Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-12
LIST OF PROMINENT BUILD
INGS DESTROYED.
TOTAL LOSSES, 5000, 900, 1000.
Number of Buildings De-
stroyed, 10000.
100000 People in Need of Relief.

CHICAGO. October ll.-0rder is begin
ming to come out of the horrible chaos
caused by the awful conhagration, and
people are courageously going to work.
Troops have been arriving during the
day from various quarters, including
regulars and militia companies from the
surrounding cities, and feeling OF secu-
rity is beginning to arise, though the
citizens parade the streets tonight in
large numbers. General Sheridan is in
command, and order is well enforced.
Thieves and incendiaries receive no
mercy. i as h Na
The most cheering fact since the fire is,
that tonight water commenced running
in the pipes. One engine at the water
works has been sufficiently uninjured to
be set in motion. This removes, in a
measure, the distress. Tongue cannot
express the suffering and terror endured
by the whole population of the North
Division, during Monday and Tuesday.
The flames, on Sunday night, drove
them wildly to the lake shore, destitute
of everything, and even there they only
escaped being consumed by wetting
blankets and wrapping themselves up.
All day Monday, thousands were with
out food, and at night we're exposed to
rain and cold, and many persisted from
terror and exhaustion. Notwithstanding
all that has been endured, courage has
not failed, and the work Of rebuiling
will be commenced at once. n
At meeting of the merchants to-day,
it was resolved to erect two hundred
small frame stores in the Lake Park, for
temporary occupation, within week.
The Tribune, Post, Mail and Journal
have all appeared to-day, hurriedly got
mp, in various forms Of type, etc, and
sold from twenty-five cents TO one dollar
each. They are filled with shocking de-
tails OF the great calamity, and contain
large lists Of the dead and missing
The prominent buildings destroyed in
the South Division are as follows; Lee
mace Block, Armour Block, Michigan
Central Depot, Adams House, Massas-
sax House, the City Metropolitan Hotel,
fremont House, st. James Hotel,
Palmer House, Pacific Hotel, Bigelow,
Sherman and Matterson House, Nevada
Hotel, Briggs House. Conrt House, gas
works, Crosby : Opera House, MeKiclsers
Theater. HooIey Opera House, Woods
Museum, Dearborn Theater, Shepards
block, Honore block, postofiice and post
office block, Reynolds block, McCor-
mick's block, Morrison block, the West
ern News Companys building, W. B.
Kene 4 Cooks book houses, Manfrie's
National Bank, German National Bank,
Mechanics National Bank, First See
ond, Third, Fourth, aud Fifth National
Banks, Commercial National Bank OF
Commerce, Ill Cook County National
Bank, Union National Bank, Merchants
National Bank. Merchants and Farm
ers Savings Bank, Loan and Trust Bank,
Hodger's Bank, Illinois Savings Institu-
ton, City National Bank, Western Fire
and Marine office, Telegraph Office,
Chamber Of Commerce, Merchants In
surance block, Oriental block, Etna In
surance block, First Methodist church,
Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph offices,
Western Union Telegraph offices, At
lantic and Pacific Telegraph offices,
Great Western Telegraph Offices, st.
Mays Catholic Church, First Pres
byterian, Trinity, st. Pauls, Sweden
borgian. Wabash Avenue and Methodist
Courches; Birch block Palmer block,
Michigan Southern depot, Academy Of
Music, Bryant & STATIONS College,
Jewish Synagogue, Phoenix Club house,
Mayo block, Drake Farwell block,
Tribune block, Journal Times. Post,
Mail, Republican sad Stats zeitung
offices; Lombard block, Sturgess block,
Farwell Hall. Arcade building, stom's
block, Roo. a Cady's, Lyon & Bealyr's,
Smith 4 Nixon's, KembalIs. Bouere 4
Mohter's stores; Metropolitan Hall and
Music Hall.
The following is list Of the missing
up 70 this evening: Mrs = A. Setting
and two children, Walter Il. Lamb, Viii
lie Beottie, Mrs VIM. Ticken and two
children, Sam'l McCoo, aged nine years,
Mary Lotise Kennie and Dora Wagner,
four years old. Ellen and Kate Hender-
man. Benz Geoup, Of St Louis, wife
and FIVE children, four children named
Sheayan. Anna Medderhoifer, Mary Hart
man, Tommy Jackson, ten years old,
Matilda Brown, Thos O'Brien, Mrs. J.
O'Neill and three children, Mrs n n. I
Tith and children; Mrs e Regan and
six children, Mrs Il. W Clay, Claqdy /
Simpson, Mary Bullock, John nallis,
wife and six childrea. Mary z Balm
bridge, 0ss --vvAAason, wife and children,
three children Of ?. Lymon. Mrs. Brown |
and four children, G. s. CLARK.
An approximate estimate Of the total
losses is about 5000, 0oo.0eo. The area
burned over Is over 1900 acres. The
nnrnher Of hnildinrs hnrned is not helnu