, 1874-07-15
any stroam on tho ground, burned comr1otoly
away, aud Let Tho fire into tho n,ain buijdiug.


~ S%AN Aho 4ftN kAo AAAi44
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rnuo,,tn.s,.i MAbA "a! sH -, AVENUE:
m H.. ans''s uol " sAo rlrst baptist Church.
~ sTas o9,nos 5, u hubbard court was tho house
oor ~ ias H." na.. ~ eln'c'pa, o"noe aud mana-
atantnI atono a,sa,, Ins"'o. 1ua Nea nae. eae-
woa bon,a 49, s' .a.1, "o4.u "pe"t V4o,oGo' II
Ohra,, xsc,, au'.o t:'t'e linz sno Hlfas Hapt.at
ns barrior ~ tn t,stt,,a ",,u .nas y "onta sta
tbtH i1irocton A't''A pto61oaa VI t1e 1lRo -
Aoroaa iruh,,o,d oo,x. ~
tlree throo.atorv 'r,n w. ' euo. "ot"
iuohonHoa nvraa H., xvan..a asau 10 ooa.a-
i,oxt 1a,;t,l,nos - a,,a. -, "o ",u "o1s :. sao
ilro In tho Enao nt,,;a 1,a - nn' " ta
Ohurol, of tho nroos,o,, ,;o aa..a,. ot euo va
out luriod lobt onnonnorr ~ rs1 49, ''n. =.
That str,otnre. II wos ooa,,.tas ~ .aso ~
Bhav 4, Co.. oarriaoo I,orora ~ w. ... 1ei'
by Il. hT. Wi1marfl, 4 ~ t,,,o s"Aou
iii rot out of the 1ni1dfno hororo T. ~, a..
Tho church .nuat 1,avo cost or;o,no,,v sao,a e1o
600. II yas 1m,ft far Tia nav rotr, c,,,.o.,u
church In 1861. sinoo tho cro,t IRA +,,o h-,,,t,
Ing bas beon ,,sod hy Mr.. W,1nnorti, rr ~ ~,
months ago, "a donot for tho aa1o ~ ,,o. a.
lures. e"'
Tho bullfno nert NINTH =, ,,,;s .rs ~ H..
northonat corner nj 1Juhh,ri cour4 49,, ut,
avenue. was two-story woodon atr,,ct,,ra owna5
by Mr. Anton. :. ''~>.
Tho Hobrov gynacorne of Kehtro,b A,.t.
Marcy, on tho coruer nf Wahaal, ovorra ~
pooh court, boinr Of woo3, fotl = orIck sao,,toa
to tho flames. It was insured for A. 6oo r],ich
must lhve been nometl,ine nnnr a, va,ra
FIRST nApr1sr ounpnu
1t was thought for some time that tia Ftra,
Baptist Church would bo sayed. It was i. mild
substantial stone structure, with hardly = hit or
wood exposed, tho roof being Of s|ate' and ti,e
towers Of limestone. Il considerable number Of
tho members Of the church gathered IN Tia
building. ami n,ei,o a lhcra, ,,en -, 49,, ~ ~
oucuchInR tho oindors Tint 1ov nbout In ali It,.
rcctions, An1ono them nfesara. a. n 1,ri,ou
Pope. Wafker. aillett. Daniel Batar. + r.. ~
ler. and others. An onctno m, a,ao bropnh,
nronnd. md a atrcnrn NJ ,vater hroroh+ =, -.
upou tlo roof. nut about o'cioct tha vonti1o-
tors In tho ton Of the roof oaucl,t thu hoat h..
caroe 40 oroat 40 tn 1r;vo uwav t,,a eron,o., .nd
tho MAGNIFICENT str,,otnro waa ]oft tn H. dan,
The building. nina veara apo waa nroh,htv t1,a
,nast ohurc,, atr,,c,ro in t1o city Il coot .hott
aim mn and 1roa a1l mid for r,,o ,r.rrsnoo
va, amai1. howeyor. onlv aso. o0o Of shic,, su,n
s1f1 nOD xas IN tin co,,tnontal Comnanv trr;o
tonsa raa buI1l in 1an5.
s;nca tbo preat fra thu soc,otv b,r, fo,,a
tia b,,i;diop i,,convenicntv f,r north ,ho oraat
,nn,or;tv At tha churot rnanbcrn l;yn, ao,;9, -
Twontg-eocoul strcot. Thfs caiaruity viii olnost
oertainly rasu1t in rabuIldino m tho ororrda ~
tha ,,re,ont r,dfonn Avonro no,,t;,e Ch,,~o,,
e,tuatcd on tho coruor NJ Thirlfot,,
.,raot aud indiana aro,no gho
oro,nd md tbe bu,ldtno nor ~,
th.t ste nro to pronorty ~ tba r,rt
Church. Tia catnalronho h. hovoyor = aoyor.
,,1ov to TIN aoctotv 1'he Insurance 10 an anal,
no +o ,o1,o Ma nro,,arty 1,,t i,f,,o no,.or +,on
tot.i fosa
If tho use OF gunpoydcr had commenced ear.
licr and tho little building immediately south of
the church Ind boon blown up. IL liz ensv to pre-
dict that tbia church might haye beon saYod.
But the prediction may not bo worth anything
after all.
THE posr-orF1oE.
Tho fire was uow approaching tho post-Offlco
with fearful strilcs. All the uail natter aud
vaiuablos had been removed, and tho building
etood ready Tor the sacrjHco. Tho engines 1nntlo
STAND on Hxr,ison street. ard pourcd their
volumes Of water On tho frame buildings imme-
ttas?Y onposito the ross- Oilioo but their efforts
rers useless, and tho wooden roof of the build
iar vas in flames. At tho satua time Araudol's
dry goods store 90 Stale STREET. a. tie corner of
Harrison, caught. and with tleEe two sending
forth their biliovs Of fire, oyefr Aops Of stop.
ping tho flames at this point vanished,
rrE FINE nrp,nr,,rrr
aeomed at this time to bo doina l,ttlo sery3ca.
Thoro was an oyitlont lack of organization and
waste Of force that denoted that they wcre On
tirely at q loss what to do. Many buijlinra
caught fire and SLOWLY consumed in thu direct
patti of danger, but there vas no engine To eton
it. The hose hait also burst on 6ta,a stroot and
On Clark street tp many PLACES.
Two snginos at this time were working In the
uee1esa task Of pouring wator upon tic fallen
embers on Clark street. between Polk and Hnr-
risop.
About O'Clock tho Continental Hotel becama
enyoloned In fire. and hot flames were blown
soutlwestorly across to Wabash nyonuo. and
soon burst out Of largo brick atoro atandtng on
the corner OF Wabash and Hubbard court. and
spread to tho Jewish gynaroene m .fn onposite
side, tAen TO tho Tirat Daptist Church,
and acrosB tho avenue to tho old Church of the
Messiah. Many Of the buildings Surrounding
these we're framo etructuies, which aoon sue