Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-16
10000 Persons Rem
dered Homeless.
Partial List Of the Losses
and Insurance.
CHICAGO N RUNS.
a GtueraI Resume Of the N0rk of
Destruction.

EbcNtEucttOhs
Tie city q Chicago. tie great commercial
metropolis OF tie Northwest is in ruins The
hre teud has done is work ieurfuily and thor
ough'y. Our heart aches with sympathy for
The sufferers as we begin the recital OF the great
calamity the greatest that ha. ever belalleu
my city iu the history Of Our globe.
The eutlrt absence It rain Tor several weeks
past rendered every thing mdmmlble Dbl aud
about the city, ana prepared 10 for the tremeu-
uous cnuitgWtlous that cusutL On saturday
The aOth ult., 70 bonded warehouse and other
prog erty, valued at $500 Geo. was destroyed.
Other smdllor fires occurred during the week,
aud on saturday evening oct. I'm, another
great hto took place commencing with Lull &
Holmes planning mill, on jackson street. Other
property on Clinton, Canal Van buren and
Adams streets was included in this great ruin
tie total area burned over covering about
twenty acres, which WAS by far the most extern
rive fire which up 20 that time had ever visited
the city, the losses OF which amounted to over
one million of dollars.
But he greatest calamity the most destruc
ttye TINT has ever devastated any city com.
meuced on sunday night and p,tiessly burned
ana destroyed Whatever came within its onward
march throughout The Monday following and
tor aught we know, Is still ( ing on in It's mad
olrter, unchecked and almost duoIp0sed, at the
hour at which we write.
This Last and greatest conAagration CONF
menced on the corner of Twelfth and De koyen
streets, at 9 2 O'Clock occlsioued, il is said
by COW kicking over lamp. The wind was
blowing hurricane from the south at the time.
The fire spread rapidly IN an easterly aud
A0rtheastCrly direction TO jefferson street and
Clinton, and from Clinton 10 Canal. Onward il
swept crossing Canal street TO the river every
thing going down 10 its terrible path, until IL
reached tn Buren, street where IL ceased be-
.Heen those streets, ana burned 10 the river.
Everything on the river front from Taylor
street 60 an Buren, street was burned. AZ
three % c,Ock the great National Elevator caught
IRE and was consumed, throwing a laird sheet Of
lire high into the heavens. The raging ele-
meut crossed the river about twelve O'Clock into
the south division, near Taylor 81 rect, and
with IL. hery tongue licked up is II IL W. re a
feast, as II advanced whatever came within its
reach. Still onward il marched right through
this portion Of the doomed city, northward aud
eastward 60 Harrison street thence north 10 the
river aud lake, consuming all the principal
business portion OF the city upon Van Buren,
Jackson, Adams, Monroe Madison, Washing
ton. Randolph, Lake and South Water strcets
and upon Market, Franklin, Wells, LaSalle
Clark, Dearborn, state Wabash ana VI Michigan
avenues.
An this portion Of the city, wherein was H.
vast wealth and most beautiful aud costly struc.
lures. full OF merchandise and valuable prop
erty OF every description, which made il the
PRIDE OF our western world, went down 10 the
general havoc aud ruin.
crossing ~ v tls street bridge the lire hcnd
'Ped onward taxing norIh ed.teriy direction
% Lincoln Park, tull two aud "a hall miles from
this last point Involving all that portion OF the
city east 10 the lake IA total destruction. And
CUR latest HisPateues leit the consuming
stoerse creeping Westerly towards tbe North
Branch upon when are large rolling mills fur
Hates tahheHesi dstilltnes lumber and coal
}at9s
~ ""I'' ~ WE steAt r.nn' sraIo9 covers
over Two thousand acres OF ground OF the most
s'''Vn aS %, anu involves loss
- IN 4. u .'V''''V' ''' m'ny persons esu-
ny s1''' "'s ' ,'
~ 'Vs' W 'l'e mus nave oeeh considerable,
anu among tue humbtr % ls feared that David