Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-10-12
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General News.
The Great Fire IN Chicago.
10000 Buildings Burned.
ORIGIN AND coui,sE OF TuE FIRE.

tsAih- botthcsstefp course through the
central part ~ the city. The court house
hotels, banks and apparently every thin.
within hair II mile west of thr court hou ,e
and a. far south ~ Park s., and probably
west OF state 81, anil perhaps east ~ that.
arr sit DESTROYED,
oN fHE NnEru eira.
The lire now RACES Ca Tie north ,i.le.
east Of Wells 81. cxteudiu.: 10 Chicago
avenue In norihea>terly direction. Il j.
being checked ~ the windwari nu the
south and west sides. Tx wind seems "a
blow hard and - be changing towards the
south think the IRE rpachc. toward.
the great Central depot. AMI that q, pcol,a.
bly, destroyed.
LOSSES rAcsrnI~G So, osa. 0O0 y runr- ,~r-
oF rEnrIE nor ~EFr-~
The Lake sShorr 4 MichI.pu ~nnthern.
and the Rock Island Il. Il. dcppt~ She cats
Water Works, the Fremont House. ~hyr-
inan House. Crosby prcra l!ou... Nr.. lro
among the buidiu-~ de- rutal fu. c.r-
vators ~ Main auI River a. ma,t Atyc
been harmed. a. the hry was raging al
both sides ut ! O'Clock thI. mpgu,ug when
| MAS there. rhuu>ati,l, e.. p,,,pic are
home as. aud the ,p~-t. wf. exceed StH-
co. 900
10 a. ", rtIE HrSiNT-> TART ~ INV CITY
~ ,>rr~-lntsl RUtLpINU~ nruSpn.
Chicago 10 \. " Tac entire business
portion of the city j. destroyed AT the
banks, express and telegraph offices. an The
newspaper offices. except the Tribune. az
elevators and thc water works have been
harmed There j. 40 water Ia thu city. ana
not less than 10 .ooD buildings have already
been DESTROYED
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:" 80 any '''f'it H'l''lrd par
III SUI ''ih'' A. tA.-' II 'Nit enc
y k.'Pn We ""rN'h- anI 'hi "nif 7"
-
"Nh Ili'Hh ~ f"f 'iTT DESTROYED.
lAi'i---''nc th'"i OF IN. city j. 'n ruins.
"A sac paths insurance "tlite~. warehouses
ai''' '.', a'"tN hANc h'en destroyed Fully
l"I'' hh''ilh%~ h4'r h~eh hIrn.d ihs
"f' II N''A tA-iA- Anl fhr "iIA II blown
gaze
RrIIrr rDu SUFFERING ,Iu,,an
Cincinnati n,t . m. ,t.,-.,r. az No.
d, An The Western rtti-sI., nr,,,,..r..', !.
hot .tul a~-..t,,,.,. tL. u,,.,,+,, Will,
20 ILL.,. Cbirr F,.,n.,.,r III ,i... ,,.,...''...''t
hrc department with three .u.luc. aDl
hose carts ha- startled for Chiragp. \
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clan,ii ..p,x i,.'i,.', t,'.l,, nv, ,.,l',t,.'-.
& mnrrsr n tak- ,nra~ar,. f,r thr r-.
itrf ~ the sufferer.
IN, ytI.r yfk>n t.S,,.,., I'm, ,>., mas.
l"h 'I'f - VI tN~
En-lr"oo-l, III m.lr~ from Chicago 1t 4.
~ me work IN devastation contiun,-
More than onr h1f tile IT., i Already a.
"'r"trd, AMI iar fAlar~ continue tAytg TIg-
age a.mp~; guApPcAsei. Al about
O'Clock this morning. the IRE crossed the
river n Adams -. bridge. Anl soon &C.
>snoyrl u" "a works. ard then spread 4.
,cIf N cvcy direction.
mn -,1fyutty ~ n..r,.t.,.,,n>
~ tins hour almost every building from
hAii''2n y. north (" : h4ca-o river 3. Dc
n.rt. f,,,Is tri.'..r..,l, ,,.. '.'-'
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the r,.,.,,,.. ,,,,i.,, ,,t...A i
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y" rAlh NJ hFr ani birthstone In : "a 'in
ahh ''''h"FFah can haTllN hr compared -
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ula.i,ll ARE t.,yy rl.l,I,.. .hr.,l,..s .-.. ~,
" N"Ai'''N Mlil,h Af' "n' A'l'7l ~ tnotl. 'i-
pi'e'>' "h l''. ahH 4h '''it "tHf WaN "t-h
a. A',1'Nt h"A>'i''i' r. AN~ie .A lar.r
A'''' Al4I on 'h'tf ''Ae ~. III H-l'- CONFUSION,
h't knowing WHITTIER = e. Fearful -ui-
iefl"S mus l'iio" Nnl AMOS .aiWc. BAGS
III" "3.'',' HI 'P'r Ar a thiN moment
np'"e''N' nit W,1N'.eS'' Pr knowing
~ ~ '.'el' He.''' " TT AHt .A-N- Y
~ 80
n fhisipEN4 "RANl.
Washington, -. III, D,i. ,. rAr drv AZ
Chicago cNllte> intense Interest through
out 'Ac cIty and especially among gentle
man from that locality. In addition - the
press kilograms Gen. Myer ~ the Signal
Service, has been receiving dispatches
"a $50 III 80 huH1s - N"""A ~ta-
r..,,ne.,c.I s.,,r.,,9y NH, ,,.,i,.
80, sh..4,t,, ,I,.,, - -
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,hr., nr,y,. insu,,,rien, il csiI nn N. ,,t,i
,ary ,n,hort,I.s :, :, ,,,ts VI, Ill. -,
purpose,
AMAss MEETING N ~. Lotus FOR srcCoR
10 CHICAGO.
~ ,-ouis, oot- !. MAYOR Brown mas re-
M lr"'n lineage ASKING
,oN 'oi uie ' ln pfoP'c Oh tnae oitt
rem. NJ Nh. Merchant. Fxrbaro. a, 10
o'clock, which will be largely attended
The sympathy here i universal, All classes
expressing the deepest feeling " sorrow
Tor the suffering people.
,tpr ENGINES ASp uyxrxr rnvw,,n
u.p. III, -,
-, I'LL MI. - 81 .'I's
III I 1'los y
,a,.r 'II.ns,.I, HI -, , - -. ~
from Chicago. asking fo- Are engines md
men, and they VIII be sent at once. The
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