Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-10-25


lug boat. and was taxed around to the !
depot where he found the J
rolored man awaiting him according to
promise, with the trunk safe in his pos
session. lie paid the price stipulated.
aud taking the money TO Milwaukee, de-
posted it in safety in a bank. l.
= The Forrors as we'll as the extent oil
the FIRE was no doubt aggravated by iu-
cendriauism and pillage The police had to-
distribute ar@,s among the citizens to pro-
tect their property. Two men who stood
guarding their property were stabbed byF
rogues. One died. The murderer was
caught and hanged to a post. Many werel
hanged or shot A man was discovered I
with a bundle Of straw and kerosene can
10 his arms in the rear of some holdings
lie was shot down. On an inbound train
while the fire was ragsng, fellow said
he was glad of itand hoped the whole
city woall bum. The passengers became
so exasperated that they attacked the
man. and the conductor put him of the
train. All the prisoners in the armOry
were released before the FIRE reached the
building, but we did not hear whether
those under the Court House and in the
north side station were released but VIC
presume they were, Or we should have
heard it mentioned. We saw twenty-five
or thirty servant girls rush to the Of one
Of the large hotels to leap into the streets
below, but the roof fell in and they were
engulfcd. Tie fire crossed the river by
large embers and burning boards several
feet square, which was borne across by
the gale. Never did a FIRE burn so rap
idly. The flames rolled two hundred feet
into the air. Curling back. they would
dart across the street, and in an Instant
another block would be in flames. Inag-
inc the unburned streets at night filed
with furniture, men, women, children and
teams, it only by the lurid glhre of the
burning flames. No sounds but groans
and cries, mingled with the oaths of driy.
crs aud the roar of the sea of fire whose
hungry waves were licking them up,
The extent of the relefin so widespread
a calamity as this cannot be overestmat
ed. 1t has created joyful feelings OIL
every hand, and puts a little ready money
into the pockets Of class Of men who are
ready and willing to distribute it among
their less fortunate friends and neighbors
On every hand throughout the burn
district are to be seen here and ther'
gangs of men clearing away the debris
preparatory to the work Of building
Work is already actually begun on score
of buildings, the contest seeming TO b
who shall get the first permanent struc
ture up and in readiness for uses Ted
porary business quarters. The el,elegan
residences on Wabash, Michigan, an
Calumet avenues, beyond theIlne of dc
struciiou, are occupied asitemporary bus
ness quarters, nearly every one of ther
bearing rude home made sign indicatin
the firm or corporation to be found witl
in. The banks occupy houses on'the tw
frst.named avenues, on the borders of tn
: burnt district, or as near as possible to i
and are hastily making thsmsolvesI q
comfortable as possible for a years oc
cupancy, while rebuilding their RUNE
structures. The elegant Churches in tn
section of the city have been occupied III
til the present time by relief committee
depots for food and places to shelter tn
homeless, but they are now nearly a
taken for public purposes.
, The Post Office will be permanent
" established in the Wabash Avenue Net
" odist Church on Monday next. This
church that stayed the progress Of Il
= fire southwark, and will hereafter be
:, landmark in Chicago 1t has been rentC
> :, by the Post Office department as long
it may be needed. M, - ssfimu