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

| glance at the following very imL e
| feet list of the citys loss It's hoN
ever proper to state that at this writ
ing; the confusion in the police ant
fire departments is so complete az +,
render impossible to give anything
| like detailed account OF the terrible
confagration. 0
PARTIAL DETAILS or THE LossRs.
The first to be mentioned, and pos
sibly the most startling feature OF this
carnival of flame, is the total destruc.
tion of the city water works, by
which calamity the firemen are ren.
dered helpless to make the least en-
deaver to arrest the onward march o!
the devouring element. Should any
other fires occur in parts of the city
not now burning, they must certainly
have their own way. At about
Twelve o'clock last night, the sheet of
flames licked across the river in the
nei2hborhood OF Jackson street, fifst
igniiing small wooden building.
which cOmmunnated the Gre TO The
armory; and soon the south side gas
works. (the immense gasometer ex-
pIoding) with : fearful detona.ion,
heard all over the city, which COM
menced the fearful ravages which 10
. few hours laid the entire south side
| in ashes. north Of Harrison street.
The Post Office and Custom House,
the Chamber OF Commerce, the Court
House, the Western Union Telegraph
Office, and the rest went down in the
ocean of fire and smuke.4 In bIiet,
the following prominent buildings
have perlshed, with, in almost every
ease, their entire contents. The New
Jerusalem Church, on Adams 81; the
Catholic Church, on Desplaines st.;
the Journal office, the Tribune, the
Tins, the Rspsbl,eas, the Post, The.
Mail, the Stats Zeitang, the Onion, and
many other publications.; Crosby's
Opera House, Mcvicker's Theatre.
HooIcy's Opera House, Dearborn
Theatre, and Woods Musedm; First,
Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Ma
tional, Northwestern. Manufactures
Cook County and Illinois Nat,ona
Banks; the Second Presbyterian
Church, Trinity Episcopal Church,
the magnificent depots Of the Ch,ca-
90, Rock Island & Pacific and Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Rail
roads, GU Van Buren, street, At the
head OF La sale, the Great Cnrral
Union depot, and the Wells street
depot OF the G. G n. w. Il. r.; the
National Elevator, corner of Adams
street aud the river; Armour. Dale
& Co.'S elevator, corner Market and
the river; Hiram Wheeler's elevator,
on the same corner a. the above; the
Galena elevator, corner Rush street
bridge and the river, and IA" eleva-
tor OF the Illinois Central, near the
Illinois deDot. at. the basin; the Ire
10 ont Honae, Sherman House. Briggs
House, Metropolitan, Palmer, Adams,
Bigelow, European. Burke's. Gafde,
CITY, AMI the new Pacific, in process
OF erection, on Clark and La sale
streets.
The following prominent business
houses are in ruiEs: Field, Letter 4
Co; J. v. Farw-li's block and all tht
magnificent blocks in that locality;
the Lake Side Publishing Co.'S new
building on Clark ST.: Terrace Row
ON Michigan ave-; and adjoining resi-
iences. Farwell Hall Was burned
this morning At about : o'clock. Tht
great breweries on the North side ar.
gone; in tact. ~ stated above, the en-
tire South side from Harrison street
| northwardly, with . few isolated
buildings LETT standing in some re
mxrkabie manner, nre in hopeless
| ruins. 4B
During the night kilograms were
sent to st. Louis. Cleveland, M.lwau
kce. and nearer cities, tor aid, and Al
the time OF goinxvto press. severa
trains are on the way To this cit.
bringing FIRE engines and men to -
eist us 1880 i
LIN this dire calamity the Board o
OF Trade has leased for present rs.
the new corner OF Washington ana
The Comm n Council and /. mum
ber OF prominent citizens are hoi'iint
a meeting this afternoon in the F'irs
Congregational Church, TO max,
such arrangements As may be posi-
blr for the safety OF the city. Tn
Mayor has isencd proclamation
! that all fires in stoves in the city shal
I've extingaished by evening.
The following additional detail,
were resolved thr"ughoat the day
In ordcr to stop tho progress Of th'
FIRE southward, powder vas brough
from the arsenal and whole block
were blown up-rhcre is not
wholesale house left in Chicago. N
water to te had; 10000 fam,lie
homelreE all the elevators on th
North side are gone. The Yves
si,,e is all right % far, reports cay
Many people could not gel past tn
fire, and we're driven in large mum
bers 10 the edge Of the lake and wsr
rrseuci by boats on th. lake.
The officers OF the Illinois Centrs
Railroad and th~ Chicago 4 Nortt
western Railroad have ordered thel
/ agents TO receive no freight Of an
kind until further notice.
I Il il stated that the loes cannot b
less than .40O. 100000 dollars. tn
| lat, st report 10 that the whnle Mort
side is in flames and burning iercel..
TUESDAYS plspArcnss
PRISONERS suKNED ro DEATH:
CnlcEeo, OCT. 10, 10 A. NJ.
The. horrible fact has just been di
covered, from the police aathoritie
that 16l prisoners were burned
death in the Court House Jail and Il
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