The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-21
THE FIRE CITY.
ITS LATEsI DISASTER
THE TERRIBLE TALE.

themselves that they have escaped the
of the most important business
portion again, which appeared at one time
imminent This time the fire originated in
a low frame building used for storing rags,
and adjoined an oil factory that stood
be .ween Fourth and Clark streets, on Taylor
street. The great fire OF 1871 originated in a
stable. In both cases the fire commenced in
The center of a neighborhood occupied by
wooden buildings. There was also stiff
southwest breeze. so that by the time the
flames had consumed the small dwellings.
stables, carpenter shops, and buildings filled
with oil, paper, rags, and reached State
street, where there were substantial business
houses, they were like the heat OF a
furnace, and all consuming in their
power, thus the conditions for great con-
fiagratiOn were not wanting. Fortunately
after burning up near twenty blocks, and
the First Baptist church and two
other churches. the postoffice on Michigan
avenue and ST. James hotel, the Inter
Oceanic and other elegant blocks erected
after the fire of II, and a number of fine
residences, the flames were stayed at the
very doors of the heaviest business blocks
and three or four of the best hotels. The
Tribune saws editorially: every cool-headed
observer of the fire must have felt that we
have paid light penalty for allowing our
business center to besurrounded
with wood roOkenes, We have come of
CHEAP. The great gilded martyr, around
which the fagots have been so profuseIy
piled has not vet been burned to Death.
Perhaps this small calamity will show us
how to save it. Perhaps not There are now
some sixty acres of burned territory between
the faggots and victim. This gap may be
the means of saving what is lett: If so, let
US thank God.
THE PREDEsTINED FATE
of every wooden building in large city is
to be burned some time. We have now Of
fered up sixty acres of our com5ustibles as a
sacrifice to the genius of free institutions,
meaning thereby the freedom of every man
to keep a Undertook and an oil factory
where it suits him best. Would that we
could say this is the last of such mad folly.
1t is not. Chicago still has thousands upon
thousands of wooden shanties to feed future
fires, aud go down they will, all in good
time" The Times and Inter-Ocean also
speak i'm strong terms of the folly of allow
ing wooden buildings within the limits. The
following are the exact limits of
the fiIe as received this morning:
The fire burned small portion of Clark
street, near Twelfth, where it originated:
tween Peck Court and Twelfth street, and
burned them far Harrison street.
State street was burned from Harmon
court to Van Buren, street; Wabash avenue,
from No. 452 near corner of Peck court, to
267 near corner OF Van Buren, street.
Michigan avenue was burned from Harrison
street To Van Buren, street. short distance.
The business buildings burned out on the
east side of State street number SO on the
west side; 96 on the east side of Wabash
avenue; 26 on the west side: "a on Michigan
avenue; II on East Clark street; IA on the
north side of Van Buren, street; six on the
south side; four on the north side of Harri-
son; II on the south side; is on the south
side OF Twelfth street and 70 on the north
side. The most prominent among the
BUSINESS LOSERS
are st. James Hotel, William Bademann,
druggist, Empire Sewing Machine Company,
E. Remington, guns and pistols manufac-
tory; p. L. Smith & Co., carriage msnufac-
turers; Rupsmussen Br Tiers, boots and
shoes; G. G. Charles. Ian. ps and refiectors;
H. StadO, carriages; A. w. Wheeler, hard
ware; CT. NJ. Cheney, sales stables; Sch warer
q huber, stoves, etc; b. r. Gevanden &
Trested, rings, ETC.; p, NJ Plat, clothing; p.
II. MAYER, L. c. Chase Il Co., saddles and
harness; A. Schreferstein 81 Bro, furniture;
NJ. w. & f Lester, furnaces, ranges, etc.:
Mackean & Co.. stoves and ranges; II. Il NJ.
Nurburgen, furniture; Van Bromber &
Flood, hardware and stoves; Seeing & Beck
billiards; Peters, Muench q Co., black
smiths; Marble & Bro. dry goods; Berg
House; Horace Buckminster, restaurant;
| b NJ. Anime, artists ma erials
B. NJ. Murphy, cigars. etc.; Gree
man & SGrick and, poultry and game; John
VI. LOwrey Il Co., meat; Joel BigelDw, Pc
kin Tea Company; w. L. Call. blacksmith
Henry Deitz. boots and shoses; f.. ID. Mos
| ley, grocery; Sinclair Bros, hardware and
stoves, Mrs. K. Berg, millinery; f. J. NAL
comb Il Co, stoves and tinwsre; Webster d
Luckhardt, druggists; p. e Bplter, grocer
G. A. Dummich, tailor; G. f. Lphmann,
photographer; III. C.. Kleinsschmidt,
watches, ETC. West Side: J. wingrave, jr.,
Il Co., gas fixtures; Adelphi Theafer; Pen
noten, Shaw Il Co.. carriage manufacturers;
| Wm. E. Spencer IL Co, cutlery; Cowper-
thwait Il Co, publishers: Woolworth, Aims
worth & Co., publishers; ). G. Griggs Il Co,
publishers; post office; Carney, Haskell Il
Kearney, painters; Miss A. F. Ryan, um-
brellas, etc; It. NJ. Fossett, photo
grapher; Our Fireside Friend; North
western Lumberman; New Covenant
Chicago Terra Gotta Company; Davis
Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
! Mrs. Sloughton, millinery; PermOier, Shaw
q Co., carriage manufacturers; Pat O'Neil
liquors; Chicago Fine Art institute; Enoct
| Root, artist; Schureman, III. MOntelco, j
/ L. Schureman, s B. Vowel, Leonard W
Volk, William III. Decsrn and s. Hand
proprietors; Leonard w Volk, sculpture
etc. James Morris Arnold, artist; Dan. t
| BigelOw. artist; A t. Brook. artist; Llu
rites Halst, artist: Arthur Pickering, artist
J. r. Robertson, figure and portrait artist
fine arts Institute Academy; Thoma;
i Bawn, drugs; r. A. Anthony, livery sta
BILE; A. j. Hopkins, veterinary surgeon
Burley 81 Tyrell china and glassware
| Boomer 81 jerks, furnaces, Slate and Ga!
| vanized Iron CJrnice Company's works
Louis Jaeger & Bro, wines anC
liquors. Northwest corner: Bang
Bros. hardware and stoves; SEIZURE
man Il Hond, Mantel Company
T. w. Smith & Co., msutles anC
State street savings bank, northwest corner
Weber Il Luckhast, druggists; Charles