Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-10-12

iings, or Wabash avenue and Con-
gress streets, by Lieutenant Gem
eral Sheridan. The district burn
led over in the South division en-
braces everything from the main
branch of Chicago river to the
lake, embracing about one hun
dred blocks, and this district con-
tanned all the leading business
houses, the banks, insurance of
fees, hotels, &C., a large number
of Churches, including st. Marys,
iCatholic): Second Presbyterian,
St. Paul, Swedeborgian, &c.
The Methodist Church, on the
corner of Wabash avenue and
Congress streets, is saved. The
Michigan avenua Hotel, on the
corner of Michigan avenue and
Congress street and Congress Hall,
directly adjoining on Congress st.
are saved. Michigan Terrace, on
Michigan avenue, embracing the
residence of Lieutenant Governor
Bross, Hon, John S;cammon, s. q
Griggs, Peter L. Ross and other
leading citizens, r completely
destroyed with furniture and near
ly all their contents. All the
newspaper establishments are all
gone. They are now blowing up
buildings on the line of fire in an
attempt to arrest its progress.
It is now believed that the
spread OF the fire south ward has
been stayed at Harrison Street,
but on the north side there is no
diminution in its fury, and this
entire division of the city is evil
IDENTIFY doomed to utter destruc-
ton, and there are grave fears
that the flames may spread to
the west side of the branch of
the river. The inhabitants OF the
streets nearest the river are all
ready moving to the places sup
posed to be of greater safety. The.
Western Union Telegraph have
now six wires working East and
South and running into a tempo
rarv Office at the corner of State
and Sixteenth streets. The north
Railroad is running trains
on both its branches, which are
crowded with fleeing citizens. It
is now positively asserted by some
hat the Water works are still in
tact, but that the water works has
been shut off from the South &
West Divisions on the account of
The quantity being used on the
side.
A reliable gentlemen just arriv
ed from the north division bring
The joyful news that the - Wa
works are uninjured. God
grant it may prove true.
1t is impossible now to give e.
ven an approximately correct
statement ofthe losses, but a faint
idea may be formed when it is
that every bank in the city
except two small Savings institu-
on Twenty second ST.
the South Division, and one on
Randolph, in the West are de-
stroyed. All wholesale stores, & |
all large retail establishments, the
Post office, Court house Chamber |
If Commerce, every hotel in the
South Division except the Michi-
gan Avenue Hotel, which, stand
ng on the extreme southern linn
t of the fire, escaped, though
scorched; every newspaper
,Mce, the Tribune building hav-
ng finally succumbed, every the
ter, six of the largest elevators,
he immense depots of the Michi-
,an Southern and Illinois Gems
raj Railroads, both passenger &
reight depots of the later, more
han a score of the Churches, and
much of the shipping in the ri
er.
Men who were millionaires
esterday morning are nearly
endless to day but more terri
lie than all is the awful certain
? that many human beings have
'und fiery graves. How many
o one can tell. Perhaps no one
IN never can tell, but some are
nown to have persisted, and
lere is a heart sickening fear
lat the victims of the fiery
onster may be counted by scores
lndreds of horses and COWS have
zen burned in stables, and on
e north side numbers, though
leased from confinement, be-
and confused by the sea ,
fire which surrounded them, 4
shed wildly to and fro, utter 7
g cries of fright and pain un- .
scorched and killed. r,
Any attempt at description of s,
9 scene of this appalling calam e:
would be idle. The simple Ia
Its that the once great city of -"
licago is destroyed, that hun :
eds of millions of her active
.ital have vanished, and that
.rly one~third of her inhabi-
ats are homeless dependents,
enough. Any attempt to en-.
lIich would ha huf q mookprv