Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-10-19

heartrending. sasB Business, of course
IS entirely suspended, and. everything
on wheels which can be made avilable
for purposes of moving, are pressed into
service for getting goods out of the
reach of the devouring element. Wa
bash and Michigan avenues, as far
south as Twenty-second street, are lined
with household goods and mer-
chandise, and guarded by weary
and weeping women and children.
Thousands of families are already rem
dered homeless, and at this hour 70
a. M the fire is rapidly extending
southwark from Lake street on the east
side of State street, and it seems more
than probable that the entire district
north of Van Buren, and east of Clark
streets will be destroyed.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
building, which stood the heat for a
long time. came in for its place among
the list of sufferers, and soon after the
fall of the Court House this handsome
building lay a mass of smoldering Goals.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH OFFICE
building was destroyed, as was also the
whole block adjoining on the north and
west of the same.
= PRINTING OFFICES DESTROYED.
Alfof the daily paper offices are closed.
The Journal, Poa, Republican and Times
are among those destroyed. The Iri-
bune building, being fire proof, stood
the siege well, and will probably make
its appearance as usual tomorrow. The
Stats Zeit,mg Germany, and Euening
Mail, which were in the same building
with the Evening Post, suffered the fate
of their neighber. The Auxiliary Print
ing House of A. N. Kellogg, together
with Spalding g. Lemont's job office,
are in ruins. The job offices of Rand d
McNally. Cameron, Amberg d Hoff-
man, Beach & Barnard, Rounds d
Kane, Culver, Page & Hoyne, Jameson
& Morse. and all OF the prominent job
offices of the city are gone.
THE COURT HOUSE
took fire about one o'clock, and at half
past two the old Court House proper
was enveloped in flames, the tall steeple
falling about o'clock. The spire came
down with a crash, which increased the
fury of the flames and created an in
sufferable heat for a great distance on
all sides of the square.
THE POST OFFICE,
after stemning the tide for hours, was
forced to surrender to the flames, and
about FIVE O'Clock. on Monday morning
it was completely gutted' by fire. All
the buildings adjacent to and in the vi
cinity of the Post Office are IN ruins.
THE NORTH SIDE.
The fire has crossed the river to the
North Side, and is devouring every
thing in its track, the fire engines being
powerless, the Water Works being de.
stroved and the city left without water.
The city is at the mercy of the flames,
and all attempts to suppress them are
fruitless. is'sst ; t5ltt $3.50
1t is known that several deaths have
occurred, through various accidents
and from the flames, but owing to the
indescribable confusion which reigns
everywhere it is impossible to arrive
with any degree of accuracy at the par
tioulars.
At five o'clock p. M, the fire was still
raging in the North Division and had
reached as far as Chicago avenue,
sweeping away everything in its course.
To give slight idea of how things
look, we can only say that the city from
Harrison street on the South Side to
the city limits on the North Side, and
living between the river and lake east
and west, is but one. mass of ruins
This comprises tract varying from q
mile to two miles in width, and ovel
five miles long. To this must be added
a large tract burned on the, West Side
which will make the fire the greatest
and most destructive ever known or
this continent. &S
From the Chicag go Tribune. Oct. IL.
STILL LATER. rEf
AS early as three o'clock in the morn
ing of Monday, the people on the NORTH
Side, or many of them, began to get {
little nervous. The fire, moving north
eastward, had gotten to Rush stree
| bridge, which was crowded with people
| In order to prevent this aiding
the fire in crossing, it was turned
but the only result was the
| DESTRUCTION OF THE PEOPLE UPON 1T.
The fire crossed there, without pay
| ing any attention to the removal of the
bridge, and .seizing upon the frame
buildings, the warehouses, and the lum
Der yards, moved rapidly northward to
ward the Water Works. The people
living in that section, and north O
there, thought that the best place fo,
them to seek shelter was on the lax.
shore, and they rushed that way, carry
ing with them what they could. The.
1 very soon found that they were ther'
between two deaths, the fire on on
side of them, ard the water on the 9th
er, into which the intense heat of the
fire was driving them. Many lay
there, half in the water and half in tn,
sand, with their heads down in orde
j order to- get as much air as they could
The smoke driving from the shor,
made it almost impossible to live, but
as they were surrounded on three sides
and there were no boats, they remaine
where they were, and suffered as pa
.tiently as possible.
r. rHE-FIRE REACHED THE wATER WORKS
at an early hour, and the wooden roc
was soon in a flame. The men stage,
there as long as they could, but wer
compelled to retreat and made thei
escape along the lake shore.
| According to the statement of tn
Librarian, VIM. Corkran, who wa
4 there at the time, the following person
certainly sought refuge in the Chicag
Historical Society Building: Old Co
Stone and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs. ABB
and their daughters, Mrs. De Pelgron:
teacher of French, Mr.. and Mrs Cal
penter, musical people, DIR. Freer an
family, two patients from the hospits
in Mr.. Richards place, and John T
Girard and family. Mr.. Corkran is cel
tain that old Col. Stone suffocated, anc
from the sudden inrush of dense smoke
there is cause for the fear that nearl
all the others who were in there share
the same fate, bewildered by the flames
and unable to find their way out of tn
building. with which they were ur
| acquainted. @ a.
AT CHICAGO AVENUE.
It was 10 O. clock when the fire got t
Chicago avenue. The incredible rapid
ty of the flames passed all compreher
sion. They sprang from side to side {
the street, and, skipping extensiv
tracts, returned to complete their worl