The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-07-15

property destroyed. up to half past (fOr
it takes but moderate sized fire nowadays
to set the Chicago people to clearing ont
their goods and chattels) about every store
along Wabash Avenue and State street.
as far north as Monroe street, was removing
its goods, or the most valuable part thereof,
to place of safety, and the dwelling houses
in the apparent line of the fire We're not slow
in following the instinct Of self-preservation
b removing everything portable, and the
destruction entailed by this speedy and hur-
RED exodus will never figure among the loss
sustained by the insurance companies.
1t is very probable, should be fire be stayed
where it is at 81 o'clock, considering the ares.
burnt over, the losses to insurance companies
are very light, although hundreds and hun
dreds of families lost their all and have been
rendered houseless and homeless. As the
good suffer with the bad on many occasions,
so in this Instance the bad have suffered with
the good, and probably that section of the
city would not have been purified Of its scum
SO etfectually and thoroughly in the next fifty
years to come as it has this evening in the
space Of three hours.
:; On the whole, Chicago has not only had
another big confagration, but great purifi-
cation as well, and will in the end be much
the better for it, by securing in the District
burnt wider streets and substantial buildings
compared with those lost
1890 P. M.-The fight with the fire is now
on State street and Wabash Avenue, between
Van Buren, and Harrison streets. The flames
seem to be slowly giving way to the persistent
efforts OF the fremen, and it is hoped can be
stayed before long.
St. James Hotel is the last building that
has commenced to burn, but as the fire de-
partment can concentrate their efforts on that
particular locality indicated above, the fire
will be more checked.
THIRD DIsPATCH-THE FIRE STILL ADVANCING.
Contrary to the horeful expectations ex-
pressed at half past o'clock, the fire from
that time has gained upon the fire depart
ment, and in spite of all the efforts by our
whole fire department, the fire at half past
~ o'clock had progressed northward and
taken in the blocks on the east side of
State street, which We're wooden buildings
and on Wabash Avenue, from Harrison
Avenue, one block and a halt, taking in both
sides of the street and working over along on
Michigan Avenue towards the northwardly
Exposition Building
The fire is ut present between Van Buren,
and jackson, in its northern limit, and burn
ing with great fierceness At present the fire
is apparently beyond the control of the fire
department, and engines are IN the way from
Milwaukee, Aurora, Joliet,
Elgin, Racine, Dixon and Amboy, to
assist, and if the wind does not increase
there is great hopes now that the fire may he
crowded in the lake, as intimated at o'clock
in these dispatches. Among the notable
which have been destroyed is the
Gardner House, st. James Hotel, Continental
Hotel and Adelphi Theatre.
The fire is within one or two blocks of the
Palmer House, and the CONSERVATION is very
Al, r Al L Il
is being protected by their men with water
appliances Of their own and every effort will
be made by the proprietors to save the build
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