, 1874-07-17
THE FIRE..


tt'onttnucd from the Second ragc.1
district, trayorsod by tho fumes wna peculiarly
swopt BY thO ifo. Tho bnuga along Tint street
a5sted ct tho lowest aaoona, pawn.ahops, all Junk
,shops s upper stories Of ho wretcled buildings be.
1g occupied W gambling lo!ea Of tho worst poBsiole
enaraetar, and hy wretchcd lot Of prostitutes and
oasr aocal outiawH Il IL scarcely exravagant 70 aay
yed IL thta quarter ot the city. Tho writer bus seen
l. LIEN many tl1nea starting out In ganga In the ANAL
e IT. ssEsy E yyoa s'y 1s ea 9i5 s5
an Il %ns %s.t y Ill.,, bud her osr
o Tss Il q sse
plucoa Tho rotten lind erDoses. packed f Of tho vest
ia few blocks Of he palat.l hotop ana stores was
aoplorable circumstance 1t Ia far to presume that
the tostrae!on Of tless houses ot tcvo
tetinly enhanco the vnl!so Of property III thu city.
Then tue widening end improvement of atato street,
W now 10 pssGticabo und thcro IL rcason IL belicvo
:ha II wiu be lined from tho river TO rwefth atrse
the as csa a w!e are how
found on TINT rt Of the street north Of Harrison. It
Is to DO hoped that te work Of rebuilding will hot bo
pcnso, mistakes that followed tho former ro to tho
proaet Of that city; butt ia not doubt
wl1 le Of vastly better ctaractor and will bo oecu-
piod for better purposes.
Our .pstsScs i II ia5s nSt !t s fssr s.ory-ono
cur own ei,y hut tlronahoat tic land: rhs ss anas @
ilamfng torch in hand, ready to bring death md
tlcaruston at mon'rnss. warnlng. Water soems
us to haye NJ, No power oyer TIE fire 1t such times
goWder Will not stay tic onward march OF
~ tho foSvent hes nothing IA sufficient l its courao
9rn times risen IN glory from, the dust aud aHhes
III mud rcgained her former degree Of prosperity and
1s 1an sns y ssisd to hs
deneoa and lingo blocks Of buainess ho,lses which
shattered thousands Of poor souls those lons-o-bo-
present attack Of Tho ene.ny, and tho nhatsnts Who
now dwell tn security eau haye chAuco rupay tho
Tho presont conangration IL not to DO compared With
tho btJ 1re, other in extent pecuniary oss but
,n, great ealy al for Chicago H. s present
cat IN that city, knowing, DO ita wonderful yttal
power and energy.
From tAa liiteauies Iylscen,in.
:, Naturally tho nows creaed the Nvelieat e1cteuont
Newspaper mud telegraph offices, hoo! obbcu street
word was to bG heard t,rongod by eager crowds
Snsios to hsss as yory laat nuws regsrdng the
hre aud whom It waa known that the fumes were pur-
suing tho old truck the impression that Chicago wa
Expressions Of sympathy for the suffering were
heard On every hand. aHd tho good feeling was not
counned 20 Mbt1 expression.
tThe tscousin horc narsatos tho fac.s relative to
Tho sendsng OF Irs-engincs from that city aud tleu
proceeds: Il
As tho hour grew later tho excitement increased for
the newa kept constantly enmiug over tho wrcB that
tho hr8 waB still unchecked ind rapidly sweeping
oiicos, and remRiued until about O'clock when the
cheering Intelligence arrived TINT the Gro was uuler
control and no more damtge could be dono, Then
the groups began to sporse and seek their separato
homes. Expressions Of thAnkfuness heard on
every hand-the result bong fur e4B terrible than had
been feared, bad though 1t was.
1nternngled with tho expressions Of gratitude how
evor we're sun1ry other ramarlH, whuh cau hardly bo
classcd as thAnkfu. An amusing incidopt ia related
When the came that tho i,re had iceu coutroed
haryest during he evening" pissed tho N0w6nll House.
loudly expressing their contempt for tho people who
would stop such fne chanco for busncss, " Bast
them roosters," said ono to tho other, :" they've
Them ireen arc dead sot agn1ust business /" and
the youthful noney,nakers passed of Into tho lasI
ness, ot'1sing such Interference.
It Il bad. but 1t might iuvo been 30 much worso
that the country ought be thankful for 1t seens to
be conceded that Chicago, like faYorito uant ID en-
titled to 40 much assistance that II anything happens
to l1or every QUO must hGp. q. . j..
Chicago makos everything q succeas. Even wliIe
th!s fro was raging With it's herceRt intensity, IN
operator aont word that it was good thing. He eo-
"Tho whole Of Chicago has not only had another
big confaBrhtlon. but great publication ns well! aid
wi n he e1id 10 much better for 1t by securing III
the !atrct burnt wider streos and Rubsantla ctass
Of buildings compared with tAoae lost
Iheso words wore noticeable because at tho time they
wero toeXraphed there was strong possibility That
t4a contagration would Bweer through the ruarpih.
cent buildings Of tho rebuilt district