Boston 200,1 00 Salom, Salera.... 100 000 Shoe and Leather Dealer', Boston 20o',000 Hprlngfleld, Springfield 600,000 Suffolk Boston 160,000 Trader's and Muchanics', Lowell lOoJooO Tremont, Boston 200,000 Washington, Boston,.. 30o|o00 ■'Ohio Convpanies. AUlemannia, Cleveland $ 260,000 American, Cincinnati lUO.OOO Orosf Assets Jan. 1, 1S71. 414(10.1102 273,300 442,«»0 3iI0,4:M 264,405 3lll,51S 232,071 432,1138 5«2,83o 201,804 420,0fl;i 302,273 1,31)4,007 770,305 407,42*1 443.257 302,483 231,070 2«6,724 1,890,0111 310,013 033,478 252,452 343,034 03,737 l,88|i,,-i33 Ail'ts .372,707 300,441 247,027 303,040 222,572 423,181 437,2.-|ft 774.411 171,7iVl 485,314 582.547 630.USI2 803,033 t 344,481 liM>,27d 41,831 678,740 833,260 309,427 072,212 42,129 111,092 1,033,330 157,368 641,90S 118,751 419,211 35^,042 640,018 262,502 1,430,464 .594,299 958,5.')9 2.54,092 821,840 852,195 l,a30,9:3 601,747 887,766 462,600 197.940 649,806 930,101 283,288 192,401 294,543 936,875 $285,565 125,613 Losses. ' ioo,iV)o 16.(K)0 Nothing Nothing ""leiwKJ 40,(HKI Nothing Nothing 16,IXW 230,(KH1 260,(K)0 viim Nothing Nothing 360,666 10,000 2l!5,(H)0 80,000 NoUiing Insolvent 1,000.00<I Nothing Nothing 7,600 Nothing Nothing 25,000 Nothing 400,000 Nothing Nothing Nothini^ 70.' KK) 300,000 Nothing '\ifm '766I066 Suspended 12,000 350,000 10,000 '5661666 700,000 10,000 $26,00* SSRtSgJi •»»■;** -_- - ias*£iao'-d*-» .0t- 42 HlsJlOKV OF THE (IroM AmcK, V„,„- <;»PIU1. .Ii.n. 1, 1S71. ..'... i.„>».i il,(:(K),li(K) »l,11)3,42a Aii.tcc, «:"■'"' . W) (XK) 7fi>l Hut Ur, 1 1 iimllion "• '"" rf-;'" ( Vnlr.,, Oolumlm, ■ • JM^:^, ^^ "» nnoln.mll, Clmimmtl ' 'MOO . V-J Kttiili', Clnclnnntl.. ' ah mi B,.rek.., ( lincinimti :^-*^ «^-"''7 KHimcr', (Jinrihimtl , f^'^^\ -J-"-^ KariiuTH', .lolloway '."i"' «^ l^'-"^ Knriiu^r»' unJ MirclmntV, 1 ayi.m f^^OOO .5,77 Kurraern', M.T. «n,I M't'.„ Hamilton W,m If-M f'rki.rJK".Vi:: 1L3, ^^^f«'i Kmnklln, Colmnlnm >mM 8S,(.7l German, Ck-vcland i'.^/^^] -r/'?"" Oi'mian, Dayton... --.«^' -•'■^^ German, Tol.-lo «- » **.»<;. Globe, Cincinnati l'"MHM 1, .1,14.1 Hamilton, IlamPton 1;,5^ „*W llibernla, «.!lev„l«ml ^^,0^ 2i5, (Xl Home, (Vlnmlme & "-W (Ja7,W7 Home Toldcdo 'W" Jf>f^^ MiTchantH' and Manufa.-turcis' Cincinnati.... Ifin.lKH) 2«6.i» Miami Vall.-y, Cincinnati l<ifl."< l*}."?* Miami Valley, Dayton jW.l 'U-" Mutual, Tolc-'o '; . J' « .2W Natioi.al. Cindnnal 1 l."- I|'-fil4 Ohio, Cl,illicoll.« f'-'W 40,"«2 Ohio. D,.ylon ., A^W 5.W1S < )hio ValU-y, Cincinnati 50, ,6. 79, 21 PcoplcV, Ckcinnali 25.l)(>0 43,a28 Hun Clcvelaud •il.'O.lHNt odl.M!) Teiitoiiia. Dnyum 2«,00^) *«.5;:^ Tobacco, Cincinnati WM^ 1 3.3 1.5 Toledo Toledo 7.V<W ll)5,fi.i7 r«ionV>°cim,atl l^'JI^J J?!.''?!? ■Wasbiiigton, Cincinnati 12B,1(W ito'llA WesteriT, Cincinnati 100,000 173,550 ilitiouri Cmnf<inie». American Central, Bt. Louis | 231,.3"0 Anchor, St. Louis 1"6,225 Uoatmen's, Ht. Louis 100,oJO Chouteau.St. Louis 19.319 Citlicn's, Pt. Louis 175,(K)() Commercial. St. Ix)Uis 4U,«60 Excelsior, St. Louis i3,0J7 Franklin, St. Louis Ill0,9(hl German, Bt T^uis 65,5(10 Globe Mutual, St. Louis 125,000 Home. St. .Toseph (i3,850 .Jefferson, St. Louis 101,272 l^fayWto, Lexinstou *1'^ LumW. men * Mechanics, St. Lonle 1HO,000 Uarln«,8t. Loul-< 15(),0«0 Merchant's. St. .Toseph m,(AQ National, Hannibal 111,201 North Missouri, Macou lA05rt Pacific, St. Louis 26,IX)0 Phooeoix, St. Louis 118,960 St. Jo9«ph, Bt. Joseph HOOO gt.Lour9,8t Louis 249,000 Btate, Hannibal 109,000 Hnion, St. Louis 100,000 Wnit«d States, St. Louis 170,000 IU\ $254,875 121,974 61 78a 21,808 271,37a 4;i,898 19,816 1- 9,701 70,6715 150,798 66,061 J21,84i 56,439 200,409 21",»2.i 79,682 147,733 164,168 36,835 126,664 106,72i> 307,342 162,099 107,67i> 184,27» IiOMSSt n6,ooo- m 26,000 75,000 1360,000 27,000 ■ 20,000 25,000 nn.OOO' w GREAT FIRB IN CHICAGO. JUiiiOil a,o(X) 76,000 Nun I'. i mirlcun. ('liicago Aiirom, Aurora • OlilcBKO Klri', ClilcBKO Clilcaao KIriincnV, Chicago Commfrclftl. Cliioiigo K(|Ultal)le, I'liiciiito Kiirmir'n, Kroifpcrt Oerman, FrLcporv Ourtnnn lim- iii"l Sav'i. Co.. (Julncy. Ovrman, ChicnKO Orcat Wi'Bteni, Chicago Ilome, Chicago IllliiolB Mutual. Alto-i Knlckcrliooker, Clilnigo Merchant's, Chicago Mutual Hicuriiy, Chicaito |ict)u1)llc. Chicago Kockford, Kockfonl WinuwUeik, Ki-ecporl. Cttpim. 1&I),00() aOll.lKX) 1(11,80(1 axi.ooo 180,000 liW.OOO 1(10.00(1 111,000 K-i,m I aio.oco 2-.'2,: 31 •.tlo.Oiiil iiii.noo KiO.UOIl fioo.otui 1 18,!12.-> 99S,'2' (I IdO.COO KHl.OOfl (ffooa Ai«f(cta J in. 1. IS71. |.')48,87ft ■-'■JO,471 i:il,,SOil a"a,M4 i;«fl,6;t'> lai.iui I'.n.WKi I11I.H'24 l.W.O.M »7,8-.'l ■274.Vjri 2t6,33H sr.n.oiii IKIi,!'.".* S78,'J.U 14,'),.')34 I,l:i2.8r2 2;!5,442 143,Ti2 f.naaea. Tbese companies cannot fiivnish Hgures- maiiy guspensions will follow. Pennitylvanin, -but most of tliem lose heavily, and American, rhila'elphin Franklin, I'hilinlelphia Uirard, I'hilHdelphia.-.^-- . ••„•/:,• his Company ,.f North Ainoncii, l*.nil - • • •• Ins. Company g.ateof I'cnnsyiTama, Phil. Uaociister, haiicii^ter.---: Pennsylvania I'hiladolpblii -■ Delaware Mutual >atety, Phila KnterpriBe, Philadelphia ♦3^,000 27,000 20,000 26,000 bycomiDK, Munoy. Ai|)a, t'Tio ileivaiiiK Fire R; atlinif -- -•-- Williauiiiport tire, Wiiliamsport- Columbitt, Columbia Co*neeticut. MtnH, Hixrtford City. H artford - Charter Oak. Hartford ConiiectiiMit, Unrtf'ord ••••• Fttirflold County, Norwalk.. Hartlord, Uarttord Merchant*, Hartlord..-.--. North American, Hartford. Norwich, Norwich Phoinix, llartforu Putman, Hartford Rhode Island. American, Providence ■ Atlantic, Providence City, Providence Kqaitai'le, Providence ■ H"pe. Providence Merchant^', Providence ■ NarraganBett Providence _-. Providence Washington, Providence. Roger Williams, Providence CaUforma. California, San Francisco Firemen's Fund. San Francisco. Home Mutual, San Francisco — Oooidental, Sun Francisco Pacific. San Francl-co People's San lirancisoo Ifnion, San FranoiBCo ifaitte. Eartern, Bangor » I50,00(i Katinnal, t'angor £,°-™'' flaion. Bangor S00.0«' 100,000 «!,047,B12 Nothinn 400,0(1) 3,l'37.4.^! 5(0,()0(> 200,0(10 4li:),(l6! Kothinit 5(10,000 3,orxi,.'):m coo.ooo 200,000 542,908 20(i,()00 2.'.0,34i> Nothing 400,000 1,094,001 Nothing :i(io,o(io 1,821.102 200,000 til!,(i51 12.1,000 Mutual .'ilfi.S irt y50,ooo :i(i5,r,ai 12,666 l.'iO.OO') 177,5();l 1(M,(J00 110, SOD a.'jo.ooo i,()(:0,(x:o t."i.732,fa3 *2,('00,0i 2 ■O.OilO 5.'i4,287 2y),ooo l.")0,(JO<) 251,951 2t0,00i> auo,(WO 40.'),0ti > SuRiionded aiooot) 2I«.3.'.H :t4,i (10 1,000 000 2,7;t7.510 1,200,00) 200,000 ."WO.ogii 350.000 300,000 4.''*,50:l uoo.ooo 381.731! fiOO.O'O 1,7 1 7,947 7()o,'obo 800,000 785,783 425,000 t '.00,000 t 374,069 $ 400,000 ••'(Hl.dOO 32(>,ia:l 275,000 50,000 72,150 500,0(0 27l,l«'.» Nothing 150.000 2ll,H7:t 150,000 300,000 372,199 18,000 500,000 792,947 38,000 200 000 41.'i,14J 56O,00» 800,000 878,946 100.000 • 300,000 C 106,324 500,000 7!i9,627 eoj.tioo a:>T,-M.\ ...-.- 300,001 474,095 1,000,000 1,7.7,207 ♦ 1,000,000 uoo.ooo 5(K),0(lO 750,000 1,115,574 9 150,00(1 $ a37,64H Nothing 200,000 941,30!» 17,S0o iJOO,000 421.205 5,ooa Jj 44 HISTORV OF THE Michigan. ,, » . " ((ro«H A "Hold , Det?oi?Vir« an-l MHfin.. Detroit • "jo.oo;' • WJVHU 4 HO.OOO Stiite, Laimiiig iw.uuo ^^''TreW Proteotiva. Mnw,n.l-.e • IfiMTJ; * W;ni • AOM North-weetornNutionul, Milwaukee 18«.<HXi Htl.^W w.OOO . "*'!sri'!iulFireundMBrmo, Si. I'liul • lao.oiX) • ^<«).593 « fio.ooo ■^"''auL.. CaviuBton •• - • 150.0«0 • ie3.6" I35..KK) JVw JldVinxhirr. New llHmpshire Fire, Miinchejter $ lOU.Ooo $134,086 Foreign Oomjiaiiiex. The list of foreign flompiinien doinK busitiesM in tiie Unitod Stiitos (tive» the whole asBets oftlieeompnnie^. A'l of thmn except the linperiul do ft life iwurunee busineM. and the lar «e.t..ort^o^o.thei.a«.^ ^ ^,^ uXpo.'ifti;ondan"an;i«iohe. );;5;..76.| l^.i:Hi.4U.. ^m^m North British and Mcreuntile ''WS .I*. ?,^'i«- v^i!?^ uSyal '.■.-.'•".'-.■.■.■.■-".'. 1,-144.475 !l,a74,776 IW.UW Tiie Conipmiips wiiose losses are (IPNigrmtwl by (lots or '• leaders," have not lieen heard from, tlioiuili iu tiie ciise of the Chicago conipaiiios it in feared a very laage ma- jority—if not all-are liankru|it. Tlie " Auicrifan," " Merchantii'," " Relmblio," and a lew others, how 'ver, giving iiromise of reasonalile adjustment. However, tlieir personal losses liave bi en immense— iia)iers have tiisappeared and been destroyed, recor<lH burned, and maiterH so disturbed and disarraned that it must be a long time ere satis- factory or definite evidence will lie forthcoming. The other outwide Companies not lieard from have not l)een very great sufferers, though many will be hard pressed. "We from inquiry and close investigation are convinced tliat many stated losses are from 26 to 60 per cent, more tlian at presented asserted. At the Chamber of Commerce the wildest excitement was manifested; men grew desperate as they discussed tlie removal of the Board to Mich ave. on the South Side — tJie repudiation of former transactions— the losses of a few days past— and otlier matters of grave importance. Within a few liours between two and three thousand acres of magnificent buildings had keen destroyed— within a few hours over 16,000— yes 16,000 ediilces liad been swept away— within a few hourn 80,000 or 90,000 people were left homeless, houseless, starving— and within a few hours pro|)erty to the extent of over $300,000,000 had been stricken down before the march of the destroyer; had acted a brilliant part in the Fire Fiend's Carnival— and bade the proudest head droop and coldest hearts yearn for the miseries of the Doomed City. Doomed City ! It wa» indeed ;— years of strife against misfortune, years of strife with creditors, and years of dee]) anxiety— this to secure prosperity— this to build up a city famed throughout th« civilized world ;— and now for miles around, naught save wrecked fragments of masonry , ghastly beds of ashes, and poverty's gaunt form mocking the millionaire of yesterday Fragments of masonry! let those who doubt this assertion seek the sites of th« follow- ing magnificent structures : — Academy of Design, Adams, between State and Dearborn. . A. H. Miller's building, corner State and Madison. ', '. Andrew's building, La Salle, between Madison aud Momoe. ■ ;- • t 80,00U • 7s,noo H<:,000 t fio.ooo t 35,IK)0 I the whola Kii«et.'< Ineu, and the lar- * m.ooo ift(),noo 'J,(Hi(),(K>0 'j.oooono Nothiuir !IH,l)00 ," have not been a very laage iiiu- lepiiblio," atid a er, tlieir pereonal Htroyed, reeonls iig time ere satis- e Coiupanies not be liard pressed, d loHses are from psted; men grew the South Side past — and oilier I three thousand rs over 16,000— or 90,000 people jrty to the extent e destroyer; had idest head droop ed City ! It wa» ors, and years of [1 throughout tha nents of masonry , ire of yesterday 08 of the folio w- GREAT FIRE IN CHICAOO. 44 AndrawN &. OiIh'h biiiMlriu, (Mark, betwci'ii Monroe and AdnmN. Arcndf Imililiiiys, (Iliirk. bt'tweeen Miultson and Monroe, Herlin l)lin'k, corner Hiate and Monroe. liinke'N bniliilhi;, Wa.shin<;ton, between Filth avenun and Franklin, Hooiie block, La Salle, between Wawliinnton and MnciiHoti. Howen'H buildiiiu, Itiiiidolpli, between Micliinan an<l Wabash avenue. Bryan block, coiiier La Siille and Monroe. UitcIi'h block. Lake, t)elween WiibiiMJi avenue and State Htreel. Calhoun block, Clitrk, )iet\\cen WiiHliinuton and MailiNon. Chamber of Coninierce l)uililinij, corner La Salle and Wanliinaton. Chicago Mutual Life limurance building, Fiflh aveiuie, between WaHhington aud Randolph. Thi Chicdgo Tirnen buildiiii,'. Dearborn, between Washington and Madison. City Water Works, coiner Uliicaijo iiveiiue and I'ine. Cobb's block, corner Lake and Wntiasli aveinie. Cobb's bl(«'k, Wushiiinton, between Clark and Dearborn. Cobb's buildinsi, DeiirliorM, between Wasbint'ton ami Madison, Cotnmercial liuililinsi, corner La Snile and Lake. Commential Insurance Company's building, WaHhington, between La Sail* and Fifth avenue. Court House, Randolph and Wiishington, between Clark and La Salle. Crosby's building. State, between Randolph and Washingtcni, Custom House, corner Dejuhorn and Monroe. Dellaveii block. Dearborn, between tiuincy and Jacks"ii. Depository buildiiitr, Kiimlolpli. betweeti Clark and La Salle, Dickey's building, corner Deiirbofii and Lake. Dole's building, corner Clark and i^outh Water. Drake's block, corner Wiibasli avenue and Washington. Eagle Work's block, corner Madison atid Clinton. Ewing block, North ('lark, between North Water and Kiii/.ie, Exchange Bank buildlns;, corner Lake and Clark. Flander's block, foot South Water. Fry's building. La Salle, between Watdiington and Randolph. Fullert<in'H block, corner Washington and Dearborn. 'Gallup building, corner La Salle and Madison. Garrett block, corner Randolph and Sta.e. Hartford Fire Instn-nnce building, La Salle, between Randolph and Lake. Holt's building, Wiushington, between La Salle and Fifth avenue. Honore block. Dearborn, beiweeen Monroe and Adams. Illinois Central Land Department building, Michigan avenue, between Lak« »\iid South Water. Keep's building, Clark, between Madison and Monroe. Kehoe's building, corner Twelfth and Blue Island avenue. Kent's building. No. l-^S Mmiroe. King's block, corner AVasliington and Dearborn. Lakeside building, corner Adams and Clark. ■ Larimm Block, corner Clark and Washington. ': . ' Lincoln block, corner Lake and Fratiklin. . Lind's block, corner Randolph and Market. Link's block, corner La Salle and Lake. » Lloyd's block, corner Randolph and Fifth avenue. Lombard block, corner Monroe and Custom House place, between Clark aid Dearborn. Loomis Block, corner Clark and South Water. Lumberman's Exchange, corner South Water and Franklin. McCarthy's Building, corner Dearborn and Washington. McCarthy's Building, corner Clark and Randolph. McConnick's Block, corner Dearborn and Randolph. McCormick's Building, corner Michigan ave. and Lake. McKee's Building, corner Wabash ave. and Randolpli. Mackin's Building, State, between Madison and Monroe. Magie's Building, corner LaSalle and Randolph. -■^e Si;«SSaB*«*!*«i»^jlB4Sa!KiT»ss>iSev* HlflTORY «»F THK Major Illd.k, nviiiff LaSallf ami MinliHim. Marino Hank HniMinu, lorncr Ukf ami USiillf. M.Tl.«ni.K' Huil.li.iK, WiiMliinnlon, L.Mw.M'n l,.iSall.- nml Mllh nvo. M«'r<'aniil.« Uiiil-lina, l.arfallc, liflw.Tii Ma.lison ai.<l WuNhinuioii, M..rrliniil'H fiiHiiraii.f IJiiil.iinu, <'orn.T LaHall.' ami Wiishiii«ton. Mclh.HliHl C'liunli Ul.H'k, ci.rncr Clark ami WaKliiM«tou. Mclriipiirnan Hl<><k, vurui'V Uamli'l|ih ami UHnllt>. MonriHi Uuililiii«, f«.rni>r Clark ami Mnnnn-. Morrison lUoik, Clark, lifiw.-cn Miulison and Mcnrm-. Morrison Uuililinc, Cliirk, t..'iAVf.'n Muilisou ami Washmisloii. N«'wl>iiry lJlo«;k, itrncr Wi-lls nml Kin/.ii-. Nixon liiiililiiiu. ridiiiir LaSallc and Monroe Norton Hlork, N.ps. i;i(i and i;!« f^outl. Water. Old Hoard of Trade Uiiildinns, South Water, l.etween I.aS.ille and ttllli ave. Open Hoard UniMinti, Miidison, lielween Clark and LaSalle. (trienlal Uuildinu', LaSalle. between Wasliinsilon atid Madison. OtiH Hlofk, eorner Madison ami LaS'dl<'. Otis Biiildini!, corner Stale and .Mudison. I'dcitli: Hotel, corner (Jlnrk and Qtiincy. Pardee's linildina, corner Sontli Water and Kil'tli ave. I'lKunix Hiiildini!, USidle. between Uandolph ami Wasliitiglon. I'oinerov's Huildinir. No Itltl Soiitli Water. I'ope's block, Mudison, between Cliirk and I-aSallc, I'ortland Block, corner Kearliorii and Wasliiimloii. Post-Olllce corner Denrliorii and Monroe. I'osi-Onicp Huililiinj, UearlMirn. between Madison nml Monroe yVaiVfVf Fiinrur liMildini;. AJonroe, between Uearboni and Clark. rurples Block, corner North Clark and Oidario. Ravinoiid Block, corner Slute and Madison. Republic Lilt' Insuraiicv liiii din«, La.Salle. between Madtson and Monroe. Reynold's Block, coni.-r Dearborn and Madison. "* Rice's Bnihiina, "i to ^;'. Dearborn. Scanimon's BuildiiiB, corner Randolph and Miflneaii ave. Shppard's Buildinu, Dearborn, between Monroe and Adams. Hheiman House Block, corner Clark and Ratidolph. Smith & Nixon's Block, corner fc'lark and Washington. Speed's Building. 125 Dearborn. .m , StaaU 7A-iXmij Buildinsj, Madison, between Dearborn and Clark. Steam's Building, Washington, between LaSalle and Fifth ave. Steel's Block, corner LaSalle and Sotith Water. Stone's Biiihlina, Madison, between Clark and LaSalle. Taylor's Block, corner Franklin and South Water. Tribune. BuiMing, corner Dearborn and Madisoti. Turner's Builditig, corner Nortii Stale and Kinzie. Tyler Block, LaSalle between Lake and South Water. Uhlich Block, North Clark, between Kinzie and Water. Union Building, corner LaSalle and Washington. Volk'd Building, 197 Washington. , „ , , , Walker's Block, Dearborn, between Lake and Randolph. Warner's Block, 1'2H and 125 Randolph. , ,. ,. Washington Block, Clark, between Washington and Madison. Wheeler's Block, corner Clark and South Water. Wicker's Building, corner State and 8»tith Water. WrigUt Brother's Building, corner North State and Kin/.ie. FiT« Public Schools, HOTELS. slrei ter Palmer House. Sherman House. Tremont House. Pacific Adams House. Briggs House. Mattison House. Revere House. Orient House Eveiett House. Metropolitan House. Central House. Howard House. City Hotel. Clifton House. Clarendon House. Bigelow House. itr •01 Bl lid Fil'ili avp. ORKAT FIRK IN CHICAOO. IT Kpidcopal <* I'rt'Mlntoriui & ^r«Ul.■><ll«t f» I'niliii'iiin - Hwncli'iiliorxi'iii - UeHideK niiiiiy ntlior placs .of worthii rilUKCIIKS. NVw Knglnnd 1 ('i)uurnuatiiiliiil 1 Calhollc *. 6 JpwimIi ii l.iitlDTiin '•! fully M>veiity being clpMtroypd. nil Monioe. KIik'n Opera Houh*. (»lyiii[)ir. (Icnimn 'J'liiiii'r Hull. ter House, litan House. House. House, tel. House, on Hou8©. r House. TIlE.XTRKS. rroubvV Opern Hoii'-c, Hoole\'>. lleui'lidiii, Wooil s Muhtfuin. The following Iluiltllll4^ chcnped: iJLooKs AM) runur nuiLDiNfls. Uainaeur l)ull ' uu', ijoincr of VVcnI. Luke liml ('limon ni,re«l«. Cole'.s liuil<liiu. I'oiii.'i- West MiiilNoii mill lliiNleiul streets. ]!(lw;ii(lN lilotk. Milwi'.uketi avt'iuio, li.'iwt-i'ii Nolde aiwl Cleaver streeU, Hii'li School. West Munnip Mrwl, tunweeii Dehi)laiiieM and llalstead HtreeU. nice Jc .lack^'Oii IMoik, WcM lUndolpli Klrcoi, beiwc.-n Jetr.-rioii and DiMplaiuM Hliermann Block. Wabash avenue, between Twelfth and Tliirteenth stieeU. SAVINGS IfANKH. Prairie State Loan and Trust Company, Mo. '.i^i West Randolph street. Sttviiiys liAiik 01 till- M.n:lmnic.s' AsHociatloii, No. ICt Twenty -second street. RAILWAY STATIONS. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & t'liit.igo, corner Canal and Madison streets. Pitt-sbiirg. (.'iiicinriuti & Hi. Louis, corner Ciinal and Ken/.ie streets. ('liicano.^Aliori &. Si. Louis, corner Canal and Madison street*. ChicHsjo «Si Northwestern (,WiKconsiu and Mdwaukee division) corner West W»- jr and Ken/.ie .'■treeis. Chicago, UansviUe and Vineennes, corner Canal and Kenzie streets. DANKS. Chicaeo Clearing House Association, 82 Dearborn street. City National Rank, l.'G Wa.slnngtou street, ("onnnercial Naiioral Bunk, 55 Dearborn street. (Commercial Loan Company, 41 Nortii Clark street. Cook County National Rank, Honore Block, comer Dearborn and Monroe 8tr»eU- Corn E.Kchange National Rank, room 2 Chamber of C'-nmerce. Fifth National Bank, nortli-eaht corner (.'lark and Dearborn streets. First National Bai;k. south-west corner State and Wasi-ington streets. Fourth National Baiik, soulh^asi comer Dearborn and Washington streets. (iermania Bank, 40 South Clark street. Hibernian Banking Association, south-west corner Clark and Lake streets. Illinois Mtitual Trust Company, 147 and 149 Randolph street. ,„.. , Manufacturers' National Bank, north-west corner Dearborn and Washington Marine Company of Chicago, 156 Lake, north-east cornOT LaSalle street. Mechanics' National Bank, 154 Lake street. Merchants' National Bank, 108 LaSalle street. National Bank of Commerce, 87 Dearborn street. National Bank of Illinois, 05 Washington street. North- Western National Bank, 1 Chamber of Commerce. , r «. Prairie Sute Loan and Trust Company, north-west corner Randolph and Je«»r- •on streets. . u _j Real Estote Loan and Trust Company, 105 and 107 Monroe utrwt, Lombard Block. 8<'Cond National Bank, north-west corner Lake and Clark streets. .. Traders" National Bank, 44 Clark street, : - v t }fj 48 HISTORY OF THE Third National Bank, corner Rnndolnb and Dearborn streets. Union Insurance and Trust Company, No 188 Dearborn street. Union National l?ank, soutli-wesi comer LaSulle and Wasliington streets. Union Slock Yard.s National Bank, Union Stock Yanls. J. R. Valentine & Co. SAVINGS' BANKS. Chicago Savings Institution and Ti usl Canipaiiy , basement soutli-west corner State and Washington streets. Coin. Loan Conipaiiv. No. 60 North Clark street. Fourth National Bank, soutii-ea-st corner Washington and Dearborn streets. German Savings Itank, Nos. ;!4 and '-'S LaSalle street. Hibernian Bank As^uciat.ioll Savings Bank, south-west corner Clark and Lake- International Mutual Trust Company, No. 18.5 LaSalle street. Marine Comi)any of Chicago, No IfiO Lake street. Merchants', Farmers' and Mechanics' Savings Bank, No. 18 Clark street. Mercliants' Saving Loan and Trust Company, south-west corner Lake and Dear- born streets. National Loan and Trust Company, 02 LaSalle street. Prairie State Loan and Trust Company, 95 West Randolph street. Real Estate, Loan and Trust Company, next west of the Post Office. Savings Bank of the Mechanics Asssociation, 164 Twenty-second street. State "savings' Institution, 8^ and 84 LaSalle sireet. ,„,„„., Union Insurance and Trust Company, 183 Dearborn street; Branch at 316 Md- waukee street. RAILWAY STATIONS. Michigan Central and Great Western of Canada, Union Depot, foot of Lake street. Lake Shore & Michigan Soutliern, Van Buren street, liead of LaSalle. Illinois Central, foot of Lake street. Chicago, Burlington &Quiucy, foot of Liike street. , , u a r Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, corner Van Buren and Sherman streets, head of "^ Chicago & North-western (Galena division) corner of North Water and Wells streets, North Side. The following Elevators were burned: Munger & Armours, Galena, Illinois Central A., Hiram Wheeler's, National, Vincent Nelson & Co.'s. The following Eleva- tors were reported safe : Illinois Central B., Flint & Thompson, two of Munn & Scott, two of Armour, Dnle & Co., Burhngton, and Old Iowa and Illinois River. The total amount of grain remaining in the Elevators is 5,000,000 bushels. It is estimated that the losa in grain will amount to nearly 2,000,000 of bushels. Between eighty and ninety printing offices were destroyed, including lithography and stereoiyping establishments. • Friday— and the work of building up Chicago is proceeded with ; various sections of the burned district are dotted with wooden structures ; men are buf.ily clearing away bricks, opening safes, making contracts, organizing their affairs. Foohsh ru- mors were abroad that the millionaire of last week, Potter Palmer, had committed sui- cide. Wise men shook their heads and said, " He's not the man to go into that busi- ness-his splendid hotels and stores may have been flattened to the ground, but he has been through too much and learned too much to be afraid of the world ; he has more blood, and will yat get full value for all he has lost." This was the universal verdict in favor of the moral probity of a man who has done more for Chicago than any single individual in it during the past few years. It was talked of, too, that a few of the fire- men gloated over his hotel being destroyed, owing to Mr. Palmer having advised econ- omy in the Fire Department, but we received no authentic evidence of such unmanly t. ^ton streets. itli-westfornev State ■arborn streets. ner Clark and Lake- ■'lark street. nier Lake and Dear- treet. ; Oflice. ond street. ; Branch at 316 Mil- , foot of Lake street, f LaSalle, man streets, he ad of •th Water and Wells iir's, Galena, Illinois The following Eleva- son, two of Munn & I Illinois River. The hels. It is estimated ncluding lithography v'ith ; various sections are busily clearing affairs. Foolish ru- r, had committed sui- to go into that busi- lie ground, but he has e world ; he has more 1 the universal verdict licago than any single that a few of the flre- • having advised econ- ince of such unmanly GREAT FIRE IN CHICAGO. 49 conduct. If Potter Palmer possesses the same nerve he did but ten years a^o, he can- not be a ruined man. A story is also circulating that Gen. Sheridan, hearing that a certain hotel keeper on the South-east Side was extortionate in his ])ricps, disguised biniself and visitod the individual, a.sking him what he " ciiarged by the day T " Ten dollars," was the response. " Could you not run it at »2.50 V " No, we charge ten dollars per day," was the reply. " Well," answered Sheriiliin, " if yon do not t;ik« your sign down and replace the $10 with $2.50, we ivill run it for you ! Whatevor followed few knew, but $2.50 per day was the charge from tliat hour. A further rumor that Mr. Ullhniiin, of the firm of Wren, Ullhiuim & Co., bankers, who was found dead near his place of business on the night of the lire, had been mur- dered, and not burned to death as was supposed ; tliis story was fully credited by good authorises. Various ca-ses of shooting, hanging, killing had occurred during the week, but excite<i les.s attention than a rimaway team on an ordinary occasion ; some who were S[ie<.ial policemen took advantage of their position, and used force where gentle words w""o id have answered. Allan Pinkerton had issued notices that anyone discovered stealing would be put to death, and as Gen. Sheridan behaved most humanely, at the same time enforcing strict discijdine, there were fbwer cases of crime than might liave been reasonably anticipated. Some who were given water by those in a position to bestow, sold it at good prices until they were discovered. The German population were really in great distress, and as they had ever been a liberal-minded, industrious and peaceable class, it was hoped that a fund would be pro- videtl for them ; large nmnbers of these living in tlie Nortli Division were totally ruined. The Oddfellows, Masons and members of other societies are issuing circulars to their distant brethren, calling for aid. A meeting of the I,ouisville, Cincinnati, ludianapoUs and St. Louis relief committees took place, at which represeuU'itives from other cities were present. They unanimously resolved upon deflnite arrangements, so that sub- scriber and receiver might be protected ; this was to see that the contributions here- after should be jiroperly disp^ysed ot. To meet this view a thorough organization wa.s effected, consisting of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society, assisted by prominent citi- zens. All bills were to be audited by the Executive Committee of that Society, consist- ing of seven well-known citizens, the Controller and R. B. Mason, Mayor. This organization made the following suggestions to people : " So far as practicable, we suggest that money be remitted, as with that we can buy articles, which from time to time we most need. All funds collected elsewhere should be remitted direct to, or held subject to the order of " The Chicago Relief and Aid Society." funds already deposited in other cities will he drawn upon by orders or drafts of ' The Chicago Relief and Aid Society,' signed by R. B. Mason. All materials should be consigned to ' The Chicago Relief and Aid Society,' at Chicago, great care being taken to murk contents on packages, and to send invoices promptly by mail. 8eud cooked or perishable food only upor. special order from our Society. ,^ „ . R- B. Mason, Mayor. "' ■■ " Henry W. Kino, President of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society. ' Wirt Dkxtbr, Chairman Executive Committee." Allan Pinkerton's --.ircular occasions considerable interest: — Office op Pinkerton's Police. Orders are hereby given to Captains, Lieutenants, Sergeants, and men of Pinker- ton's jtreTonuve poUce, that they are in charge of the burning district, in the South Divi- ;N«9SseSi=1F' v^^fr;..**)*! HISTORY OF THE GO their fate. i?i,i„iitv aafe Co 'a v«uU» and other bulks 1 1 was further announced that the Fidehty sale v.o.s vnu Uwastnrtne .„. ^ew York b.lancet^leave 60 im "nt, wh.l.t the ,e,e ..nnd, ""'"•"''''-""',"'" ° ,5 „ „ pe, cent more. The 7V»«eh.. i„.„r.n... .t the least ..cure th. W. , U « p ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ,.k. a ...h ...,t ,» a no. «t o, -77-; tTar^^I^'ener^.f^; h.pp,,,™,,ch..,h.n,..,.,,..«r.h ,..„ emerge like a lion in a few dajh— ^vui m«j.i i-r ^"'tn jT^^Loo-TUe re,n,.n_afte. a wee.. ,ap.e-of that day whj^ Witnessed tl.e co,ume„cemeut of ' '« '-> ^ J*^ u.ey consider .hat ten, even r^;.! U iX eaLsLde are .ut calcined .nasses, whilst n.any a good Imrned; otheis that iiieir ,.rv,M.a^o mav be burned, but Chicago men ,„.„_ret„,„.n. to h,s ho,,.. exc,.,„.- r^-'UZ^^!, ... ,„ „,„.re.., r:t"rtrs:ri:!z:t;:tc'rd.„hat „„ h,,™..,.. .«. humed, .,.„.... "^t^::^:^::::^^^^:^^. ^ ^^ that .,...e con. „.«.„ rebuilding. ^^^^^^_ pattered, pattered, om Then ran commenced; itsprinkien ngnuv, '^ , . . „,.,,.„ >,„t now it people he could trace n..h«~ •«7' " ""J'f.J J.^ h.,., destroyed, and ,»,! in n.0,.., and .«>,»« In postage .«P. ;™ "'Hk. l^^l -^^^ The caah book .a. a calcined ma... whlM the Mg.r. lay ^>»'|'. *^X an^uncri ^ .e paper. .,the ''^^'^^ ^':''^:^i::' ^zT'i-''':^^-^'' - rge, or attempting 111 lime, tlM»y shall l)Ut (leatli sliall be N PiNKBBTON. s and other banks r cent, whilst the The Tnbtineh&a — let no trouble be be in a position to lalne^s." The Poit table energy which cNally & Co., tlie [)., the "Lakeside" off to New York— r. Storey— who will lufucp in stirring up -of that day which link not now of the iisider that ten, even with the dire enier- Land Eecords are whilst many a good ?d, but Chicago men -" I was in Montreal, burned, but my wife these could not com- rould convict them of ying out contracts for pattered, pattered, oi eeu scarce, but now it vers ; they caiue early . Sheridan assured th« Iso announced that the being destroyed, and Government property, be very much injured, though not fit for use. ks, ft.c., were rea<.lable. It was also announced supposed to have beett could not be mor« Aa« CUr.Ar FIRE IN CHICAGO. 51 l.ctwefii (110 unci lAvo l,iin<'r.Ml ; l.ul this wns, is mid must he. mnro individual opinion; scores liml pen.vlied wlio would not be missed fr.mi a p.nuilation of .<!0O,O0O. Then it wns said Hint tlio Niclio'son pi'voment <lid not burn; this however was trao'd to people who liiid an inteif'ot ui n.aintiiining a ?ood reputation for it; the pnvcnient did burn; not ■'foiiiiilcs" ns some announced, but in va.iioiis plaves it was so (nvd that pedes- trians found difTicully in passiiiR over it during llio conllagration. The Liverpool, Lon- don and Glol.o Insurance Companies telegraphed that every dollar of their losses (f2,7y(!,(H'0) would be promptly sent, and also subserilinir $10,000 to the Relief Fimd. It was also hinted tluit the " Pacific" Insuranre slocldiolders had refused to respond to the 75 i)er pent call, and claimed that the charter only allowed 5 per cent at a time. This rufusal was owinir to tl;e fact that losses were found to bo $2,000,000 instead of 81.000,000 as first supposed. Al.?o that the Putnaiu of Hartford would suspend and reorganize. Tlius elided away another day— closing a week which witncs.sed the most dis- astrous conllaiiration— and rivalling iNfoscow- tho world was ever visited by. God grant that all fiituro generations may be spared a similar atllietion ! During the "-eat London Fire which commenced on the 2d of September I6C6, and continued threr M. and nialits, 13,200 houses were destroyed, together with many public building . St. Paid's, the City Gates, Royal Exchange, Custom House, Guild Hall, Sioa < " r -tc., this was immediately after the riaguo, and chastened the horror-stricken city ; out in Chicago naught save magnificent stone and marble blocks, immense rows of residences— eacli one in value and dimensions representing five of the structures consumed by the Are of 16C0— each one a model of purity, cleanliness and grandeur; to .-ompare that five with the one now on record would be a very great error, using the mildest form of expr.-ssion. Again, the UTiited fires which have occurred on the American Continent for the past half century, in amount of losses and production of misery, fall far short of the Chicago calami, y ; to jirove this figures are simply necessary : LOSS. New York ....18:?5 600 warehouses, ac, ?20.000,00n Cliarle-^ton.'s. C., 18H8 1,1.58 buildings 8,0f)0,0(K) New York IKV.) 46 buildings 10,000,000 Pliiladelpliia 188f) 52 buildings f.00,000 Pilt.'^bur'Vh Pa IS 15 1 ,000 bni^dings 6.000,000 Qiit-bec," Canada) 1845 2,800 l.uiMings ^Mllll!'!!!'" y.-w York 18^5 302 buildings 0,000.000 St! Jolm's (N. F.) 18.K? :. ^"'SS^ Nantucket IS'Q JiOO bniMings 800,000 t\ibany 18H* 600 buiidings 3,000,000 IJi-ooklvn", n! Y.', . . . . '. 1S48 200 hnlldings ' 7o0,ori0 St. Louis 1810 ]:-Sbl,M.ks .miO,000 Philadelphia 18.50 300 hous'.^s 4,000,000 And allowing an averace in proportion for the past twenty years— there yet domains the indisputable fact that for property destroyed, pecuniarily viewed, for misery and pov- g„(y ctigcndnred, for businssg disturbance, and shock to the Connncrcial classes, no flres— or union of fires- have ever equalled this fearful, devastating visitation of 1871. The world li.is been appalled by it — and we can judge how vast a circumstanco is required to thrill md unnerve the calm, practical inhabitants of a universe. J. 62 lIlSTOnV OF THE ff Sunday— Tl.iMliiy of lost from !ulmr! On ibis evoniutr .i lu. .-linii ofihf olllcpri. of tli,> Na'ioiKiI HankN'of (^hio;.^.. took place, in oi.l>'( tliai n ccifoiTiico uiifelil be held to coufoi' wiiU Mv. iri.ll)Ui-a, Uontvollor of Curreucy. Tin- Chair was ocoui.ie.l by J. Irv- i,,,' P.>arce, Presideut of the Tliird National llauk. Heniy (iroonbauui, of the Oe.niftn Kliional \S:n>k, Secretary. A lou^lhy discussion, Lnicbhiy ihe < on.li:M.u of \h:- Chieaso banks as alU' :te,l by Iba Ore, was llie ivsiilt. U was ascorumied up.m comparison of liabilities and R.^ources, tlmt all the b:uiks were pe.ledly solvent, and shoul.l resume ousiuess at ouce. The only delay asked by any of Iho banks was tor sulli. lent time to couvoy their safes from the niins to mw places of l.usi.iess, and t- ar,ahi,'e lueir books and oflice furnitue. A res dution heretoiovc passed, to jniy lilieen per cent, cash im- mediately, was unnn-.uvnisly ve^cindcd. and a leRoluiion a.lopicd to open f..r regular transaction of busine-- at 10 a, m. on the 17i.li inst. The following w.u-i issued : ^IrSlJ^'aU-inined from personal Investioation, lh:,t the National Banks of niieaiio ore s"m '~i lUulu.ns. and tl'it, notwithstaudiair the iat. the, Ihey are aole m.d vea. ?i^^ a u"t c aims on presentation. I hereby a.^umnce tint .he Aanonal an. ot riic,- V open their doors for tiio traosaeth.n of onsni.'ss as usmd. on ] uesda Sic iftlVln'Vat lo A. >r.. and I hereby express my behef in then- abd.ty to meet a!! ti,e;rle,itimaJeM,.a..m.nt.s on demand. ^^^^^^^^^^^^_^^^^^jj^^^ Many of ihe edifices remaining inlact were converted into IL.uses of Ilefuue. There were a few chuiclies left, bat these clergymeu-of all denominat.ons-wbo.e sacred temples h.d been destroyed, preached in llie open air to those wlohad been " throu-h ihe the.- The occasion was solemn and impressive. Tears fell from eyes unasedTo woepin;;, and their Creator lookodldown on-*nd let us hope i.itied-tl.ose brou-ht to his foot-stool and subdued by adversity. At St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York" th- Very Rev. Dr. Suirrs, Vicar Oene.al, read the f.dlowin- circular: foodo! ^dielle 1. np'.^alshoioico, lo that will not Christian <-'''";> ^.^''^'^'^^/J.^"", o.>a in.i . due annoimcement to be mada on next t£^/'^;L:':.S:!^£^^ should-be se.. imn^Uat^y to the Chancery office. Z. they may be remitied without deiay to ->-- ^J^j^J;^^,,, ,, j,,, y,,k. Given at New York, this 10th day of October, 1871. In New York and Brooklyn the Reverend. Dr. Ewer, Dr. Richardson. Dr. Thomp- son Dr.Chapin, llep^ovth, Ur. Bollowes, Henry Ward Beecher, Dr. Houghton, lal- mnae Dr. Duncan and others, spoke eloquently. lu fact, throughout the length and brellth of the land, voices were raised and fervent prayers offered up, and tJie great principle vindicated, that nations-as well as individuals-mu^t ever be kuit together .u one common, but God-like bond of brotherhood. Throughout the couliuent the churches wore doiuj. the.r --art, thousands of dol- lars bein^ subscribed, and it was found that New York, in cash and supplies, bad na of t lie offlcerK ' uiifehl be liokl to ;cup!e(l by J. Irv- n. of the fie. man on of tl'^' Chicago .in com]ianson of ml sluiuUl resume • stilli. iinit tiiuo to •liihi^t? riieii- books |)iT cent, casb im- 1 u\K'.u for regular 1 n:ink«of (.'hii-arro rt^ n.iilo ami ready Naiioual ]?aiiks of <iiiil. iiu Tiies.lay ability lo uu'el ai! l^r of Curicncy. ilduses of Rpfuue. )iuinalioii.s — wboto lose wl'o bad been ears fell from eyes nope ))itied — those k's Cathedral, Now '.ircular : u tlie thousands of lated ciiy, wiibout •e is not one. I aru little, that will not, , iho jireater facili- im of a great act of in all the churches to be niada on next e Cliancery oflice, lop of New York. ardson, Dr. Thomp- Ur. Houghton, Tal- out the length and 3d up, and the great r be kiiit together lU ■t, thousands of dol- ih and supplies, bad GREAT Fim; IN ClUCAGO. 68 already laiseu over ^J.DoO.OOO. Detroit also had raiscid between §30,000 and § 10,000, and Mr. Q. F. I5a;,'ley, in vosporae to a re((iioHt, replied that he >vonld, aschairinnn of the committee, forward 81"."00 worth of lumber at once, this boin,; much needed. Major IX 0. Houston of the EnjTinoer Corps, U. S., wrote some admirable sugj^'ostions on the rooonstnictiiiu of Cliica<fo — a few ext.act.s being interesting: — " Where the wliole city to be laid out anew the natural features oi' the country and the railroad communications would point to the south side as the centre. The business o|)eratioiis will commence liere and radiate as heretofore to the southwest and north, but more 10 the south, owing to the fact that the communication is iiitorrupicd by iiatur.il obstacles. Into this centre hundieds of thousands of people wi!! pour daily, ccjinlnji from the rcsideiico portion of the city, the suburbs and the whole country. ***** Two or three hours of the day are cousuniod in traveling to and fio, and owinar to the crowd.s in the streets, the contracted markets, and places of exchan:;e. the Uiuo requiici to transact business is doubled and trebled. Now the points which seem to me to be considered at this time and be fully provided for are, first, the laying out of certain lines for steam comiimnication from the centre of busi- ness lo the suburbs, to be so arranged as not to obstruct the street travel or be hiter- rupted by it, * * ♦ * * Second, the arrangement of commodious and central depots for the great lines of railroads cenlerring in the city. Third, a commodious levoe along the river for jiublic docks, a grand market and a grand plaza where all can go without paying tribute. ***** Fourth, the great leading lines of businciis should be consolidated or concentrated on certain streets runnsng north and kouth. There should be a financial centre, a dry goods centre, a hardware centre, &c. Fifth, an open squa.e for public meetings and out- door business; The Court House Square suggests itself at once. Let the Court Iliuise go further south, and leave the present square open. Let it be surrounded by banks, brokers' offices, &o., and thei<e will be room for everybody." Every reader as a general thing has seen some map of what imrportod to bo an exact and reliable de?iCriptiou of the burned district ; some of these wore good, otho' s vile and entirely inaccurate ; they either destroyed the entire city or not enough of it, slashing a streak of ruin where no ruin existed, and designating portions saved which smouldered in ashes. Cliicago, liowever, is so well known, its toiiograiihy havig been carefully studied for years past by business men, that it is unnecessary to enter upon a lengthy description of tlia favored Prairie City of the West — which occupies a level ])Iain, tlie shore of Lake Michigan, at that point, running nearly north and south. From the north-west and south-west, and becoming nearly parallel to the lake shore, the north branch and the south braiich of the Chicago River come at right angles to a junction, forming the main channel, three-quarters of a mile from the shore, thence flowing east to the lake. By this impediment, the city is divided into three sections, popularly known as the North Division, the South Division and the West Division. Edwards in his compilation states the population to be: North Division 75,000, West D.v;.-:*on 125,000, South Division 100,000, making up the total of 300,000. Settlement beguii about old Fort Dearborn, on the lake shore, one of the log structures of which passed away in the great conflagration. Business gradually moved westward toward 54 lUr'TOUV OF THE fillEAT FIHK IN ('IU«A*iU. ,hofo-k of tin. ,iv..,-. outside .ho Govcnm.ent .oM-vva.ion 1mmuu1..1 l.v SuUo svreou r;;a:;voM..i„u.;.,.i.Usn.u.un.s, of a V.e..ntio,. c.,s. ,u tU.- -'-r.;-- -^ AV..,o,. ..ul Kinzie .,v.o., pnn.Uel to the nvev. Tw.,.y-.v. y<a,-s "^'>. '-;*-■ ^ nu<-s„„n w:-,s .r,ti..l fo,- all tiu.., ona>r,.!ly l^y connum co.scu., l.U H.ue .ol.dly co,> L ; y th. U..„ion Of .1. va;i.ay tenu.n, tl.t the re.ion ..o... the uv.. ...U .ajd a 2 th .nko s„o,o, .....Uutiu. U. uppevpo.uon of tho «'-",^>-'-'^"';:: ^^^ b„si„os. hoavt of rid.nuo, Uk southern lino n,ovin. .ou.lnvard w.lL the pro.r... ol uu- provenionts. And now we close ,hiH:huniediy wnUon .ketch of a .vent Natio.r.l calamity ■SnAU, THEBK B. A KKW CincA..oV Men alvendy n.k this si.nTu-nn, unest.ou; wo b , orthere .iU he n new Chic..o- ne. so far as stately edifices, cn.elnlly planned r idenceB „,a«sive .avehonsos-evected upon siies now vast wildernesses of a.he^ an n ke t new; hut the n.n of to-day will he at the helm, and tho beaut.ful Garden C y'u bloom .:i.h verdure for them during their prime and ndvancmg n.e ; they . n ,00k back with pride and «ay to those sprindn« np-"This was once a rum-m oflM at us for ho .in« to see old landmarks of business ^^^^^^^r^ ^^ .-e accon.p.ished the work, we fu-fllled our mission and we t'^-'^- ^^^^^.^/^fj^ the ashes m:,y sweep over desolated districts, but the lake .s not A.y, ^^J'^^^^n^^ are not as ihinss of .he past ; tho great Northwest is a fnend and pation < omme.ce :::,ed.es her sway,ld this hour Chicago's credit and l'-;;-™^;^ ^ The men who built €hica:^o will build it agai.i; hut the city wdl be more careful y p^n l\vhenITa.ssman reconstructed Paris, he destroyed property o nnmense ^ : hut now Chicago stands as a virgin soil ready for the ^^f^^fl^^^^^ tho builder. Let commissioners-not the old fogy descnption of comm, s.oners a.W pay and doing nothing-be appointed, lot competent men be entrusted wUh T:X L ere the tenth annual anniversary of .be awful fire ^^^^^^^^ will indeed prove to all nations that their sympathies were ^^^^'^J^^ wisely bestowed. The hearts, the will, the energiesare t^---.'^-^NEWLmcAoos laHbo again built up by those who planted her first great commercal corner so ., , .a , ty not more th.n a quarter of a century ago; they will have lear-ned a ^^^^^^ that lesson down to their children-a bitter lesson though .t he; ^^^^J^^^ the ordeal purified, and with mardy ^^ --:; /;rr ^ l" :r : :-;,:dZ;r.:x:r:^:::^:--^^^^^ pettod-yet tender and loving-daughters of tho sficken w,ll '^^^^^^^^ milliner and tho fascinating watering place-one and all Jo,n,ng m «'« 8- ^^J^ which assuredly precedes success-nnd one and all remembenng ^f'^^^';:^ worldly.prosperity and goodly possessions, the words «f tho poet w.H stand crue to the end; — , »> ... '" 'Tis only noble to bo good ; Kind hearts are more ihan cornnets, •, ; ^ _ - > ,• • And simple faith than Nonnttn blood." ^ ^ ^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^ ;^ J.«. *.t- by Suito sireou It. tllO I<:lkn lldUSB (Iny, iilonu North luo, liov.wt^r, the piiice !<< :!i(lly ct>ii- i) livfi- soiiiliwaul sion, ftlionld be tlio lie pr()j!,i'<'!*s of ilii- Natioiial calamity. icflTil question; wo , cnreliilly planned messes of ashes — B beautiful Oardpn vancing nco ; they once a ruin— men pvise replaceil, but 3uvGo(l." To-day , tlie Railway lines latron. Comnipvce ire luiiinpeachable. 1 be more carefully •oi)erty of immense ir, the architect and of commissioners, 1 be entrusted with .lis around, Cliicasjo 1, tlieir beneficenco EW Chicago shall bo ■ner stone, in reality a lecson, and hand ey will emorao from lish the lahor before I club and (jnniblins luso; tlm pampered, •sa-lie the fashionnblo n the great strus^le hat, notwithstnnding ot will stand true to ;^J/~...«.T- Al-W" 1 I Eti Si I USSELL lOUSE, SITU ATED ON- oj^isaiFXT^ isA:jLTirrxjj&, Opposite nrw City Hall and Opera House, ETROIT. MICH. WiTBECK & Chittenden, Proprietors. IF YOU WANT GOOD RELIABLE Boots and Shoes, First N GO TO* Tax ATIONAL >ShOE AL Shoe Wouse, 115 Woodward Avenue, DETROIT. FIFTY PER CENT SAVED BY PURCHASING AT THIS PLACL .. ^N". E. TUNIS, , DETROIT AND CHICAGO, Railroad gtationer and printer, Every article uaed by Railroads Bupplied quickly, aud at Prioea defying Competition. Samples and Eatimates Furniahed. Supplied with everything aold on Traioa. Seud for Circular and Prioea. I" ic'>%.77X. DETROIT SAFE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Fire and Burglar Proof SAFES, Vault Doors and Vaults, Iron Doors, Shutters, Tail Work, &c. AdKNTN FOB -^ COMBINATION BANK LOCKS, SARGENT'S POST OFFICE, DRAWER AND STORE DOOR LOCKS, &c. &c. FACTORY. ATWATER STREET, Second Hand Safes for Sale. X:>"ElTI^OIT. \/p rcf.T to Tappan, McKilloi' & Co., mid A. L. Winnk & Oo. Both of above im.l our Hiift'H in the tcrilblo lire — tli.- liillrr of \vh-,.iu liiiviim funiishc^.l us wilh tin- lollow- inu It'tlei', which spi'iiks lor ilsfll'; , , ... . ,, ** " '" ' ' Offiok ok a. I-. WlNNl A Co., Steam Iloatina ami Ventiliitiiiu Worlds, 114 IJeurborn St., Chioaoo, Octobur m, 1871. ] Detroit Sakk Oompany : .^ ^. , , ,^ „ ,, ... , 0,.iits -.—We sliip you por M. C. R. R. our No. 2 Doiihlc Door Sato, wiuch plwiso reiiair nsi you tliiil it to need. .,.<.., i This Siife has stood tlie test splendidly. It lay iti)on its lace for three days, in a po- sition where tlie heat was ..reater tlian at any other point in the pretnises. A pile of lon<> pilie coils that lay beneath seenuMl to form an air lliie, inteiisitying the heat, so as to entirely melt the ends of the coils that lay beneath the Safe. We send you some of the papers to show the -ondition of llie conleiils. The pa|)ers of another Safe Iving near this were entirely destroyed. We have the utmost coiiHdence in your tillins;. The e.vtra weight ol iron you use has not alone proved an additional inotection, but kept the Safe inla. t, so as to be fit for further use. Yours, respectfully, . . ,,. „ ,, A. L. WtNNE c& Co, Rwhester Mrg Co., 37 k 39 Soulfc Canal St., Chicago, have some of our Safes on hand for sale. ^'^ Particular attention paid to the Manufacture of Vault Doors. Circulars and Price Lists Furnished on Application. "''" ».,♦., .,. .«,.>• ^roof tters, ork, &c. :awer and store Both of above Imd jil us Willi till- lolliiw- iVlNNl A Co., ks, 114 IJeiirborn St., Octobur 10, 1871. )oi' Siil'e, wliicli pleiise r three itnys. in n po- preiiiisps. A pile of il'jiiig the heat, so as 30iUelil.s. The papers iirlit of iron you u.se inta't, so as to be (it L. WlNNE & Co. r Safes on hand for sale. ^ [LT Doors. ilication. i - I J- i . . J-lt 'i l i .'J Ij f Pfi T l