Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-10-19
RATES OF ApvERTIsiN
sa7as--a- -a--a--
LATER.
From Dailies Of the l5th:--It has

From Dailies Of the l5th:--It has
rained at Chicago since Saturday
morning-a blessing to. the people,
The vault of the Custom Housr
was opened last Saturday. 1t con-
tanned 81, ,0OO, 900 i'm gold and -, COO,
600 jim greenbacks; the gold wa'
melted into an almost solid mass and
of course in the shape of bullion; the
greenbacks were entirely consumed
beyond recognition. OF course the
green nbacks belonged to the Govern
ment and no loss Is incurred.
were still occasional arrests Of per-
sons charged with incendiarism.
The sum total of New York City,
contribution up to last Friday night
was estimated at nearly 81, 200, ,0tN.
Moneys are also being sent from
New York City and other points to
the relief of the sufferers from the
tremendous fires in Michigan and
Observation-Disclosures contributes
over $500, 600 to Chicago. Fort Scott,
Kansas, sent lS carloads last Satur-
day.--London, England, raised
eli, 900 in two days by subscriptions
for Chicago. Other European cities
are still nobly sctive.--'rhe lnsur-
ance Companies are all busy ut adj
justing their losses. Statements of
losses already published re:--Frank-
lin Ins, Co., Of Philadelphia, $780,
900; 1Etna, two and half or three
millions, which will be paid IN full.
without breaking the Company;
Home, Of n. y. about four millions;
Hartford, $4,000; Phoenix, $780, 600:
Commercial Mutual, of Cleveland,
$500, 600; Lumbermcn's Of N. y,
sl5, 900; besides other home and many
foreign Companies.-Contribution
to Chicago from Cincinnati amount to
$225, 900; from Portland, Maine, 800
600. Is estimated that the Chi
cago fire will reduce the u. s.. Inter
nal Revenue receipts to the extent Of
81, ,OO0, 600.
OTHER GREAT FIRES.
The following are notes of some
other great fires recorded In history:
The Great Fire In London, Sept.
2, 1866, destroyed Ave-sixths of the
city: but the burnt district was re-
built In four years.---The Great
Fire In New York City, Dec. is,
1885, destroyed property valued at
sis, ,O0O, ,OOO.--Thc loss of property
by the conflagration OF Portland.
Maine, July 4, 1865, was estimated
at 1900, 600. The number of build
ings burned was I,GOO.~--'rhe burn
ing of Ancient Rome, under Nero.
about A. u. 90, destroyed about
three. .f0urths of the city. The whole
city then had 1900, ,0CO inhabitants,
and about 4S, S,3S2 houses. prI-
vate losses from the destruction of
Moscow, Sept. Is, 1872, were calculn-
ted at not less than $3.50, ,0O0, ,0O.----
In Constantinople, In 1852, 1880
houses were destroyed by fire.
The whole city Of Jeddo, i'm Japan.
was once entirely destroyed by fir.,
aud 200 persons were either burned
to death or drowned.----San Fran
cisco was almost entirely laid In
ashes on the 3d Of May, 1851. The
loss was estimated at ST. 900, ,OO0---
In st. Louis, May 18, IS49, there WIS
a confagration which destroyed
property to the value Of s7,O0O,OM.
And other great fires may be thus
briefly noted:-San FranciscO. vari-
Gus fires in 1850 and 1861, Losses from
one to five millions by each. 6acrn-
inento, 1852, twelve millions. Pittr-
burgh, April 20, 1876, twelve millions.
Savannah, Georgia, January ~, 1870,
eight millions. Albany, n. y,
Aug. II, 1s4s, five millions. Charles
ton, April u, 1888, two millions.
Quebec, 1876, eight millions. But
the Chicago calamity y By far. tn"
greatest Of the kind recorded in
history.
From, all parts Of the country