, 1869-09-02
Uurufrg Of tho Chacngo, burlington
4 Quincy EYntEhG uePoes

From tAs Quincy UfFatir dHguaf VI.
x.a ,iscnyefc1 ID tho freight house OF tho Chita-
20, Burlington QainsT Aaiiioau, % ~ tno ieseo.
living 10 the Conhuafiblh material IN tue Halc.
hnnsc il wnn bpi few minutes after the IRE WAS
Uncovered until Sne eutira bult1Ing three hun.
In ri feel IN lcnRtu Was cnveioPsd 10 lansA mol
more than twcnty-uyk minntes in1sEFenen nefote
t1s;sns ne III. nan.e ts ia e tns anu uasanq rans @
Tic llru originated In a freight car snlen VA
staadu9 on tns track uext shn paem, a. 9s!1;,,am ~
Communicating the 1anues TO tho entre csanH
portion Of the pousc before = could be fsm97sh, @ Ct
The eide itacks both nosth nna soadn ~ r,on. ~ ~
ed ca11, anu tho confusion wn!eI ehsneu Gpon a,
he alseosery Of the nre prevented tne car !snM
being removed until had fpfeau % .ae ou!n,ns ,ns
Ing from the northeast and tne cars uton notn
aldes Of the house md the lover trtixhs pan'naR.
whIcn stands upon tne wharf, eanEn. nts hna o9, ~
become general The heat from inc bain.n9
tuihlsng xaA 20 Intense that It WIS feared me
houses on Front street wooia os aes.so,eHH .u,n as
nensy II. siead. Tho General Ftc!sa. Agent q e
I'M alter Il caught nfe. Breathing through 4 win.
duw, ha slArtet1 to safe, bu1 the EmoSo and hsas
we're 20 great that he staggered naI feu TWICE ~
door opcn ana eecuscsi the money and so11c pa
pess ami reached tho outside jast Is the hss broke
out in tho once.
road, from Us organization, were de,froyeA. IN
fncr nothing IN the General Agents office, exceat-
Ing inc few papers sated b. Ar. Acas', were Ecs-
Tic depot contained large amount Of freight,
anJsbiE Ike tho quantity or saIuc Of which ca1-
moi 1nd probably viii not sooo Re asccftalncd.
1t Is kEowu thaE there vas Il vast amount, wortn
fhourauns Of iollarr, that was totally destroyed.
Some tw entt cars were fotnlly destroyed Of rem.
tltre *orthlcsh Several Of The cars thus burned
ere loaded with freight, ine amount aaa kintt Of
which could nGt be asttrta1ncG last utent. pct.
lion Of the ea1s de.loJea be}ongt,i to 1na T. y.
III. RatlH ay Probably txenry other ours wcEG
more or less injured. Ono freight car belonItu2
to the T., j. L q, X Il. losded visa meschsnalsc
rcnu7 for shipment west, MIA hn,ouE The drs. Ia
take nrr. and Was nearly ruined und thu conteht1
ta,,Iy damaged. IL believed hy tile aRcuf shas
there Ecst other CATS containing freight for ahp
ment per the Hannibai ". doerph RAILROAD thai
Six cars lnAdeti with lunncE were almost con
sumed- il WIS reported that one caf containing
nne EuottF, supcnaet to lie worth lfb:u tl,tVo y
sa Gu, MSS burnt, aE,i t,c eoos nearly destroyed
Several cars oadtd with coal wete partially burn
| eli. IN Account Of the number OF cars which
tIlicd the TRACK, It MAS next tn Impossible 10 dis
coyer how nnny hati been consumed, Or PARTIAL,
W. ire infortnen tha. Nut!dcc & Me5er, whole
sale Erocerf, anH Lesem, Wholesale nrJ goods wrr
| heavy 1otess, nas log large amount Ut goods de
| Bttu3 I'd, hui NC tou!I learn nothing teabit uPon
The eil-d,reeted efforts OF the Fire Department
assisted hy q hofe fr,tu the Nater wefks q! fht
ratItuad n1sch1re chops, savesl she LOVER ware
| fright cars from detlfuctiun.
| Tie platforms unu nonrs of the depot wcrt
Saturated nnd soaked with ctsl oil, canset By III
| banding Of that atticit. In b1rrrs, nnd buEne,
Ike under, The flames trrradtng 50 rapidly ths
no hra.!way could he rIhtlt. against them.
| or The extent or amount u! l0.s to the ratlFoI
| comrauY, to estimate cat be tuale II this hour
The otticrrs of lhe company not birg ahle 10 ever
| give IN approximate guess