Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-07-16
ANOTHER GREAT FIRE IN
CHICAGO.
ACRES OF FINE BUILDINGS
BURNED.
Thousands Of People Homeless. ,
Loss "a, 900, 900 to So, e,ooo,o 900.

Loss 4,OOO, 600 to So, ,OOO, 600. |
CHICAGO, July 14-5. P. MA fire
started about 4 80 p. m, in some small
frame houses near Fourth avenue and
Polk street. It was at first blown
southwark by a stiff breeze, but the
wind soon shifted, and by sunset the
breeze blew gale from the south,
sending the fire toward the central
part of the city.
CHICAGO, July HI 80 P. MAT
half past six o'clock the fire had made
almost clear sweep up to the corner
of Third avenue and Polk street, burn
ing up the homes of thousands ofpeo
pie At the above corner the Fire
Department commenced the process
of blowing up buildings with gunpOw-
der, but the buildings experimental
with were but small wooden affairs,
and would only have the effect of ma
king quicker blaze, and the wind
blowing as it does, very fresh from
about south southwest, the fire is now
on the verge of the fire line of O ur big
fire at Harrison street. The west side
of Wabash avenue is now in full blaze,
taking many a stately building in its
course which offered haven of refuge
in the winter of 1871. The fire is
just Immediately in the rear of the
First Baptist Church, and should the
structure go down, the fire will have
clear sweep to the northward and east
ward, and the Exposition Building
will in all likeliho cd be the final prey
of the fire, and, as that is Immediately
on the lake shore, there will be moth
ing further for fire to feed upon, pro-
Vided we have the good fortune to not
have change of wind.
LATER.
AS predicted in the previous dis
patch, the fire went into and over the
elegant First Baptist Church on Wa
bash avenue, and what was this even
| ing before sundown one of the most
elegant and costly church edifices of
our city, is now but a mouldering
heap of ruins.
AS it was very evident from the
course of the fire and the strength OF
the wind at about half past six O'Clock
that the Postoff1ce building was in all
probability doomed, Gen. Macarthur
our Postmaster, made arrangements al
once to move the mails to q place o.
safety, and all the needed teams were
at once pressed into the service by
him, and by eight o'clock the las
loaded wagon left the building, and thu
place that had been the depository o
the United States mail entering her
was deserted forever; for at ten min
utes of 8 the building first caught, ant
by half past o'clock the building wa
mass of flames.
Contrary to the hopeful expectation
expressed at half past 8 O'Clock, tn
fire from that has gained upon the Fir
Department, and, in spite of all effort
by our whole Fire Department, tn
fire at half past 10 O'Clock had pro
gressed northward, and taken in tn
block on the east side of State street
which were low wooden buildings, ,ant
on Wabash avenue, north from Har
rison, one block and half, taking il
both sides of the street, and working
over along on Michigan avenue towar
the Exposition Building. The fire
at present between Van Buren, an
Jackson in it's northern limit, an
burning with great fierceness.
UNDER CONTROL.
CHICAGO, July 15-1 SO a. NTH
+ fire is now completely under contro
and it seems impossible that there ca
be much further damage done. Thre
men have been killed on Van Bure
street by the falling of wall. Thrt
o Chicago steamers were burned, tt
4 fire driving the men from their pos
a tions. Much hose was destroyed b
}. the fire. A strong patrol of police
o protecting the property in the vicinit
e of the fire, knocking thieves right an
: left
5 STILL I.ATER--BoUNDARIEs OF FHE DI
Z TRICT.
y CHICAGO, July 15-2 80 a. m.-Tl
limits of the fire are as follows: c
the south, Clark street, No. 535, abol
T Twelfth on the north, Clark stree
i about Polk, on Dearborn. The sou
y limit is near Twelfth street, the nor
: limit, Polk, on Wabash avenue; tt
v southern limit is Harmon court; ii
It northern limit, between Jackson al
le Van Buren, on State street; southel
!, = limit, Harmon court; northern lin
o nearly to jackson. Third and Four
,s avenues are burned nearly their who
e. length. The fire burned number
"a houses on Michigan avenue, but
: not damaged that street to any consi
n erable amount. Some twenty bloc
. are burned.
le THE ESTIMATED LOSS.
\ \ The loss is variously estimated, b
It cannot be given with accuracy.
10 will not be less than $4,000,O00, al
N probably not over six. This is co
70 cred by about two-ffths insurant
to which is divided among numerous &C
Il panies.
y "A boy named James William N
Daniels, who recently escaped fro
y the Commanohes to Sherman, Texa
St st tells strange story of adventure.
= I Two years ago last spring the boy
il, father and mother, with their six so
e, and one daughter, Sarah, start
h