, 1866-05-08
WHOLESALE CONFEDERATION,
4 Night Of Terror--Ravages Of the
Fire Ficnd..Great Dcstruc.
tion OF Property.
THREE LARGE WAREHOUSES; IN pLlNpS..
TWO COMPLETELY DESTROYED.


mnprn y,ocn ur,n,r,,,,a
iH"EH EAhdh NaNEHUGNES In FLAMES
TVD COMptETpLy npcTpn,-rn
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smaller Ftrcs-rot.l Los. Sear,,
4l4UsODD.
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The IRE deud held b,ph eo-,,r.,
nrcs we're burning in ,hr,a s... aa! 4ast evening
city .nnultancoutjv ,n1 81. o.asssnt paris Of III
cne.f1ea a4ed 10 The utte.most Aiarrr hr1ct H..
on south Wafer street, wes1 of Er,rr,n .s~ o4oc1
seized upou bs the destroying c,cmcn, ~ sas M
.,.-. e uau sHa'ned their full headuar, ano,hs
-, ~ WEE sounded for District No, 9Th. cor1s
Still acafn-t,. the ~, Da vest lndlana strest
or -ntc ~ as osal nso cooled from thls ecc
ono s''s u! Mafninc another tongue OF dame sho,
lnr1dly intc The Ornament and tba r,.r, - -" "
The eofnc. Of (;sual md T.n1t,h IVY nse WIS neaf
heavens ers III os.ow viii tie cobnsd NTH Ilic
ftretls to witch IN. nrorress ~ M 49,, !olg me
[ s!rue1ion. @A' VIVA oi oe-
extensive o,i nains snd 1amish ,on IN the
Me:trs NcCormicl Catlendsr M 81 sGI aa q
South stef street between Frsnt1,m @ ~, 1nu ~ -
e1eeie, aud fro.,, tha arrrlis7aT ket
Of the sEe.succs in which It had i.a nsiu n5,ate
spread In very brirI ttrnc In snch m ,,,,1 ~
oEsa I'd T,a ae, tsSl @ :, e h5sstsa
ibis city s csu:e Il hses 10 sye ,n SnoMn ,n ~
ia me Of t3ms who we're M work
them l,"h1' 1ometn.5s rhicy, nIy aug Mao nag with
fniir euar"d sss1nsi ~, ~ IS GeneEaly carc-
noriS hss % no"e.eI. y uEdffstand bow The fire
iirbt ann M snnar y = aeelaent from lhet
csIer hou. qbey ss saks II e xnan ut 'ne
s.nnc tun ~ thrao f,tt usut ~ Inaefstooa. hem
form, md Il the b,Tn1nI, ~ ~. II tnG ,aoes or9ke
ar amos, tuuIyseni to nnrs "a o. G 9onsG h Enase. t
ssia Of oS nnseed dtom o 70 th1ee hundred bar-
in 1be cetas6Iishmet ~ rs,!;ar ro ., nnd csrnon.
nddlou 10 these 1y }asrt. ~ Mrsa IN anu "
hundred and 6fv nf r.rhrr .rr ItsSsSss A.u ouu
were adced oniT f asps ein. IT, 'nnIlesins olls
must hrye hec3 a, c.st isur hnnts ;at,. f
oil sto.cd here ready ioo for ,t 1sn. 'se,s m o.
five sutetancc Rerida the ~ tha2s srss ia,.s
! eiocL or ,arnfsb mimi cisss asrse ;as 4a,Go
mailing IN i! .,oek xaiass, i lse lowest soass s
srtnn II wo1Ia h.y. au sxe ~ n5e eatsea in me
trons 10 ib tn y. sioe Ell , su afe aesss
snnouns I n' af' ID 'ne's s'oeS - 'nsn aoa''o tfs
II Nh. mt ,eno bc,o,o ~. es,no. ,o-,n,r..,.o,
tn he nnes @ ,goS so9y @1 H. v ann es ,,n
sn5 eSi anG s5 one ~ e ezI aobn"s , mlns NJ:
n9 thc rS, % ~ c,". % I.t. my ucue" 1ssss eaofs
oaes 's .'1ao 10 % heeK ,n.f progress d1Sn t. nc
vt, orrmn1c,, ~ fri, oqt nooIs o1 'a,S ., catco
,sinc4,; below then thsa t%o aoof. Stfe rented y ".
hpiair, nrs and m H. r.t na, a;a
nv ntEc ~ a,n un ae & n1sa n1of @ aa ma*emgn @
nG 1ah r nag ~ ahou. one ~ c' f
M Ms tne st,n q = & c,9 ,ro, 81
r1,nt.io , lou On fhe rss 1oor and l'ssenens: The
apa aoe nare sad snd o. oer ss oa auDai sa
IL al rrobabi,ts Is Is not not yerT coa:,de.ahie' % 'u'
Ibe ian,e. rased Iur1onaiv anon: rhc stock Of
Mccormick l. G'alenl.r. From time TO time bar
nol ana one Of 1hcss explosions burst up the Gel
Nuiiline: Essh esrlo.,on seemed 10 s1d ftssl
unw1Sd through lie building. nm Il, Il. vcrv cnTs
tr: s, Ll:Lws siiil and hi"her' a. Il win wy
| 12--dcs,rr1tc tnrasSn, "
i,v tS,. .tde n ,hc ,,,,c.s,eca ,,oonn "
AT fs1een minutes oi len 1e T ironi l vail o, ass
nG, c w ,9n, Hsex s
sopsd fa olf Y. tnsp ao,sr n =, nn III great Ea
;s qG ~ ~ s ,n,. Gu ~ M !. F ~ ,ne 81 shol1
r,,a r5I H., i hnii9n "a N sen rs IT. , a,
also. md win II a iarce portion Of inc frop;
oi sos and ssi, down 10 lie third aoor a.
MACE Of Old fro,,t. sScsc ict:s,,ed % eoH ,Is ind
fncs and were Sy no means safs' isrobsI:y c neyc,
nse Tue eced ,se hns e sen
tnt fme. and II las teen t,resfir Sss,cI that ihcs,
iiopt walls Would Ut soma tune be crushed ouI
uudcns,sod there vii 6e no surnnsc Tbs ,na, H he
WsiIs should SO readily c1yc Way. Fathc, hist thr
| rbouiq have stood 1s long as thev have done
! When they came down with 4 terrtflc cr1sh. tbei
dus1, ,he snddca movement Of a,mospaeEc, an an
their partial Ealing On the oil t1re seemed 10 cana
| a moments pause In The coniapraiiOu. ani for
second or two thc scenc was obsc,rrd by darkness
Iheri The tire a. If rtrrnrthnnc hy ne rnnn,eni,
cessation, raCea even more ficrcety ihsn before.
Fiyer. II one iime ho.e ras rn, M ~ n
into the next building eait Of the lrt
so. 236, but the heat was 10 intens
| ttat 1t va. soou dropped. Another cUurt was al
fer,sar3 Ynale and iba flreruen were sucressfnl :.
preyrntinC The epread of the flames. which al on
lime attacked the Nbof OF the building. Nos, IS
\ and 258 were occupied by L. D. Norton i Co an
! vss alto In thit building IN oicc occupied bf Ii
| North branch D1stf1lery Company. The nmouni {
n1upety la lhis puiluiur tyas not rrrat on l. nr
imrprtaut in thlx copnecuon in view OF the flame
not having reached II, thanks TO the cxertions {
! the nfemcu and the presence of q heavy tsr-pro<
: { wan. A'N > ~ ''' A@~FAo'
: There vas At ono time runor that there src,
| uaaty barrels OF h;qhN Ines ard Mt ano,her tb,
there was an indefinite Nuan,ity Of p1tro-lyccr1r
| IN The Mccormick i Calender building and The.
+ Stories were Of material service In aiding The D.
crowd Int there was no foundatson for the rumor
a, The event nroyeu Mai moi an ounre OF eht mi
e | rtsuce yas N the fi!r.
!, | Nothfnr cnnd alls7 the neJcenrsa of thc a
4 which npw ro}lcd M from tho cellar of the oil star
where ltou, time to time there were sui oUuo
son Of less violent notsea, Ike The drinE Of MI
EetTv Ever a1,fl annn rresf rhcris of fls,s snra
ont. de,acheii irnu, ihe vswnIue nulf Of fins' :,
Scared swiftly upward. eeemlnr soltd mass m
re fher were as Gfrl a. the bui1dtne itself Ind bee
4. Lttfle conId be one eyer TO cool Inc galIs al ii
~ thrnNn nnf,,1 them Nhi thev we're almost rrd Il
~ | ,n,chs cnr.r ebr,,, n, frn eri ~t.rrn nod sn