The New York herald., 1871-10-13

reach conpustib.c The elegant dwelling OF
Mahlon u. Ogden. Lafayette place. was the only
unburned kouse In sight for dozens Of squares.
Passing north along the line oi the street railroad
the intensity OF the heat during the con1agration
was further evidenced Ia the warped aud
TWISTED IRON RAILS
OF the road All the rails for entire squares were
expanded by the heat. until the ccntIes we're sprung
up one, two and In many instances three feet. the
Catholic Cemetery, south OF Lincoln Park, was
place OF refuge for families driven from their houses
all Monday fOren00n but BY twelve O'Clock inc
DANES and smoke reached them there and COM
PEELED them to nee beyond the city limits. The
cemetery grounds arc Uttered with fragments OF
everything conceivable in the way OF wearing
apparel and household property. Passing to the
left OF the cemetery aud OF Lincoln Park short
distance brought metO the extreme northern point
Of the connagration. There was not o house within
quarter OF mile n0rihward 10 burn and not one
unburned within distance OF four miles on
straight line southwest. The
BURNED TERRITORY
ran to o point on the lake shore and left cOrre-
spending triangle 'unburned ON what Is termed the
north sidc with It's base at fulertsl avenue and Its
arex on the North branch, near Chicago avenue.
Every house is destroyed between Lincoln Park and
Hubbard street. as far north % Grant place. The
line OF the fire Is generally sharply denned
and nearly direct but IS detected in places by
the character OF the buildings and by the improved
unimprovcd condition OF certain squares. The
open square, for instance on the corner OF uurburt
and Sophia streets doubtless saved scores OF houses
directly north and threw the tire on the street east
ward. large proportion Of the property which Is
burned on the north side was occupied by Its
owners. M
Many OF them were small traders and others me-
chancs. These, In their desperate attempts to
versally delayed moving their personal effects until
nearly every chance Oi transportation had slipped
away. Their last resorl was TO
DlG TRENCHES
IN their back lots, flower ana vegetable gardens,
Ill them with clothing and valuaoles ana cover
with few inches o. feet or eartn. II is no exag-
geration to say that hundreds Of wagon loads were
thus cached much OF it to be lost TO the lawful
owners, and much more 10 be damaged or destroyed
Dy mud aud water
ON THE rRAEIy-A RAfNYadHr.
Monday night many thousands Of people, with MI
their earthly possessions were scattered over the
prairie in groups aud crowds About mid
night it commenced raining gently, and az
three in the morning there was heavy shower
msting fifteen or twenty minutes The homeless
and houseless ones hal no better shelter than the
bundles they carried with them. By daylight tho
the corner OF Chicago avenue ard Kingsbury street
ten
DEAD BODIES
were living ia plain sight IN what appeared to be
the cellar OF q building. How many others we're
buried III the debris may never be known. They
were evidently OF both sexes. In attempting 20.
remove one or two OF the best preserved bodies the
naids dropped away In sickening exuda,ions. which
made them far more horrible TO the senses than
mn c.ApQn Lar rv;.~
bury street, the body OF large, muscular man was
lying in the road as he had probably fallen from the
heat and suf1ocation. His clothing was burned en-
tircly on the flesh was backened past all idenlin-
cation. Near Indiana avenue the air was
filled with the peculiar and indescrlbable
Odor which emana,cs from roasted human
nesh; but fifteen minutes failed TO Gnd the
remains or TO fix certainly under which mass or
ruins 1t lay buried, could it be said with any
certainty that dozen bodies not thus being
reduced TO ashes. Crossing the North branch on
Erie street and going southwark along the wharf
gives one an excellent view or the
BURNING COAL.
piles, docks and what Is left in the way OF srag-
Cling timber an lumber. The piles are all burned
on close TO the top OF the water, ana the hewn TIM
Ders OF the dock are also burned down to the same
level Scattered all over tie devastated part OF the
city are the sorrowiul wrecSs OF what were popu.
larry believed 10 he
PIREpEoor BUILDINGS.
In most instances they were composed OF brick ana
stone walls, with iron girders, strngcrs oiss &C..
and Iheir owners iondly pridel Themselves
like the builders OF Babylon, On possessing
sure refuge ana buiwarA against one o;
the devouring elemenis- ire In many instances
less than twenty minutes suniced TO transpose them
from stately cdifces or palaces into piiful masses
and piles OF Crunblcd brick and stone ana warped
and blackencd mon. This confag has abun-
dainty proven tnat stone buildings are but a trlne
more to be trusted than wooden ones, and that
nothing known 10 modern architecture posses so
much power 10 resist intense heat as brick
cemencd with well tempered mortar. Out Of
dozens especially examined not one stone vault
sccmed perfect, nut many brick ones were almoss
wholly unhuri.
Mics upoa
MILES OF CugBsrpNEs
are thoroua ahiy calcncd ana reduced 10 lime, inso-
much that, although ciglt inches IN thickness they
can r,e broken on by the hand and actually crum.
bc,i INTO small fragments by the fingers.
Car loads uf provisions are arriving from every
direction. All the churches on The west side are
open, and committees are relieving all who call
The Mayor ha, issued a proclamation ordering
40 LIQUOR
TO be sold TIL further orders
IsCENDiAhIEs HANGED.
several persons were caught In the act OF HrIng
houses The west side and lour have been hung
10 aupposts. The city ana county records are, or
course, Who'll lost, but three complete sets OF alb.
stracts are said TO be sa;c IN the hands OF private
owners. II SO tlcy will doubtless be legallzed and
made public property. Gage. OF lie sherman House.
is said 10 have rented the Laciedc House, corner
Madison and Cena strect>, and Drake OF The Ire.
mont House, has taken Tie Michigan Avenue Hotel,
away south somewhere. Mr. Henry J. Uhmann
formerly Of Racine, but la'c cashier of Chicago
pank, was found dead in the street Monday and
Identified by papers and articles on his person. lie
started 10 The bank on the first alarm oi fire aud
was never seen aIve afterwards The body was
not much burned AMI death cnsued most likely
from sufocatioD. His remains have been taken to
Racine for interment.
THE MAYORS pRoCLANATt0S