The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-10-28

north limit of great lumber district
was not crossed, to the south. Thus,
in short, there is only one building
within the limits above described which
is not burned to ashes, and this seems
to have escaped through miracle-lt
is numbered 81 to 80 Harrison screet, or
the corner of North avenue. The
streets which run north and south are
Michigan avenue, Wabash avenue,
State, Dearborn, Clark, LaSalle, Wells,
Sherman, Griswold and Market streets.
This section of the city contained the
glory of our architecture, and the pala-
tial residences of some of our most
wealthy citizens, The names of indi-
vidual owners cannot be given, but the
prominent business structures were the
depot Of the Lake Shore, and Chicago
and Rock Island, and Pacific Railraad,
on Van Buren,, from Sherman to Girls
void, and south to Harrison; the Paci-
fic Hotel which was ready for the roof,
and occupied a block The Custom
House which is quilted, the heavy
whitened walls alone standing, Honore's
blocks, finished and unfinished, on
Dearborn, from Monroe TO Adams, the
Tribune building, the Times Office, the
Post building, the Office of the Stats
Zeitung, and the numerous publica-
tons. The elegant structure known as
the Lake Side Press building, on Clark,
the Young Mems Christian Association
library, the Republic Insurance build
ing, Farwell Hall, McVicker's Theater,
the Clifton House, the Academy of De-
sign, Coan & Ten Brock s Manufacture
ing Company's building on Adams ST.,
the Palmer House, ST. Mary's, St
Paul's Catholic Church, Universalist,
Second Presbyterian, Trinity Episcopal
Church, First PresbJ terrain Church,
Michigan Avenue Terrace Row, the
Chicago Club, Potter Palmer's new ho-
tel (unfinished), Robert Laws coal
yard, Rogers q Co.'S. coal yard, the
largest firms of the city, the Jewish
Synagogue, northeast corner of Fourth
avenue and Harrison streets, the New
Club on Harrison and State, the Bige-
low House, on Dearborn and Adams,
which would have been opened this
week. All of the bridges over the riv-
er from Madison to Twelfth streets are
burned. On the West Side the ravages
were dire, sweeping away the great
manufactures and mills, and the eleya-
tors of that section lying were burned,
together with two large Ice houses
section GO of the warehouses alone
being saved. The apex of the field of
desolation, which is an horizontal cone,
is at the corner of DeKoven and Jetfier-
son streets, and from there the burnt
track sweeps northeast, widening and
widening for distance of some five
miles, while the distance to the lake is
almost between Jefferson and the nv
er. East and west, and Van Buren, and
Dekoven, the first street north of
Twelfth, north and south, and from
any point, can be seen dozen or more
tall chimneys marking the site of as
many enormous manufacturing build
ings. None of them can be named ac-
curatelF. The Chicago Dock Company s
warehouse on Taylor street, and the
Pittsburg and Fort Wayne Railroad.
The eastern Illinois elevator stands
uninJured.
The walls Of the Marine Hospital are
mostly standing.
All the bridges over the river, from
the South to the North Divisions are
gone.
A gentlemen we saw this morning,
who had been in Paris during the past
year, says the devastation there did
not compare with Chicago this morn
ing
Among the hundreds of buildings on
Lake street that in themselves would
have made an extensive confagration,
not even the walls Of one is standing.
NORTH SIDE.
All of that portion OF the city lying
between the river, east of Clark street
and west OF the lake and as far north
as Fullerton avenue, is entirely de-
strcyBd. except the residence Of w. B..
Ogden, corner Clark and Oak streets,
and nearly the glass conservatory, and
also three OF four buildings west Of
Lincoln Park These few land marks
are all that remain Of that once beauti-
FIJI part OF the city; even the ''City of
the dead"-the old burying ground
was not exempt from the rarages of the
fire, it being burned over, leaving the
tombstones looking most sad.
The wind, when the. fire was raging
south Of Lincoln Park, was so strong
as to blow down shade trees, and at
this point four blocks were consumed
/ In twenty minutes. Even the vaults
were burned in the burying- ground.
The drives in the park, instead of being
as once a scene of pleasure-driving, are
| filled with vehicles CARRYING homeless
sufferers, and what could be saved from
the wreck Neat the junction of the
north and south branches of the river,
on the north side, there remains a few
buildings. and the coGl yard Of Blake,
WfitehOuse X Go. The saving of the
coal yard is as much mystery as the
fire itself. With the foregoing excep
tions the whole district north of
the river, west of Clark street, to
Fullerton avenue north, and to Mohawk
street on the west, is one complete
scene OF desolation, except one block
on Sophia street, and how this block
could escape none could comprehend
The northwest part of the north side,
being the outskirts of that part of the
city, remains. This, no ,ever, is so
small part as to furnish but little
house room for the sufferers.
The burned district covers about five
square miles. Two dead bodies were
found by our reporter, but many others
are reported, The general scene is one
that cannot be described-language
fails-the whole district being covered
with people searching for what is left,
and for what was buried in the earth to
keep it from the flames, as was done by
some.
A NEW LEADER