Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-17

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STATELY BUILDINGS.
IN is course. which offered a haven of
refuge in the winter Of Isl. The fire Is
just Immediately in the rear Of the First
Baptis; Church, and should that structure
90 down the fire viii have a clean sweep to
the northwarl and eastward. and the ex-
position building viii in all likelihood be
prey to the fire. A. that Is Immediately on
the lake shore there viii be nothing for the
fire to feed upon, provided we have the good
fortune not TO have change Of wind.
A DENSE BLACK PAIL OF SMOKE
is hanging over the expected course Of the I
fire. dropping lis advance messengers OF |
cinderS on roofs of buildings Although
private citizens are doing their utmost to
prevent the fire getting hold upon their
homes yet the effort Is As futile as for a child I
to make the attempt The roar Of the adj
vancns flames has the sound Of our old
calamity, and nothing short of it. final
plunge into Lake Michigan Will queneh it.
ATTEMPTS To SAVE PROPERTY.
Our streets within miles Of the conaagra-
IloA are crowded with teams of every de-
>eription, loaded to the utmost capacity
with household goods. although the store
keepers who are - fortunate a. to secure
teams are endeayorine 10 save their goods.
" heneyer vacant space north Of the fire
can be found i. Is at once filed with goods
OF all descriptions. Men. women and chill
dren are DONG all they can to save their
LITTLE al and bringing it to some place Of
safety. :
ruk DAMAGE - PROPERTY AND loss or LIFE. !
The fire from thi, On will burn up as much
IN five minutes as it has previously done in a
fifteen, considering the value Of dollars and p
'ent~. The heat is very great and there is b
Do doubt that in addition 70 pecuniarv
's5es We viii have TO mourn the los of el
many lives. As II l. next to impossible for
ire Of this magnitude and fury TO burn
trough a. closely settled district as thi,
Without calling Tor many human sacrifices. ~
TIE PosrofFICE AND TELEGRAPH.
* the postofice i directly in line with d
he fire It's employees will have all they can m
o to save the mail matter in the building nj
nd consequently there will be no mail \
ION this city this evening. and there can or
Y no possibility be one sent before tO-mor- of
" evening. The principal lines of the W
estern Union Telegraph Company run be
ING east through State street have all been he
irnt, some 40 wires in all. but a. the bl,
nes on Canal street are out of all possible VS.
anger there viii be no interruption of tele- ST.
raphic communication. ne
The EXTENT OF THE FIRE. ar
The fire has burnt over 50 far about half Ial
mile IN length and some four blocks in VIC
-dth' and although the explosion of gun W., w.
wder Is still heard every little while there W. w
but little hope of staying the fire. 4 1!d
e FIREnES HAVE No CONTROL OVER THE dis
FLAMES. bar
CHICAGO. p. m.-The fire broke on. at ten
e corner Of Twelfth and Harrison streets ~
d has now swept to the corner of Harrison the
d Lake streets. The postofhce has been sha
'troyed: The iremen have no control ern
er the flames. The excitement Is intense one
RNING OF TIE BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE
PosToFFIcE. wit
-HIcAGo, 10 =. m.-As foresbadowed in o. do,
previous despatch the fire swept into Tow
over the elegant First Baptist Church far
aDash avenue. and what was this even eIer
costly cbrrch alse 'e u eHe most elegant tant
nonIjerinS, - ou'nces OF our city Is now aar
y evident from the course of the Are w
the strength of the wind about 6 30 n
that the pOstofice building was in ali
liability doomed. Gen. Mcirt%nr :" a.. a., The
llhaSter, made arrangements at on ~ 10 ing
oVe the mails and all needed teams wore Dree
nee pressed INTO the servic G. By eight ing
ock the last loaded wagon left the the |
dlng- At ten minutes past o'cleock
ouiIding caught fire and by half past was
as mass OF flames. way
THE FIRE CHECKED. Mhei
he WIND at eight clock had almost died In ~
y, winch aided the fire department roof
Ity IN becoming masters of the situa- all al
Al the corner where the postofice nortI
situated. Wabash avenue and Harrison A.
i. the very point where the previous secon
was stopped, the iiremen seemed 10 be
rec TO snperhuman efforts to prevent
mere it was thar oil ~. ~ district. This
to bar ~ G,r+bas - were entir,
building on the so,,,heast - -oS ess' the a
nrick clearinghouse, and the nros- were
oil holding this building and saving .ahu
iiofeoS preventing the PROCESS of the 10y
trough 10 michigan avenue, was unite muir
Using at 1870 O'Clock. A very beavv
building adjOined the postoffice on tho In
!. lhere Is no doubt that the spread were
nre north OF Wabash Avenue from the pa
point has been checked AMONG tho and ,
lngs destroyed on the east side of engin,
ASH Avenue was the church bniId;rc Nv of
'riy occupied by the congregation Of long,
IT Laird Collier. It seems somewbet before
lar that the confagration shouId he CINE 4
ed and the very building spared NV tho and I
ous lire should now be one of the last and tn
,cumb. '"'' half ~
WABASH AVENUE The
ween Eldridge court and Har-,so, block,
on the east side of Wabash araru Fourth
dozen handsome buildings were dos throug
l. On the west side of the avenne h. ing on
those limits every building was IeveI. shall S
% the ground, and looking west tho Clark
dead level of ruins was presented az to stay
wildly engraved on the memor;es IS along
habitants in 1871. VI from "
THE Loss.
losses entailed by this fire in the do We
20 - III vi goous and furni- had tn,
Ioss 90 aJoa i3IS as great as the fire in {
. m, for it takes but a moderate bnrst !,
re to induce Chicago people tn lea etc.,,
cir goods and chattels About every f;re an
along Wabash Avenue and Stats ;ts 90 on q,
as tar north as Monroe street IL, ST.
emoving its goods or the most VS. I NJ.
and dw.ii;u J' 70 places Of Of the a
liz. &c ~" houses 10 the ap- laden
"' " '"' Aie "e'e not SLOW In fol- roofs b