The Placer herald., 1874-07-18
CoAfLAGRATlON IN CHICAGO.

conhl grafton in that Inflated city, we make
the following summary. which will be founc
to embrace the essential particulars:
CucAeo, July IA A great fire is rag
ing in Sont.,C licago, about the vicinity O
Michsaaavenuc and Twelfth street Hal
IA r,ilc of buildings are in flames, and al
fftrls of lhe fremen are thus far futile. I,
check it's progress, buildings are being blown
up aud the whole force of tie city fire de
parlmen is on The spot, with every mean,
available lor fighting ii c fire. The streets
are ,mmed win teams moving goods from
the spot
LArEe--CH cAGo, July 14-10 80, p. NJ.
The tiaht with the fire is now heiWeel.
Michigan avenue and tate street and Iiar
rison and Van Buren streets. Merchants
continue moving far Gown in the business
centre. The me swept mo and over Ia,
eli CANT First Baptist Chmch, on WabasI.
avenue, and what was Ills ev ming, before
sundown, one Of HE most elegant and costly
church ediiices OF cur city, ia now but i
suouIdeiing heap Of ruins. As ii WAS yer,
evident, from the course Of the fire ana
strength Of the wind ut about halt-past c
o'clock, the post-oilice b,.ildng was in ali
prohahi."y doomed General Macarthur
our Postmaster made arrangements at once
10 remove the mails TO a place of safety,
AID all needed teams were at once pressed
into service ly lin, and toy O'Clock III
last loaded wagon left the building, and The
place t had been the depository of tin
lmlcd States mail center d here was de
serted forever, for a ten minutes past s lh
bnildhg first ught and by hAItp s
O'Clock II e building was mass of flames
he wind hy s o clock had almost died away
Which assisted our fire department greatly
III ltconing master of HE situation, and u.
tie corner " here ,hc post flee WAS situated
at Wabash avenue and Harrison street
the very point where our previous great fire
WAS siol ped our frtmen seen ed 10 be III
spred with superhumin Efforts TO preven,
liz spread INTO the rel ullt district, and herr
il MAS that all their energies were concen-
trhted 10 bar further progress. The build
ing on the southeast corner WAS a large brick
dwelin g-h"l Sc, AID ly making hulwark
OF ll' against the ever onconing shreIs OF
flame, The prospects of holding This building
SAVING II and thereby prey ented II e progress
OF lie fine through 10 Michigan avenue
WAS quite promising ut halt-past eigbI
O'Clock, whereas The northeast corner oi
these streets, occupied by our ro-t-oflice
was then mass Of flames However, a.
very huh and heavy brick adioued the post-
oihce an the north, there IS no doubt thai
the spread Of the fire north on Wabash ave
nue nom This point has been checked
soems someN hat singular hat this conhagrl.
SIpnlI Ef. l.,. l.I =,
where our previous big fire was checked
-, d that The very bu ICling spared by the
mo-, lous fire should ow he one Of the Ms
-. cumb this time On the east side o
Nyar,. y avenue some dozen handsou,
ejldi,.. were destroyed while on the wes
iao 81. street, b,tw On these limits.
rv l,.';d '"g was IeveIed with The ground
coki, o. we. Iwardly, the same dead leve'
f ruins wns, resented so wildly engr.ve,
j the memory OF our inha bitani- in 1871
he losses cni,i. 10y this fire in the de-
ruction and rem oval Of goods and funi-
ire il in all nroh,l lnv as great as til,
,Wal loss OF bnliL ana properly
'oyed up to hafpls, 0, Tor 1t taxes tut
1erAte-sized fire now, '".'ys TO vet Ch'cas'
" - clearing out III, "Ir goods md chat
'p"e snd obouy every ste re along ""o"S'
'F, ,mn " and State street, az lar ne ",n "'
'nue """ sao, was rcnov, ng its goo, Is, Oh
I'"roe ,n,n,ble part ,her eof' lo Mace
ne mos' IA Ie dwelling-ho uses in the W
T"'e ,t the ire were not slow in fo l. |
Art"' 'n'o ' same instinct, The fire Lrok,
~, IN the uain-manu"clurns tn"p' c"rne'
~ T' r'.urlfh ~ mHA. Clark streets, where work .
nen were engaged in mixing materials
I A"n rluloded AID raused the c'nf"sra''on
y "" H.. Cnn,h the f,e has reached nearly h !
y" 'on' .irect and within one block OF IL"
= =, ',l.'ar IIouse, The ST. james is the las
.'.,,ad an State street. One engine ls re-
'"r "r,nd buned. 1t belonged TO co.ored men.
One man fell through bEddng and wa'
killed. A policeman lad a leg broken Whit
rescuirg boy. =,
I.rth-Contrary to the hopeful ,xpcc'
tnlion.. expressed at half-past 8 O'Clock IL"
G,e from that time has gained upon our iI'
deparlm enr, and in spite OF all Efforts ny u" n
whole fire department, the lire AT lo'o0
o'clocl, had progressed norihward, and t"Ne'
in the block ON the east side OF Stale s'ree'
LATER 1t present the fire Is apparent.
,evoud the co ulrol of our fire department,
and enqnes are IN the way from Blooming
tnn Nuwa ,kee. Aurora, Elgin, Racine,
DIXON and Amhov to assist III suppressing II
1f tLa wind doe. no increase or change Their
is hopes now that II c fire may he eIowde"
into the lake. as inlim ated at q O'Clock II
these dispatches. .,.,. ,;., ,,,
Anoul the notable buildings winch have
been destroyed is the Garo'mer House, -.
James Hoiel, mental L'otel' ana Tie
Adrlphi 'lheater. =,
AT twelve minutes to 10 o'clock, the wi''d
being westerly the fire was confined 10 very
near Van Buren, street on the nor' u. val
B,reu street seems 10 be about the n"riher
line Of the fire. al hough some buildings arc
DESTROYED north of that. there being only 'ht
Like TO the east of The hottest fire WIN Tue