The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-14
AFTER THE FIRE.
MILITARY PATROLS IN ALL
PARTS OF THE CITY.
OITRAGES BY CRAZY OR
DRUNKEN POLICEMEN.
TWENTY.NINE CHURCHES DE.
STROYED.
MILLIONAIRES REDUCED TO
BANKRUPTCY.
WHAT l. LEFT OF THE CITY.
THE OUTLOOK OF THE FL
TIRE.
WHAT Is LEFT OF THE CITY.

CHICAGO. October l2-7:3O =. M-The
| proclamation of Mayor Mason. surrender
| ing the entire control Of the city TO Gener-
! al Sheridan, ha- had the effect Of produc-
/ ing state Of more perfect security than
/ has heretofore prevailed. Military patrol,
may now be seen in all part. of the city.
/ lonely sentinels among miles of iunes Of
what was but few days ngo a proud and
| beautiful city.
THE SPECIAL POLICE FuRCE.
The special police fifteen hundred in
number-were utterly powcrlcss to pre-
vent the hundreds Of thieves and robbers
who live here, and at once swarmed from
all large citie., from plundering .afe. and
residences. Allen Pinkerton chief Of po-
| lice. hoping TO exert a salurtary check up
| on these outrsges issued characteristic
| proclamation, fOrbidding strangers from
| congregating at street corner. and other
! places, and instructlng the police to shoot
down al snch as might be caught stealing
or burning, or who refuse 10 obey orders
when commanded 20 move along.
sPoTrISG TINE PLUNDERERs.
When the extra police were sworn in
Detective Duckworth, Of 81. Louis, spotted
not less than forty we'll known thieves.
who were, Of course promptly elected.
Others, however, not so we'll known, were
sworn in, and TO them must be attributed
most Of the excesses.
Localized EXCEssEs
One instance is reported Of young and
well-dressed man who was ordered to move
on, and not obeying as promptly as the
officer thought he should, be WIS shot down
and afterwards robbed Since the occu.
patton Of the city by this force over thirty
persons have been shot or had their brains
knocked out, and two, caught in the act Of
,preading kerosene oil and setting it on
fire, were hung without moments warm
ing.
THE ORIGIN or THE GREAT FIRE
The hre on Saturday evening, as has
| been already stated, occurred in the plan
ing mill on the corner Of Van Buren, and
Canal streets. 1t spread with alarming
rapidity, and before it was subdued had
swept away a large portion of South
Chicago. The damage, however, was COM
parativcly within bounds, most of the
buildings destroyed being frame and of
small size.
THE GREAT FIRE.
The origin of the Sunday night fire has
already been stated. 1t wa, occa,ioned BY
the explosion of Kerosene lamp in a
barn near Dekoven street The flames at
once enveloped the stable and spread TO adj
| joining wooden buildings, which were soon
| in blaze. \ strong wind prevailed at
the time and all efforts to subdue the fire
were unavailing. In Il few minutes it had
reached "A large roofing establishment,
4 l.. n4a.. 4. .
and this il was which gave it its fearful
velocity. The contagratiOn became gem
eral and roared like vast furnace. Iron
, buildings which were supposed to be fire
| proof melted down in a few minutes and
solid stone churches sank before it us if
blown up by powder. l counted
rwESTY-SINE RUINS OF CHURCHES.
many Of them a. fine structures as any in
the country, and which cost not less on
an average than S75 900 each. a few bare
walls only are left to tell the story of their
former grandeur. Leaving the corner of
Congress street and Michigan avenue and
driving along the lake and through the up
per portion Of the city to Lincoln park for
i've miles, the eye rests upon nothing but
shapeless mass of wreck and ruin. The
great cathedral, the bishops mansion, Pot
ter Palmers hotel palace hundreds of
elegant and expensive stores and dwell
lings all fell before the flame storm, which
consumed in twenty-four honrs five hun
dred millions of dollars worth of property.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE
is the entire absence of rubbish aside from
the walls left standing. Scarcely stone
or brick or scrap OF iron can be seen oh the
ground, 1t is all reduced 10 powder
Tie fire passed by and around the water
tower fronting the avenue, without even
SCATTERING pane of glass, and attacked
the rear building, burning out all the
wood works and injuring the ngine, so us
to render them powerless, This cut of
the supply Of water, and left the great city
entirely ~ the mercy Of the merciIess
tiend.
THE HEAVIEST SUFFERERS
had lengthy conversation with NJ.
ID, Ogden, Esq, the largest lumber dealer |
in the West. His residence alone escaped, |
and now stands solitary and alone in II
wilderness of desolation, covering an area
three miles long by one mile wide, 1t is |
double frame structure, two stories high, |
with Mansard roof, and escaped without |
being even scorched The flames came |
sweeping down Dearborn street, leaving |
scarcely one stone upon another, and was
caught by counter current Of wind just |
at his house, and changing its course, shot
in another direction, leaving nothing in
its wake but wreck and ruin In other |
portions of the city Mr.. Ogden was less
fortunate. His vast lumber yards We're
swept away, including three and a half |
million feet Of pine and other lumber, and
entailing upon him loss Of fully two mil
lions Of dollars.
SAD SCENE.
His nephew, VIM, Jones, is among the
many victims who We're devoured by the |
flames, He removed his family from his
residence, and had parted with his wife
but few moments, when his horse and
buggy were seen dashng along the streets,
and it is presumed that the young man
was thrown cut and burnt before he could
escape. To add to his losses, Mr., Ogden
received telegram yesterday announcing
tnat his lumber mills at pastipo on Graen