Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-10-28

! the fear that the others who were in
there shared the same fate.
AT CHICAGO AVENUE.
1t was 10 o'clock when the fire got to
/ Chicago avenue. The incredible rapid
ity of the flames passed all comprehen.
sion. They sprang from side to side of
the streets, and, skipping extensive
tracts. returned to complete their work.
All these fires, at whatever point they
crossed the river, soon united, and
/ swept uuobstructedly northward. The
people living north of Chicago avenue
and west of LaSalle street, were exceed
ingly hopeful that they would escape,
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.
WHAT REMAINS.
| From kinzic 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 50 years ago. The only houses
which fronts on the basin at the juno
4. IL, 4 ~r L,
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 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 en-
CINE 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.
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:
man, name unknown, was shot by
a negro at the corner of State and Thir-
ty-second streets. His offense was that
he set fire to IL building to obtain better
opportunities for pillage.
Awoman was arrested for setting fire
to u 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 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. 1t is stated that he was shot.
At about | 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.
About o'clock, yesterday afternoon,
a colored man, name unknown, OBJ
served white man sneaking around
his house on Fourth avenue. He fired
the barn in the rear of the house, and
was instantly shot dead
LOSS OF LIFE.
| More than two hundred men, women
and children are missing, and it is
feared the great majority have perished.
ASSISTANCE.
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 100000 rations, and it is stated that
he has ordered 1000 tents for the use
of the houseless.
The churches and remaining public
buildings have been thrown open, and
but comparatively few are without
shelter of some kind.
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.
Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan has telegraphed
to Omaha and the military stations in
that section of country for 1000 United
States troops, to be sent to Chicago al
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 protection agains
incendiarism, robbery, pillage, etc. /
is not improbable that the city will II
placed under martial law.