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Cambridge Jeffersonian, The (Newspaper) - October 19, 1871, Cambridge, OhioThe jeffersonian l offt to k. Ohio. Trima of i Tiou i Otto copy i of in Linin hum the i Tii Hartfi tint to Cambridge jeffersonian the Jeff wilsonian vol. 40. Cambridge Ohio thursday october no. 23. 4 we. M. Attorney at , Ami Rotam i Uii Lif i will Tonko . M in is Tun Ami positions to an in. And Oettl a lip i Puhlik i. In Sam i Itil new. Mat1iku us Tel ill rein thin. A jew. A.101 u pm Abri Luc. I in licit. It t i la in nut Lonai 1 in , Baker and confectioner a Lii Street Ohio. Ital pvt kit Pili u Pirkl for ii. Hip. Bl.amvik1j, Mii Tuitt Uii i nine id Kilcrin j ii it u ,11. My to till a Lull to k i my rail Luik to ill not 1, i Nihil top of Lulu o 111 it d k x vf-u1. . N j Plimier trim tin to i no. Colin in. M i. Ii of la Poult Llull a will Tonij. I itt. . I Oil Wool i m St. I. I. , v. Itu uni Oil. A. , n i iian 11. 1. Ii.i., t amen u. All ord10hs Washington Jefferson the great fire beat bunion of Chicago. To ii Aci i h of do vat Tatad Kajj Hitren Lioi Imnel Oliou to porn per line Natl out tin holds until a Public us Loci a Ami la Nikit i set it an n slut Lull t d in incl Botlic a ill-covt-l-4 cd from of Alkul Finnila of without Homo c lol of n it let f in Ltd City without Light or a Roku Trio c he Hoo Avo Liik journal.1 the new fail Intelli once of the Ilo struck Ion by lire of the Noble Mas nit cent wonderful cily of Cli Icarro will be received nil Over the world with i Miliav and be Olinor of the deepest sorrow never before in Tho annals of history can such n porn Llyl of destruction be found. The Binning of Rome London Moscow new Yolk Portland and Paris wore undoubtedly appalling. Disastrous events but. Pule into significance before the new Fol work Mitt set. Devastation which ims resulted Nti ii. I. N n mul . Vein o a i in the Rodeo Ion to of Chick 111. Till la ill. Jin Jill. J go. It Lrtil inn . No Clu of in nil i How wai.i-, Alt m. Of. U pm of a Diu to All . In ii ays Lillon. Of 1-Jlack Omo is . Straw goods on which Ilio of ill unt inns of a.1 envy and admiration since she Hinr Toj into existence Flint the Crent work of alluded to were with dire loss there is no a notion but neither of them Over such a Territ Urx destroyed so much Viln Lilc property and in so no Vul i i on. R. Amu r nation us t tin Kavc. . M n ill a Tiv it Al tin a i pop re to not r attention l 1m1-. Love x . Nti4t Ohio. Iti Wittum. A Lintel in i f till Orfil ii Mil Hoti a. Sam Cut. Bir Tikoo. Tinl Ronor 4lovr. Tilt by flip and or ill nit r. C Inion Lilure Viilo m i Intel Jinni a i foil to ii Petit. Altini Tot j k. I of ii in it k Toni Rorr i Marr win. Mikhli no in f h Lis. A. U. T of puh i n " 4i Grolln trunks and by n time is ban that which Tho Pride not _ Only of at cric i but the world. No the bowing machine one but who the fire can realize the and. No pulling Rha racier of the Conli stration fancy Ono vast Okonn of Flumo. Five to m von Milos in and Over in of n Sinilo in Hugo allows swept Onward up weird Forward roaring i Mckins dashing a of Lur a livid Sparks and Al i1 bos of no in Ivory direction aided by a terrific Cylc which had enlisted in dry Tho to mint Bonnor of the Nior and cruel fire find. To As iut in Tho w re of demolition. Ston Dily and Rosi Llo sly did the fearful Scourge sweep Forward. To vote i attractive and comfortable yet Yah jut t in tit m Mth Funt inv , Ohio. Till Fin of t i ii Tut Lut qty. From from clix i a in in to Prii and in nor to in and con Jinun c. Lionil. I Jill l k . Mini i a. I 1 to in Riipi to visions i t m a. F und hrs and tic. Of by Ali old 1 i or no i we i r a. In , d r a t i s r a r Tomit j Lin Kina tin i . 1 mini ii 1 i l in my 1, Clil Klu i in. .1 x i Iff lilo k. I i i ii. To 4 to i t to Loo Causi thousands of Seddon la in Sovei Isle a terror Strieker Bunn i Inird to Floo before it for safety in Lui la 1 the four elements All combined in i to a m m. is Al v6 ill St. I ii a a no. 1c i Etc. Ninon Lif till it re i to d Jpn ily Lor in ii la ii m Ion. Cizik Lully a t 111, at a to 01 k it Ihk form ral Nyrl i Ohio. Fit. A m. Kick i to in with Oil hotel litre at and . An i 1 lie u i till i c him Nilk m i m ii it Tut Slit i l 1 air Rlynn Dull i jul. I. I the work of Anvi the to the a around. And or dancing to Lui Neil it Tho i in inst. Win Thust oily of the the wind Nitlow Imd d the Firo Trio latter kept Tho Wiitra under the Airilin. If to add torture to to c of Fli Linof weep men. And children and to bnllh1 the efforts of citizens fico men and policemen in he encounter hurled almost impenetrable i loins grind and in their ours and nos t ils Trio sport k to Mas zip poll or Rand. Yoi snob to Mike Gront Sironi Midi drop like evil Oltof Edher to the lot sri j bad and sustaining the i d n k shrouded f lithic but it the Inose Itier t be Nii i and Clemo of Tho i City which they and Moira Rod with Ido and Over Whoso Progri is and h Al i m re had watched Wilh to o tender similar to that with whip h Nix Iorii Lovins p ire tits re Iris a the Zaroor of their Oft Spriner million Isdio Llars Worth of property Laid in Nohos Ali just tin of nirm Leont build .jrs which their proud Bonds a no their More Lui Niho Fri ii Noil minors. Have Boon a Iid the Samo t nto in the to a Shiner lot 1 Mil mul Ifon i in Tvr full rail in to or to. S. 1iahhi--, coining to incr , Oln in Hru Kii. I m. Poll. My Colt Leloux Uin to i 11 airs tin-1 a i t in lion of Tea hers in lit i i omit will by in c lol. 1s71. . I it Puiul third Shitu Wilny. A. I. My my h. I april , Jinn in la Ariun Tsi i. R. Kirt in i third it ulnar a Sitthi it Sot i Oriel cd nine tar Maui cd Hyrc i Nii ii Mil la in la Kun in ill ont will pro ineptly lit to lock. A. will i lilt it to on. Hie ism at cult ii Hui no. John it. It Wmk. Of Kiun c u. M i Suisun great Western gun works blk los double and single barrel Eliot onus Volven ammunition. Hor Lnu i Oil it Lac Burren. Morin Tler i Mill Hills pc is nil for 1 Ilic list. .1. It Johnston in do world 17v Rovoll up. If. B. Army our Liu to Bony it or term owl pm full a hot a Lippy Rilli of for Young lieu Fiona the i nut in Kimirly alien or i St r. In. Nor soil no Chilly cured. Imp its to Marr Liui . New nid Lionil of Trici Tonii it my n Nutku a in ill -4. Hooks mul i Ircul irs Sint Fie in i Lucil i no , hos Vahi asset Patrox no 2 Moll 1 1, n ill St., i la. Oct. 12-1 y. J u Rwy h. To he Tolp subscribe cart of the weekly enquirer on orb fori flip lit of april 1s72, numbers 1.17 t Komit my or Welcl w is tic Lui Cust mul Sim tin lowest in in the total for nil is ten thousand . I in for n opt Ulii irn copy of Thel incl inti weekly enquirer will our posters Clanni Lark l Premium pamphlet. Ins. Every a m becomes a in Trio of premiums. F Ahan a Mclean publish can Ohio. Muss of liquid lire the dense suffocating smoke which under the fluent of Tho Gale were swept Lak Ewul i Enerino lion on that Sheet of water Al most impossible numbers of miss Distant Froin Shore Day and night while on Shore Miles from the scone of devastation the night was Hii far turned into Day by the brightness of the flames that the Reading of the finest print was an easy matter of All these attending of what in history will be handed Down to future generations As the great fire of will re main vividly in the memory of theme who were present in Cli Icarro on the 7th, Sib. And 9lh of october a. D 1871. Some idea of the fearful dining the great fire at Chicago May be entertained by comparing it with the other two greatest of Freij visitations in the history of Tho of London am Moscow. The great fire of Don covered 500 acres of ground rendered homeless inhabitants and that if Moscow burned Over a space of 100 lures and destroyed Unusco s. The great fire of Chi Cusio Aid wyme Over 1.800 acres upward of buildings and rendered it bout persons homeless. As to pecuniary loss no fire which Ever occurred in the world ims Breu attended with that by Clma Jjo As in no other City was i Here such an of valuable merchandise or so Many expensive buildings destroyed. Most of Mir merchants had received their win Ter Toeu of broods none of which they were Able to save. The loss in merchandise alone at this last Treut conf is ration will be double that suffered by London and mos cow combined. The great calamity which has fallen upon our City As overwhelm ing As it is has not broken the Spir it of our citizens with heroic courage the people tit present not thinking of their own losses Are e v cry w hero setting t to work to relieve t e distresses of others Milwaukee. St. Louis de j to it last every Village j and City within reach have already come to our Relief with a or Neroski i by and promptitude the memory of which will Ever be treasured in the Gunti Fol memories of us All. But we repeat the great heart of Chicago is not broken or her spirit of Enterprise crushed. She will Ciuc from Lier ashes with in in Ergo that will eclipse nil her for Mer efforts and speedily Reguin her t Ortmei position. . Appearance. One thing particularly strikes the passengers through All the Abr acc of everything of a com Bumble nature. Brick Stone and icon abound and make up whatever is left of Usu most magnificent and costly structures. Dirt in inc Ordinary sense of the term has vanished All is clean but of How desolate another thing is the uniformity of the de to Truclio. The Marble palaces and cheaper Brick and molar blocks lie in common disorder. There is no distinction except in pres ence of Iron pillars and Marble door and window ornaments. What is Lett. The Only buildings loft intact Between the River and the Lake and Madison strict arc Hau away s Coal office one of tie Buckingham elevators 01. The Lake Shore and the Lind Block Ai the Corner of Randolph Grid Market. Not a ves Tige of any wooden struck tic is Lef l in Sij lit find the Walls of the a Joriu of inc in the District dub Sibud sire Wilh tie Oioi ind. In some instances parti Tion Walls not altogether Al Ien but rear their pointed lie ids High above the sin bunding Uii is the clout Poisl. Vilcak by nicked hollow and Deso late upon tie scene rear the Wals of the Coin of Many a Dis i and exciting trial of local legislation and Public Busi nes not Only have the roofs but the entire Structure looms up fran there we write a milled Momii Pertot departed front Ric is. Tic old Fence remains Wilh the tessellated Piru to Nevin hot the Joiy of inc Tiibi nals and inc Council cd a intr Are rhinos of the past. Randolph Sti Icet Cox tiny d. Across the Street a Heap of Bucks Iron rods and Shatten 01 ii mints of Stone Mark the of the Fidelity Sale company s magnificent Sii Ciure and Tho state by Sherman House. Wants ate weak to express the air of Desola Tion that hovers around this Cor Ner so recently Brilliant Witti Busi Ness and pleasure. The Skull on the banquet table could san Ricly be More saddening to a it Fyk Ethe mind. And so we could go on Down to the Lake culling tip a Luud ec1 reminiscences of old and cherished times and places. Lake . From the Bridge to la Sallo Street Luke Street wus built up on both sides with business blocks of Brick and Stone remarkable More for their commodious Tessand convenience than Beauty All Aie one the Board of education rooms brokers offices the North Western railway ticket Folkes Tho United slates and american express a flick s the jewelry stores of Roddin Haralm a. Vancott co., and others and the dry goods stores of j b Shaw co All Well known places of business arc is unsightly As a neglected grave. The Tremont to Jse. No building in Chicago claims a Kinder remembrance than the old tie Mont House. Its broken wills and towering Chimney stack Speaks nothing of the elegance sociability and Comfort that always met the traveler at the threshold and made a Friend of him Lor life. 1ake steet again. From the Tremont to the great Union depot is not far yet its wealth of merchandise and stately edifices were known far and near throughout the West the Eye dims my the pulse goes slow when the ruin of Liis Noble Mart meets the names of firms w o did business Here might be Given but 1 hey stand engraved in the hearts i Many a country merchant who has profited by the courtesies of Lake Street jobbers. The journal " office. The old journal building had a location and a name the hearts of of Watt friends for a Quarter of a Century from in the Public received Tho daily news and Heie Public opinion nut nigh Cen sure or Praise As it Desei Ved. The Oln office has gone with All its grateful labors but the journal still lives. South Side. The scene in this Section of the City is too appalling1 to be dwelt up on Wilh other words to those which will in the most adequate manner convey in idea of the reality which seems beyond the Power of Tongue or pen to Relac. Inc Sti eels that Are Bur t Over Are Manison Jackson Van Buren Congress and Michigan Avenue where it checked the Michigan Avenue hotel being saved on w Bash it burned through to Harrison Street. The last h use burned on the cast Side of we Lush Avenue. The Apex of the Field of desolation which is u Liotis Onui Cone is at the Corner of a Keven and jeffersonian Street and from there the Burnt track sweeps Northeast widening and widening for a distance of some five Miles. A gentle Man we saw this morn ing who had been in puris during the past year says the devastation there did not compare with Chicago this morning. In the Noktih division. The scene in the North division from Tho time the flumes their terrible presence there bes cars disruption approaching any thing like what really oct time Tho c who had time mused their Fiir Niquie and other effects to be placed on the Sid Wulk in front of the various buildings in which they resided ready to be carted off however vehicles of any kind could be proc cd the flames had devoured the interposing Struc Tures ind in less tune Hun it takes to write it Imd upon the piles of furniture and Duvon the of tits no my to this occurred in thou tutus of instances Muny succeeded in reaching what they o died a ssh e distance from the Tiro but in half an Hunt were forced to quo again and Many families moving half a dozen limes in face of the it Ai Ful Clement each time leaving behind a portion of tie Cihiy bad saved mini Linalln they found Puiul they had lost nil toward the Lake North quid Noi . Westward and the West Fli i he thousand of pal lid Fiat used All conditions of health find Dis press it would take too Muc i Lime and space to to Dps Cibic the heart rending spectacles which were presented and Wilnis sed All Means of communication Wilh the so the division Weie Cut off Lmh fuel Teudis to Lender tie Ginial hoi ror Sinay and contusion the More can dial As Llie dunes steadily pressed Onward and no one knew where to no 01 Whei c the Drc Idle i would to d sex Prcic Srorn others demanded from twin Viive dollars to one Hundred dollars a Load to even take still Oier find their baggage out of of the Al Ines and in Many Lancos Sci Titus Weic paid by persons soon found the flames close at hand and then being nun Lile to obtain More Aid had to ice pc All their Eood to the fury of the greedy Clement. N out ii Side. All of portion of the cily lying Between the River East of Clitu u Street and West of the hike Piid As Lar North As Fulton Avenue is entirely destroyed except the residence of b Coiner of Clark and Oak stick is and the Glass const i Vatty also Tuisee or tour uni links West of Lincoln Ink. Their few land Maiks uie All that remain of Llinat once Buti Utill part of the cily even Llic Cit of tie old buy ing not exempt from the in Veges of the lire it be burned Over u Virg the Tomb Blouet looking most Sau. The wind when the fire was raging South of Lincoln Park was so Strong As to blow Down Shade Trees and at this Point some loin blocks were consumed in Twenty minutes. Uie vaults Weie burned in the burying ground. The drives in the of being As once a scene of pleasure Dri ving Are filled Wilh vehicles carry aug homeless suffers and what could be saved from the wreck. Near the Junction of the North and South of the River on the Nurah Side tin re rent airs a few buildings and the Coal Vaid of Blake Whin House co. The saving of that Coal Yard is is much n. Mystery As the fire itself. With the foregoing exceptions the whole District North of uie Avci West of Clai Estreet to Fullerton Avenue North and to Mohawk Street on the West is one Complete scene of desolation except one Block on Sophia Street and How Unis Block could escape none could compre Hend. The Northwest part of the North Side being thu outskirts of that Purt of the City remains. This however is so Small a part As to furnish but Little House room for the sufferers. The burned District covers about five Square Miles. Two dead bodies were found by our reporter but Many others Are reported. The general scene is one that can rot be described fails the whole District covered wit i people searching for what is 1 it and for what was buried in the Earth to keep it from the flames As was done by some. A new a Deb. Yesterday afternoon when fire was Rushing southward along Michigan and Washburn avenues like a take horse and firemen Atid people weit Paul Jed a new Leader suddenly burst upon the scene. Ger Mal Shet Idin fighting who can fight rebels or flames Spra ,2 upon a fir engine and made one of those speeches for which he is noted. He told the people that if they would save the City the fire line must be broken by Gunpowder the buildings must be blown up and if they would go to Woik systematically he would assist them. The effect electrical. The crowd recognizing the hero of to Many Battle Fields and having i Faith in Hia leadership replied with i Long Hurrah and acting under the general s orders in a few minutes so Many building had been blown up that the tire line was broken and the Southern portion of the City waa saved from destruction. The wind. The Palm of devastation must be accorded to the wind. Had it n t been for the Force of that Clement the ravages would have been cheeked before they became Seri Ous. Binning cinders filled the air flying half a mile in some in stances. The extent and direction of the fire were both determined by the wind. Bank vaults. One of our rear a tors made the tour of the Banks that were this morning the indications it re that All Tho vaults Etc Safe. The currency and Security which could not be replaced not counting the United states Bonds which could locked in those vaults must be several Hund cd millions. At this writing Only one vault has been opened that of the commercial a Rioual even thine was found in a perfect s at of preservation. There Weie All sorts of wild rumours afloat about the total destruction of this and that Bank including vaults and Many safes May seen the debris of to Burnt d strict Apponi Eutzly in a Good Sluice of pics i action. Lir fruit there Aie Only four buildings on Lite South Side below Van bin in Street those t stir Aiu Trio custom court House the first National Bank building and the Tribune 1 Wilding. They were All completely burned out nothing the Walls and parts of partitions. We doubt if any of them can Ever be used again except the custom House those it Tietie Walls seems to line stood the fire test without flinching tie iras Niy of the other three Lias been very seriously impaired. Real estate. Titles. All the records of tie deeds and Noii Gays Are destroyed. This in hides All the real estate not Only ii Chicago but in Cook Cority with its numerous suburban towns fortunately the abstracts of titles in the office of Shortall Hoard conveyancers i known to be ii e then is Grout Lope that when the vaults arc opened at the other nos Irac t offices the record books which Are intended to be perfect copies of every real estate Nau Sci in the county Are Safe there Are several of them and it would be strange if some of them besides to c one already examined Are not Safe a lending Membri of the Chicago bar gives it As his opinion that the title to All the property in the county can be in by Means of these abstracts the Leui statute will Pooh pass some enabling act to cover the Case. As to the value of real estate it is now e.. Ely indeterminate because it is impossible to Devine where the future business Center will be. The latter will de Pend on the location selected by the leading business houses which arc Arcady in consultation. Banks. There is not a Bank left in All Chicago unless it be some Little House Remote from what was the rentier of business the actual is of the Bankers can not be computed even approx mite y in any one Case one thing we arc authorized to stale positively. The Banks will resume regular business in a few Days. The ja1i. Prisoners. The most painful rumours prevailed on the streets that some forty or titty prisoners had perished in the burning of the court House jail but it has been ascertained that this report is with out the least foundation. There were on sunday evening confined in the jail about nil qty prisoners. All of whom were Given free exit when it become apparent that the court House would Burn the jail doors being thrown wide open at about 2 o clock yesterday morning All of the prisoners embraced the present Opportunity to escape and immediately left for various parts of the City with the exception of George Dresser water. The Scarcity of water in the City ail h of fit pc done neatly promptly Ami it prices. Call Uii Ducc of one Inch or . One week is of pc Rinrix each additional week to business Ounn per year 00 , halt and column Rutis. Is one of the most deplorable and alarming features of the situation As in the event of oter occurring in tiny part of the cily Dis Tant from the River or Lake the most deplorable result would be inevitable for Domestic purposes persons must seek for some time to come Jet their water Supply from and Artesian Wells. It is most fortunate now that in the Days of Chicago s Prosperity so Many Artesian Wells were sunk which will now be of inestimable value in supplying the demands of the Community. The Board of Public works As sure the citizens that nothing that human exertion can accomplish will be omitted to rebuild the water works and it is hoped to have this most desirable object accomplished in two weeks from the present. All the Coal tards Burn the immediate organization of a local Relief society even while the City Wai burning is character Islic of Chicago and the Good such a magnanimous step will a com a is incalculable. Every Coal Yard in the City is burned and the Supply of All fuel except Wood which is scarce and extremely dear is Cut off. As Winter is close of hand and thousands of sufferers by the fire will be without Money or fuel it is suggested that sup plies of fuel be sent to Chicago by those Relief societies of other cities and towns it o desire to Aid in the great work of Benevolence. Thou Sands of those who have lost their All bad their Winter supplies of fuel stored ready for use but it proved Only a Means of disaster and additional discomfort to them by adding fuel to the lawyers. As a specimen of what the Legal profession of this City lies lost i May state that general b. N. Eld Ridge of the firm of Eldridge Tourtelotte the attorn is for Field Leiter co., lost All his papers not a scrap left alter having practice Law for fourteen years in Chicago and in the office. There is not a Law office nor a Law Library left in Chicago except the few Small duplicate libraries at the residences of the leading lawyers. There is not a paper showing that there is n suit pending in any of the six courts of record in Cooke county including the Federal court. There is not an incl Ciment in existence in else county against any one not a judgment not a petition in bankruptcy in the Federal courts. In the duplicate files that the lawyers kept in their offices of important cases arc All gone. A Tew Inay have escaped by being taken to the houses for sunday or night work we May add that there Are in Chicago about five Loudred Law yers. Elevators. Five of our Large elevators fell victims to the flames in the great fire but there is a sufficient Quan Tity of Grain in those left standing to Supply All present demands. In Irrig Eluned. Several of our crafts acre burned in the River and in the dry docks the Schooner Stampede Nas one and the bark Glenbeulah another. In demand offices stores Halls and in fact anything in the shape of buildings. In the West and South divisions nearly All Are rented. Dead bodies. At Union Street station All is Bustle and activity sending dead bodies to no. 64 Milwaukee Avenue to an undertaker who is employed by the City to take of them not less than one Hundred persons have been killed and it is thought that the number of dead bodies will yet far exceed this. The desolation is the most com plete Ever witnessed. The in Tensity of the heat was terrible huge blocks of Stone were Crim bled to dust. The foundations disappeared almost to the Bottom Stone. The Walls were licked up As though of pasteboard and the huge beams of Iron were warped and disappeared like Straw. The vaunted fire proof structures offered almost As Little resistance As the humblest shanty and went in the common ruin. Incendiaries. In the South and West divisions of the tily numerous arrests have been made of fiends in human shape who were caught in the act of setting buildings on fire. It one instance a Man observed two of these devils about casting balls Satin ated with kerosene and lighted into his House on Wentworth Avenue South of Twenty fifth Street. He it once seized an a and split one of them from ids head Down. The other escaped a policeman saw a Man who had threatened to set a building on fire and he was about to Nocom push his Devilish act when he Drew his revolver and shot him through the heart. A narrow escape. A we1 k or two ago a Peutl Siuai Olio resides at the Corner of Burn Side and thirtieth streets Dis charged Bia servant a girl Aloiv sixteen years of age. Last eve Ning about 8 o clock this Gir crept to the barn of the gentleman which was in the rear of tic House and set it on fire. The barn was in the midst of a densely built neighbourhood and the buildings were of Aud As dry As tinder la almost an instant the entire Santt i1 of Al Imes. The Inha ii lands were filled with terror and for a moment were paralysed. Tin v immediately re covered and set to work Wuh r will to extinguish the flames. A 1 Jacent buildings were torn Down and although a fire Steamer was on the spot and water was plenty it was useless As there was no Hose. Water was passed it to pails and in a Little time the fire was extinguished. The girl was arrested and is now confined in the Twenty. Second Stilet station. This narrow escape so alarmed the neighbourhood that a meeting of citizens was held in the engine House Corker of Burnside and thirty first streets and a private patrol established and nil night Long they walked the to the Teeth and fully determined to use their weapons should incendiaries be discovered. The engine was kept in readiness All night Bose procured and the people in the neighbourhood slept in comparative Quirt. The Loea of water is the greatest disaster to lift people. People Are coming and going to the Lake and River with pails and tubs. The authorities have ordered that All Artesian Wells around the City be connected with the Mains and fire engines arc pouring water from the into the Adams Street Reservoir. It is anticipated that the water works will soon be in operation As the engines Are not greatly injured. Incidents. During the prevalence of the great conflagration there were Many occurrences which were grimly humorous. While exodus from the burning South Side going on Over Lake and Randolph Street Bridges an undertaker rushed Over with a part of Hie Stock. He was accompanied by three or four boys each of whom grasped in his arms a Mournful suggestion that some thing of the kind must be saved for those Tio did not survive the Ter Rible visitation. Little is left of the City except suburbs and these were All Day yesterday so crowded with Fugi Tives and their fragmentary Furni j Ture in every fantastic every out lending Avenue looked like a Camp. All through the Rainy i night tens of thousands held their weary Oliac. In one place Alons the sidewalk our reporter saw a family gathered wit i their Sisu Terete household i goods. The father sat on a i of i weeping like a child. The braver Mother had made a Little tire in thu grass Aud was i so no meat 1 and the children were plating hide j and Seok among the baggage. Every vehicle was Dragoon so into service yesterday. Going on a Trot up Wabash i Avenue thread ing its Way among Fie Carls we saw a , beat intr two Happer children within the Pla de parallel bars with a woman on the or her s. Seat and a rocking chair hoop skirts and household utensils tied across the narrow lop. One of the most sadly Mournful sights of that fearful night was the burning of Wells Street Bridge the spectacle was witnessed by Cornea Nathely few on Fie West s Ide of Tho the North and South branches see it. The Structure caught fire almost simultaneously on both cuts but on account of the wind the South end burned much More rapidly than the North. This caused the upper end to Over balance tic other the Bridge then tipped into the Waler and stood projecting at an Angle of about sixty degrees. As soon however is the fire had undermined the Bridge support the whole Struc Ture careened turned a Complete somersault and Tell into the water its burning ribs whirling weirdly through the air. The Lake Shore. Perhaps the most fearfully thrilling scene of the great conflagration was that in the Eastern Section of the North division. When it became apparent that All Hope of saving the City was lost after the flames had pushed Down to the main Branch of the River the Citi zeus of the North Side Over to Sec the main theater of the fire thought it time logo into their own division and save what they could. Jaccoi Dinely a if beat a rapid Retreat toward the Tuii Tiel and Bridges. The former of these thoroughfares was impassable at 3 o clock. Clark Street Hud not been open for some Lime state Street was in a Blaze cud to the other. Re a Street Bridge was now the Only of getting away from the Soti i and Over that affrighted fugitives poured in thousands. Their flight was cot quicker than was Advance of the Dames. The latter jumped the River with s swiftness and Isu Long the Northern Section from Dearborn Street to the North Branch like lightning. So rapid was the Advance of the fiery ele ment driven by the heavy com the Southeast that the glad enough to cached. Everything was of town toned. Horses and a nagors As t Means of flight conc Deo of Fochts newspaper

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