, 1874-07-15

aud on, and presently tho coyotod point VIVA
given up to tho common ruin, while tho nromon
betook themselves 10 position still In trout Of
tho rea FOO +. .>:; j;
h GREAT FIGHT
occurred 1t Hnrrison street, whcre the flames
encountered for the frat time continuous brick
wall. South Of Harrison streot, nloug Wabash !,
avenue and stato street, tho wooden buildings
wore Ia q majority, and there Becmod to DO no
ground On which to stand ard mako dotorn,nod
fight. But at Harrison strcot the case was difror-
ont, and thero was something 10 work for. At
this tifno tho tre WAS conAncd bo-
tweon Wabash avenue and State street It
abandoned the west side OF State stsoot md
had not thon oYoasod Wabash asonus to ths
east.
soz.yp FRONT OF Dn.cR
faced tho ha.nes to tho northwayd 1T Harrison ,
straot. On one cornor stood tho pout- -Oillco,
formerly tho Wabash Avenue Methodist Church, =,
tho southern circuit Of TINT polnt of tha grcas
IRE Of 1871; on tho State atrcot augle was a
large. hrobrics building, 60x180 foo. i've storios
high, occupied BY L. q. Chase + Co., 2. O'Neill,
and others. The only broak to tl1a wall Of brick
was the alley In tho rear Of tile Post-ofIco. Here
waB chance, tho rht thAt had offered, to atay the
northward mnrch Of the eoni1agaration. TLo Fire
Marshal saw this and mndo tho MOST Of 1t. Ho :
masaad his forcea on Harrison atreet, aud all
that human power was oapablo Of was done to
check the are thero But the Ftro Marshal could
not wipa out tho ugly fact that tho south Ina OF
Harrison Was wholly mado up OF wootlon build
iugs. The roadway VIVA crowded with engines,
dozen steamers wore >;
PLAYING ON THE TINpEn-noyEs
in tho vain hope Of aubduins the intonuity OF
the heat 10 that tho brick buildings oppoel.s
might bo saved. All this proved to bo H.
bor loBt. The heat waB not subduod
in any noticeable degree. but aoon Boz
camo so awful TINT the iirenon wcre driven
away md compelled to abandon what h.d seomed
to bo good strategic point Of defonae- First
ono Of tho en1rots on The top Of tho PoAt.On1cs
oaught fire and burnod itaof out. down to tho
stone work. minute OF two later, tho 6tnto
streot brick building bad sucoumbod at tho car
nice, and II waa burned with gront rapidlty. Tho
post-otllce was not long In following. and thus
tho struggle At Harrison street wont for nothing.
Iron shutters On tho Chaae building would t,ava
been OF great value In saving tho eaak limo Of
State street from further obstruction.
At half-past O'Clock tho Post- -Onioe w.s on
veloped In flames. An unocoupied building
stood next door to tho north. and this wont very
quickly. Il vacant lot Of about 60 feot separated
Lul8 DuHA4uh 1GlA kuO btVIC VI olbEat G1GtlECE
Il Co., but the heat wns 30 groat that tho hinnk
wall Of tho latter building eeamed to heat through
md Aot fire to the interior.
ANOTHER GREAT porsT
WAS lost at tho corner of WabaDh kYenue aud
Congroas street, by the neglect Of tho Fire Do.
partmenk to uao their a1eB nnd hoo1;B IN pulling
down tho ono-story wooden sholl occupied by
Pennoyar, Shaw i Co. as q carriage repository.
a vacant lot of TO feot frontage
| aepnratoa the wooden shell from tho
burning building Of Bisgs Spencer
| l. Co., md there WAS ample time to make kindl~
| lug-wood Of tho former, and roiluco It's COM
bussibie quahtiea by ievoling It to tho ground.
| But there seemed to be no ono to diroct tho
| opo1atlon. aud the fannoa in timo lnpppd up Thu
dry boar,1a and shingles, looming to destruction
| tie Adclphi Theatre, which stood acraaa Con-
| gress atreot. The Ade'ph1 roof caught Dre and
burned slowly. but no stream was high enough
to roach 1t, and It took its time to burn. ~
about 20 minutes past . o'clock
THE ApELrH1 WAS HopIEssLY IN rz.AMEs,
md thua Fyank Aikens unlucky venture, And
Leonard Grovors happy bit, was wiped ont Of
| o4iBtence.
A fortunate thing for the property on State
street waA tic fact that . frontage Of about $50
foot On the northeast corner Of Van Dusen stsoes
! waa wholly unocouped. Tho burning Of tho 81.
James Hotel, largo brick building Oh the oppo-
site corner, must In, inevitably communicated
with any building VII .ood On the east aide
| of The atreot AH 1t wns, this nnnresa building
waa that Of G. @. Holton i; Co., furniture deal
ers, which was 80 far AWAY that 1t was eaved, md
the ravagea Of tho fire on tho east limo Of State
| streot were checked at this point.
/ A CIRCUIT OF TEE FIRE.
! An hour before nIghtfall circuit Of tho ar&
! could not bo made without difficulty and peril.
! Every thoroughfaro wau crowded with man,
women, and chiidron, and unmanagoablo horscs.
h low policemen tried to cloar pasasge-ways, but
constantly came in contact with tho retraatins
bnrnt-ous throngs and .housands Of eager night
! Ecors from other diviBions OF tho pity. 70 donKs
,yaa tic thYouv On Clark Atrnpt tuat RQuth Of the