, 1874-07-23

her nor tho fragment. Of ohe Naa loft In ita
p'aeo. Esorythng tn burned almost to tlia noi1'
''N ID Of sos sos l. ' asya yss 'e sssna Mfs 'qS o
or ITO damage. lu tho nth ntory Of tho ToiH-
tor building oi, Tho north toro aro Hoino alsgl,t
cracltB IN tl,o wall, through one Of which fnlnt
glimpaa q ltEht may b9 aana. But tho daulReo
il mt sufficient to require my reconstruction Of
tho wall. III this wall also, upon tho second anl
fourth floors, are Iron loorwayB between tho
two buildings. THO doors ara double. with n
vacant space ,of, about feet between: How
vol They stood the lla1nos may be aeon by any
yiaitor. They rovoal eoarculy trace Of tho ruin
that raRol upon thu 0thor Hido.
NIL. rErEh rAQE,
tho owner OF building No. III. wan preaont, and
Watched carefully tbs otfects Of tho llaucs apon
Of work iii MI rebuilt Chicago. An effort was
mado to open thom by some Of tho trenlon IN
oftler to play through tl'o'n Upon The ioted
building, Fortunately toy did not sstcaeod, Rs
destrpction Of t,e other building. Ths, at ioast.
Ia Mr, uolalstpr'B opinion.
THE ALLEGED ExrLoB1nH.
Thoro wes considerable talk during tho early
part Of tho day Of NJ oxl'loaon, supposed to
covered. This is balioyed to DO mistaka duo
to tllo excitement Of tho OCCASION. The proha-
billty Ia, aB tho Mcssra. Giles that this waa
simply tue falling In Of ono floor upon another.
The colltsion wonld naturally ca,lso cloud Of
oasilv, m explosion.
Altogether, It may DO safely considered that
tho caMao Of the prnAont fire in involved In MyH-
tory. Both Mr.. lIollistor, MT. Giloa. md Mar
Hhal DonHor oanfoss tlenlsolYoa staggered when
they attsnlpt to aceount for IT,. Il ilros can
broaA out III buildings 10 wbll watched aid tnken
caro- OF as these wore, 1t seems At 1t all caro- wcfo
fruit!ess, Tho three clorks Of tho 0llos Droa.
slept nightly st tho store, ani heps nishtiy
Tor hiB portion Of tue building. Eyorythlug, ~
before stated. had boon madc perfectly safe on
tho previous night, 30 far as caro- cou!a mako 1t
30. There ls juat
POSSIBLE EXPLANATION,
on tho supposition Of incondlariYn, In which,
however, tic MeBara. Giles p!aco little faith.
Thoy saw ono Of tho front doors wns loft open
for throe or ionr minutes, carly IN the morning,
wllou otlo OF tho three clerks was admitted by
his compantona. An incond1Hry might by 4 ba1o
possibility hayo entered AZ that time, but not
probably.
1lr, i. T. Dore stated tlat he can1o by at late
hour, saw tho door open, and called tho attontion
OF a policeman to It. Tho bookkoepor OF lr.
Giles was at the store from to Q oclock at work
and tho cloris say It B posslblo that IN lotting IL
another clerk they may tlate left tho inner door
open, though thoy think not. Tho outer wire
| door was cloBed Atr. Dote said.
| THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
is beloved to hayo acquitted itself admirably OF,
this OCCASION. When tho alarm was first given,
| there WIS already no possible chance OF RaFinA
tie building, Tho first aud principal object Was,
| of course, to prevent any extension Of tho tire
With this object In view. hoso waa carried up to
tho roofs Of Nos. lit aud 1873, upon each ol
| which tho fire bud made gone loadway. The
| coTnices of each were n!ready on fire, ind hl
| fow moments moro would have heon uooded tol
tho flames to hayo gained dangerous foothold
As it was, however, two streams Of water upon
each roof w0re soon ahlo to oxsingutah tho trt
and put tho two buildings out Of danger. Thol
arc left, however, badly aefaced, and an elegant
public clock upo,, No. 123 was destroyed.
OF course, lii the burning Of such an cntabllsh.
mont as that Of tue Mossra, Giles, large amount
OF moltcd ani damaged jewolry and eiyor
| waro would ank In the ruins. Work1uon wort
engaged n]l day yesterday in searching md dig
giig for tho damaged treaauro.- By nlght Ho!
| listers snfe had been extracted, as also trunk
uelougist, to ono Of tho Giles travelling agonss.
aud Which contained so,o $4,000 worth ot
goods In = damaged condition. The aafoa had
| Ilottoen examined at q late hour. In the Vault
very littlo damage Ind been done, and from tllis
1t was Inferred That tho contents' OF tho Hafe1
might have similarly escaped.
| From the fact Tint tho fire began above, 1t II
| hoped tllut many of tho articles In The basement
were no>so badly injured. and that they wore
wet with watur before tho flames reached them
| The articles loft with tho Glles for repair ma,
| possibly come out of the ordeal unin]uroa. TIL
Inner door Of their vault was ajar, az was atatet
i'll the evening papors, but this door waa no
matle to lock-it simply STINT with q catu atis
may have been left opnn, Or mny hayo spfunl
!! open from the lcat.
Owing TO tho early hour at which tho fro oc
Cured, ii Was Witnessed by ouy few, In
| amends wero ma1o for tNis by tho constatl
crowds who wero staring at tho ruins all da
| Yesterday.