The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-10-14
THE BURNING or CHICAGO.

Chicago Is In ashes The extent, influence
and consequences Of the disaster can scarce
bc realized. 1t is vast national calamity,
unparalleled In kind on this continent, and
but rarely approached In the history Of the
world. We doubt If the great fire OF
London In Sept 1895. where five sixths Of
the city was destroyed in four days fire.
entalien more woe spread ruin and dis0rocr
financially and commercially, than will this
destruction Of the great grain depot Of
Amcrica-thc commercial metropolis of the
West. II Is not alone the hundred thousand
houscless ones, sad and pitiful rs their
condition Is, that feel the blow. It IL not
alone few square miles of ruios that is dcs.
olatc. II Ia ruin to thousands besides Dis.
ordered finances. commerce and industry.
panic and poverty In the centers of trade
and over all the land are sequences Of the
great disaster. Built in forty years. the
capital that reared It's palstial structures
necessarily came in great measure from 0th>
cr cities. The security upon it-insurance-
10 impaired If not lost in the wiping out of
the city. and thousands Of outsiders who
Lad risked their money where property 70
rapidly increased in value will be ruined.
The effect upon breadstuffs will he
serious. Tie prairie fires that have swept
over the North Western States. burning
fields, mills, warehouses and towns had de
struyed large per centagc Of the crops
There had just arisen . strong demand for
hour In New York. consequent upon the
requisition Of -four for France, where very
hort crop was raised this year owing to the
war. England has scarce enough for home
consumption. A. consequence, this, in
addition 70 the usual fall shipments. had
crowded the elevators and warehouses OF
Chicago with m unsual quantity Of grain
and II Il probable nearly oil Of II was de.
stroycd. Al the amount of grain handled
annually in Ito elevators aggregates over
nfty million bushels, the loss must have been
enormous, and will effect prices materially.
Purchasing grain In the West and goods
East and South. the ruin Of - many bust.
ness men will effect every section OF the
country most d,sastrously. While these
t@snss ues'ais ." ss.e ees.iry II large What
oas - aid Of Chicago and 10 people. The
calamity surpssses words Il was . city
Enthusiastically American. y ito people an
Characteristic Americans, full Of energy and
business. in.a.minute. In - prairie; IN n
sci'y Of $50. 900 people. with thirty mills,
Of docks and twice - many Of commercial
streets, builded high with the most mag
nlhcent temples Of trade In the country, ID,
centre Of railway system on which arriv.
and depart 800 trains per day. and attains.
TO tho name and position Of the gransry Of
the world. And now, her merchant princes
arc bsggara The palaces ars crumblst
and the smoke Of Sacrifice hangs hw owe,
tho wastes Of desolation. white huneeret
and suffering and APPALLED, N hundred thou,
sand houseless ones bevail the great dseola.
tton. No wonder the reporters confess
their inability 10 describe the scens, and
give but the practical facts.
i win take years 70 repair IL disaster
but In years Il win b donA What haa
been win b again-if not ihal city bette,
built. Nan viii Grsppls with FAss, aad |
dosen years from nov, from ~ aaAss d
to-day, win have riasn . nav Chicago hold.
iDg advancing plaos md power anoag II
worlds KEsas dtiss, and wsasiae ~ T.
scass. = warrior wsan III. With ~ ~.
nsmhsancs that though haEd ~ b)ow,
vitality co0quees. ].
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