Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-20
PERRYsBURG, WOOD co. OHIO FRIDAY OCTOBER 20 1871.

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I from where the steam cars stop, run dl
rect throogh the burnt district; also th
Wabash avenue stages, two squares, FAR
reduced to five cents. You see all tb
ruins without amost any trouble or ex
peuse. To to 10 A. NJ. there were hardl,
100 persons on the ground burnt over
and stages and cars were lunning almos
empty; wenoticed more persons in tn,
aftefnosn. 1t seemed to us very srang'
to find so very few on the grounds, wv
Ieh lpced TO meet one man who had lou
| splendid stores reduced 10 asbes-al
iron fronts. The iron lay, broken Il
pieces on the sidewalk-balance reduced
TO small amount of broken stones. Ill
was the only man that seemed TO be look
ing at his loss. His buildipgi
were very near the centre of the giea
mass of runs. He informed as that ht
lost his fine residence with everything ir
1t; that be had been offered 800 900 fOl
his private residence. His loss is a sam
ple OF a very large portion of those whit
owned property in the vicinity Of the
Court House.
The Relief Committee are in good
working order. They receive food, &C.,
at the Rlnk--a very large bulldine-ano
assort it over in good order and send il
|, to the CHURCHES to be put upon tables
They have prepared Tor those who
| wish to cat there, or they can
take It home with them ii
they choose to, though very lew have
any homes TO take any thing to--so far
they have had more cooked food than
they could use to good advantage beinIe
1t sposled-aud clothing, such as has
| been sent, has been plenty enough, more
under clothing ot all kinds is needed bad.
". Ladies OF Toledo, or auy where in
iact, can do more good making up under
clothing for women and chlldIen, the
latter particularly, than anything else
they can do Just now. The poor have
better att, ntiOn than the rich, they ,manS
OF them, are being better fed and clothed
| than they were before the fire. They
rush Tor the distributing places and stand
IN a line with the crowd until their turn
comes it il takes all day, while
the Iich Chese that were Iich) are as
destitute OF clJthirg and food as any are,
yet they have not the constitution or de-
sire to 20 through what the hardy, rough
foreigner can TO get his bread and clothes.
Po atoes, the common article of food so
much used by the poor, are 80 cents
bushel less 10 price than before the fire
candles are in great demand at 60c Fer
10 no gas or water yet on the side
where most of the fire was. Nothing
doing OF any amount. on the ruins yet.
Daring the day many of the banks got
at their sales and vaults and found most
of their contents in good order. The small
er safes will no doubt protect many
papers, but few OF them have been
opened yet. We counted eight in one
building that had fallen very promiscu-
ouslY into the easement, and many other
buildings contained even larger num-
Der than this. .''hr''
Pinkerton, the great detective, has
charge Of the burnt district, with orders
printed and put up on every prominent
place Though the ruins TO "shoot any
man dead on the spot who attempts TO
disturb in any way the safes or vaults"
One single AID on.ly policeman sitting
on tie pile Of cIumblCd stone Of the
once grand Michigan Southern and Lake
Snore depot was the ollY one We saw
during our visit, except on the outskirts
OF the fire.
With such power in the hands of the
Police, one or two men can take care OF
the millions of yaluables in the ssies
now, better than a thousand men could
when the safes were surrounded by build
inRs. Absolutely nothing is lett in the
runs but safes, vaults, etc. The wood
work of all buildings ia of course burned,
and the brick and stone are cIumbling
into one mass OF ruins. The finest sight
standing l think, is she shell of the front
OF the grand Pacific Hotel. Part OF
this remains TO the very top, seven
stories high, seeming ready 10 fall
at any moment. Now is the
time TO visit Chicago, for in very few
days. new buildings will be started and
this will spoil the grand effect of the to-
tally deserted signs of business which
prevail at present. We were told that
over fifty thousand passes had been given
to parties to leave the city. No one can
afford to miss so grand, and yet so sad a
sight, as this great fire has made, and ii
you want to feel that you have done your
duty, get together some Of your own
clothes and TIA sc ofyour family, that you
can spare, and some extra m ney in your
pocket to give away, and go direct TO
Chicago, and my word for it. you will
never regret the trip. You can take
check for the box or trunk you
take your donations in, and II you do not
find any Cne to give them to, yourself,
you can give your check to one OF the
Relief Committee at any OF the churches
on West Washington street. We took q
large box OF clothing with US and wished
we had more; we found some wealthy
families, or those that had been, in need
of Just such clothing as we tooA with lis
to give away. One family consisting OF
parents and five children, and two
others with large families OF sons
and daughters, all ages, we met at
one of the churches waiting Tor tue
Relief Committee to wait on them.
Your donations If made in this way, will
90 more good at present, than almost any
other way. Many OF the very wealthiest
people are without even a full suit oI
common clothes, and they will almosI
starve or freeze before they will stand il
the open street with the crewd and wal
for hours for their turn TO como 10 bt
nand'd out some badly sOiled, second
hand clothing or food, which IN many
cases is badly spoiled and high-mGred a
best. Go with the intention OF doing al
the good you CAP; but don I fail to 60 anC
see the result of the greatest Gre the worl(
ever Witnessed or probably ever will.
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