Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-10-19
WHAT REMAINS

From l. ME street to Fullerton avenue
il three miles At Chicago avenue the
north division il little over q mite wide,
end ia sill wider further north until, a.
Fullerton avenue, it il nearly as desoi ate
aud empty az it was fifty years ego. Tho
only lousea remaining are The old lows
rIezator, which fronts on the a7)n at the
junction of the branchts. and som" Of
the low. insignificant frame7 on Iiuzlo
down in that Quarc r. The width OF the
river at that point and thu direction OF
the wind saved them. Mr.. McCagg's house
was burned, but his greenhouse was I'M
Injured. The house Of Mahlon d. Ogden
on Dcarborne street and Lafayette place.
w!s not even scorched. The tower at
the water works remains, a. do the wallis
Of the main building, but 1t il minus a
roof. At one time it was hoped that
Univ church. which stands comparative
ly ;isolated, would escape, but the hope
did not last long. A few houses were al-
AZ left on Division street, near the river,
and ore block on Sophia street near the
mark. All the rcst have DISAPPEARED. The
block pavement on which 80 much money
had been expended, and so much of which
had been laid on that side Of the river,
has become donk .v-combed charcoal and
utterly uaelreg.
The d0uble engine If the water work.
il not seriously injured in itself, but the
foundations are in ouch ron3I'i n ~ 70
render the rnuninQ If it dangerous. The
smaller pngipe will need extensive repairs
The large single engine l. arp Uontlv IN
injured. Whether any Of the engines
can run depends upon the cY lind"rs, whcH
NAV have become srfiajen'ly hpHted to
mt them out % trua.
r. anDesrz that the rcal;e-t means t.
secura a renewed Of wIter tpprlV il tn
CONNECT evervthing the town afFord- in
40 rysv of steam pumiiog machinery
win the b,ilers. witch are uuiuiQred and
the maine. A large h,r;zoatnl engine,
which formerly eupplied the city. lis in
the ward Of the wat-r work., aud could
rrobabIv render service. There is an
abTnda1oa of nine and fttiros in the city
oDd II ia rossiEle to secure A limited snD.
~, of watar within three d.ys if the
o++or - Dn-hed
-, 90 ,,r,s,,r,,ox,,r,
VIA 40
Among the buildings Of note on the
north side which were DESTROYED were the
franklin, Mosplv, Lincoln, PiersOn Street
Primary. Elm Street Primary and other
school buildings: the Clarendon Hotel,
on Clark street the North Side stables
from which nearly all the horse s were
saved: McCormick's reaper factory. the
Chicago eugar refinery, the G4lena eleva.
for Tjll's and S,nds' breweries. the tan.
neries along the North Branch. the Ger
man Theater ut the corner of Indiana and
Wells streets; Unity. New England and
Westminster Caurchts; the Church of
the Holy Nan e, the Cathedral, the hos
pital of the Aloxian Bcother-, the Je Wis h
~ l''7i -" &C., Sc So 49,; :.
and EN-, with the convert of the S.ster-
of Mercy, the Chicago Historical Society,
the Huron Street Station. the Bethel.
G4lena depot, the Revere Hotel, Uhliche'-
block. Ewinp's block, the Hatch Hou-e.
the Humboldt House, Illinois Street
Church, Armour. d lie 4 Co.'S eltv .tor.
Hiram Wheelpr's elevator, the priv,t
residences of W. p. OGDEN, J L s ark,
Isaac n. Arnold, J. X. Rice, G l. Dan
lar, w. D, Houghtaling, Samuel Johnson.
f. l. Tinkham, Tom Mackin, the contrao
tor, Whose los l. from four to five hun
dred thousand dollars. George f. and
Julian Rnmsev. K lward Burling. A. Fl,
Burley. o. +. Fuller. DIR. @. Y. Dyer, W.
G. Gondv, OHad'"h Jackson, General
Bucker, the new DIversey Block, near the
Water Works, Z. B McCaeg. Perry F
Smith and Philip Hoyne were burned.
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