Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-12
Destructive Fire at lineage.

CHICAGO, OctcDef J.-SatuIu''N HiSiit "
fire was subdued after a loss of half mil
lion dollars. Vincent Nelson {, Cos
immense grain elevator was saved.
Another fire in the western district
commenced atnine o'clock Sunday night.
two miles from the Court House. AT
two o'clock the fire had snrcad fcarfnllv.
and he flames approached the telegraph
Office and the wires commenced falling.
Twenty blocks have been DESTROYED.
The Wind is blowing a gale from the
south. Flaming brands are flying over
tSfescitN, threatcning destruction every
where. The tower of the Court House
e2sssht-fre from q flying brand. The
fire has reached West Monroe street. q
mile fom.its origin The fire is beyond
siecontrol of thehremen. Theimmense
lumber yards, with the freight depots.
have been burned. The. loss already
amounts to many millions. The whole
city is threatened. The panic is increas-
ing. At2lo'clock the tclegraphers aban
doned'' the Western Union Telegraph
Office.
WASHINGTON, OCTOBER Q. noon.-
Thirty-four blocks have been burned.
and the fire is still raging. The Mayor
of Chicago has sent message to the
Mayor of st. Louis. asking food for the
suffering, saying the city is in ashes.
The water works were burned to the
ground, Other accounts say the Ere
mont House. Post Office. telegraph
building and Merchants Exchange were
burned.
LATEn.-The fire is still raging. and
spreading south. A railroad superinten-
dent telesraphs that the fire has reached
Wabash avenue, and is spreading rapid
". His location is three miles south Of
Wabash avenue. He expresses the opin-
ion that the fire will reach him before
night.
The Crosby Opera House is destroyed.
The loss is now estimated at fifty mil
lions. The Palmer House has been
burned.
Theloss of life is unknown, but the
streets arc filled with people, lookirg: for
the lost.
7Talison, Mqlzot CLIFTON. Jefferson.
Bua;llo aud Criswold streets arc ruined,
Both side, of Chicago river arc a mass Of
ruins. Efforts 10 save the court house
and css works were futile.
Thirty or forty vessels arc burning
now, and many have becu destroyed.
Ever man in the city is called upon 10
do duty. Nea@ls- every bridge over the
Chicago river is burned. AL is terror.
Buffalo subscribes ono hundred thou
sand dollars; Cincinnati, two hundred
thousand, and st. Louis. Seventy-iive
thousand. In reply, the Mayor asks io'
cooked tocd for the suffering. Firemcn
from other cites are en- route TO Chicago.
Great credit is given telegraph super
intendents for what they have done in
getting communication from the doomed
city.
W.,sEISdroN, October 9, 10 p. M
The ccntlagration still progresses. AS
sistance is going from all directions.
Railroads carry provisions on fast trains
free.
CHICAGO. October 8, p. m.-The aw-
ful work of destruction still goes or
with relentless fury, FROM Harrison street
in the south to Division street in the
north, aad from the river TO the lake, az
area OF .our miles long by one wide. The
flames have swept everything before
them. Ii is estimated tia; at least one
hundred thousand people are homeless
and in asuffering condition. The streets
i'll districts still unburncd are lined for
miles with such household goods as
have been saved from destruction. Most
generous offerings OF assistance i'll mon
cy, food, or anything wanted, are coming
in from almost every city and town
throughout the country by telegraph.
The Mayor has responded to several OF
fers, asking that cooked food be provid-
ed as soon as possible lErcmen are on
thcirway here froln Cincinnati, ST. Louis,
and other cities. The water worlie are
entirely destroyed. Buildings arc now
being blown up on thc line Of the fire to
attcnipt 10 arrest us progress
LATH.:-Iti is now believed that the
spread of the fire southwark has beer
stayed NJ Harrison street, bat on thenorth
side there is no diminution OF It's fury.
aud tina! entire division Of the city is cv-
idcnav doomed TO utter obstruction.
There are grave fears that the il:nncs
may spread to the west side OF the NORTH
branch Of the river. and the inhabitants
Of streets nearest Tie river are already
moving to place supposed OF greater
safety.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany have now six wires working east
and south, running into a temporary Of
fee ut the corner of State and Sixteenth
streets. 'rhc Northwestern Railroad Com
pany are running trains on both OF its
branches. which are crowded with fleeing
citizens.
It is now positively asserted by some
that the water works are still intact. but
that the water has been shut of from tho
south on account OF the quantity used or
the north side. y rcii..5le gentleman.
Just arrived from the north division
5"inG5 tie joyful intelligence THAI ti3e
water works are uniniured. God gran
it mn" prove true.
It j. impossible now % give M approx
innate 70 i correct s5atcnlcE; OF losses. but
Il faint idea may be formed when Il j,
stated that every bank in the city, cX-
cept owo saving, institutions OF 22d
street, in the south division. and one OF
Randolph street, III the w6st division. ar
destroyed. All the wholesale stores. al
retail establishments, Tie Post Ofi.c
CourJ House, Chamber o. Commerce.
every hotel in TIE sott:, division. exccp.
the l!;eliean Avenue Hotel. 'rl,.i:
Standing On the extreme southern liI..i.
escaped, though badly scprchcd, anl
cverE EeTSnape! ctiioc --t'ie Esij ~
buildin,r. v hich was s,tlD.s s-;; - iie tirc
proof. ;'nglly sucmlmbc1- -every u ca re-.
six Of tlc largest elevators the im.neGsc
deyo,s o. .he Michigan. southern arC
Illinois ieural Faiiroads: haft, tlie ;a.;.
senoei and freight deD2.; OF the Iattor
moro thu a >corr oi churches andmur:.
o, the shipping &c ri.ar-all DESTROY
ell. Men WHO w1re iniil;oHaifcs ycster-
DAY r.orninc are nearly pcnnijess today
but more tei. ibl: tiien ali. is tho certain
ty tha. laany pcrisheG in the Ganes;
Itcw ,nanf'. 80 cne can tell; perhaps nc
ore viii ever b able to tell. bat il is
known thot = We al DeriSlpl aud fI,orn Is