Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-13
The Chicago Fire.

s national disaster. l. IS heyonu u0e'' ~
ms. destructive FIRE since tie world was made
Tn er,eB. it largely sApasses the great IRE
+, London. IL September, 1866, which lasted
e,1- DAYS snd fou- night, and lsi, aauseiess
svs-.iztas Of she population within the walis OF
The civ. In number Of houses destroyed 1t
NAV rors.bly be rivSlei by some Of the great
.,-e--r.tious IL Constantinople. Yeddo and .
rss;n. one o. which, II Cons1ADtinople during a I
ria5,. 10 1862, destroyed 9 800 houses. Butt
,b re- cities. as IL the London FIRE, the mass o. 1
structures we're Of snail value. and the aggre-
gate loss could 10, have been a 1.-THE Of this. In
this country no similar catastrophe hsf sp- I
preached the APPALLING figures in which men /
roughly estimate the destruction. Inc gresi
fire in New York city in December 1880, des-
troyed Gas stores, including many Of the most
valuable in the city a. that time, and the total
loss was SIS. 100000. The loss by tine Portland
IRE, July !. 1866, YVES Sl0,o0O0 0O- The lofs II
Chicago is estimated a, cac huH41e9 end MY
millions. AID il is shared by Thousands Of Eas'-
ern men, IN every State and city, who had IL
vestmeuts in the great Western metropolis
We compile from various sources, the follow
ing details:
The first FIRE broke out o. Saturday evening
IN a plauiu- nail. II taiokiy settled dlstricl
Oh the west side Of the river. The buildings 10
the vicinity were almost exclusively Of WOOL
occupied as Offices attached 10 extensive lumber
wards, u.sniug and other mills, freight depots,
he
tureh Euc Fort ayue. End Alton and q Louis
Railwavs. Aud mauufactories Of one kind and
suolbe-. with long continuous frame blocks &C.
cupied a. saloons 0- small stores below aud az
boarding.. houses or dwellings sa7ve- through
ont Al area of iou blacss. north and south, uy
two blocks ess. and west, tn hsFaes rushed VIII
irres.s.i5-e force. NATL erYthiug was reducei 10
ashes IhIs result appears 70 nave been A.
tsillJ shortly Lfer midnight On SATURDAY
Early sunday morn lE.aEd before the exhaust
e. hreuel could have hal any resi- another nre,
probably caused b. suarrs carried 10y the vino
from the FIST one. Rzsd severed IL the neigh
blrnooi Of Tyler AMI DsAoveu streets, seVerai
tloeg. We Of the scene Of the earlier fire. Inc
buildings mere consisted Of rathe- better clsss
ofstruelures. hut ;hey s-l1- nearly s. close to-
lttner. AMI being largely composed OF Wool
proved eguE. rs re.cy victims o. the fury q the
hre II a snort TINE four or i've blocks Ct
them. numbering some Two or three hundred
+ houses. s-lres and s1aa hotels were leveed 10
/ the ground Blrle ly strong southern gale,
increased u7 tne currents causel ny the intense
neat cf The conf grafton, the flames rolled On 10
the rorrb. vita resis-less sweep. during the
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. Cbi.,g.. Ber,s .5-gr CG5,e. the FIRE. Nations.
Bsrs il vsrr h.e Ier marble building. the
5rv goods es-st .is5nept ot Field. Letter 81 Co..
y,f- rse execution ct stsvar-'s Of New York,
,bs largest iu .sneri.s. tie extensive Merchants
U--f AVID ls-re number o. other bud-
nos az e5ul eos ami Character. Run
~ se-... Wss1I1-tan street. IL Clark
-r-[e- formerly lined bv frame buildings.
49, Lee. ves-s f-i..r Nh IN Is vs-r fuhs-anrisI
manner Here on the corner Of Randolph.
yg5.rb y-.s r1. northern b5uada-7 ofthe Court
Home s.,sre- tbe Sherman Z 1use was located
INNS b5-. VS.. rusI. Of Athens rsruIe for the
Is-s Ron Fr.ueis C. Sherman. for msnv years
Afsvor of the city, Il was one ot the oldest. osst
al moss e.-san- h.-eI- IL the Wet. covering
ba.f a 5I.sk each way. and FIX or xix seven
-. 10, ti-b- Tie fios.. ca either side of-it
rsro sl.o az q rfsr class en- rActer. chiefly occu-
riei - ls--s retail stores beles and Office shove
on the southeast corner Of Clark aud LAKE
streets was ihe Western Union Telegraph CON-
n.uv-s gfi,e. handsome brick building. five
stores III hisht, ST. aJ.eI up ID e mos e.aa1r-
s.e mguner. Fronting thE on the southwest
Garner of the sane stree was tine massive stone
bsaiouarts-s Of me Chicago and Northwestern
R,ilssv Couo.ay. vai.z opposite. Oh the north
es- corner. wss one O. the haui-5mest bus ness
blocks Ia the civ. CA e..h.r eide u Lake street
five b.5cgs ve,t 10 tbs river a1d four blocks east
10 me Crest U.ilu Depot Of the iu0is Contra.
AMI Chicago. BarIuE-0l aui Quincy railroads.
Oh The Laks thore. lbe Ia. Ding were zlmost al
fou- o- i've STORES il hight. AMI tuiiJ cf brick
IL a very substantial i.aauer- Several Of tine
large irF r.oI- embellishments were mere stu
ate. snd. in fact. VITA the exception Of tae
north eud OF State street tro co laIes sas- Of the
Sherman U.s.. The street was the bss- 10 the
CITY Here. within an area half nile square.
extendus frlm " Washington street come haf
dozen blocks uoI.l. To ihe Min Branch Of tae
river. ard some seyeu OF eight blocks from the
s5ulh Branch Of the rive esst. 70 the Lake,
Wa comprised almost all the commercial gres1-
ness OF ChicaEa Inc pubic uuiiIu-t, three
out OF four " The tae2.res. The Court House,
msfsive stone structure. recently enlarged a. the
cost Of millions Of dollars containing the
records Of TILE o. every loot Of resl estae
in Co.k county tie leading hotels nearly
al the wholesale establishments al the
railroad oti-sf nearly al TIE banks,
and IL isct the beet and largest edihces
Of The CITY. Upon South Water street one
square north Of Lake. we're the wholesale gro
Gerry and provision stores, the wholesale LIQUOR
Lead rrler