Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-19
GREAT FIRE IN CHIC AGO.
$4,000.

VI nre Wulcn occurred on w eC.
nesday at Chicago and which des-
troyed more than half a million of
property the telegraph says:
Chicago, September II. The total
loss by fire this afternoon is esti-
mated at from $3.50, 600, to $780, 900.
The total number of buildings de-
stroyed is placed at G4, only one of
which was of brick, the rest being
wooden tenements from one to three
stories high, occupied mainly as re-
sidences and stores, or shops and re-
sidences combined. The fire origi-
mated, as stated in former dispatch,
in large wooden shed used by the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and
Northwestern Railroads for the stor-
age of hay, situated at the corner of
Newberry avenue and the railroad
track, between Fifteenth and Six
tenth streets. One end of this shed
was open, and the fire caught from a
spark which flew into it from a pas
sing locomotive, and almost before
an alarm could be sounded the entire
shed with its inflammable contents
contents vas a mass of flames, and
there being at the time stiff breeze
from the southwest the first engines
had scarcely arrived on the ground
before the fire had spread to row of
wooden houses on the north and
from them to the buildings on the
east side of Halsted street. Ascend
alarm was now struck, and soon after
a third, which called to the scene the
entire Fire Department, which was
soon at work with a courage and en-
ergy that challenged the admiration
of every one. Meanwhile the streets
in the line of the fire were literally
swarming with people, burdened
with every variety of household
goods, rushing to places Of safety.
The vacant lots west of Halsted street
were soon covered with the furniture,
bedding, clothing, etc. which the
fleeing Inhabitants of the doomed
dwellings had managed to save. In
tense excitement prevailed in the
neighborhood and many people iv-
ing several blocks from the fire began
to move their portable property.
The dry goodsfrms of Field, Letter
& Co. and Farwell & Co., SO soon as
they heard of the extent of the fire,
sent all their trucks and teams to
the spot and placed them at the dis
posal of those whose homes were
threatened, and they were all soon
employed in removing those whose
fears impelled them to seek safety
in flight. The omnibuses belonging
to Ragor L. Co.'S lines were also sent
to the relief of those who desired to
leave the dangerous neighborhood.
The number of families rendered
homeless is greatly disproportioned
to the number of houses burned, as
every tenement was crowded to its |
utmost capacity, and many of them
five or six families, and |
a good many were fortunate |
enough to save portion Of their
goods, a much more num-
erous portion lost their all, and will
be compelled to seek at least tempo
rsry aid to enable them to live
through the winter. Owing to the
work of the Fire Depart
ment, however, the removal of many
proved unnecessary. Their more
fortunate neighbors opened their
doors to the homeless women and
children and no one will be permit
ted to suffer. At Mitchell street the
flames we're stopped in their progress
while the spread of the
fire in a westerly direction was stayed
on the west side of Halsted street.
The east line had not time to cross
avenue, and the track of
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad formed its southern boun-