, 1866-02-07
CONFEDERATION At OTTAWA, ILL,
Ten EuItdfnEx Destroyed In the NnsI-
ners Afcurt Of the City-LoAH, 100000.

From the OtiATa cfte RAIDER, Feb
Ottawa was visited yesterday morning by
our city. Ten bus1ness buildings, With q
member Of outbuilalecs, were destroyed, With
a large proportion Of their contents, entatling
d los5 OF perhaps $l00, 600. The whole row OF
wooden buildings, on the west side of the
Court House equnre, from Alschuler's new
eey corner, on Madison street, except the
Clanccy store TED. Drcw's,) and the meat
market. were burned to the ground. The
County Court House, which was several
ttrnes on fire, was saved only by luck aud
chance.
The fire was Hrst discovered In thsfear Of
the steps leading to Bushnell i Avery's Office,
between The buildings occupied below by L.
friedman aud II. P. Finn. Hot1 1t origI-
mated Is profound mystery. There was md
had been no fire near the spot, but plenty Of
fnanmmable material was there, such as would
naturally tempt the incendiary.
The stores Of FriedmanD and Finn were al
most entirely enveloped In fames-so sud-
dcnly TINT very little WAS rescued from
either. From thcse the IRE spread southwark
until stopped by the brick walls of A1schu-
1er's new building, and northward until
stopped by q narrow passage between San
dcIaou's and Drew's stores The fire was
first discovered at about 2 o'clock In
the morning, and was not checked until near
daylight. .-.....-,
In attempting 10. enumcrnte all the losses,
Of course, In the haste In which We have been
obliged 10 get this up, we may commit many
inaccuracies; but ne have tried to be correct.
beginning on the south, the first building
coming within the range OF the destructive
clement is the new brick Of Alschuler & Co:
The damage, however. 1vas very little. extend
Ing only to cracking and knocking down some
pllsterfrg on the second floor. No attempt
wns made to move theil goods.
ri + 4 H. 4
Peirce ns n grocery store. Considerable Of
the stock was mored out, but Of coursc Is
badly damaged. His loss we should guess at
IS ,0tO, upon which he had bat 81 600 fnsur-
ance. The buildlnE was owned by L, Leland,
Esq, and was Insured for 5000.
ground floor by l. friedman as clothing
Store, aud on the second floor as 4 law
ofilce by Bushnell & Avery. Mr.. Fried
mann's stock was totally destroyed, and
WIS worth perhaps from 319, Goo to s15, 600:
Hc Ind about 5000 insurance Bushnell
d Avery lost everything In their ofilce--even
their most valuable papers, with slight ex-
the saia safes proving anything but safe. In
| their loss Is Included one Of tho finest law
| libraries In the State, Talned at 81, 900, with
notes, deeds, bonds, ETC., ETC., the value ol
which It is impossible TO est stlmatc. Mr.. Bush
| nell also owned the building. Their whole
|
\ at rough guess, for who can value the pa,
per8 accunu1ating for ten years in the office
! ct law firm doing so 1nrge a business.
Thenext building, owned BY Daniel T. Mur.
ply, was occupied on the ground 1oSr by u.
r. Finn, rs a grocery store; and up stairs ns
an office, by 4. B. smith, Esq. Mr. flnn's
worth from u, 600 to $10, 900. lie has iusur'
ance, VIC understand, to the amount Of 81, 900
| Mr.. Smith had no insurance, and loses about
5GtO. His most valuable papers, luckily
were saved by his "safe." N(r. Murphy had
some insurance on The building, but VIC havt
| not learned how much.
The next building was occupied by e. Han
ford as shoe store. About half the stocl
was rescued in damaged condition Los
six or seven thousand. insurance some 81 600
Mr.. E. Richardson also occupied part thu
building with hides and leather, but We cal
learn nothing as to his loss. The building va:
owned By the heirs Of Lyman D. Cavalry
and was partially Insured.
The fire now crossed the alley and attacked
the building occupied By William Gould. HI
| stock, consisting Of candy, toys, ETC., woEls
naturally suffer much in being moved. Ell
loss, perhaps 5000, Is mitigatcd BY s1,s0
insurance. Up stairs, in the same bull ding
which was destroyed. He had 500 iusrz
ance. This building, swell rs the next 10 b
nnmed4 was owned, We understand, by til
heirs OF Fielding.
The next building was occupied by job
Hoban as grocery store. Agood part Of hI
stock, which was very heavy. was removed
hut bis loss must be quite severe. We ca
learn nothing as to the amount Of his insul
ance, though he had some.
Wm- r. Henry-dry goods store-was til
next sufferer. His stock was mostly removed
His loss Is covered by SIC. 600 insurance. Th
building Was owned by Mrs. Conkling, IN
waa, We understand. partially Insured
J. Signor-dty goods stoTc--cames nex
Most Of the goods were removed. Had 50 ,0l
insurance. The building, Us well as the No,
to be named, was owned by 7. D. Malone,
and both were Insured.
The next building WIS that occupied by tt
large grocery establishment Of I. D. Malone,
Most Of the stock was removed, but still tt
damage must be heavY-si1 to ten thousau'
I About s, 900 insurance.
The last building destroyed was that occ
pied BY David sanderss,n as dry goods stor
Most Of the stock was removed. Loss co
cred by &, coo insurance. Building owned
j. Clancy &Co.
Mr.. Ed. Drew, Of course, suffered consider
bic loss by the removal Of goods, but we II
tietstand Is covered by Insurance. The san
,, | Is also true Of Pierce 4 Murray, who made
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