, 1862-07-07
FOURTH OF JULY CONFLA-
CREATIONS,


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VE JULY GVNEAA-
GRA1'IONS,
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s,ncc tho morr,no of the Fourth m ,oes
than four disastrous fires have occnrred. three
Of which are directly traceab,e To the sn1rit of
natr,ot,sm ramnant among the children tho
explosion of ftre crackers, We annend a da.
scrintfon of each In their order
About one o'clock m the norn,no of the
4th. fire wus discovered hnrstfne- from the
roof of the alcohol works of q Low. on
tho South Branch, between Van Buren md
Harrison streets, opposite the 81. Louis, Alton
mud CbIca.o Railroad freight house, The In. |
tu,uumbo uutur. of tho contents of t1,e 1,uffd.
Ing If rn,,r.u rendered It lmpossib1e to eayc
anyth,nu If yalue. Thu main building con.
taiuct aver lwo hundred ,,urruls Of alcohol.
,,,,nc nj which NH, nayn,,, Mr.. I,,w,s ,oss
ui,, rear,, elO, ,AN, uustly covered by insur- |
n,,cp, The hull,tur It, thu roar was occupted /
ty Mr. Il vallar- Win to,t ii valuah1o atone. |
,t,rzonr ,,,a,hnx valued nj 81. .1O. upon which
t1,crp ,yna ~, tusuruuc,.
A little after tt,reo. tuu, as tho axorciscs at
wnot,r.t,,,, r,,rb vcr,, ..1,xc, III, 0orrt
ll,uac ncl, raur tho htaru for tho 18th dis
tr!,f. then for tho stx.h. mud immediately If:
t,rwar1a fur the third.
Tho ,lref troycif 10 bo at tne corner of North
Wells and Ontario streets. The Fire Depart-
,ucnt was quickly upon tue ground, but such
WIS the inllammablc nature Of the materials
Of which The buildings were constructed that
the proprcss OF the flames was not stayed un-
I'll six tcncucnts we're DESTROYED These were
Nos 1a5. 1o1. 1s3 and 135 on North Wells and.
las and $50 On Ontario streets. The former
were valuable buildings worth about s12.0o0
fully insured. The latter were valued at
81. 500. also insured. The prope1ty was owned
bv = Rr1o;an comnanv of which Dr. Henrotin.
Be1aieu consul. is the AGENT. The fire ORIGIN
ated from q fire cracker thrown into the corner
store. at that time filled with straw and rub-
bisb, There were about a dozen families oc-
cupyiug these tenemepts, most Of whom were
absent. and saved but little of their household
ponds.
While the fire was vet unsnbdued at this
! noint. another and more serious couhagration
broke out on the block bounded by North
Clark, Superior, Chicago avenue and Dearborn
streets, resulting in the destruction OF nearly
every building on the vest half Of the block.
This fire originated in . barn il the rear Of
21S Clark street-also from fre-craeker.
The wind Was blowing a guile from the south
west, and for time there was imminent dan
| ger that the conlagratlon would extend to the
Lake. The wind however, soon subsided, and
through the ezertlons Of the department
the fire was checked after destroying the
buildings indicated below.
| No 2l6, grocery store Of D. Webster, and
dwelling-house and barn in the rear Of the
eame, owned By Michael Brophy. Mr.. Web
ster's loss is about $500, covered By insurance.
Mr. Brophy lost an excellent horse. His en-.
~ lose W pumsiNs ana '1nu eonsenso "ni r. opa'
ots eAeseu s~,ooo' ~" ai1oans " iusa.auoo un-
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