The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-10-19

ID @ hoped iIai tslr Afsi hieI.r
lamity would prove
ssagz aftl and thsi tacu vas aat
l.y such wholesale destruction q
property q ihc Gfst accounts would
lesd Is % leliere. hn, IL ems from
go il.ai can learned they lii aot ct
teh enough
II em ,hat tha fre 81 giaatcA ID a
district occupied by Foreigners aad that
ihs 6uaan lt.e city bad just been
vking blrl d another IRE ana 81
apeae4 AID u0t hasten "a tbl. ono
uih iheH usual alsenty lhs wind
li5amE bard 81 tbc time. the Gre
rpiea8 gth gro4t r4pilty ana almost
before ans oac Ws aware 81 Il bad
blown across the river into the heart
j the cts. and was beyond The power
ufmsn q siay its progress Tho Gre
department 81 Chicago was not organ.
izcd 10 some respects as it shonld have
leon Chicf Engineer Pcrley, u the
Fire Department Of New York visited
Chicago last August aud thoroughly
inspected the Fire Department in com
pany with IFS chief Before leaving
that city he observed 20 tie Chief Of
the Chicago force Your force
is not kept wen ia hand When an
alarm Il rung where yon have ten en-
gincs, al them 20 70 the fire. Only
three should So, and d remaining scq.
en- should Dc kept IN their stations
They could % called Immediately If
wanted
Tho Chicago Chief replied Our
men arc fret class, and they an want to
gc. You cant keep them IN the
houses
Clhcf Pcrley BY allowing them
b 40 al Gre you have an your
hose stretched and the balance Of the
city uncovered. Then if a new Ere
occurs a large quantity o. hose must
be reeled Up before tie engines can
start. III that time tho second fire has
gained headway You will suffer
severely II The evil is not rcmedicd.
Tic test III good men Il their co1!ncss
and ability To stay in the engine
houses
On Alr perleys return 10 New York
i number 81 companies ceased writing
@ icago dsks. aud rcinsnrod what they
held
The eNteutof The danger when Il was
iuIly realized IS the people complete.
Is paralyzcd them Al fret aud but litilc
was done 20 resist The fire or save pro.
ports Many people getting bewild,
cred ia the excitement, and being over.
come by the heat Lost their lives, how
many viii never Be known, though
over ono hundred dead bodies have
been discovered while the greater pant
u thenl would he destroyed out Of an
resemblance to humanity. 70 add to
the horror 81 the scene, people crazcd
by tho excitement and perhaps by
their losses. actually cndeayorcl to
sprcai tho euna,gra'ion ~ setting Hrc
70 building Several ~ these wrotchcs
were shea anil haug lut mott nag Ike
order va. know natil lctac bac ut Of
soldiers under Gen Sheridan, ana
bodies olfremon from other cities made
iheir appearance
Iho aM int o territory burned over
is bciwcen ayc ANA SIS square miles
including thc business portion oftho
city A large portion ortajs tract.
hawo,cr was occupied ~ dwellings
81 Foreigners who are now homeless
and destitute Butth most beautiful
and most costly buildings q Chicago
STE destroyed Tie devastation las
h wiped away tse baup III Chicago
Ia tbc destruction # heF old buildings,
and these "a bailliags have 10 turn re-
tcnaaaiy wiped oat tie heart 81
Chicago Many tatoly iaciory has
before this lren destroyed BY its cot.
ioa wasie Eog te past thirty years
Il has been ne pernicioes prac.
iicc q Chicago ta save it, old.time
,soeiea .irHriefes, Il BE- moved again
aha aga 81 to temporary Iaaschalds, ana
oueembcs i apAiF ihe streets II
ihrif ekciy hes.es This bad caused
,he squares tliat lay along Lasalle
street aud west d the river "a Wells.
Market an franklin streets ii "a
ihickly impacted with frame buildings
one t,hiud tie ether 81 tie same Isl.
Giing mauy 81 tbc blocks 30 that
cat could scramble en- the closaly.
ranged ros ifpm one street noat te
ile o,her
lbs total igss haas been estimated ii
s3aA o9o 04a 90 uhich there vas ID iu-
-arAaee 81 S21e .oo1 ooo Most Il tie
insurance companies declare their aiil.
iiy aad willingness q pay up Ia fali
bot many q then. will not b aiie 10
A ibis aaa i i doubtful II moro thaa
80 pes ccaf. of the fall amoaat Is ever
realized
Amoag iac heaviest lasess are Field.