Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-10-20

| It's path. The Gas Works were 500 n
consumed, and from thence, north and
east the fiery element flew along with
undated fury, taking everything in its
course.
All the prominent hotels of the city
are in ruins-the Pacific, Sherman,
fremont, Briggs, Palmer, Bigelow, Me-
! tropolitan, Matteson-besides dozens of
other smaller caravansaries. scattered
over the East Side from the river to the
lake, and from Van Buren to Water
street. The destruction of property is
most terrible, and the scenes to be wit
| messed in the streets are heartrending.
| Business, of course, is entirely sus-
pended, and every thing on wheelswhich
can be made available for purposes of
moving, are pressed into service for get
ting goods out of the reach of the de-
vouring element. Wabash and Michi-
gan avenues, as far south as Twenty
second street, are lined with household
goods and merchandise, and guarded
by weary and weeping women and
children. Thousands Of families are
already rendered homeless, and at. this
hour 81 g a. m. the fire is
rapidly extending southwark from
Lake street on the east side of, State
street, and it seems more than probable
that the entire district north of Van
Buren, and east of Clark streets will be
| destroyed. Er s~s
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 50 E
building, which stood the heat for a
long time, came in for its place among
the list of sufferers, and soon after the
fall of the Court House this handsome
building lay mass of smoldering Goals.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH OFFICE
building was destroyed, as was also the
whole block adjoining on the north and
west of the same. e.,... 4, = ~, & liza
PRINTING oFFICS DESTROYED. - 2. +.
Allofthe daily paper offices are closed.
The Journal, Post, Republican, and Times,
are among those destroyed The. IFi-
bu,ae building, being fire proof, stood the
siege well, but finally succumbed.
The Stats Zeitung Germany, and the
Evening Mail, which were in the same
building with the Evening Post, suffered
the fate of their neighbor. The AuxIli-
airy Printing House of A.. N. Kellogg,
together with Spalding & Lemont's job
office are in ruins. The job offices of
Rand & McNally, Cameron, Amberg,
& Hoffman, Beach & Barnard, Rounds,
& Kane, Culver, Page & Hoyne, Jane
son & Morse, and all the prominent job
offices of the city are gone. -.-..., r..
| THE COURT HOUSE
took fire about one o'clock, and at half
past two the old Court House proper
was enveloped in flames, the tall stee-
pie falling about three o'clock. The
spire came down with a crash, which
increased the fury Of the flames and
created an insufferable heat for great
distance on all sides of the square.
THE POST OFFICE,
after stemming the tide for hours, was
forced to surrender to the flames, and
about five o'clock on Monday morning
was completely "gutted'' by fire. All
the buildings adjacent to the Post Office
are in ruins. -. -
| THE NORTH SIDE.
The fire has crossed the river to the
North Side, and is devouring every
thing in it's track, the fire engines being
powerless, the Water Works being de-
stroyed and the city left without water.
The city is at the mercy of the flames,
and all attempts to suppress them are
fruitless. 81 r.. .5.-- 5,-s
1t is known that several deaths have
occurred, through various accidents and
from the flames, but owing to the inde-
scribable confusion which reigns every
where it is impossible to arrive with
any degree of accuracy at the particu-
lars. - !. -..1
AT five O'clock p. M, the fire was still
raging in the North Division and had
reached as far as Chicago avenue, sweep
ing away everything in its course. u. ,,. s a
To give slight idea of how things
look, we can only say that the city from
Harrison street on the South Side to the
city limits on the North Side, and lying
| between the river and lake east and
west, is but one mass of ruins. This
comprises a tract varying from a mile to
two miles in width, and over five miles
long. To this must be added large
tract burned on the West Side, which
will make the fire the largest and most
destructive ever known on this conti-
| nent.
From the Chicago Tribune. Oct H..
STILL LATER. aa @s6
As early as three o'clock in the morn
ing of Monday, the people on the North
Side, OF many of them, began to get a
little nervous. The fire, moving north
eastward, had gotten to Rush street
bridge, which was crowded with people.
In order to prevent this aiding the fire
in crossing, il. was turned, but the only
result was the
DESTRUCTION OF THE PEOPLE UPON IT.
The fire crossed there, without pay
ing any attention to the removal of the
bridge, and seizing upon the frame
buildings, the warehouses, and the lum-
Der yards, moved rapidly northward To-
ward The Water Works. The people
living in that section, and north of
there, thought that the best place for
them to seek shelter was on the lake
shore, and they rushed that way, carry
ing with them what they could. They
very soon found that they were there
between two deaths, the fire ON one side
of them, and the water on the other,
into which the intense heat of the fire
was driving them. Many lay there, half
in the water and half in the sand, with
their heads down in order to get as
much air as they could. The smoke
driving from the shore made it almost
impossible to live, but, as they were sur
rounded on three sides, and there were
no boats, they remained where they
were, and suffered as patiently as possi-
BILE. w
THE FIRE REACHED THE WATER WORKS
at an early hour, and the wooden roof
was soon in flames. The men stayed
] there as long as they could but they