The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-16

peopei61bf 10 ssve The building. The south
esa toundb Of tbs fire are nov from IS
Wabsah avsnue, iMt south Of Z dri!gs Court
Third avenue, belween Peck Curt and
Of Peck Curt and Wabash, il the only
Ioiss where the flames have any hold. The
fire orgiaaiad in . paint manufacauFing
saor, ooVsf Of IL h and Ciark. Some
voskmsa we've Di1inS paint, and explOsi0n
occurred, which ieniled the boiIdins. On
The north, the ire his broken out o the
sefee.. 0iehienn Avenue Hotel Il % 6sp.
Il is probable that the exFOitioa building
aad at gallery can Be saved. o. State
within one block Of the Palmer Hose. On
Wabash avenue i 10 slmost up 10 the corner
Of Jaekson, and the Aztte.Os House b in
danger. One Of the fireman he's fallon
through the roof and has been killed; pO-
licenaa bad Lex broken. AZ Il O'Clock
the wind bsing westerly, The IRE hes kssa
confined to very near Van Buren, strsst On
the north. Glbsr IT and Simpsons furniture
warehouse, on Wabash Avenue running
through S,ais street y On FIRE, bot with .
fair prospect Of suhsldirg, ard the GardDer
Hocss Is ve before mentioned - being barn-
ed, shoula have been the Michigan Avenue
Hotel which is. tiuated on the
conner Of Congress street. The Gardner
Hou,s 10 safe, n, also are some hall dozen
large stores on the east ride Of Wabash av-
enue. The bui ding occupied BY the Sher-
man 4 Hsnc Marble Company 10 intact,
although buildings TO the north and south OF
Is are in 6ames. Van Buren, street seems to
Be about the northerly line Of the FIRE. al
though some buildings we're destroyed north
Of that, there being only the lake 20 the
east Of the hoitst FIRE, with The
l wind rather toward il, making our losses
lighter than they would Otherwise have
bse1. The fire appears nov confined to the
Michigan Avenue Hotel, and when that il
burned down, there will b little elsa but
ruios to mark the courss Of the FIRE.
CHICAGO, July Is, 9 .. m.-The limit To
Of the ire ore as follows: 90 South Clark
street No. SIS about 18th; ON North Clark,
about POlk; on Dearborn south limit near
12lh street; north limit. Polk to Wabash
Avenue; southern limit, Harrison TO Court;
northern limit between Jackson and Van
Buren, and State street southern limit, Har-
Fiaon northern limit to Jackson to Third
and Fourth Avenues are burned,
nearly their Whole length. The fire.
burned . number OF houses on Michigan
avenue, tu. has not damsged that street to
anO great amour. Some twenty blocks are
burned. Three Chicago steamers we're
burned. Three men have been killed on
Van Burn street, BY falling walls. The
less Is variously Is imated, but cannot be
given with accuracy. 1t will rot be
less than "a COO 900 and probably not over
Sc. 100000. This is Covered by about two
6fihs insurance. The following are come ci
the largest lorses:
Jewish Synagogue, $4,000; Qunn's
Chapel, Sl50,OOO; the Adslphi The
atrr, $4,000; ST. James Hotel,
and furniture, $l50. 600; Post office, $50, 900;
First Baptist Church, $lOO, OOO; Church Of
the Messiah. $25, 900; O.ivet BAPTIST Church.
colOred, $4O. 900. A hunters OF .eriou.
cas1alities are reported. The FIRE is nov
completely under con,r,l and no further
anx,erv is i'll