, 1870-08-23
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES,
TWO C0nflacrntions in tlle west
Division at llsc Snuc
1lmc-
Burning Of a Planning Mil, Fifteen
Houses, Seven Barns, and
Number of Other
Buildings,
Losa, Nearly $4,000: Iusurancc,
About S25 1000.

.EAtkLAk ~%1sSSSt
pxBLrE ISLAND AEESrE
Abort twenty minutes Of Q clock yesterday af-
leYuoon As Captain Miller, Of the Second Police
Precinct, WIS going west on Tatlor street. on his
WHY hornr. he SAW smoke issuing from barn
1r,nttus On an allcy, between Blue Island syeoue
and Taylor street. lie tumediaiely1tan tn Box
MI 81 and turned it IN, bet before the engines
1Frtret, The hATn Was completely tnreloped Ia
Eatnes and setcE1l OF tue wooden buildings AHA
cens Wefe On Ut. Throwing water on the fa,ncs
teened 70 be OF no use for they continued Qrasp-
inT building After building until foc,rseen
wtrr on oTe- The ure1ncn however. Mnyfey1 win
hern TUNED IN md adiiffnu.! steancrs ntrrr 20
kncesxssd n suod1inS The naznes, bat not before
aGus s'oG :, wos1n ,ns re-, Q, Rrnpsy ha! been Dc
dat, there were three or four barns sud small
buildings between the houses fronting on Blue
1slsnd Avenue and Taylor strees, and taeJr Iocstr
prevented The nrcnen from getting nenr enongh
10 wotE 10 Auy advantage.
4 large force Of policemen were on hand apd
from er,,irr near The burning bntidiass' on]1
rus. accident happened Several burning boards
iss ,. o. ia,iasnE sud strueK txo men
Neither Kas injured beyand & small
yGt sn the hsstL i,asas TOOK plaec between A
natrer seit hot learned In one OF the buitdinss
M -: Elu~ ff7and afeuue. was quantity Of
Tain N,ItT who Tusnr,i in. sezci ihe noN;sr sna
ca11,r, it 10 thc opposite side Of the street Rs.e
ls;and arrnIe and TAYLOR street were filed with
the former inoTpuchfase werc dr'ssad nesr'e "
fasse @ hcats; M ,;,a ,.,..,
zcnt.1 .a5 as 81 ~. e1 w. o"ned o John
s.:o,n Ind 1Tenr ms n sns. nn n1,9 1ssn q % Is
tste: tnxures, for &. 100 In thr Home and Rcpup.
~. ~ lne second aoSf xas ocs1pted by Two fa1at-
had AuS tnFur1nce-
a.unf xa.I. ,renrG IN ,n TtI, 4s - s1a
i,T tnnIat ~ smS m q C1eFesaa.
ereeiey s,s1e and dwelling. Loss % oe STOCK a. and
aas sn;s'' s'; an1s IN The 4 TeSson.s ~, n.
TA, occupied BY fsseras families II was partia!ly
Ens ,a, "45, ~: tAsusest .ot y tso ln fne
Ana hare es. ~ t1e o'o MOI ioee aca'
.s, 20 1al, ., ned a. y Robert Toon was dsmsged
49, a9saitsa ,, ae alhL noos Fas occaPed oJ 7.
and aNen@ nss ~ ts.n1snaE sma Gnoa
o. M SeoaS 70 II sg: snsaisa fos 500 u The Merchants
1ar e.en,,st =. 81 9 AHenes. 41s seSona
~. =, haTsAng ~ 3aaes 8e!.
~ s.ns IN ~ IL IS.nh. So4S' Sioes A4suteo
'w e. ~ IL u ,, US Metsnaa@ ,'s ashs o...,n ,,
,nsurer, for = en- IN he H"1,e esntnai r.
pa.. h'ss ~ ." r. CasnenteI, 1ssef Y eas.i.
sfae ,nsare, ia H. oas Mutna IL Rennt, @ .esSd sSd
'>s.soIa. -. .oi ~ tl,tH~ ,,..
; - az u "whss. ", ~ =! 1ensS nasastt snd osen.
~'oe
~ Maia.ae- s.W: insured IL INC narne Manual.
lixiuact 10 STOCK and fixtures. $500: Insured fol
Isr q. dwelling. Lsss fioa: NOT lnsuref. The
ss-et nd n1.eT ~as tho dwelling Of B Q. Sullivan
LeN t;e..; no 10: oranee.
No ~. Canned by NofhnaT!e 4 Brcchte1, wal
..sn2Ftt f~H', aha The furniture On the sscont
n's't. ~nsra ~as A cceapted ny them 800: insutet
iof ss,@e tn % ne st.emsns Tue nEss noor w
ts =. MrEaa. grocer Loss on Stock $3.50
"ssssn e, ~ aes ,,,asi;,r ,,r. v.r,xar
.Na. ~. osnea ~ MsS AcElfoE. was uaMA1et
si""s ansafses 3"f <e,SS" n lhe AeschahIa. TIL
stcui,t noor wss occupied bF Mrs Muller, VIII
We ny ns nsr{' h'Tssna Us ~ ge9as & nns 1ssrsd 81
t.n Ia. !"s street the fallowlag houses wes
rats!alis DESTROYED: M $50. owned By Nj. lam,
suEAuee. i, was occupied ~ two fanilies, ~ VII
rrn.ose;s tisa1 househaid 4ooAs, and consequent
sustained 10 material loss Neither hid any Il
tesalts. -.--
70. ~. oRnca ana oeE0hse4, ~ Lamb, VI
,iaE:hesd EaO: no Insurance His loss on hous
nM 1 et"H ns,1sa. ns asas s"' es removing them m
;'"n ~ t,'s., slesssayesi, 8 wsse the content
nrns.
~ sS oxTss sn oscap's sy Michael Lyne
~ sse, ''~ N1''>' = A'o
A.ne-stoEE building In the rear. also ownc
M,.l1r, 1t WAS tecurIr,l bS Mfs Crouin vi
4 At~" story lsanae hu.ldiug IN the rear OF y
~ iitF AsAA&u AfEllDC hA1 l34AAXtl $3-t1. l1$U
sncc not learned 1t formerly belonged to Jam
norton,
The ottEan or the gre ts unknown, but =
probably tns ~ So1k @ o. m incsndia1y, a b
crt IN tho barn 10 the rvar nj No. lsl Blue 1slo
;so or ;h;ee i,snea Within the last s. Il two q wee, @
Ihtte prs weft Ispot,esi - me sesxeants at
IM%ti;th M snss5 rea; 81 IS station. ana eessess were
Dese' e''N - . o. VA r.Ks < tvEsrs. Ss1;
ay.uue an ther hsoke out fsum some nnknu
.au.t, N b carpenter shnp IN the rear OF NJ.
raEk avenue, and ts1 No s6l was turned
All The We*t S!le steamers, With the except
ttt The Wltttan James, had tesponfed to
second alarm Ior The oshef nre- aud conscqnet
s1,ie engines a1r7ye,L ID consequence Of
t:r!aI hall dozen satns and sheds wcce bun
',eSn. tnsols'nR 3 lo.s of about =, ,ooo
1,E EUScll lzr,m.. whu estimate their loss on hi
tnr, Tools anI stuck al f2,ooo; insure,l for 80
tue Lumbe1man'a-sat0 on building and 500
< inn In the rear Of Nos, III and II,
oppe4t by A IL. EtncsIand. Jnss IN st,nc,
nnsl consEntq. s1oa; iusuT,sd tot f;oo~nscei
Goodwin 4 Fascuc-
The Hasc 1n the reaE et No III WIS owned
Alfred IL. Sellers. Loss $50, no insurance.
on contents. fso: not insured.
The a"elllt'R u NJ. Sellers, No II. Park
mug, Wae aansYed TO !ae extent q SO: insu
AtNo,sterr batn Ia tne rear OF No. 19l, neio
iDg to Mr. EbeIhaIdt, was damaged {ago:
su!tsl
a kutTd LII AHG DtutI EtIE OF tGE allies.
No 6si Like st:ees. was da1ags4t {IJa and
con&euts So: not injured. 4 II nEeT nv
md occupea it. ->@'' y"
M. Gsa Lake street, owned and occuriet by
tseodrtch. wAs damaged $500; said to be .nos
eErtd. ii was upoccnptetl.
barn in tnc rea-, belonging to MI. Goodr
vas totally destroyed. Loss, 4l50: 10 tnsurn
a. sasy ,9aFns to sanss Lox 1ssr Of
oS swAs sTkEEr.
At naal.IAss 10 o'clock lhst evening Box M.
located , a. !! ". nt!.ss1.n . ssfset and Wentworsh
enue. WaF struck from 6tRht The steanletH
ttE,leS! as fa1 as the city limits but the tlre b
e"ue distance beyond rhev returned. The
t.ruae out IN the lt,ller room OF 4. I, F1
tween Wentworth asenue and the Chicago
lt,4k Islald 1Hilrna1 tsack. pcar FortY-~cy
t,7ts,t The structure. yhrh MA :
fv, tong ly ufty fert w,le, ,was soon euseiopett
NJ tEr Jxople rco1,itnu IN fhe vlcin,tv .snni
nntn.nE 10 stay The rfosrcss Of thc Danes
znil. ! coal st,fsd, strec d eiiiugs mt barn
consumed. Several other buildings we're en-
r. trtf, tnt they were sayet from destruction
TIE application Of tnany buckets full Of wase
LIZ f'sis anu aleR
@ q tnsa, ,' Icy BY he ssc Etu reach about III
"nls @ aiI Msusance u Bat ,eh
ihe l!ahng mill belonged 10 f7nut, Art
f'atti: was s'sruped BY him. His losx on h
IL u ~ ~. Oh machinery f3,a0g. atnl on
- q Il IS 5 in:urtd @ ior *soHe-tl. W. in
sS"mms.ssl, S'.uf sl:oea =, ia ne fsrmen, sineo
III t1,t. Me1chant'f. aud 81 .oto in The Lanai.
: tHo-sfnrF frame building rTunt3n0 on
s:t.@.,, WHICH a4iptrcl me NH. Waa total;
t;rttt1!- II wAs owned xud occupied t,y Corn
Baker, ~hn estimates his loss on house. AMI I
lure III 1at. He Is tnsufc,l for {l,0O0 II
tunmtrciAL
lhe n'1t hui''3inG was also consumed II
6EHttlfs Chauncty Griffin, His loss On 1t
e''a'rnts viii t'c ntout $50; no Insurance.
\ t'aFr IN tho rear, awnet By hi1u. vas
hufEta. lAsSE, $tt1. n1 trEUfAuce.
NJ, "a~st13 ,x ir1Le r. building. owned and