The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-21
Chicago Items.

filed tie air from TIE streets and
burned district 10 the great dikcom-
fort ofeyerybcdye Reports of at
tempted ii.eendiarism Ill the West
Division kept up a fever of excite
nse.lt. Arrests were being made.
A dispatch Of the 14th, says:
The eighty dead bodies lying in
she Morgue, the two long columns
OF LANES OF missing in this morn
ntg's papers, the churches aud
school houses crowded with
hall clothed women and children.
are terrible reminders Of the great
calamity whose whole horror no
words can describe. i he bodies in
the Aiorgue Were mostly found oil
the hortn side, aid it is certain they
were ONLY small portion Of tie
Lumber caught III the flames and
consumed. ilie coroner heE,t an ill.,
quest OH siNty-four oi the bodies In
tie -slorgue, only two OF which were
recognizable. one OF these was Ii.
}, l tilnlan, barker, and the other
man was l.amed lsiclard C'Briel.
/ he vault at the Custom House
was opehed to-day. 1T contained
ole million gold AID two million
III greel.baekS. i lie gold was melted
Into all almost solid mass and in tie
Shape OF bullion. lie S1reenbacks
were entirely consumed. ! Ley be-
logged to tie Government aid no
loss Is Incurred.
Secretary boutwell, received dis
patcli frum Chicago, stating tLat the
>aies III the depository Lad been
opeted and about s35, 900 in mutt
lated currency, iii a small safe, was
-ouhd IN good cond on. The rest
OF tie currency aid books and pa
pers were completely destroyed. All
oi the coli. was melted.
While tie colitiagration was rag
irig SO terribly at hicago on Sun
day night, tie sth, the little city of
fesl,tego, Wisconsin, numbering
two Thousand souls, was reached by
tie fire III that State, and ol.e-third
OF the people were suffocated, or
roasted alive in attempting to reach
a place Of safety.
I thousands of men are at work
i'll Chicago, clearing away the rub
bish, recovering safes and putting
up temporary buildings. Wonder
f'll activity prevails. All the pa
pers are published except the Times.
\ furious gale prevailed in Chi
cago last Saturday night. Fire
brands were blown about in every
direction, creating as much excite
ment AID alarm among those resid-
ing Eear the late fire, as during the
conflagration. Nothing more seri-
Gus resulted, other than the blow
ing down of skeleton walls.
About 1000 roughs from New
York arrived at Chicago on the
11th, the object bcirg plunder.
Troops are CO tinually on guard
All saloons are kept closed by the
authorities.
The sum total Of the obligations
OF Eastern insurance companies in
Chicago, as far a, they have been
ascertain ed how, is S35, 900. 600,
against reported assets OF s75, 5,00O,-
900.
An approximate estimate of total
losses is about 5000 100000. The
area burned over is over 1000
acres Tie number of buildings
burned is rot below 10000. This
is from a dispatch of the 18th.
The third fire started at Twenty
second street, between Wabash ave-
hue and State street, hearly mile
south of the second great fire. 1t
was started by incend;aries, who
were caught in the act. Two Of
| them were shot at the moment, and
four others were hung Immediately.
The fire extended toward the north
until it reached the other burnt dis
tricts, destroying everything on the
South Side between Wabash avenue
and State street, embracing twelve
full blocks of splendid private resi-
dences.
The Lord Mayor OF Lol,don, Eng
land, issued an appeal last week for
subscriptions to the Chicago relief