The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-26
loss EY THE CHICAGO FIkE.

/ ING publishes the exact number Of building:
/ destroyed by the great fire, with careful es
/ tisnate of the number of people rendered
! homeless. and an estimate Of what is left
/ The total area Of the city i stated % be 2S.
600 acres, including the annexed territory
west of Western avenue, and the fetal nun
Der of buildings before the fire was 60. coo
On the south side the FIRE destroyed neaFi.
everything il, tile first and second wards
and light portion In the northeast corner
of the third Its southern limit on Michigan
avenue was Congress street. on Clark street
1 Harrison. and on Wells street. !, point little
below Polk. The area of The burnt district
/ is 40 acres. There were destroyed 3,eo
/ buildings, including. 1900 stores, q hotels
and 60 manufacturing establishments, and
q 900 persons were turned out Of their
homes, the greater number of whom lived
west of State street, where they We're closely
packed. The residents OF the first ward
generally lived in hotels or furnished rooms,
except where many poorer families were
copyrighted. ii
! On the north side 1890 acres were burned
over, out Of the $500 in that division. lcay-
! ing intact small portion on Kenzie street
near the river. and several houses north O
Division and west of Orchard streets, in
Guiding some OF the better settled districts,
up Claybourne avenue. The total number
of buildings destroyed was 5000. Including
| over GOO stores and l00 manufacturing es-
| adjustments. About 10000 persons were
| deprived Of houses and are sojourning on the
west side, or have left the city. Out Of q
population of 1900, only about eco have
houses which they can claim as their OWE.
and there are not over 600 houses LEFT stand
ing, tor the district burned over embraces
most OF the settled area of the north divi-
sion, while the amount Of ground burned
over in the west division was not great-not
much exceeding $50 acres-and while much
Of that was occupied by lumber yards, ETC..
yet the people who did live there were very
closely packed together, and between LOCO
and 1900 people must have dWelt there.
the vnlue of tile houses destroyed was COM
paratiyely light, they being nearly all frame
buildings. 1t appears. then, that ont Of the
10000 buildings il Chicago. only about IS. 500
have been destroyed. and that while % .0G0
persons have been driven from their homes,
over 254.OO0 have not been affected in that
way. The whole immense area of the west
division. with its miles Of dwelling houses.
its stores and business blocks. is almost in
tact. while the south side retains the great
mass Of its dwelling houses Of the better
class, many manufactures, and the fine
business blocks which have been erecting
on I'D street and Archer avenue. and at
other points, many of its finest churches, aud
the innumerabic manufactures which
abound la the sixth ward. The west diyi-
sion, however, is q complete city m itself,
with shops and stores, coal and lumber
yards, churches and manufactures, and,
miles Of paved streets, severed and lighted
1t has tile only theatre in tho city, the Globe
and the various halls and hotels, which. with
changed names are accommodating the rush
of people now visiting the city. The build
ings destroyed in this division by fire were
OF little value. and almost enough will be
put up this seaaon to replace them. There
are, TO be precise, about sixty churches, six
teen hundred stores, six hundred manufac-
turing establishments and workshops aud
fina h.if.1IrAd 4II.Ailin Or
There are 20.5e0 dwelling houses stii
standingin the west division. SO there is as
YET no reason for despondeney. The north
and south side rolling mills are still furnish
ing employment to hundreds OF workmen.I
This same discovery was also made On the
south side. Much as had been lost, much
remained.
The widening of State street has stimu-
ated improvements far down on that tho
roughfare, while the eastern part Of Archer
avenue and Twenty Second Street had been
greatly improved.
The loss in school buildings has also been
light, only one having been consumed. and
hirty churches and over $4,000 buildings in
Ill yet remain.
Their street railroads are unbuincd, and
heir ten dstilleries and breweries are still
n operation.
It was ON the north side that the loss was
greatest, for there 1t was the most thorough !;
,ut the water works are there. the sewers
re there, the filled streets are there, the !
churches are ruined. but they are still holy /
points, the first to be rebuilt, and around I
which buildings will rapidly spring up
The gas works are left and are ready to sup
,ly the north and south sides with gas
While much of the lumber and coal lying
lear the basin has gone through unframed. /
The bridges on the north side are not mate
tally injured, and while none remain OH the
liver, yet there is the Lascelle street tunnel. /
INsURANCE.--We copy the following from
he Herald of the Goth. La addition to those
lentioned, the companies represented by MIR
!. w. Carpenter, also stand firm:
THE fact that not one of the Insurance
doing business In Helena have
cen bankrupt, or even suspended business.
indeed gratifying not only to the agents,
ut to our business men holding new or I'M
xpired policies. Last night Mr.. ). II. Bollm,
gent OF the Pacific Insurance Company. re-
eived the following dispatch from San Franz
isco; Hl
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. ID.
IS. I'll. BoHM We continue business and
sne policies a. usual, and make provisions
,r every liability. s5ss
q. j. HALSTON,
2 Vice President.