Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20

SullOcdI0u, anu; from the SuuQen IN
rush of dense smoke, there is cause for
the fear that the others who were in
there shared the same fate.
i AT CHICAGO AVENUE.
/ 1t was 10 clock when the fire got to
Chicago avenue. The incredible rapid
ity of the flame. passed all comprehen.
sion. They sprang from side to side of
the streets, and, skipping extensive
tracts, returned to complete theirwork.
ALI these fires, at whatever point they
crosseds the river, soon united, and
swept unobstructedly northward. The
people living north of Chicago avenue
and west of LaSalles street, were exceed
ingly hopeful that they would escape,
but the flames, running up Clark street,
caught Turner Hall and the new build
ing 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 McEwen's
planning mill, on Wells street, near Pear
son, and then rushed northward among
the wooden buildings, rapidly annihi-
lating them. tst
II q s.ls WHAT REMAINS. aaf 14sl
From Kinzie street to Fullerton ave-
nue. is three miles. AT Chicago avenue,
the North Division is little over mile
wide, and is still wider further north,
until at Fullerton avenue, it is nearly
two miles wide. This vast extent of
territory is nearly as desolate and empty
as it was so years ago. The only houses
oi,,i,, oil oil
which fronts on the basin at the juno
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-q
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 en-
gine is apparently uninjured. Whether
any of the engines can run depends
upon the cylinders, which may have
been sufficiently heated to put them out
of true. .-.... ... .........sf
/. 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.
INCENDIARlEs 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 80 ehh
A man, name unknown, was shot by
negro at the corner of State and Thir-
ty-second 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 house on
Burnside street. By some mistaken
idea of clemency she was not hanged.
6 Two men, who were caught trying to
set fire to the Jesuit Church, on the
West Side, i" now sleep in the valley"
About noon, yesterday, a 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. It is stated that he was shot.
g At about II o'clock, yesterday fore
noon, man residing on Fourth avenue
caught man in the basement of his
house equipped with hay and matches. |
He gave the alarm, and the incendiary
was caught and stoned and battered to
death. s.strt ss,t at b.-a -s-.sr lseHe, E'sT
/ About l o'clock, yesterday afternoon,
a colored man, name unknown, OBJ
served a white man sneaking around
his house ON Fourth avenue. He fired
the barn in the rear of the house, and
was instantly shot dead. ~ s-rrw
LOSS OF LIFE.
More than two hundred men, women
and children are missing, and 1t is
feared the great majority have perished.
t4fYy ASSISTANCE [ss8f r z
Trains loaded with provisions from all |
parts of the country are almost hourly
arriving, and large subscriptions in
money have been received from Cincin-
natl, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Detroit and
other places.
Gen. Sheridan has made acquisitions
for 10000 rations, and it is stated that
he has ordered 1000 tents for the use
of the houseless.s r18HI
The churches and remaining public
buildings have been thrown open, and
but comparatively few are without
shelter of some kind. .9T0T M T5--
Most of the railroads leading out of
the city : have authorized the Relief
Committees to- issue unlimited orders
for passes to the destitute who wish to
leave the city, and thousands are gladly
availing themselves of the opportunity,
TROOPS FOR PROTECTION.
ao Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan has telegraphed
to Omaha and the military stations IN
that section of country for / 900 United
States troops, to be sent to Chicago at
once by special trains. These troops
are expected to reach Chicago to-day.
and will be distributed throughout the
remaining residence and business por-
tions of the city as a protection against
incendiarism, robbery pillage, etc. 1t
is not improbableSthatA the city viii he
placed under martial law. q lsalt
RoUGH ON THE LAwYER.-An eminent
judge used to say that, in his opinion,
the very best thing ever said by q wit