Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-11
Gbe frttman.
MONTPELIER, VT,
WEDNESDAY, OCT. IL, 1871.
The Chicago Fire.

progress OF the ire which has inst swept
Chicago with the bosom Of destruction.
These kilograms we have Condensed, and
stripped Of needless and repeated details,
until we think they will convey to the general
reader a concise and yet sufficiently full
description of the terrible conaagration.
which breaking out Sunday night ceased not
- ravages until Tuesday noon, at which
time the great city Of Chicago had almost
literally been reduced to the desolation once
visited upon the cities Of the plain Memory
recalls no such sudden and devastating fire il
this country. scarcely none in modern times
only two days since and Chicago challenged
tie admiration and almost excited the envy
IF the world for her marvellous growth, her
boundIess pros per:ty. aud tie wonderful en-
terprisc of her citizens. T5-d1y her glory
has departed, her wealth has been swept
away with the suddenness Of the lightning's
lash, ard her people are for the moment de-
pm 'ent upon neighb2ring cities for the very
bread to sustain life
a few details and incidents connected with
tlis eonAlgration may not be uninteresting
There we're in reality two fires, the first oc
curing Saturday night, and was supposed
to have been fully su dued shortly alter mid
night. TINS would rdlnarIly been called
large jrc-some S300, coo worth Of proT
erty having been lost This fire broke out
in a planning mill in a ickly settled dis
trict on the west side Of the river The
buildings in the cinity were almost e1-
cIu-rvely % wood, occupied as Offices att
acacd 10 extensive lumber yards, planning
and other mills, freight dcpotz, sto-eh,uses
corrected with the Chicago. Pittsburgh and
Fort Wayne, and Alton and St. Louis R i'll
ways and manufactures Of one kind and an
other, with long continuous frame blocks
occupied as saloons and small stores below
anu as boarding houses or dwellings alb we
Throughout the area Of four blocks east AMI
west. the flames rushed with irresistible
force, until everything was reduced to ashes
The citizens then thought they had seen
he worst Of it, ami went to their hon,
with entire cJufdcna, that the FIRE D.
partment was sufIclcnt for any new emcr-
gency. On Sunday night, about en- o. clock,
a new fire wac discovered IN the block bound
bv Dekoven ami Taylor streets, and Jet
fersou and Clinton streets, a few squares (,
the southwest Of tie fire Of the previous
evening. From this beginning grew the
aw al catastrophe which has destroyed
Chicago The flames mere Used in fury
during the entire night, until, still iauns
I = 2 4.
they CARED sufficient strength to SWEEP
norrhward to Van Buren, street bridge and
crossing the river, to rush in ungovOrnab'e
power into the very heart Of the city. On
the west side Of south branch, along the bank
were five or six of the largest grain elevators
in the world, AMI commencing with Van
Buren, street continuous lines Of handsome
stone and brick business blocks stretched to
the north AMI csst al along Ia Sale street
the buildings were Of imposing appearance
and costly character. Sweeping down Adams
street. lined on either side with two OF thre,
story brick blocks, the flames appear to hav,
extended 10 Stuto street., and taken in th,
Palmer House, one Of the most elaborate
hotels in the West. They also seem to have
passed southwark as far back as Harrison
street, before continuing on their way toward
{ nc heaviest sections OF the city.
From adams street north to the river the
condtsration appears to have ragged with
power that swept everything before it
Sweeping west on streets that run from the
Lake TO tie river, the flames seem to have
carried before them hundreds OF elegant
buildings between State street and the court
House square.
The oherm1n House on the North the
Chamber Of Commerce on the south and
on the west the Telegraph office, with Gen
Sher,dan's headquarters in the upper st,
ries, All repJl.ed u nave been Duineu
anu with them must La, Z l,,.len many u t.,
finest offices ia tue cI,y.
But according u dspatcnes the fire did
no. stop mere. .tp.ns me man cna.LcI o
the chicago liver, tn flames appear % NAV,
ruslUI nUrtHwaId Win tolrlyIe .ury. HJv
lar ~ wl-tu Tue be-, Vi devastation ezt-n4e,
Il not IepOitcu. Though N l,n5tn It artea4
70 have r,a~ncu Il. aly tw0 mues Iion L.
rIyer U Dlyis4on str,eC.
We VIII not attempt further description
in tins direction. HE picture is IA sau or.
on ali sides, aud has lutte OF hight il It, III
destruction was almost complete ana tLos
who we're milIOuaucs, Wien the wee
d.wLed, are Teuucld almost u bcggary IL
fire IS tie greatest disaster # nolelu time.
The great c,nhagrriou IN New York Ia Ie5
bears no comparison to 1t Then JAS hOuse
were burned, now over T., $50 are destroyed
The great fire OI LandOn, which struck IL
world with horror, rayaged track OF -
acres But five square mics Of back, II,
arc smoking runs are the ghustiy credcntio
which Chicago oilers IN support OF her clan
TO preemIueuee IL disaster. but Chicago
not annIhuated, sorcly as has been her ira
by fire. The WONDERFUL enterprise of her ca
liens and their iudUnItabIe viii to dare al
tv do will build her up again. The latci
d spatc-cs indicate that the work Of restola
tion has already been commenced. Ii,
business men are undismay ed, and althou .
it may take time Chicago wall rise again
The misfortues Of Chicago have awaken,
the waTmest y mpatby in her behalf In q
lie principal cities West and East mcetin
have been held, and food and clothing al
money have been unstintedIy given, and
once sent forward to relieve the necessities
those who have b.en made houseess al
homeless. Railroad and express companI
tender free and sp eedy transportation for
contributed articles. Trains Ia den with Fl
provisions have been despatched from
Louis, Cincinnati and elsewhere. The cha
ty bestowed is not only liberal, bat bett
still il Is prompt and timely. This spirit