Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-10-11
FIRE.!
CHICAGO An AsH-HEAPi

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This beautiful city. the western sat Of
empire has been overisken by the mOsi
: fearful Gre that ever attacked 4 city on
this continent.
At this tine a full account Of the hOr.
r rOrs Of this oOuaagraiion cannot be given.
nor is extent aud amount loss We give
a synopsis Of the dispatches:
CnIcAoo. Oct. s.-AbOut IL O'Clock
last night a FIRE started in Sail a Holiness
large plaiuing mill, between Clinton aud
Canal. aud Van Buren, and Jackson streets
The wind was blowing very fresh, aud the
flames spread with almost incredible rap
idiiy, aud in few minutes the entire
structure Was a mass Of FIRE, and in half
an hour the whole district was ablaze.
When the alarm sounded for this FIRE
another Of considerable magnitude was
burning on Wells street. near Adams.
Several engines were necessarily kept at
work upon this fire. The rest Of the en-
gihes soon arrived upon the ground, but
the fire had spread over Sc large an area
and was so rapidly extending that their
efforts seemed Of little avail. Between
Canal street and the river were several
lumber yards, which were entirely de-
stroyed. A large coal yard, containing
thousands Of tons Of soft COAL aud situat-
ed between the tracks of the Chicago and
Alton Railroads and the river, was burn
ing furiOusly.
CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 90 a. m.
The fire is still raging with increased
fury and has spread almost with the We.
loclty Of the wind. The FIRE has crossed
the Chicago river. The wind has spread
the flames in all directions. Gods mercy
alone can save the city from utter de-
strction. A dreadful panic prevails all /.
through the streets, where the people are
rushing to and fro, weeping and wailing.
large numbers of lives have been lost
how many cannot be known until the fire
has been arrested. The prospects are that
the gas house will be destroyed, and the
city wrapped in darkness. A terrible pan.
ic is prevailing. The vessels in tive river
are catching fire, and all on the south riv
er will probably be destroyed A raging
roaring fire enyelops twenty blocks of the
city. The bridge across Van Barren street
is burned. The cars on the track of the
Chicago and Alton and Fort Wayne rail-
roads with the freight houses are swept
Away. Thousands of people fill the streets
rushing out of their dwellings, in many
instances barely saving their lives.
10 a. m.-The entire business portion
'f the city is destroyed, all the banks, ex-
press and telegraph Offices; all the news {
PAPER Offices, except the Tribune; six ell I
,vators and the water works have been ,
burned; also the Sherman House, Cham
Ter Of Commerce and the Court House.
There is no water in the city aud not less '
ban ten thousand buildings have already {
'eon destroyed, The fire has burned a :
distance of FIVE miles and is still raging. -,
he wind is blowing gale.
LATEST.
CHICAGO, Oct. 9-5 p. IN.
The awful work ofdestruction still goes
n with relentless fury. An area of four il
niles long by one mile wide, the flames |
ave wept everything before them. u
1t least 100, goo people are homeless, and ,
4 a suffering condition. .
1t is impossible now to give even an a
pproxlmate statement OF the loss but 81
al idea may be formed when it is stated a
hat every bank in the city, except two Il
mall savings banks, were DESTROYED all :
he wholesale stores all retail establish u
rents; Post-offce, Court House, Cham lc
er OF Commerce, every hotel in the
outh division except Michigan Avenue II
louise. The Tribune building, finally !
lccunbed ; every theatre, the six largest =
levators; the immense depots of the &c
llchigan Southern and Illinois Railroads. Il
9th the passenger and freight depots of II
he latter; more than score of churches, n,
nd much shipping in the river. All are :,
estroyed, but more terrible than this is "
lie awful certainty that many human be- al
'gs have persisted in the flames ANY G
iempt az description Of the appalling NJ
'cnes would be idle. The simple fact N
lat the once great city CT Chicago is DIES. ;.
Dyed that hundreds of millions of ac- "
We capital here have vanished, and that to
Early one third of Chicago inhabitants s.
e houseless dependents. are enough. al
BY Telegraph. hi
LATEST. II,
despatch was received at this office last to
ght, stating that the frc-fend had been SUBJ j,
ed, and that the loss was estimated at five
ndred millions! vi
This sum seems incredible and is probably in he
rect; yet it appears that it will exceed in co
lonnt the entire valuation of the state of Ver- fe
mt, which is about $4,000 900.
Eighth Vermont.
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