Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-10-19

burned, ani the fire is now swcepin.
sonlh ON Wabash Avenue. The al
is hot tor tour miles from the city.
LATEK, VIA BURLINGTON.
CHICAGO, Oct. 9, / r. NJ.
Chicago il all burned except par
OF the West Side. The entire cit,
from Twc'tth ept to the Chicago
river and the lake is gone. All tn,
finest bnildiDgs 10 the city are burn
ed. The fire commenced on tn,
West Side near Twelfth street. where
it burned forty one blocks, ther
crossed the river and took every
thing, including the Rock Island de-
pot, Pacific Hotel, Court HJuse
Sherman Honse and the Illinois Cen
tral dcppt. IN tact every building
Not building any where in the bus.
ness part OF the city is left.
The FIRE has reached two milei
north of the river and is still burn
ing turiously. The Water works arr
destroyed. The Illinois Central ele
vator and Field, Letter q Cos. arr
now burning. These are the last
buildings between the river and Poll
street. Hardly a brick or atone i,
left on either Of the Chicago q Al
ton depo.s. s
The freight depot and one hun
ired cars are gone, there 10 no tell
ing where il will cnd The wind !,
blowing perfect gale. Over 10000
peoJle are homeless. Very little
property is saved.
The fire spread with incredablt
rapidity ard the people had barely
time to escape with their iivr.
Many lives must have been lost. l
saw several Jump into the riTer TO
avelhcmsclves.
The sparks and cinders set fire to
the gas works aud the armory and in
thirty minutes the FIRE bad reached
The neighborhooi of the Court
House. and inside Of :xo hours from
the time it crossed to the East Side
i, hal reached the North Side and
had burnt mile north.
The entire Eastern and Northern
portions Of the. city is q mass OF
flames. I will no, attempt descrip-
tion of .he horrible scenes
~von.. ryO
CH1cAeo. Oct. =. s p. NJ.
The FIRE is still racing. The Gas
works have blown pp and everv-
thing around about. them is total
wreck.
Cn1cAoH, Oct. g 6 p. NJ.
The conflacratiou is still raging
with nnahatad fury, and two thons
and acres in the South Division, late
" cnvered with buildings. is mass
OF smoking. red-hot ruins. A. far
sonthwara as Hyde Park, the terri.
b,e destroyer has extended its fearful
ravagea. and has swept everything
before it. and Al, efforts to STAY Us
progress have proved nnava,'ing
There IA no rain yet. and seemingly
no prospect Of it. Wabash Avenue
for almnst the whole length, is !
sccshsnr mass Of flames.
The Milwaukee firenen have arriv
ed. and are working with almost an
perhumsD energy, 20 keen the firs
from passing over to the West Side
The Chicago fremen are played out
completely exhausted. and it is not
strange, as they have been almost IN
ces.antlv At work for the last forty
eight honrs. and human nature could
do no more.
A line Of engines is now fovme'1
on the wcs: side NJ the river. and il
making everv effort to stay the on
ward march of the devouring ele
Tnent. ~ q
= TUE rlRE ON rus WEST SIDE.
CHrcAan. Oct. 8, 10 PM. I
The terrible corhagrasion il still
snreaiaing. and has now resrhed tie
West Side. The whole city seems
~ he dnomeH. ~ there il no water
Engines are hourly expected to ~
rive trovs Cincinnati. indianapolis and
Fort wavne. hut Il II donhted
whether thew can d. any good At all
Though the loss Of lite il not Ger
fainlv ascersa;ncd. .n"nch ia nnN
known 70 render II sure that mt lea.
.hsn 000 pereona have periahed il
the flames or heer amnthered hy th'
dense clnuda # smoke. or trsmn'ri
to de.th nv the frightened crrwds i
the streets. Chicsgo IL, or aeon vii
he. only ruin. The scenes Of TIL
panic which has seized npon the l,eo
ple are f-ightful. Thousands IT pao
r,e are honarlees and hcmeless wan
dcrers, tlr water .Wrply il cnt of
the gas i. gone. ana the only light i
the lnrid glare Of this terrible con
facratior, which now. seems destine.
TO make Of Chicago a second Mos
COW. It now arems probable tha
che whole OF the w est side. will n
destroyed. 4
Another account gives this version
If the
!, ORIGIN or THE fiRR. s
The fire broke INT on the corner q
Division and twelfth street about
o'clock on Sunday evening. hein:
caused hy a COW kicking over lam
in a aatahle, in which woman ws
milking. An alarm was immediatel
given, bnt owing to the high eontt
wet wind, the building was speedil
consumed. and thence the hre sprea
rapidly. The firemen could no
with ~ their efforts get the master
Of the flames. Building after bnil'
ing WAS fred by the flying cinder
landed on the roots. which were !
dry a tinder. Owing to the protral
tel dry weather, they instantly too
6re. ,Northwardly and northeas
wardly the flames took their cours
laprinc M house alter house. bloc