Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-10-25

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iarraior also mot one Of the Commission
rs of the Board Of Works who stood 10
he public streets Of Chicago. after the
destruction Of his house, with wife aud
anrily by his side, aud all the money that
he possessed in the world was 60 that a
friend had given him. This man had
Iormerly been immensely wealthy. Citi-
aens who had managed to save their pur-
.cs were to be seen literally dividing their
cash with a little knot Of starving people .
around them.
A gentleman heard the alarms Of fire
at his residence on Michigan avenue when
Just about retiring, and remarked to bis
wife that he would slip on his clothes and
walk of his dyspepsia. lie promised 20
be gone ten minutes and went out in the
street. There he me, an intimate friend,
who said to him ''Mr.-, | shall be
s75. 600 poorer tomorrow morning than
am now" That can't be" he replied.
'the fire wont pass Wells street" But
the sequel showed that the loss had been
placed ut low estimate, and the fire did
pass Wells street by many blocks. MI
said he could compare the scene to moth
ing but a terrific storm of sleet and snow,
substituting sparks and iirebrands, how
eyer-which came down in perfect
shower-for the less buneful missiles. a
brand as large as ones hand alighted on
his hat, and in the confusion he needed a
friends warning to call his attention to
it. A spark aIighted on the Roman
Catholic church in the west division, and
in an instant the roof aud whole building
we're in flames. A man was taken out OF
one of the windows scnscless, supposed to
be the watcb,nan. Fifty people were
consumed in a tenement house at the cor
rcr Of Indiana and Clark streets, and
their shrieks and eroans were terrible
enough. Very MANY took refuge in build
ings which were supposed to be tire-prool,
and as consequence were burned with
the shelter. No building was proof against
conAagratiop as this. walls OF solid ma
sonry and plates Of iron two or three
inches thick crumbliug and curling up IL
twiukling, and offering no more resls'
tance than so much stubble to the elc-
ment. Many merchants moved theil
goods again aud again. So confused were
they that instead OF transporting them tt
the winlward they kept in udyance onC
to the leeward Of the fire which overlook
them, Of course.
Another gentleman, residing at th'
corner Of T@euty-second and State streets
heard the alarm, and when it had beel
ringing long enough to attract serious at
tention. started out in the direction Of th'
fire. by calculating the time, he judge
that the flames spread With such rapidly
that in d bee line, one block was consum
ed every eight minutes. As he Passc'
the Union Hotel, frame building, op
posite the Chicago and Alton Railroa'
depot, he observed number Of person
entering it, and an instant after beior
they had time to escape, the house wa
IN flames He met among the thousand
rus! ing distractedly hither and thither,
German family, who had just come owe
the Rush street bridge, consisting Of tou
small children in their night clothes, tn
mother with a child at the breast, almos
literally naked, having simply smaI
quilt thrown around her shoulders, an
the rather clad solely in pair OF pants
They had nothing whatever on their feet
which were blistcred by the hot pave
ments. Hc saw very few intoxicated
the saloon keepers very soon seeing tn
tproprioty as well as the cxpcdicncy
shutting up their establishments. a
italian bar-keeper on State street close
his doors, and defended them against il
..ruson with loaded shotgun. A saloo
on Clark street, however, was broken ol
en-, and the beer kegs and whisky barre
tapped freely. One man. caught setlln
, building on fire III Thirty-frst stree
was instantly shot and his body fearful
mapged, being beaten with charrf
brands and clubs. Scores Of people ae
for shelter to the freight and baggag
cars, and tore up fences tc provide ten
/, porary covering. When he left,
! Wednesday, provisions had arrived
/, great abundance, aud steamers were p!a,
ing on the Court House valts TO render
possible to get at the books and record
{ THE DEAD,
The sickening sensation of Tharsd'
Z was the establishment ofa morgne for t
Z exhumed remains of the mighty fire. III
f shocking repository is the hearse and ca
9 riace room Of lower class undertake
] on Hubbard street, near Halsted, Il