The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-20

between two deaths, the fire on one
side of them, ard the water on the 9TH
er, into which the intense heat of the
fire was driving them. Many lay
there, half in the water and half in the
sand, with their heads down in order
order to get as much air as they could.
The smoke driving from the shore
made it almost impossible to live, but,
as they were surrounded on three sides,
and there were no boats, they remained
where they were, and suffered as pa
tiently rs possible.
THE FIRE REACHED THE WATER WORKS
at an early hour, and the wooden roof
was soon in flame. The men stayed
there as long as they could, but were
compelled to retreat and made their
escape along the lake shore.
According to the statement of the
Librarian, VIM. Corkran, who was
there at the time, the following persons
certainly sought refuge in the Chicago
Historical Society Building: Old Col
Stone and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Able
and their daughters, Mrs. De Pelgrom,
teacher of French, Mr.. and Mrs Car
penter, musical people, Dir. Freer and
in Mr.. Richards place. and John B.
Girard and family. Mr.. Corkran is GER
tain that old Col Stone suffocated, and,
from the sudden thrush of dense smoke,
there is cause for the fear that nearly
all the others who were in there shared
the same fate, bewildered by the flames,
and unable to find their way out of the
building, with which they were I'M
acquainted.
AT CHICAGO AVENUE.
1t was 10 o'clock when the fire got TO
Chicago avenue. The incredible rapid
ty of the flames passed all comprehen-
sion. They sprang from side to side of
the street, and, skipping extensive
tracts, returned to complete their work.
1t is reported, but not on the best
authority, that fifteen men were lost at
"a blacksmith's shop on Rush street. All
these fires, at whatever point they
crossed the river, soon united, and
swept on unobstructedly northward.
The people living north of Chicago
avenue and west of La Sale street,
were exceedingly hopeful that they
would escape, but the flames, running
up Clark street, and catching Turner
Hall and the new building north of it,
worked west, and got into the brick
blocks on the east side of LaSalle, and
then jumped that street and got into
the blocks on the west side. At about
the same time it crossed Chicago
avenue and caught McEwens planirg
mill, on Wells, near Pearson, and then
rushed on northward among the wooden
buildings situated there, blowing them
down almost before they were on fire.
WHAT REMAINS.
From Kinzie street to Fullerton ave.
nue. is three miles. At Chicago avenue.
the North Division is little over a mile
wide, and is still wider further north,
until at Fullerton avenue, it is nearly
two miles wide. This vast eytent of
territory is nearly as desolate and empty
as it was 80 years ago. The only houses
remaining are the old iowa elevator,
which fronts on the basin at the june
ton of the branches, and some of the
low and insignificant frames on Kinzie,
down in that quarter. The width Of
the river at that point, and the direc-
ton of the wind saved them. The
tower at the Water Works remains. as
do the walls Of the main building, but
it is minus a roof. A few houses were
also left on Division street, near the riv-
er, and one block on Sophia street, near
the park. All the rest has disappeared.
The double engine at the Water
Works is not seriously injured in itself,
but the foundations are in such condi-
ton as to render running it dangerous.
The smaller single engine will require
extensive repairs. The larger single
engine is apparently uninjured. Wheth
er any of the engines can run depends
upon the cylinders, which may have
been sufficiently heated to put them
out of true.
The only buildings in the South Di-
vision north of Harrison street are the
Avenue House, on Michigan avenue,
Lind's block, corner of Market and
Randolph streets, and two or three
houses adjoining the Avenue House.
INCENDIARIEs KILLED.
The damnably depraved character Of
some of the ruffians of the city was per
fectly illustrated on Monday and Tues
day nights, by attempts made to pro
mote pillage by fires set by incendiaries
in different parts of the city. To the
credit of the inhabitants Of the city, be
it said, the villains generally met with
the fate they deserved. The following
are some illustrations, rumored and
authentic:
A man, name unknown was shot by
a negro at the corner Of State and Thir
tysecond streets. His offense was that
he set fire to building to obtain better
opportunities for pillage.
A woman was arrested for setting fire
to barn in the rear of a house on
Burnside street. By some mistaken
idea of clemency she was not hanged.
Two men, who were caught trying to
set fire to the Jesuit Church, on the
West Side, now sleepin the valley"
About noon yesterday, q barn in the
rear of a house on Burnside street, near
Twentieth, was observed to be on fire.
Knowing it must have been the work
of an incendiary, the neighbors united
to extinguish it, filling everything they
could get hold Of with sand. The fire |
was extinguished and the incendiary
caught. 1t is stated that he was shot.
At about | ] o'clock yesterday fore
MON a man rasilipp on Eourtb ova,,,, |