Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-10-18
micapo Items and Incidents.


A correspondent, writing from Chi
cago, under the date of October u,
furnishes the following items and in
cideGts /.
Yesterday and last night over sixty
car loads of provisions arrived, and
every train is bringing in additional
supplies, which are at once taken
charge Of by the different committees
under a guard of soldiers. / clip the
following from the Tribune
PRoDIGALTTY OF THE CoNTRIBU-
TIONS.
Owing to the rapidity with which
the work went on. and the insufficient
cy of help, it vas found impossible to
record in any manner the amounts or
articles sent, or the places from which
the came. In many cases, indeed,
there was no record with the cars
no emblazonment of the chart
ty of the givers; the only idea evil
IDENTIFY being to prevent suffering, and
that too at the earliest possible mo-
ment. Some ofthe cars had short in
scriptions in chalk indicative of their
destination, like this From ALLIE
gheny City to the Chicago sufferers"
Others had no mark and if they had
it would not have been possible TO
have kept track of them, since Col.
Hardle was not doing paper work."
but, to use his W words, ''There
must be no red tape in this thing.n
And there was no red tape ; for as
fast as the provisions came in at the
track door they were seized by a sec
ond gang of men and loaded into wag-
Ons on the Eighteenth street front.
Here were congregated every possible
description of vehicles, each bearing
orders or requests for provisions from
all parts of the city; but mostly from
the south side.
The points of distribution to con-
sumers were in the churches in most
cases, and the scenes in these were, to
use mild term, heartrending. Time
and space would fail to recount the
types of persons who came in begging
for aid and recounting their stories,
which were in the main the same.
No applicant for food was turned
away, and the number of families re-
lieved were countless. The fact that
a large proportion of the supplies sent
in were already cooked very much
lessened the labor of the work, and
rendered possible a task which would
otherwise have been unmanageable.
The demand fol. the Tribune exceeds
anything 1 vel witnessed. The line
o~fnewsboys extended at six o'clock
this morning for five squares. They
retail at twenty-five cents per copy.
SCENES ATTHE MoRGUE.
A morgue has been established at
No. Is Milwaukee avenue, and this
morning the scene was the most hor-
rible eve witnessed. Parties were
allowed ten at a time, and it is estima-
that owe ten thousand passed in to
view the bodies, since yesterday noon.
Nearly all the bodies were burned be-
yond recognition. There were seven
ty charred remains lying in a recess
at the further end of the stable. AL
together some two hundred bodies
have been exhumed. One of the
bodies was that of a beautiful young
lady, who had evidently, from all ap-
pearances been suffocated. Twelve
bodies were brought from Wesson
street alone. Eight different attempts
were made to
FIRE THE REMAINING PORTION OF
CHICAGO.
Nearly all ofthe parties were arrest
ed and are in custody. Altogether
seven persons have been reported
shot and hung, under the order Of
Allan Pinkerton to kill any one at
tempting arson or burglary, as they
had no time to make arrests. Over
three thousand patrolmen, in addi-
ton to the soldiery, were on duty last
night. A man was
HUNG To A LAMP POST
On Wabash avenue, yesterday even
ing, and when my informant passed
this morning, he was still hanging
there as a warning to thieves and
burglars.
THE Loss.
The estimated loss, as footed up at
the bankers meeting, is $500, 900, 600.
NOT so PARTICULAR NOW.
Ladies who sported their fine dresses
and diamonds, and aweek ago rolled
in wealth and rode in their carriages,
hardly deigning to notice an express
wagon, are glad to have the oppOrtu-
nifty to climb up on the seat with the
driver on any kind of a wagon and
take ajaunt. q,
met a gentleman yesterday morn
ing who has a large family and is
rich, but lost furniture, house and
everything else, who could not raise
81 in money in his entire family, al
though he had a large special deposit
in one of the vaults. But this morn
on opening the vault, he got his
box and 100000 in bonds all o. K.
He remarked, "Rich a week ago, in
poverty yesterday, this morning Hun
XII Dory." :
THE EXODUS.
1t Is almost impossible for railroad
companies to accommodate tie exodus
o fsufferers who are accepting the offer
of free railroad passes and leav ing (
Chicago, hundreds of them'say forever. ,
The town is crowded to OVERLOOKING
with visit Ors, and so great is the
Gro wd among the ruins that it is i'm
possible for vehicles to get through. !
GRIM HUMoR. !
A placard posted up on the ruins. {
there to denote where the firm :
could be found who occupied the
premises before the fire, read: SOW
ing to it becoming too warm in this {
locality on Monday, we have removed {
to Eo--Canal street, I
Messrs. Van Setback, Reed q Co., {
wholesale druggists, have up a plaeard I
which reads: "Slightly scorched ; {
removed TO No. 2S Canal street."
Another, on a shanty just built, .
''--. real estate agent. All gone )
but wife, babies and energy" These :
are samples oflhow cOolly the business :
men take their troubles. !