The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-30

| CHICAGO Jan. %.
/ The Lake street fire last night was by fai
the most disastrous that ever waited Chicago.
The origin Of The conhagration ID not yet pos
| itiyeiy known and the explanations given,
| are only OF widest rumors. At about two
O'Clock this morning the FIRE department, ,after
desperate struggle of oyer six honrs, sue
| ceeded in gaining mastery Of the destroying
element. After the flames bad reached the
corner Of Michigan avenue, the Adams House
stood ia tho greatest danger and was only
saved by the most earnest efforts of the fire.
men. At the irst fire on the south side .of
Lake street, the following buildings were
destroyed: Nos, 80, Al, 4S and 45, Wabash
avenue, and Nos SO, 35, 81 and so. Lake
street Al the second FIRE there were des-
iroyed Nos. 1, 6, I, 10, IL, IA, Is, 20 and
~, Lake street, and one number on Miehi
gan avenue-total Of twenty numbers, or FIVE
hundred feet of front, besides side frontage
not reckoned, were totally destroyed. Tso
firms were elected by the two fires The total
LOGS is estimated al s2,070, 900, and the total
ip sHance II about 81, 4Se, ,0D0.e Some of the
es,ihates On the loss reach a high In fig.
ures as S2bs3.oeo but az yet. OF coarse, It
is out OF The question, to give the reliable
figures as TO The amount Of devastation so
speedily wrought by this terrible scourge Of
fire, and II will probably be some days be-
fore the full extent Of the losess will be
known.
Among the heaviest losers by the fire are:
J II Burch, proprietor of the building, corr
ner Of Lake and Wabash bearing his name,
put at SS50,oeo: Simon d Strauss, clothers,
$4,000, Manning Bros. l. West, $4,000;
Haywood, Cartiedge Honore, hardware,
$50, 600; 8 G Grirgs h Co, booksellers,
Si7n.oo0; E r Kellogg, hats and caps, $50.
o0o: Mcpougsl, Nicholas 4 Co., boots and
shoes $50 0h0; Schosnfeld & Co, ciothiers,
$40. 600; Rosenfelts Bros, hats and caps,
SO, 600.
The following are the chief sufferers at the
second fire: franklin Baker, gloves and nit
tens, $1,000; Seymour, Carter h Co, no.
tions, $4,000; Whitney Bros. l. Co., boots
and shoes, $4,000; Foreman, Harris, Hahn
& Co, clothing S75,0oo Fetch, Milbnrn 4
CO. hats and furs, 81, 900; Burnhsms 4 Van
Schaack, druggists, $3.50, 900; Keith, Wood
G To-, notions. $4,000; c NJ Hendsfson &
Co. boots cpd shoes, Sl20,o Merrill L
Hopkins, crockery. $40 900; carsen, Pierce
& Co.. dry goods, 500, COG; S Harsis, cloth.
of building, 500 900; II A Kohn l. Co.,
proprietor Of building, SIoo, 600; DIR. Sawyer,
proprietor Of building, $4,000.
LATER.
Information in regard to the origin and
losses of the disastrous Lake street hres last
night i stsl. nnasceriained The insurance
nep refuse to furnish the reporters With state
ments Of their losses. and most Of the fgnres
secured sre collected from pewa csrreatson
the streets 1t seems probable, however,
thas fiie aggregate loss sin exceed tkfees nil
ion dollars. The damages by the flames
extep4ed over . large kWouQsv Qi EYvuna.
Aside from the devastation wrought, humid
reds Of men are thrown ont OF employment,
one firm alone having about three hundred
qee srPiNea u 'ss maaahepr q hs0ts
= The night was Intensely cola, and there
was great diligently in effectively working the
steamers.
The FIRE is the universaltheme of comment
aud thousands vi visitors are to-day paying
their respects TO the smoniderihg ruins, The
insurance companies suffer very severely.
4 complete report Of the Losses to Insur.
INC Companies BY the FIRE lsse night fcoes-up
,.lf. total amount Of 81, l,600,000. Among The
Iusses are NE following: 1nS 8. @ urisgs I
Co.'s stock, Anrosa, Illinois, 5000; Far
niers' 4 Merchants, Quincy, 5000; Whine.
shiek 359Qo Eonb W~tof Iowa, 5000;
Rock River, so,no0; Illinois Central, $1,000:
.pp 4. Harris bnildiag, Peoris, Sa5. eco.
osbaaaing 10, " and Il, E..ke. street, hi,
ao;s Mutual. S5 900; on Burnbams 4 Van
schaack's stock, Aurora, -, 800.