, 1872-10-09

Opslh House, Of booksellers now, Of Honore's
new buildings on Dearborn street, of The 1uperb
sdlaco which Field 4; Lsi*es occupied, Of TIN
IEuCSE Building aud AcV;cker'a ra;nrerafna
Ihsatfe, Of the no.lo private tt4l5snces on N:rh~
tgaa avenue, End tho shaded hoznss On W.kash
avenue, of solemn ohurphes, asad OF ouiet md
1eared hacnts OF learning.
Tue eocumuIeIlona Of traEa NJ sc;a,oo .,3
nrt, were nliko swspt away. VAST stocks AZ
goods, tho o7esnures OF The Academy of SCIENCE.
md the pictures uf tba AcSdemy. vera ai,Ee DE-
s ssaesed y L. possible to cstnnate the worth ot
"ooe, or Stone. O. g7ods, but WHO can assess Inc
value Of tse as>sociationb Of IiietiEe. or ft1v
aEf1ase -: consumed relics OF the dead things
NIch, t--rthless IN therasslvee, were to their
Hote*'s: Or articles beyond all pzioa
INSURANCE
As general thing, when the house CT 1toro
1 C1iea 55uan nad burnt up, lie had accepted
the situhaou vesJ geod-aa@arcd1y. Ho hal in
sursd somewhere. eitber because be believed in
y, or because some cSeat had seduced him with
@ 10Y Iabas, 9r po1Hecuted hin With solicitations,
Aad wt2io tho smoke WIS yet ourlinC around his
ls'tns he had rushed OF 30 his insurance ofIice'
GO ns1o proof OF los.eb and to get the money
whefewith 70 start ssain~ He expected con-
P1eoe5nn IN TITO estimated valae OF his house
and goals, but he knew he etou1d obtain some-
&ung, Aud therefore he had Aooe.
Sat On the 10sh of October. 1871, nobody
Ing after insurance SCENTS The t1rr aud nzt-
ozsi Thought waa that the tremendous blow |
@ould PROSTATE all the compncies and that nora |
e fheen would pay more than 10 per cent on |
.Snof lt4b1t,es, an amount SO slight, il view OF
fhs VEST Losses Of the citEone, as to EarE1v de-
eEse consideration The low premiums Of |
eane booze COMPANIES, and tie feeling entee-
fssssr hnnae industry and keep in Chicago money
ahaeh Fot!d otherwise so abroad, had iod to the
'etas1ng s5 one-third of ell the riskr 10
sis. shs su:nt n has diatdet in Illinois % eonRs-
loe.ssd II chicsgo. Many Of tho nan who had
xuSased the most we're large stockholders in
thaae companies, Is well as insurers, and vera
not en3y unable to recover their own losses, but
taa losaea of those who had Insured in the com
pan1ee Ia which they were interested While this
5aFlotanie stzte OF affairs did not apply to che
q a 1afbsr eoana9a osms $st1t was generally 1ea:e
Bankruptcy Wednesdsy's TamusE, however, {
contained . card from the Liverpool and Lendon {
saa Globe, to The enee. tha: theJ would pay .
GEO, Immediately and in fnI. This IL 6
Selligence had been received Tuesday :
afternoon, bat it was thon looked upon as ! t
Almost ts2 good to be tue. The-eupon, per- t
Tie their claiIas and to consider how they would
Hse teear money Then reports began coming | a
sn nun other companies. Some declared their S
% ntsntipa Of payiag, and some kept their word, b
aAa best they could. On TIE heels Of these re- z
ports cane horde Of adjuste-H, who took thincs
easily after the tashion Of their tribe, and WHO il
eeoa1ae me theme Or many unfavorable cou- il
q tp1a tssae ELL be found coraplese review of
kna 1nseusnee 7nSerest as regards the ire. Is
noas or LIFT. b
The loss Of property can be accurately esti- CT
ite CANNOT be ralusd and can never Be restored =:
fhl1e the number Of PERSONS who died hiss never st
2ean accatRsely determined, but certainly e1- II
'eeds that Of the bodies found it is only won h
kHt At SFrnTtn &,4+v In
innlng It the hour it did surprised thousands. al
saaHJ q WHOM were strangers, ignorant Of the 70
~, Who were sleeping in upper stories Of ho- th
als 1nd IN secluded Eoon,s Is business blocks. 70
T feA upon men r1sddenea with Equor and do
hndsd to eanss ed tho peril rhey were m Bs
u1aaK. Il bErsE upon tho inmates Of infa1a- Of
ash1e wooden senemeuts which burst into blaze vi
efo1e the flames lad 1eached then, and While IT
ae ir:nstes we're still questioning Whist tLey tt
soe1d tg to saTe. lnii1m men, helpless woner at
I'd uncaTed-fr children suddenly found them pc
elyes n st1eets th1orsed with fellow-sunezers tic
nd With tesms. Tho fanes wsre almost around vo
ae1n aad the very articles they carried in their
lnds uere Sometimes blazing. They mere to
:anptsd u1der foot By the hoofs OF horses, gel
ID when they Ie=ched the crowded and narrow col
reGee over which fsJ tho road to safetJ, they .
ID 70 fEht IN o1dor 70 avoid being thrust oyer sio
le1n into the waves below ehf
10 txE ee Is known, but two PERSONS died in tho sti
nn cid man Who lived On Harrison street near and
:iferson, md she grl. Jackson strest near one
linton On the South Side it is mora difficult 500
: state tho e1act Truth. Il is possible she
r sfslsions u ts hes: vss ID
IT. c-unhed ont of al recognition by inf.ilinu cor
lh, the fral relics Of mortslity wern removed for
noticed when the debris IVES hu--iedly carted the
az, during the winter eeaHoa- After the fire va,
ere Wc-a reports IN circulation thzt Biz man | TIE
gone down With one building, 2n6 four undor the
other; that one wc:oan had rushed nsd1y into of I
6 fire and hei found an end tacro. ana thnt Wa
H4e7 had haA a1 / a..
leTe. Fe- day or tno after the h-e, while the
opls we're Eo widely scattered, it uas nat1,ral auc
assume that ono who could 70: be found had ing
6eeased, sd it is probable t1ss the names aid
, Known of ~ Of cny pro-ni1sace who died. n Il
ran the sau1t Of Tbs IE1Euyz Building ua. dez,
1red out tTe nodt=s were fourd tlic-e. one e1u7
o. En- s:e9*, 4.cIor1u fc- ti.a hc1r'tt5..ct&, Il
the oohtc .s.s: cs 6 lusu nzo roousd IN IT.: IN
gAbu-io5I G.:.s u tiem un.,,:u,: ,orn i: ! .::,
leEsl :!a: tht' - :;:ling fi-4-i..; ari. =.i
oh from .eE.at entrusted =leir .s:a - ii: yer
aeczoa- .E.a.1 J. Uiiua.n, p-3=a.re:.. 10
.atr, rashsd il:to lis c&iso 10 qra.sis AL,
,-in szld c:.s,cucy, III nef5r aean aliv. ;-i
in sune Of Liza Eio:su boli3,a, lorerss. *
he made Ais Eav out of tie building, a.,,. lie
killed aud roaeed willie Or, the stress. apoz
1uel 5haworoAs, merchant tailor, who Giu ate,
e1sss oo HSaAnBscn street, F!rle running sc ! orte
shop, through tho 11<J bJ Fisld L Lc:te-s ,crn,
r. VIA c1nahtd Ar too failing uslis OF tia " Il
Edlng- Joon AcOes1tt, "e1l-1EcUn bllliar3 .sas
Tur: utls was Roaming aro1cd neac the Pos iu.s:
c., stnlsne1 u:sh Eqnor, undoubtel. ;uilA
near thdFe, 7GouSn 81 attempt WAS af.er- u I'll
de maze ~ hew:Eaper TO cslng linn to lift he y
be remote Hent- 4. +. Dewey, 81 INSURANCE Done
nt pesishsd IN attempt 20 e.capc from TN. serve
rsn hso1J OF Speeas l.oc1- druaseu na=E watc1
10 trying 70 sun south from tie la>e bal, into
1naS On Alcaa55an aven1e, waA slEo killed. :ou1E
othcr hoasf TeSe also recognised O. IL: ;rcat
u Sde, tEo OF them Of burglars wl.o vc.. .;oor
ls to r2de Socsh W:ier aisaes s.are- fl.ilt
Ts- u s:.e North Division tas: tho fa,e! l;.e {:
wcSe enc s2ss nuaesoua aa1 ehcc2;.- ! 'Eert
,ere. especially Il =. q:actar ndjo:ning l. .,i
ana north q t1icAso aFe2Ec, "kic1 Wa 10 e:
slJ covered witt Tie ceEtaeos cf Tie :1coT III ID .
es along a:,fsar 1shc could wa.k az ..,ula
Fn5 Wpses, we:s constantly lcap:us to nc, or
IL, Roth due Forward aad laLe:.i:y, aaG | :as
3gRsa1S itself 1ast-- than ITS Victims COG: Bat
LILY aeo before il, sven if they haa not & .1red
'ted TO 1avg any OF their goods Ee:YN3 3 pt
lsend and WeHson str@a.e, and within 1F4- .nent.
g Of Chicago ayanue on an area Of 10. last Il
than forty acTes, there we're found the :aot In
u nf fort5-fFe poor. creatures. Ms Inyese, teupt