, 1873-09-19

Continental, N, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 700
Hiromens HisI.s Fand ioSo iooo
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T1'al Total -. ..o .ox:r., =;
1,',. ~ xo,,vt,,,.ar.n,, ,,r.s,,,s.,, a.z
1nh aoof,l"As,I.s @ hESEflo'Ah SOCIETY,
who aro entitled to relief thercfrom 10 the oxtent Of
S. t0o il their oss Bhould amount 10 Tint a,,m Tha
ir ur,yato society Of about o5 m.uters. WHO nav
proportion Q, 'ho i'saos IN eaao any member saaeFs
from aro. A1ossrs. I1ntzelbcrger, Daunan, Williams,
eaen ~
". s,,,1 ho y. a., s,nn st t,a,,,',, ~. s
as eonk 20 ontnca a, ho 'mo, aud inel''de sho IN
a1lranco on al! tho buildings dna8ed though In Hofo
cascs the loss amounts to only small proportion OF
lie insurance. Al In tho caso Of tho yiaduot uouao
which IL not Aansasod more shan s3oo, but whieh 1a
covered by $3,a0o Of insurance. III most instances,
Wv ~ r,,r ~ ToT., Ioas
....,. sa,..,.. 1v.n. A'Vss ,ax,,n,,
on , pus s'och ,n,ns'ta aoa uua nuhenou euoas
GENERALLY injured tim va, known ut frat.
~as r"n'oreu sesteeuay that l'ssle g1fi mad oeen
burned to death IN tho basement Of petehy'a saloon,
but On investigation, no foundation could DO tacoy-
orod for auri, n renor+
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..,,.,.a TUE .a sotlss hoas' -,-,,
II ID nnuoratona thht the noard OF unherWEae1a WaA
mako effort to Induce the Common Council to nyss-
teats Tho action Of ts Police Board III tho purchase Of
10. rsho Ir.nrorco ,r. .1,t,, th,t csrt,tn 1,,..
manufacturing arm In Now York offered to let ohica-
go havo tts hest oso cheap nH 1t could be purchased
' Tha ! " ,,,oro mt op1
olii: iAa ~, o''n,.sona ,.. ~ a''.s aos 10y
rivo the companys hose trial. Tho Com
1nissiouera, Oh tho other hand, Soy shey have
suss n"en 4s ] o'o.s w. . ~" ~
pars OF tho country ana canhos accommodate AL the
best hev could IN tho p,rchaso Of hose and are rcay
for -, e1 tnvestfa,t,on
''' "A '''''''S'''A JOHN wr.nrau
and a]sted STRAITS, Which .as partially pulled down
during the fire by order Of Marslul BenneE appeared
| bcforo tLy board Of poco yesterday, and very anx-
oualy Inquired tho city would 1ay for tho daAge that
atand tue expense Of 1nnktng the repairs hmso. He
told to SEQ carpenter and put hs claim in writ
tsssen s sna ''Sn the city would give tho matter 10n'' at
who worked with sclf-saerinsiug energy. during tho
clargv Of band Of volunteers and performed good
ssr'se he Stationed 4 bis name wss
give ~" D 'As1s r. esesss s = Allen H.. ,,...
TINT 1t lind nothing whatever to u with the hu
Underneath thu platform Of tho building were NUM-
ber Of barrels Of tat, solne partly anlptied and
others full They probably belonged to tic former
occupants Of thu building. Mr.. Allen saya thst ho
saw tho a,cs 10 called 10 ls men to jump down aud
nut them out but they unable to do 1t. Within
thirty accondb, according to Mr Allen, tho anes had
euyeopeu of the barres Of tar and had rGssed
through tho platform thGre no hay that could
| have caught fro under any circumstances Mr,
Apus opjulon il that tho cindors from tho engines
passing blew under tho platform hnd communicated
| ire to the barrels Of tar.
| COUNTER BrATEMEN1B.
| Mr. Aliens eyes must have deceived him in fixing
tbs origin Of the fire. While there were old tAr
cuska underneath tho building, thoy wero not in a
position to take fire as ho suggests, nor could any
such trtng natter aa locomotive sparks ignite hard