, 1870-09-13
THE RECENT FIRE.
Inquest OH the Three Bodies
Ullimportnnt Testimony.
Work on the Ruins-Ihe Late Hi.
Mitchell.
Thn Inquest.

HF luVltk1 ufs1u 4Qc NQ0AE3tl kuE lNfeE t1eu
WHO were Et!!ett BY the fall asf the walls. Al the
great r!re on Wabash avenue. was resumed by
Deputy Coroner Ep.es yesterday afternoon. st
the A1mofT- At half-pAst the jury answrre.1 II
thcit uaMeR, and the cIamihauon Ut witnesses
proceeded, ns fellows:
TESTIMONY OF ). y. VAN ospEt- =
]. u. Van Osdel Nas nrst examined. he tcs-
tldel as follows:
am an architect. YVES architect 4nd super
i1tendrrt of The Drake Block. The walls were
sate US far as any weight put upon them was con-
ccrntd. They were uui aEt-pEoof, without ntlei-
ttpn. 1t building IL burned down on one side Of
i parry will, uAlc-s atteAtton II pait, The other
s;le vii! tCgn *tnWp. THE itlt!.liDS Was burned
t.r want o. such attention The with we're two
ntst story, l6 tnches IN the second and thinl
snslts Frnn, tue top Sf the fourth us,r u thr cor
lux ne ralls wesc L. INCHES The mort II used WAS
1uHue fItm the lake RhUlG E1Nu. The bulldog
Nh. commenced on tut 'st Of June, and nnisarsi
!,y thc 1sth hf OctLtcr- There MAs no injury
" irnAt to INC wsiis. The walls wrse
rxtrtion to prevent It. bear the "headcr.
was trrkcn On tho third hoor. We strengthened
tue headers: ard think there Was no a,lllcalty
Hilh the walls There werr 1tteen anchors hs.-
tNsrn the waiis, fInm Tha!chet's building 10 the
rur atlit.Itiug, which allowed The nrr to come In,
aud It then strucK koiic fn1'on hatisn9, think
We were obliged to fasten the totsts t0getaer
through the wall, atcause we could not prevent
II, The two t.1sMTa not ''eIag put up at the same
time. had oeoasion recently to e1aE1lnc purity
wall iu Nr. Msil1Ran's hnlitslny, aud found tile
floor in the atu,nipg building was burntsi while
the wall was ie1E standing Th wall WAS built OF
the same thickness as tue Drake B!ock an'tuy the
tu rrgar,1 n the tail Ut the walls: somebody was
undoubtedly 10 blaine. The MRnsarl roofs co.,
slider unsafe whrn yot' cannot get water to them.
l nuual bare preferred to have !be MAnsarI ro II
constructed Of iron. tln INT hlleve this build
tag took tlte through any fault Of the Mansar1l
rtet. lido not believe # took fire from the roof.
I kNxxtth fSsIff
the walls getting exuea ely heated. drew through,
fnrMil.c an aperture l.on one building to inc
other thAt allowed the DANES 70 pass through.
CAME through from iTUnt to rea-- There was
uo wocdH ORR connection between Thatchera and
fatreus Block. There WIS uo undue economy
huiit as vel SO We knew Low, and no expense
Nas spared to MAKE It substantial. ! think the
WatSf @ Mas MT Mopefls APPLIED on ihe mr.. or the
hurst ffotn want OF proper care; they turned too
s!Ia1p oo,ners with It. When I went into the
i,uTn!ng building. found the sars piled 20 high
hY spontaneous combustion II they an. oiled. it
was dirt5 looking place up there. and looked
lie good vicinity for the smallpox.
TESTIMONY OF #. ". B1yINGToS.
MG. ". W. l:orlDE.' .tillcd as follows:
| hail nothitg to do With the construction OF
TIE building, except looking after Judge skin
s'cf's interest In The s,Hth walls. was on the
l.uiiug turing the construction. Ny opinion ts
'lat Il was as safe walt Us has ever bern but tn
Nt. 7 rssxa fknAk E4fp ~fft.
si,,cr91 1sa er,sns w ~. within ~ hsas
en.s.ts ~ EHten ;t " tns nal.utts, ~ ~ nsse
ing cEcyiccs, Il il solid wall between tolsts.
tsse examined the plans. anu think tine rroha-
saii.sr Than nj throush h the .is rosk % nussr M could could
VI the sslnS snsaI 1u j.. burn; thsFs
,Mes W. opan'S ~. aA taf VI; 'saV,s.,
the buildings, and n. one a,ljoln.nR, did nut penc
th,sxn 'oTn III. si,,cs n, RI" rnsf n fh4r, nsd
sa.,, ,,,nn..t Ian. nm Inn m,,ea Tnii3Inc
on:t rovt t,,.,,, 80 ~ " cnt, rnt hsn.. ~;
W., hnsr m r. tte tan of tnat sfr,ri,rr uo.,,,1
ha,c st,,r In men ,si{, lucfe.s a ,.r n ' nm.
1';,ot VI hui,,,n9' s"'e' '"'at'A A'' . n'e-
''o'' TESTIMONY OF rn11o WARNER.
philo Warner was the next witness, lie tcsti-
M, tbn hrII.,er NJ ,,,a an+,ro h,oct Tho uni.
IN. s,nr .rn1ch tf, nave rsrrir,i The wrighs ~
two .tnTies mnres II VA 1ettrr huiItiinr IN nv
t,,, ~ t.an H. Iira,i, / NttIIc.n I,,,,i,I M
i,riit them hoth. Thu r, ON wiz The waIlS f,.
-, rra,fiir in III, as, wax fn,csne I'M, .stls .xrr
no, qntc arud, AMI were easily expani:ti.
TIC -it, there " noit,:E used fba, Wns NOT of
:te hest material: was lot there TIL the smith
wall had fallen; tuLec i.fe fail wns caused Ly
'Xraus,on: |: Is very st1.:oin that WAlis staEd
when THE fire oiaguhtcs In the roof: CRn:ltt
hatc the 0rGtnen, II they c,lli not Ecf the lvs4
ur; LIZ walls Eeft: Lot tIJu'esl bS rat fTn,t;
;rs!-esss vail cxan.. nc hui!I in tle Ttntyr: The
1nl aL'1 lsu5itt wall lad ta1tn whoa got there,
a:l u lsort!on cf Flrwrll's.
pAEIhL GOODMAN.
mn builder: was atqualnteh with tho DTAEc
tudpg: l :@ryc ruaInly With the prevlons w.t.
ntssts hs u the safety III the suihng; the v ais
vcrc little heavier thau We generally
l,uIiu In Chicago; the anchurtnE might
tAye been improved by hayln9 a
I'm on tHch stae nf the wall. 1t would not phil
thr'ERh- 4 tpud brtck wall Will continue to ret
for twenty ye2Es, and, rcFAaps, f.,r u hundred.
Smoke anil water will go through most any wall :
nA1ne Tuult nut unless there WAS a hole.
JoMS SHANK.
In{r1yes} at tue Ore When the whole unoer mart
nf she dtth story was ,uInng. hati The Cuver-
jJy and TitsN prth Iead nm. the Coventry a1n