Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-10-28

consumed, and from thence north and
east the fiery element flew along with
unabated fury, taking everything in its
| course.
| THE HOTELS.
All the prominent hotels of the city
are in ruins-the Pacific, Sherman,
fremont, Briggs, Palmer, Bigelow, Me-
tropoltan, 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-
p, nded, and everything on wheels which
can be made available for purposes of
moving, are pressed into service for get
ting goods out of the reach of the de-
vo,lring element. Wabash and Michi-
gan avenues, as far south rs 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 % a. n.y. 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.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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 a 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.
PRINTING oFFICs DESTROYED.
Allofth daily paper offices are closed
The Journal, Post, Republican and Times,
are among those destroyed. The Tfi-
time building, being fire proof, stood the
siege well, but finally succumbed
The Stats Zeihmg Germany, and the
Eveain,g Mail, which were in the same
building with the Eveaing Post, suffered
the fate of their neighbor. The Auxlli-
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 Il Barnard, Rounds,
& Kane, Culver, Page IL Hoyne, Jane
son Il Morse, and all the prominent job
offices of the city are gone.
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 crash, which
increased the fury of the flames and
created an insuferable heat for great
distance on all sides of the square.
THE POST OFFICE,
after stGmming 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 its 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
trultless.
1t is known that several deaths have
occurred, through various accidents and
from the flames, but owing to the indie
scribable confusion which reigns every
where it is impossible to arrive with
any degree of accuracy at the particu-
lars.
LATER.
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.
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 mile to
two miles in width, and over five miles
long. TO this must be added a 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 II.
STILL LATER.
NO N'tiiy ds tIlct " CioCh III VIC HUI IL
ing of Monday, the people on the North
Side, oil 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, it was turned, but the only
result was the
| DESTRUCTION OF THE PEOPLE UPON 1T.
| 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 he 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, hall
in the water and half in the sand, with
their heads down in order to get a:
much air as they could. The smoke
driving from the shore made it almos
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 posi-
BILE.