Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-10-19

on. were engulphed in the flames
and all pcrished. The hotlics of the
two men were recovered, but We ara
unable 10 learn their names. The
North Side docks and several vessels
are burned A man atsthe corner OF
Division and Brandt streets had ar-
parently secured his household goods
IN an open lot. bnt the flames mcrci.
e Iessly attacked his effects, and seeing
;, there was no further ch.nce OF saw
: ing them, he knelt down and offered
g a hriefprayer, after which h. arose,
: clasped his hands in wild despair.
8 looking to heaven. exclaimed, God
help me now," ard was soon lost 10
2 view in the dense smoke through
which he endeavored to make his
. escape. M
MIDNIGHT.
We have just returned from 3
stroll among the runs of what was
bnt three days ago, the proud city Of
Chicago. The desoIation which graets
us on every side, is truly bewikicring,
and the smoulderiDg ruins with here
and there timber yet burning. gives
a so'emnity to the midnight scene
too terrible to contemplate. The
totte ring walls and chimneys before
md OF either side Of us rise like spec
te,-s of departed glory, while crack
ing beans that hang suspended from
the CT umb,'iing rnins, seem to tella
tale of noe. which no pen cau depict
or tongno describe.
Nearly every thing on the South
Side. as far az Harrison street, rs but
one mass OF runs. The FIRE was
checked at that point during the af
ternoon, by blowing up buildings,
which, assisted by tive strong wind
blowing to the northw ward. give re-
lief to thousands who had sscrrow-
fully watched and waited the expect.
ed time, when they too must see
their pleasant homes sacrificed to the
ruthless flames, but its advance in
that direction was cl ecked. Mean
y hile the number of sufferers on the
North Side was honrly increasing,
for on. on sweep the flames, until, at
the hour of writing, there is little
lett south OF Lincoln Park, and even
the shruhbery IN that tayori'e drive
and walk, has Leen scorched and
wi,hered.
Fire engines from Milwaukee, Ra-
cine, Cincinnati ani Bloomington,
are placed along the river, to prevent
anv new confederation on the Vest
Side. hut where the FIRE engines sent
from St. Lonis are stationed We did
not learn. We noticed the burning
piles of coal in Nj. and j. E. Olcott's
coal ward, corner OF Kinzie on North
! Market streets, and an immense
amount of grain on the site OF the
! Central Elevators, near the rnins OF
1.-THE Gelena. depot OF the Chicago d
orthwestern Railroad. Lilfs, Hauk's
Sands and Miller's great Brew ereys
are burned to the ground, as in tact
is nearly everything but about three
squares in he vicinity Of the Kinzie
street bridge aud the North Side.
Three men are said to have been
hung to lamp posts to day, on the
North Side. tor having Sc, fire to
4 buildings TO assist the awful work OF
destruction now going on. The Lake
and Randolph street bridges seem to
be all right, 80 far, and but for the
,l4hnne masses OF burning coal in tho
vicinity, would be entirely out OF
danger. We omitted to say that one
block If buildings at the corner of
Randolph and Market streets, IS lit
lie harme l, AMI looms MP as grandly
AS thmgh all its neighbors had fallen
: at its own command, and Iow IL
reicns sole monarch Of all it surveys.
i On the corner of Erie and Market
streets thee men were killed, while
endeavoring to save piano. On the
Base Ball grounds, the charred re-
mains OF man, not yet identified,
has been found; and we learn that
. two children were burned at a
Bruce street Officer Brannock found
Michael Borry at the corner OF Ca
nai and Lake streets, badly burned,
and took him to $40 Halstead street.
where medical attendance was quick
y ly summoned.
. Al % minutes past 2 o'clock Mich
aeI Ready and Daniel O'Brien enter
. ed the s. DON OF Roggio Perre got
! into a row and both were stabbed by
, Perre, R"a6y killed, and OBrien
mortal!y wounded.
p. B. Phillips found four destitutc
: and unknown children, which he took
. to the Union police station, where
they a ma;t the arrival OF some one to
Z claim them.
II Ohiccr Phillips also found about
ave hundred dollars worth Of broad
: scloth hid under the Lake sti eet bridge
which is also at the station house.
At the corner OF Clinton and Har-
rison streets, the charred body OF a
: man. supposed to be Jack Voit, was
. found by 4 policeman.
! The names Of individual owners
cannot be given, but the prominent
business structures were the depot of
!; Lake SHIRE d Chicago, and Rock Is
land d Pacific Railroads. on Van Bu,
ren. from Sherman 70 Griswold. and
: south to Harrison; the Pacific Hotel,
which was ready tor the root, and &c
cupied a block The Custom House,
/. which is gutted, the heavy whitened
walls alone standing Honora's block 8
finished and unfinished, on Dearborn.
: from Monroe to Adams. the Tribune
building, the Times Office, the Post
building, the Office OF the Stats Zei-
tun., and numerous publications.
The elegant structure known as tho
I rfLaka Side Press building, on Clark,
! the Young Mems Christian Assoeia-
ton Library. the Republic Insuranca