New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-10
s' .s : WHOLE NUMBER 1877.

2O16 NUM6ER 1877.
river, are al Destroyed. Men Who wers
milno9aires yesterday morning are nearly
naAess today, but moro terrible than al
names. how many none can tell-perhsos
w nsver Pc able to tell; but it il certain
4 sovetA persons perished, and there e
| neau screening fears that victims vil be
| counted BY scores. sse----~..-
| Hundreds Of horses and cows have been
DuI9eo N STABLES, and ON the north ddo
numbers OF animals, though released frns~
confinement, were 90 beW3ldered M = go
fused BY the sea Of me- which surromnIsd
them that they rushed wildly 10 snd ~
utteeing cries Of flight and ne;n. ,,ntsi
scosched and killed. '-''''-
Any attempt ct ? description of the
scenes Of this appalling calamity would be-
Idle; the simple fact il that our areat citv
Of Chicago IL destroyed: that hundreds Of
ishea, andI nearly third Of Chicagos in
habitsnts are houselees and dependent.
Any attempt 70 embellish would be- .
mockery. Al this awful day draws to =
cioees Thousands Of anxious eyes watch the
cioads OF smoke which still roll over the
Da!nt district, with evident dread that =
sudden change in the wind may turn tho
lanes 1 on that portion Of the city yet spared.
There seems. however, little cause Of sDDre-
henson Of it, - nremen tom other eif;ee
arc constantly arriving: - - -
Ce,onel :. I: Wilson, superintendent of
the Western Union Telegraph Comnsnv. Il
In receipt OF dispatches from leadino c{t;e1
announcing that aid . being prepased for
the sufferers = f-'TFf.''$>. - AVE
Col: C!owry, :@pestntsndentat at St. Louis,
by tho merchants there. Cincinn.t;
promises 10000, and Cleveland is nro-
Pornonately generous, although : sfoet
deal Ioore will be re4uhed to relieve imme.
diote wants. - s1l N1'l7 - -
Evsrythirg is being done BY 0ener,l
SeAgcr, general superintendent Of the West-
ern Onion Telegraph Company, and his
assastcnts, to keep mp communications Tor
world.
About three-quaftesa Of the United States
maa was saved. and taken possession Of.
BY Colonel Wood, Of the postal service. ::
The progressing flames in south division
were finally arrested about / p. n:
this va accomplished BY blowing ub sa1
oemo.isnmg several buildings on Wabash
General Sheridan. The district is bufnAd
over. In south diviSion the condaaration
embraces everything from the main 6r.6ch
Of thd Chicago river 70 the lake and cover.
ing about one hundred blocks.
TnD district contained all the leading
business houses. banks, insurance O1aceS.
notele: ana Also largo number Of churches,
Second Presbyteriaa, St. Paul, Swodenbor-
gian. A Methodist church, corner of Wab-
ash avenue and Congress street, il saved.
The Michigan Avenue Hotel. conner Of
Michigan avenue and Congress streefe. and
Congress Hall, directly adjoining, on Con
grecs street, are saved. Michi&an terrace.
on Michigan avenue, embracing the res
Young Scsmmon, 3. C. Grioos. Peter
Lecross, and other leading cit1seus. are
destroyed. All the nevsnaner
are totally wiped ont. The
Tribune building resisted the fire for sev-
eral hours, but finally yielded. McVickers
Theatre, Immediately adjoining, which aiso
wlthstood the raging element, finally sue
cumbed. In fsce Ill the buildings
proof shared the fate Of those which oould
make no such claimA The great Central
depot, foot Of Lake street, became = bean
VI ruins about nine O'Clock, A. n. Most
Df the passenger cars Of the Nichisan Cen-
.ral, Burlington and Quincy, and Illinois
Central railroads were moved ON the break-
water and saved. West of Clark street, in
southern division, the fire extended eoufh
y far - PalAk street, sweeping overvfhino
before it. The distance burned over hefe
g some three blocks wide and over haf
nile in length, embracing about twentv
blocks Of buildings, which were eeneraliy
II cheaper character; saloons, small ahops.
poor residences, etc.
The district burned over on the west side
commences at Taylor street, running from
our or five blocks north, and then
moved diagonally toward the river. and
inally its western limit was ON. Gilman
preading thence to the river. Il moved in
his line northward till it reached NORTH
western and west aide depot, where it
topped, distance of nearly two miles
rom where it started The Pittsburg,
mo St. Louis railroad were in this district.
md are destroyed almost entirely. ma
ntire northern division, from the main
'ranch OF the Chicago river to LINCOLN
'afk: nearly two miles in length and ono in
width, is completely destroyed, including
vaterworks, large number Of elegant
hurches, etc. This district embraces
ity and territory south Of Haxrison
treet, in the Southern division. reachin9
mt many miles, and covered alnnost an.
rely with buildings, mostly of the batter
lass, ts entrenched, and may now be- re-
arded - safe for miles and miles, In
very direction aidewalks, lawns, vacant
ots and front yards are filed with people
mo nave escaped from burning houses,
sking with them only scanty furniture and
lothing. The sight 10 Q heartrendine one.
hese people must receive quick relief, or
aany VIII perish from exposure and starya-
lcn, - stated in previous dispatches.
At 10 utterly impossible to make apnroxi.
rate estimates Of he entire loss, but L can
s:a1foely s:1y fal below one hundred and fifty