The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-14

'"uisi lhcIuuIhS ms partner, wife and three
children, his nephew and wife and hi. su
Perintendent and family of three. The
dlspatch added: THE woods are al
aDIaZe, ana we fear your pinery will be de-
stroyed.' Mr. Ogden bore up bravely un'
der this series of apalling disaster merely y
remarkng /" If this be true, / shall lose
s3,00000O more and be a ruined man.
| This Is but one Of the many terrible storie.
/ hear hourly.
POTTER PALMER's LOSSES
are immense. Two miles of magnifcen,
store, on State street are in ruins ant hi.
| grand hotel, the Pacific House, is gone
lie had invested millions Of dollar. in
! building up Chicago, and to do this had
mortgaged heavily the larger part of bis
! improved property. 1t was but short
! time before the fire that he bad secured a
loan of sG5O,OOO at 3.l0 Per cent, and he
has nothing left to meet bis heavy loans
but barren lots and what little improved
! property may have been spared in the
southern part Of the city, entirely made
! quatc 10 make him whole. He was largely
! insured in home companies, most Of which
are bankrupt and unable TO meet their
! losses.
THE GREAT BONFIRE.
The elevators. which completely envi-
! roncd the city, and which contributed
largely to the trade Of Chicago were swept
| away in few moments. There are but
four left standing, two owned by Mum *
Scott one by Flint IL Thompson, and the
Central elevator on the lake. Three mil
lion bushels of grain are still burning. max
ing monstrous bonflres, which. with the
acres of coal on fire, cast y dismal glare
over the ruins Mt night, anl present n
sickening spectacle.
THE Loss or LIFE
cannot at present be computed. but it has
doubtless been fearful Already over n
hundred charred bodies have been dug
from the ruins, and hundred. of frantic
persons securing the city in search of their
loved ones, who have been missing since
sunday. An old French woman, who
barely escaped with her. told mo to-day
that she counted no less than forty per-
som, men, women and children. in the
river at one time, all of whom met II
watery grave.
FEARFUL REPORT.
The servants at the fremont house were
in the top story Of the hotel at the time Of
It's confiagration, and as none of them have
been seen since it is feared that they were
burned to death. There were about forty
Of them.
WHAT l. LEFT OF THE CITY.
The entire business portion of the city is
destroyed. The paide of Chicago State
street, with it, large stone rows. Randolph.
Madison, Monroe and Washington streets,
with their grand hotels, massive insurance
and banking establishments and wholesale
houses are laid in ashes. The West side
stands as before, but, with few exceptions
contains nothing but frame buildings
Portions Of Wabash and Michigan ave-
nue. and the North end remain, with
some handsome residences but the valua-
ble and elegant portions of the city are Il
mas of smOuldering ruins. The p office
and custom house suffered less from the
contlagation, perhaps, than most Of the
buildings. Everything of an iniamma-
BILE nature was consumed, but the walls
are intact and the edifices can easily be
rebuilt. The same is true in part of the
Tribune building. It's exterior j. nearly
intact, but il is otherwise in ruins. 1t is
stated to-day that the four and six cylin-
der presses are but slightly injured, and
can be put in running order in few days.
The fremont house Revere house Pacific
house, Dunlap house. Massasoit house and
OAlltl uOktle utsllbN tNli anu DDhItl W lIhic
building were literally razed to the
ground. The only prominent buildings
remaining are the Michigan Avenue hotel,
Laclede hotel, Denison house, Hseney "
Campbells planning mill the Vulcan Iron
works, Kehoes blocks, Hoerber's block,
the convent, st. Johns Congregational
church, Turner hall Salem German
| Lutheran Church, Jesuit cathedral COL
| lcgc and school house, three elevators, the
railroad machine shops and car works and
Burlington hall.
HEART RENDING SCENE.
| went out yesterday to the prairie,
| where the houseless sufferers took shelter,
and never before witnessed such heart
rendng spectacle, Spread out upon the
ground were some seventy-tive thosuand
persons, most of them without a blanket
10 cover them, and all suffering from cold
and neglect. They informed me that their
suffering had been intense, and that dur
ing the night that over dozen of their
number had died. One poor woman was
vainly trying 10 give nourishment to an
infant about four weeks old, while by her
side lay the dead body of little girl of
three years. They are being conveyed to
the city and afforded shelter, raiment and
and food rs rapidly as possible,
GAS AND WATER.
A portion of the city has been in dark
ness three days, owing to the destruction
of gas works in the east and south portions
of the city. The western works are the
property of G. X. Garrison, Esq, OF New
York, and a brother of the St Louis fam
lily of Garrisons, Pipes are now being
laid through the tunnel to connect the east
end, and gas will be turned on in few
days. There being but one residence on
the South side, it is not probable that these
works will be rebuilt for some time to
come.
Labor will be speedily commenced on
the waterworks, and is expected that the
engines will be in running order in few
weeks. Meantime, the fire engines are
being employed in forcing water into the
pipes for daily consumption, and feeble
streams are running in most parts Of the
burned district.
THE NEWSPAPERS TO GO on,
The Journal Mail and Tribune have ap-
peared in abbreviated form. They are be,
ing published at Edwards printing house
until new buildings can be- erected. The /
Times viii be out in it, usual dress and |
size as soon us the type can be shipped !
from the east
HOW CnlCAGoANs TREAT THE MATTER.
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