, 1866-08-22
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
An Iron Foundry and Several DWELL
ings on Clark Street Destroyed.
Loss about $4,000.

al lalfrast eleven o'cloc,i last night, the alarm
OF fire was sounded from box twenty y.n{nc, and al
most simultaneously with the alarm, tremendous
hurst Of nanc wAs seen on the cast side Of South
Siark esseet, somewhere in the vicinity OF Four
teenlll sirect In few rn!nntcs the conflngsntion
sccmea 10 have spread over whole block; the
eky was brightly Illuminated, and general rush
wat made iron, the centre OF the city the scene.
The fire. originated IN tho engine room oi +. Z.
VILE W1ls9ns 1s4aa Ses S ad @ sS4 es:S
Is surrounded by number OF frame tencmcnts
occupied generally By saloon keepers aud pes,ons
stood ,hc fonndcrS was formerly eecapsed bya
large frame tenement known rs "Jenss' Ark"
which had heen removed fson the CORNER of Ran:
lolph and Clark streets. aud which va. burned
Wi:on, md lsst night il reseissl si.it from our
well worthy ,he na,ns. OF Volcano. Tae lamss
spread ihronshont The building 80 rapidly
min. In less than half an hour the entire atruc-
ture. whlcl, ,sns bn't 9F wood. was dsmoltsh:d,
eent chi IN seiss M M TSe aajonin seas@sn, m II ~ as
cpaes Of lime, nnd The ono nes, 10 that. private
e1nsf wss etsss sfas1 esvsepsI wS
fancs. Tho hEcmcn succeeded In arErsting is
further progress in this direction, and after Wig
orous conflict. the Illumination gradually died
The foundry was completely destroyed, The
outer frame work nf the building, as well ns th.
machinery and 1inge III ts Inferior. wc:e lcyelcd
with the gronnf. The h"L.c- IN the south side Of
it. En1 III. Is5 and Al, were also involved in
similar falc. The Inmates had hat short warning
nt The danger, and mol oulT thclt furniture, hnt
ihc'r wearing aprare1 wa4 left prey to tho amcs
Tie half tenulcd occupants were obliged to take
sAe!tcr wherever they could Ind It, and several
families were discovered In vacant lot close BY.
covering under the remnants Of some ltd1Eng
! which had hccn partially recovered.
Fatinus rItnlofs Of fnCeudaF{4tn were ciEcu1ntcl
in tic siclnitr% which little reliance could be
| placed. Our reporter wna informed by one wo-
! nlan that the house next door was ri very bad
| l!as soule other had people had set Gre 10 fhc
foundry fo- tho purpose Of burning h'r out. The
| whole nctrhbDEhoUd appeared to be d very had
| one indeed, place which onc woulL say Ind
| much need Of pilshcation by IRE.
| Ths loss on Nit%nNr foundry wAs estimated at
<a5.0M. As to the insurance, several erlimatcs
| were given to orr reporter last night. hut they
werc conflicting t their nature, that no correct
| statement contd he arrived Mt.
| No. i65 WAS occupied by woman named Nellie
| Wilson, whose furniture was worth $AM Will,
thH exception OF "A led and Soma chairs 1t was nil
| destroyed. III tho santc tenement was n ta1oDn
| kept by MARY Wright. whose loss WAS about s i00,
| on which there ts no insurance.
M. 4Gj was Eonac Of Ill fame. II was only
partially destroyed by nsc+ but NIL III. furniture
Whs % damaged as to lr OF no value. The houtt
Of Fanny 1ccsnn. next door to The former, was
slightly tIansgcl hy wafer.
IEe totai amount oi tnss By The Ore will prob
| ably not exceed S'N.0C0.