, 1866-01-10
THE CARNIVAL; Of FIRE.
The Tncendfary at He1t--.DesRuctive
Confa1ation on Randolph
Street-.-Loss $4,000
..ffher EirH4.

The ext.ao,dina,y prevalence Of drea In erey par
Of the cty, f. beginning 10 create serious alarm in
1he minds Of nj nnu who Ere possessed OF prop.
e1y. The eou'action that theee d1sasten nc ooca-
s.oned, not By accident hut oy the torch Of the H.
That : great proportion, u not al Of Tie 1e-
tsae tr,,l,s = n1x Atle doubt Strong suspleions
t. t. connection with the e1tensi7c d.es on CtarE.
Mels, and State Streets while in other instsncee
Mneso she nanet wc1e aeeted before attaining full
tae1Esa} nc n1cca OF the fucendiasy wc1t too
aeaHy visible. Il would be ha.d to conceive Of i
me She o. tTeafer enoEmity than the wllful and ds-
able stores OF merchandise, and the uweiIfn-s n
iamlet whose lives arr thus put In imminent peril.
tnaes no Circumstances can VIC conceive Of an 9de-
II Is Known that these motives are OF The ba.est
no meanest, that they cannot even be disntded
Win ne name Of revenge. but that the perpetrators
ded hundred-lold
"A, 4 nle Of sgf e1tens,ye and disastrous nature
~ cellar occun,ed BY Mtehaelson / Apopen a.
the talee.oon Of the National Tobacco Works, No,
~ Nand9lph street The rEound fiat Of the build
inr over 1he cellaf was occupied beer md bIl-
Hard saloon, while The entire upper portion OF the
edhoc was ocerpied b. Charles tehls, IS he cir.
s;S591 snG2n hoel: AdoDing the billiard saloon was
DoaomE % Occupied ~ Aenry shoelkopf & Brother.
a fer hen1s before the nre was I'm. perceived
lae plopt1etof cs the tobacco store vas giving IN
cnle1ss11ncnt 70 otnbef ot his friends, who Tc-
manned inert lll late hour. A little before
clccE the smoke ~ts secn teeuiDg from the eel
IA. ano tn m incredibly slort space OF time Al
MoFt octole the inmates could be tousod from fheir
s.eeP, tns names nad communicate TO the Clasen-
10, In nnse. t im Wnte9 a1ey spread 1nf1ouslJ Into
tne ~ s.o1e @ o. shfe1kopa& bsothers. Ihe contents
o. tne elofe being Of conhusthle natufe,
sucn as vines. Eespsene, and other burn
1ag uu,9s' l' toe nfe eEept through 1t With
Hseslhuole tosce, canstnE barrel afeT barrel
~ AIiooe, ano fehdering the ctofts q the
a!sntu Almost 1utse- me boatdetz OF The Claren-
uua aoutt experienced The greatest difficulty tu
tuaAns 1nei esexPe 9pin tac upper noose, the sole
e9uancS 10 toe nolci eefnc e1reedhgiy naHoW:
W. ~ y nG iufn1tnft could be sased. and
many o. Tue boarders made na7ow escape with
!heil !Nes. some OF them we're seen TO dcsecnd
. noIa ue HpiTI "lnaoWe 1S Eeans OF fo9es o. bed
su."t. ' Mae etHtsh Eqt npon tne 1901 ana parsed
Uses 70 ,Ac Aofon1ng Dnlid1pgs.. The engines con
auued ~ lIat upon Inc onrnsne mass nla Late hour
,ia! .sia .o.enoon; ano y snat TINE every article
N tAe intg1dof had been utterly destroyed The ad-
1N.,. oauhse i soneiea eompefausey mite q the
Sa ea. unane 70 tcoace me tAmes IN Inc C!afen-
.o1. euut,nneo 70 pour cohtfnnous stream Of Fa-
H. y H., Ere ians prevented tnem from shar-
LIZ IL ne central rnfn.
Ihe following are the LOSES sustained BY the
~, ssass sn2elsoPa Nro1nefa, me psopFletoH m
,h e M ana Gioeety etote: ssnmatc their loss on
~ - ~ eock ~ fst@ - Ia1s covered
- 'nsulAlEE ~ tne extent OF s%N"oe In the foloW-