The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-05-11
Destructive Fire al Chicago,

Destructive Fire al chicago.
From the Chi cago Press and Tribune, May 81
The alarm of fire about 8 O'Clock yesterday
morning, was caused by fire which broke ou:
in the extensive FIVE story wholesale clothing
warehouse OF Messrs. Barrett, King y Co.,
No 81 Lake street. When first discovered,
the FIRE was we'll at work in the rear of the
fourth story, and thence spread rapidly, until
it involved the'entire upper partiof the building.
The fire destroyed the two upper stories and
roof OF the building, the entire floors below,
however, being deluged with water. The al
Joining store IN the same block, No. %, was
injured IN the roof, and the fifth story beside
being deluged by water. The premises next
on the corner of Wabash avenue, were a three
story brick building occupied by E. Price, used
below as stable and above as a billiard room.
The upper part Of the rear of the west wall OF
No q fell with tremendous crash upon the
roof of this stable, carrying everything to the
cellar.
The marble block OF Cooley, Farwell & Co.,
on Wabash avenue, was at timber IN much
danger, but saved by vigorous exertion.
Messrs. Barrett, King 4 Co., bad in their
establishment very heavy stock, on which
they had an insurance as follows Home, n.
Y, SIC, 900 Relief, do, $4,000 Lamar, d.,
5000 Niagara, do, $4,000 Merchants
Hartford, $4,000, Hartford, do, $1,000 City
of New Haven, 50, 500 Humboldt, $4,000
Northwestern, OF OswegO, $4,000. Total$30,
900.
Their stock was valued at $75, 900, and a.
bout one-haIf is saved in damaged condl
ton.
Their building is owned bN Liberty ,Bgeow
Esq, and is insured for $1,000, as follows =
Humboldt, S., 900; City otNew Haven, So,
900. The injury to the building is thus fully
covered.
No. % was occupied on the main floor and
the two upper stories, by Messrs. Weber Will
liams & Yale, wholesale dealers in hats, caps
from damage by water, their premises being
thoroughly drenched. Messrs. w. w. g. Y.
were insured for $4,000 in the following Of
fees Indemnity, Exchange, New Amsterdam,
Manhattan and Lamar-about equally in
each.
In the second and third stories over the last
named firm, were the wholesale rooms of Messrs
Rawson & Bartlett, dealers IN boots and shoes.
Their stock was much of It removed, but the re-
mainder was badly wet. Insured as follows
Howard $4,000, Lamar $4,000, Elna $4,000.
The building No. %, forming one OF continu-
Gus five story block, is owned by Peter Page,
Esq An insurance of $4,000 more than covers
the loss.
Messrs, Burnham & Smith, wholesale drug
gIsts, occupied the third store OF the continuous
brick block, No. % Lake street. Their prem
ises were badly flooded with water, caused bv
the bursting of hose. Their store was injured
about $500. 1t was owned by Peter Page,
who had on both stores an insurance OF $40,
900.
The loss of Mr.. Price in the falling OF the
wall upon his premises is a seriousl one. The
horses and carriages had been got out in season
but the loft was filled with valuable lsleighs be-
longing to him and various other parties for
whom he was storing them. These were all
carried through to the cellar, taking in their
route five tables from the billiard room. valued
at $3.50 each. The building is owned by W.
?. Gray, and was valued at Sl2, 900, and the
insurance on building and stock was $1,000 in
the Peoria, Humboldt, and Hartford Offices
The insurance on the building itself was s.,
900, $4,000 of which was in the New Haven
City Insurance Company.
~ DLOOD-CHlLLING Tragedy he Howard
County 1nd,) Tribune says that one day last
week Mr.. Levi Slzeove, IN the eastern part of
hat county, after he had chopped down tree,
and had walked out on il to the top, discovered
wrlthng, and slowly approached it,
thinking that the t-ee had fallen on a pig
What must have been his feelings when he
discovered that it was his own six-year-oid
child There was bis child, its head almost en-
irely cut apart, and one of its eyes lying on its
breast The lower extremites still moved, but
ife had been horribly taken. The child had
gone 10 the woods to seek its parent without any
me ofthe family knowing OF lis absence.
The EDITORIAL EXCURSION Wheeling,
Va.,l May 3.-The editorial excursion over the
Baltimore aud Ohio railroad will be very large.
Over two hundred editors and reporters who are
1ow here will start Tomorrow for Baltimore
and Washington in charge of VIM. Prescott !
smith, esq, the master Of transportation.
The female institute at Columbus, MISS, was
destroyed by fire, eth loss $4,000. The
ire originated from fire balloon failing on the
building