New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-12
STRICKEN CHICAGO.
THE CITY UNDER MARTIAL LAW.

ANCE LOSSES
| cuc,Go Oct 1.-THE fire is completely sub |
L.od and has not spread since noon yesterday |
i The burned district about nine square miles,
Lrrything is a mass of ruins though the bank
h.nlts are believed to be in good order.
The city is practically under martial law Tor the
kets were patrollcd all night by squads of soldiers
Id citizens All the members of the Fire and
hcalth Departments act as special police. Many
khieyos burglars, and incendiares were arrested
t.s night, and they generally disposed of in
Iummary manner 1t is rumOTed that Al ruthans
Ivere shot during the night The statiOn-houses are
l,so filed with prisoners. The Mayor has issued
IOroclamation warning all persons against the com
mission of any act tending TO endanger property
Isnd says that. with the help of God and Cen Nhen
han he will preserve order at all hazards.
The destruction of the water works was complete
land yesterday water had to be hauled by teams from
lake Michigan a distance of from three to five
miles. To-day. however, water was let into the
pipes in the South Division, and now all the popu-
tated portions of the city are supplied with 1t.
Il great deal of suffering has occurred among the
PEOPLE who were obliged to camp out on the prairie
SINCE Monday night. Quite number of deaths
have resulted from exposure. Gen. Sheridan issued
SO tents last evening, and 10000 more will be issued
IN morrow The Relief Committee has impresscdan
Kinds Of vehicles to carry water and provisions to
The starving people. and bringing them into the
l,hnrches and school-houses on the West and South
ISides. Immense quantities Of provisions have ar
Inyed. many carloads being cooked and
ready for distri button. The Committee
have telenaphed to several places to stop
sending more at present Twenty carloads OF pro-
visions and 10000 blankets came from Cincin-
matt. and % cars from st. Louis. Large quantities
of provisions have arrived from other cities New
York has made tenders Of large amounts of money,
many of her citizens giving $1,000 each The Com
NOD Council has passed ordinance fixing the pnce
Of bread at eight cents for loaf of - ounces, and
fixing penalty of SO for violation Of this ordi-
nance All the railroads leading out of Chicago are
carrying, free of charge, such of the homeless as
| have friends in other places.
The Relief Committee from Cincinnati are put
ting the muni6cent contributions OF that city into
shape which will not only prove of great practical
benefit 10 the sufferers but will make the assistance
rendered permanent for the Winter. They are
erecting an immense soup house complete IN all de-
tails at the rear of the freight depot of the Great
Eastern Railroad, in the vicinity OF west-sde' By
tomorrow they will be ready to distribute 6,OOO gall
hons of soup daily. Shanties building upon open
los in convenient localities, and will be made as
comfortable as possible for temporary occupancy.
About 200 people escaped barge which
fortunately lay in one Of the slips in the river
They foatcd out and down to pier. whence a
steamer towcd them ont in the lake, where they
manned until yesterday.
Two eight-cylinder presses of The Chicago Tribune
are all right and are ready for as soon as steam
can be attached. The Cook County National Bank
resumed business this morning at No Is Wabash
ave-. all the funds and papers of value of the bank
being saved. There is great strife to obtain rooms
and stores for the resumption of business.
Every effort is smaking TO prevent any delay IN
mails for the Northwest. Geo. s. Bangs, superin-
tendent of the railway mail service one of the oldest
and most efficient post-ofice men in the country, Is
now here ard everything possible viii be done to
reorganze the mail service at once.
h. A. Ireton aduster of the PhTnlX Insurance
Company, expresses the opinion that the cOnfagra-
ton was promoted and aggravated through not org
mated by incendiarism. He saw flames burst from
sbuildinQ, in one instance several blocks from the
FIRE the flames apparently coming from the inside.
The total loss he estimates at $2OO'OCOOOO.
The following insurance items have been gathered
from Trustworthy sources. The Royal Insurance
Company Of Liverpool loses Si33O0O; the Imperial
Of Liverpool $4,000; the North British of Liver
pool S210OOOO. Good authority foOts up the losses
OF the Liverpool and London insurance companies
At $4,5O0,OO The Ktna of Hartford and the Home
OF NewYork have each S60DO0OO of insurance Ill this
city, and about 100000 each in the burned district
The PhGnix Of Hartford has $4,000 insurance here
The Commercial Mutual Of Cleveland loses $780,
CO., their entire capital, but the stockholders have
subscribed $4,000. and the Company will COM
mence anew The Pacific and Occidental Company
lose their entire assets. The President
Of the International Company telegraphs
that be will be here in 80 hours prepared TO pay all
their losses, amounting 10 SSOO0OO. The Trades
mems Of New-York loses,only $4,000 which is al
ready paid. Messrs. Field, Letter Go. had
$SlUO,GO insurance their stock, }. Farwell,
&lr5O0,0O0 and MesSrs Hamlin, Hale q Co., $4,000
The new Pacific Hotel Company had $4,000 on
their building. which was held by its creditors as
collateral All the Chicago insurance companies are
bankrupt
All the banks in the city will, with scarcely a
doubt, be able to resume business. number of
bank vaults have been opened, and their contents
without exception, were uninjured Every bank in
the city claims that in time it will be able to pay
every dollar of its Indebtedness.
The total loss of grain is now definitely ascer-
tanned to be 100000 bushels. -Four vessels were
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