, 1872-10-09

| .Aass 1-o 1ou4 1ctoeue& = uuI1an 1ofn, the othe
being burned Que Of all shapo. During Monda
about three thousand parsons called to look q
md II possible. to identity, the remains, II
totA number OF deaths caused by thu fire h
been eetamated at > little over throe hprdre,
res 1acsSdlng stin-born children. ]
considered tho injurious results to manv fru
the exposure and excitement which thew We,
coupelled 20 undergo. They Law out Of dool
exposed to the chill night winds without suti
c1e1t c3othin8 Or food, or theJ were huddled i,
GO oarracEs or unventnAted churches. 4 fe
lew cases of insanity occurred, Of which tt
! tlre WIS undoubtedly the incitinG cauee.
bnt 3or the peculiar topography OF Chicago
! the Loss Of Efa would have been inoalcula5ls
daa this city; like many older ones, possessed na,
row aad winding streets without outlets, hur
ereos would hnTo died where only one did, nn
hence it is natural tl.t the 5reatcst number q
| dea-hs should have haopene1 Just wl,ere the
| lid, IN That PORTION Of tho Sc-tl Gids where t.
streets are but lanes, and zlanJ OF them, OWN
| to 1he hap-hnza7d WAY in which subdivision
we're formerly made hcre, were no better TIM,
btlnd alleys The numerous bridges, too uhicl
connected the South and West Sides, also con
tE1buted greatly TO the salvation of the refugee,
from the former Division. Had thcre been bu
ore, it Is more than likely that the scenes Of tht
Bcreslna would have been renewed
DlsrnEss
the degree OF distress and despondencr which
prevailed In the city IVES immeasurzble. Thou.
sancs of people, deprived Of their Lcues. we're
hudcled together in churches and school houses,
crowded into the abodes Of relatives and friends,
or encamped upon the wind-swept prairies in the
northwestern part OF tbs city, or along the
shores Of the lake. Tha coctemplation OF 80
much suffering filed all who beheld it with a
grief intensified by the thought that they them
selves might soon be enduring e similar fate.
There YES no water, and the engines were help
leas, even Il they had been in good working
order and the force in thorough discipline /
charge n the wind might bring back tie faues
from the North Division to the one in which
they had oIisinstod. narrow stream, its east
esn bank Lined with blazing coal and lumber
material, Vas not barrier to be ttnsted- The
explosion OF kerosene lamp, an accidental
spark, might Start another coraaSretioo on the
west Side, which would sweep across the city to
unite With its predecessor. The wind, which
blew with underwriting force. The rain,
looked for as eagerly and f1antically as br the
prlcsts Of Baal, did not come. Brt pitT for suf-
ana the fear Of eoon sharing it were not
The only emotions which excited desoondancy
nerchans felt that he was ruined
he workingnen, none too we'll provided for the
approaching winter, that all prospect of labor
1ss gone, the clerk heliered that be wss thrown
,ut OF employment and had nothing beiter to do
:han to leave. t xaa thought that the conn
hAt the trade which it had SO laboriously built
p Toua naturally so to the othe= pl.ces which
'ad faculties for tnosacaog it, and thai Vest
N dealefs Would tern away to st. Louis, and
thsz points for thor stocks OF goods. It YES
sse-tod that It would be twenty years before tho
lty Would recover from the stroke it had re- |
elved- It WAS assumed that al the money in the |
aalrs or the banks had been G4strpved, and that |