The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-10-12

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to save their lives. Sparks set fro to
the gas works and the armory, and in
thirty minutes the fire had reached
tho neighborhood Of the court house,
aud inside Of two hours from the time
it crossed to the East side, reached tho
North side aud had burned : mile
north. TIE entire eastern and northern
portion Of tue city is = mass Of ruins
The less up to noon to-day is reliably
estimated at over three hundred mil
lion dollars. The sufferers say the loss
is so enormous that The insurance will
never be paid.
At about 3 p. N. Mum, Norton Il
SCOTS elevator, with tho Northwestern
Railroad depot, Wa burned, thereby
severing oil communication BY wire
With the city.
CHICAGO, Der. 9.-The Pacific Ho-
tel, the Court house, the Sherman
House, the Illinois Central Railroad de-
pot, in fact every building is burned
and not one is left standing anywhere
in the business portion of the city.
The fire has reached two miles north Of
tho river, aud is still burning furiously
in spite Of all efforts.
The Sherman House was burned at
2} o'clock, A. N. The fire walls, iron
shutters aud slate roof were no more
protection than paper.
The Briggs and Metropolitan hotels
were burned at three O'Clock this morn
Jog. Those who had friesds were a.
most the last ones out They had re-
tired at II o'clock, whom tho FIRE was .
mile and half distant, without fear
tor their own safety. In two and q half
hours this vast distance had been swept
over aud they were awakened to e..
cape.
Ooe aged man, large property hold.
or, whose name VA forgotten by our
informant dropped dead on tho street
from excitement, probably produced by
heart disease.
Farwsll Hall, the Chamber of Com.
rerce, Western Union Telegraph Office,
Post Office, Revenue House, Water
Works, and all the newspaper Offices in
tho city are burned.
The city is being abandoned BY tho
citizens as fast ~ possible, Who a.e 60.
ing out by wagons and vehicles of every
kicd and description.
A report was current that tho inmates
ofthe Jail under the Court House, $50
10 number, had been roasted alive. but
later Information states that when it
was evident that the building could
not escape, the prisoners were released
BY the turnkey.
Meetings are being held in St..
Louis, Cincinnati and other cities to
devise measures Of relief:
LATER.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 10, 10 A. M.
Fire commenced on tho corner OF
Twelfth and Dekoven streets, At 81
o'clock, occasioned, it is said, by a COW
kicking over lamp.
At about IL o'clock the sheet Of
fame licked across the river 10 the
neighborhood Of jackson street, FIRST ig.
biting small wooden building, which
communicated the fire to the Armory
and soon to the south side Gas Works,
the immense Gasometer exploding With
fearful dotonat'on, aud was hard al
over the city.
Then commenced the fearful ravages
which in few hours laid the entire
8 'uth side in ashes north of Harrison
ST. Get.
Some idea Of the rap,dity Of the
speed Of the FIRE can be gathered from
the fact that at A. NJ. less than
th rec hours after the fire broke out,
the Court House, two miles distant,
Was in flames and the bell in the cupo.
Ia fell.
Field, Letter & Co. J. v. Farwell's
Block and all the magnificent blocks
in that locality; tho Lake Side Pub.
fishing Co.'s new building on CLARK
Street; Terrace row on Michigan
avenue aud adjacent residences; Far.
we'll Hall burned 1t about 4 o'clocl
this morning.
The great breveries on the north
side are gone. In fact, Is stated above
the entire south add north sides from
Aarrison street northwardly, with ,
few isolated buildings left standing il
some remarkable manner, are in hope
less ruins.
Tho North Division, from River t.
LiOcolo Park, and several blocks il
the West Division are burned.
At noon yesterday 100000 psopl,
were nearly pennies. Many vessel
are consumed. The prairie. and '.
cant lots are covered With families
! Meu, women and children are guard
ing their goods.
The report Of burning prisoners il
coutradicted. They we're 1t vut, and
from accounts Of plumber received, il
would seem they were At large.
Bank men were Knocked senseles
in the streets and money taken from
their hands. Jeweiry cases wer
smashed in and diamonds grabbed b,
| the hands full.
The whola Of the great contl.eratio,
covers over 1000 acres Of ground 0
the most valuable portion OF Chic.gc