, 1874-12-18
SMOKE AND ASHES.
Loss BY The Madison Street Fire
Yesterday Morning $4,000.
List Of the Losers and the Amount
Of Their Insurance.
Fires Elsewhere.

IN CHICAGO.
| MADISON STllN1IT.
Tho large framo block At tho noutllonst cornor
OF Madison and Throop atrcots. was totally de-
stroyod by tlro yesterday morning. Tho nlarm
was glyon at 2:50 O'Clock. from Boz BIG, and Just
M tho ilronlon wero closing their ball. Tho ilro
had bcon burning III tho interior Of tho atructuro
evidently for about twenty minutes boforo Officer
Duffy, who gavo tho aarm, discovered 1t. Tho
building WAS Two storios In height In tho contrnl
| portion, and tho onhtorn md woatnrn ends were
. story lghor. Tho block included NoH.
d2B to a3S. Tho fire originated in Nc.
a ' Who Tas as' as 40 S's oeoe2 aud saw tho
| stairway on fro, from knot-Aojo III Ills npart-
monts over atoro No. 428. ILo immediately
aroused tho inn'ntea and they llad barely time
9ssa 9 s y sroe se5 e s xSs RS"v o sS1Ss son to
responded promptly, and. notwithstanding tho
building was wrapped in flames. and b!ll lair to
onveop tho ndjoinng large franc building on
eH0" ba sassd. strsst and Il tho fraG onass 10 To
tho block whore 1t originated Thoy Ind
scarcely reached tho spot whom tho western end
Of tho building wa6 blown down with great
GfsS ne n become On coea snnosqq IN Il. e .te he: AIR. st
Dicke, MI occupant Of tho third floor of No. 439,
| WAS coming down tho lower stairway when tho
crash occurred, and was thrown Violently domn
to tho sidewalk and 6overo1y injured. II was ro-
ported that woman and Child wero burned. but
| thu report wRs faise. Afr. Dickie was tho only
| perHon hurt though 1t wns foared when tho OK
plueion occurred that others werc In tho ruins.
Nearly all tho occupants loBt tholr personal Of
| feetB. nnd but little waa HaYcd from the
Btofes. Tho iro WAS roilcctcd luridly against
tho ciondy hoaven,e, and attractod hundreds of
| people to wituess it..
$. .. Mccormick, Of No. 40 West Monroe
atroet, WINS tho owner Of tho burned building.
lilo slated q girl Baid TINT o woman in No. 430
aroao just 1,ravioub to tho fro, aud soon aitor-
ward discovered tho clothes in coaot in ftalnoH,
| aud ran out, after vain endeavor to quench
| tho tre.
Tho entire loss will roach $4,000, mud is only
| partially covered BY insurance.
Mr. Mccormick valued tho building at $40. 600,
and has an insurance Of S7,eDo, rs follows:
cago $4,000; aud Globe. Of Chicago. $4,000.
Dr. ". p, ~ To occupied part OF No. 43B rs q
drug and J. T. Ianforty tho otter half nH
a iowelry Rtore. Tho former also used tho acc-
ond floor az dwelling. His loss ia $4,000, ill.,
Of $4,000. Mr. LaulcrtYs loaa ia $780, aud In.
surauco $500 In the ponnsy!vania Company.
Mr.. Dicke occupied the third floor, and lost all
his household property. valued at aoyoral hull
Tho first floor OF No. 43o WAS unoccuplcN. Z.
i. Drownloy occupied tho second lloor as adwell-
Ing. and loHt all Lis efrocts Ho was not in
| Hurctf.
George Crane, cigar and toy dealor, occupied
| No. 434. His loss IL $500; uninsured.
Max Kanter uao1 tho etoro No. 430 as q drosa-
| making establishment, aud Mrs. Harvey occu-
| liod tho second floor as dwelling. Both par
tics lost everything, aud lavo no insurance.
William Howofl occupied No. 428 rs furni-
turo atore Ills loss is 81 900. and lo has no in
hl1rancc. George Palmer occupied tho Hcconl
tiuor md DR.. Quirk tho third: thoy lost al their
third timo the last-nanel gentleman Inns been a
! sufferer by iiro. Ho waB burned out in tho Groat
iircs Of II and "a.
Tho occupants Of adjoining buildings were pro-
pared to romoyo their effects, aud dld III aoulo
| instances
It waB rumorod tint the sufferers By this fire
woro going to prosecute tho city because Of tho
| alleged taldnosa Of tho fire,non in roaching tho
but IL could bD traced to no roliabo source. Iha
alurln waB not turned il, until exactly 2:55
o'clock, when Box SIG was struck, a,d
tl.o tircmen answered quickly. The man who
were at the ball wero not Oh duty at the time,
lhoho only attending WHO wero excused for tho
| night, and there iu only Qua allowed to leave
ench company ut time.
STILL ALARMS.
4 still alarm Of fire WIS turned In at s:58 last
night, 3fr. Liptnau'a jcwolry store, l7G South
| Clark street, calling flro-alarm through tho
| American District Telegraph Company. Capt.
pa!wink!e, as usual, responded promptly. No
| damage.
I ~ Aut CAEolCoelj lnlGH uEAAEu Auh10u hbAlubk
| broom III llpnan'H pawn Btoro, OIL tho north~
wcst corner Of Clark and Monroe streotH, about
| o'clock lust evening, aud caused a small blazo
which resulted in fetching tho Fro Patrol Appa-
| ratuA to the place oil still alarm.
WALLACE STREET.
| 4 one-story frame building ut tho corner Of
| Wallace and SfcGregor streot, owned and occr-
| pied by T. L ]. Turner aa whip~cord factory,
| WIS burned at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. Tho
| coutentB Df the building wero saved. The lusH
| amounted to about 81 1000. Tho tire originated
| in tho furnRco~room.
I1rTLH DLAZES.
little daugher Of John IssIly accidentally set
! fire to winuow-curtain in hiH dwelling, nt No.
100 Maxwell atrcet. last oyo11ing at 1880 o'clock,
| and caused Ill alarm from Box 36l. No damage
| resulted.
ELSEWHERE.
RIVERSIDE.
Tho large brewery Of Haas l. Powell, at River
side, WAS destroyed by fire botweon 8 aud 1
O'Clock yesterday morning. Tho structure
was built Of stone and brick, and was 20
| by 76 feet IN dinousiona. Thoro woro aev-
oral franc shcda connected with 1t. Tloro WAS
no flro-appnratus to MD in staying tho damos,
| niil the property was totally burned in short
timo. Tho brewery has mt boen in operation
for tho pRst six weeks. There was largo guam
| tity OF bccr OIL hand NJ Tho tmo Of the fire, Tho
total loss Ttl reach !350, ,0OU. Mcgsta. Haas j.
powell reouivod tho nowH Ut thoir loaa Yesterday
morning, end immediately. left for 1iiyersdo: