Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-10-13

from suffoc8tl0n. his remains nave
been taken to Racine for interment.
It was supposed yesterday, that at
least a thousand persons were lost
and missing, some being members OF
families, others were without FAM
lilies, and hundreds of children were
separated from their parents and
could not be found in some instances,
while In others children without
parents were waiting around, crying,
half starved and in some instances
suffering greatly from the cold
Many, doubtless, persisted, some have
gone TO other places; but many,
doubtless, found graves In the raging
confagrstion. '"."t.
ara. s. CHICAGO, Oct. H.,
Some of the bank vaults are
thought to be secure, others are not.
No one can tell whether the rec
ords I'm the Court House are secure
or not, a. no one dares to 60 into the
building. #w
The City Engineer says that the
water-works can be repaired In two
days. $50. 4: Ns%.
The Court House and water>works
caught fire at the anne time, although
they are two miles apart.
The Sherman House burned down
in fifteen minutes. "
Six men were hung yesterday, for
setting fires. One man was beaten
to death caught in the act of setting
fire to a saw-mill. Another man was
knocked down and killed by a piece
of iron. @a&t "a" @-
The north side Is entirely gone
with the exception of one house, that
of VIM. B. Ogden. which was sur
rounded by a park. Even the walls
of the buildings have fallen down,
leaving the whole space a dead level.
General Sheridan has been ordered
to Chicago by President Grant. The
city has been placed under martial
law. Two thousand troops have
been ordered to the city and two bat
~talions OF artillery. President Grant
has ordered lO0, 900 rations to be dis
tributed from the Government stores.
The suffering OF the people Is i'm
tense. Rumors are rife that hum
'dreds are dying from cold and hun
ger. Lincoln Park Is full of fugi~
tives without shelter or protection.
Numbers of merchants have be-
come insane. Some of them were
prevented from throwing themselves
into the fire, driven to desperation
by their losses. ala'a @51a ".e'- J 49,.
Nh. Hancock saw several persons
burnt to q crisp. The rumor of sew
eral persons being burnt in the Sher-
man house Is reiterated.
The Journal and Post got out x
tras last evening.
The streets are thronged with PEG.
pie going back ward and forward.
without apparent object. Despera-
does abound, but the presence of
troops will be likely to intimidate
them. .aIe34s7 AA.a vi H"'aH
About two thousand of an extra
police force sworn In last night, to
preserve the peace and protect prop
erty. q 4atta3A@ A sEh $3.50
The only hotel of note on the South
Side at present Is the Michigan Ave-
nue. Hotel. Meals, $3.50 for q mouth
full. H# ist
The inhabitancs on the West Side
have their trunks packed ready to
leave in case any more fires should
occur. and they are IN constant APP
prehension of such an occurrence.
The churches and public schools
arc thrown open for the accommo-
dalton of the homeless.
From Harrison street on the south
to the river on the north and west 10
one vast ruin The only building
standing Ii the Linn block, on the
corner of Randolph and Market Sts.,
which looks like q gloomy monu-
ment In q graveyard, A&
On the North Side nearly every
thing is swept as far north ~ Lin
coin park aud east to the river
Parties who arrived from there at
noon report less than q dozen houses
standing. The burned over r can
not be much less than 5000 acres.
The devastation Is the most com.
plete aver Witnessed. The Intensity
of the heat was terrible; huge blocks
of stone were crumbled to dust the
foundations disappeared almost To-
the bottom st,ne; the walls were
licked up NJ though they were past
board, and the huge beams Of iron
were warped and disappeared like
stra we. The Wanted fire.prcofs
structures offered almost as little re-
distance as the humhlest shanty, and
went i'm the common ruin. sagtn
All railroads leading out of Chica-
90 are carrying free of charge over
their roads such of the homeless as
have friends in other places, and this
kindness on their part 10 being large
ly availed of, and many are leaving
tho city, hsfas a1 % 1904 TO
The Secretary of War has directed
that supplies of tents and blankets
be forwarded to Chicago; about l2,-
600 tents which Will shelter 100, 900
people will be sent, they are at JEFF
fersonsille. Philadelphia and Leay-
enworth. Special trains have been
sent from Jeffersonyiile and Phila-
delphia with tents and blankets.
The blackened remains, of three
sisters of charity were discovered In
o group. Seventeen bodies were
fouad hudaled together In one local
ityt In the North Division, and It IL
reported that the bodies Of several
small children were found In THO
neighborhood Of Lincoln Park.
NOone can form any idea as to the
number that perished in the hotels
and business places. Tt must be i'm
mense. e.i3l iat9lau. y 1.ht
About 500 people escaped from the