, 1869-05-28
DAMAGING CONFEDERATION.
Destruction OF &. A. Downer d
Co.'s Spice Ezousc on South
4YhlCr Street.
Loss About x6Os sooo-Acctdent to
Fteemon-~other Fires,

south Water strret wAs ytzlted BY another DAM
sr,n1 connAszsi.on laSt evening, the Aggregate
loss b, which will not fan short Of $4,000. Tnc
.1srrn VA pounds: ..om Box No. 4, II h&,f-pAss
10 o'csock, md directed the department to No. q
Sou.n Wster street, fo1r-stozJ ns>ck, owned By
L. Il. Mccormick Co, and occupied ~ coffee,
tn End F,scc house By & A. p1wur1 ca
The alarm Has sent In by ohs Of Ptnkezto11
roer. who observed heavy volume Of Sunoke Is
uutps II the rear from the eecood-6oos wandnv-
When the ntenen e1T!Eed It wa evident that un-
LEES The fre wss quickly checked devAstaaiuR
eopnss7ztton would eulae, and accordingly
second alarm Wal quickly sent over The N1ra.
sumnonlng AddtuonA aid
owing TO The ds1npncp Of the atmosphere, the
e.potr. which ksnee forth In dense volumes, wM
SLOW to rise, and for rrort tnan an boar, for
tlae&s around. II was impossible to discern sin-
Gle object This very undeat1bae feature Fen-
Md ycU troublesome. The sense u feeling Wal
The cnlt one thai conld be relied upon
For the space Of IN hour II Wa hard battle be-
tween the hrr and water. but nnatly the former
r!esncn. taccutnl,cd, 2nd tnc na1nes were connned
10 tie tutldln4 IN which the nrr originated. The
adjoining bu!ldiugA With their stocfs, were, how-
ever, seriously aatnagcd By wate1. d.
Owing to the absence OF both the owpcEa anil
occuIAats Of The frpildlngs- no definite tGuErs OF
The losses sustained can 10 given The building
MAS damaged, rcrhsps, 70 the extent Of 1900
1hr stock ol = \. Downcr To-, which wl!l Prove
nearly total lo4R, WAS vAfioulf estimated be-
tw.~n -, ,oee and - 900. It VIII probably tai.
thr nsr Is said 10 have originated Is occupied by
rc1te-rpsstinE apparatus Ats ut two years ago.
tiestructtup run thal source The amount ci IL
sur3ucr On tic stock could mot tc asecrtasned-
No e.. ihs aIjolnlnv building 10 The wcst, was
.sTsoslS Y Enss' M or tss .ess Ts
bJ pofardns Brothers, dealers In cheese, md tn,
upper nc<r n stoyc.oom for china and CROKER!
warc, ,'J Hurley T,Hcl whose ssle7rooms at'
and Ssaie Ht1-S.
The wholesale grocery stnrn oi Wells Faals
ns. 70 re sas m .so 1se o%n T.
e L Mccormick
On the H911y1l OF the Truck Pioneer No. 2 hug
Ladder vas placed against this building In M n
mott perpendicular position, aud hen nnInhc
+ ote@ea - as.sy rs.sns4 10 TOP ,nsaso ssams1
three In nurnfr., were thrown heavily into IL
middle Of The street, on Tho rough Eas
ne k'onet nd & txo Of men tssn .HnaaHi. sasaalns,
With The j. II Rice, vas severely injured abou
The k1,.ne, and fatal reaulta arc fcs1e.l lie va
ssnseyca to The Sy Mo,s and Saasaa
wlth Pioneer Truck No 2, Tccciyel 1umbc
ot Ah1ns,ons on various t'arts Of hts body. He -
attention Hrg procured. Tho third n1an. hos
name could not be aaccrtatucd. was not 50 scFescl
injured. -
on YCLrDS HTREET.
An alarm nj p:45 l. m. !csferday. sounds,
Y1rrn nor No ia was cauresl by t1rc In the hath
Nom 10 No. sd9 Fulton street, Owned ay 7. !
F1tch. md occupied BY George Dcs1tngton. tn
'aa'aee uoDu OK sxsr y % x1n,sox s.nzr7.
White the South Water street trc Wa yet a Il
trrrett An Alarm Nj sounded from Box No ST
and IL terame neecSsar7 to detail eeTet1l engine
70 snxxcr Inc call 1t VIZ caused by nrc IN
tNos.osJ frame, oecupled "A a meat marie
owned f,y MlchnrI f1'e, located At No - Nct
Madison street The Gre WNa confined pHpcipall
to the runf Damage about $50; insured fe
s.uU In the Merchants OF ChlcaEn, The nrr
relieved TO have t~cn The worK Of an ncendla11