Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-09
The Fire Still Raging.
xhe Eearlier Particulars.
Market Reports.
IRspOrGsd Expressly for the AxGus.l

CHICAGO, Oct s. l2-30 A. NJ A terrible
contagrEton broke out at eleven O'Clock
sbis Saturday evening, starting in the
large plAnIng mill between Clinton and
Canai And Van Buren and jackson streets, 4,
about the center Of the block formed by
these streets, The wind was blowing very
fresh and the flames spread with almost in
credible rapidity.
When the alarm was sounded for this
FIRE, another Of considerable magnitude was
bOrniug on Wells street, near Adams, and
several engines were necessarily kept at
work there. The rest of the engines OF the
city we're soon on the ground, bus before
they arrived the fire had spread over so
large an area and was SO rapidly spreading
that their efforts seemed of hItle avail
Up TO this hour the fire has made o clean
sweep from Van Buren north two blocks TO
Adams, and westto Clinton, two blocks
from the river. The whArves between Van
Buren and Jackson are burning and the
wood work of the western approach TO
Adams street bridge destroyed. a large
coal yard, containing thousands of tons Of
Of the Chicago l. Alton and Pitisburg 4
Fort Wayne railroad tracks aud the river,
is on FIRE and buruiog furiously.
Vincent Nelson & Cos. immense elsyA-
tor is on ire.
LATER, $50 A. N. (Supday).-A block
Of buildings on the North aide Of Van
Buren street 10 burning.
SUNDAY MoRSIEG, o'clock.-Twenty
acres Of lumber y ards and dwellings, are on
ire. The flames illuminate The whole city
The conAagrAtlon is nov being kept within
limits. Mrs. Margaret Hadlsy was burned
TO death. Hundreds and hundreds of fam
lies are houseless. Terrible scenes
abound.
The following are the principal losses
Lull & Holmes, planning mill, where the FIRE
originated, $4,000. Fosters box fatory
5000; f. Weigle, Excelsior Viuegs,
Works, $4,000; Racine House, loss small
Union Wagon Works, $4,000; Sheriff
Sons, lum Der yard, $65.000; Chapln & Foss
shingle factory, $4,000; B. Hoibrooks
coal yard, 5000. Other losses are tn.
Wilmington Coal Company, $50, 900; black
smith shop of Pitmburg, Fort Wayne 4
Chicago railway, loss 1000; Bolt, Sier
Co., wagon makers, $4,000; g lot Of sene
msnt buildings occupied BY the poor class
and owned by HalstHnder & Randall, Hon
@. B. Farwell and AlAAnson Wotoson, Of
Clinton street; ten houses owned by AlAan
son Wotoson, on jackson street, aad occu
pied by twenty ghi families, who lost eve
rything; dwellings, and shops numbeFiD
from ffsy to sixty-sssen, on this street, los
about $4,000; four buildings on Van Bu
rem street; the iron viaduct leading to Ac
ans street bridge, damaged $1,000; track
Of the Pitsburg and Fort Wayne aud Ch
csgo & St. Louis railroads, which ru
through the burnt district, damaged to Ii
sxten, Of $4,000 to $4,000.
The entire amount Of insurance is aboI
$l5O,OG0, about two.thirds Of which ara
Chicago offices. The outside compari'
which suffer are the Hibernis, CIevelsnI
Buffalo City, Western and Buffalo Fire al
Marine, Alps of Erie, Audes Of Cincinnati
Pacific and Union of San Frsncisc
I Kniokerbooker, Republic and tiremen's.
New York, and the Lycoming, Of Phil
delphia.