The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-15
Another Great COnflagratiOn in Chicago
Great Losses The City Again PrOba-
bly, Doomed.


This afternoon another conilagration is
raging in the heart of the city The fire
broke out on Twelfth street At half-past
six o'clock the flames had made almost a
clean sweep up to the corner of Third and
Polk street, burning up the homes of
thousands of people At the above corner
the fire department commenced process
of blowing up buildings with gunpowder,
but the buildings experimental with were
small wooden affairs, and would only have
the effect of making them a quicker blaze.
The wind is quicker and blowing very
fresh from about south To southwest, and
fire is now on the verge of the Ere line of
our big fire, at Harrison street. The west
side of Wabash avenue is now in full
blaze. which takes many stately buildings
in its course, and 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 that structure
20 down the fire will have a clear sweep &c
northward and eastward, and the Exposition
building will, in all likelihood he the
final prey to. the fire, as that is
Immediately on the lake shore there will be
nothing for the fire to feed upon, provided
we have the good fortune not to have ;
change of wind. A dense black pail Of
smoke is hanging over the expected COURSE
of the fire, dropping its advance by messen
gers OF cnders on the roofs of buildings
Although private citizens are doing thei
utmost to prevent the fire getting hole
upon their houses yet the effort is as futile
as for child to make the attempt. Tit
roar Of the advancing furnace has the
sound of our old calamity, Nothing shor
of its final plunge into Lake Michigan vii
| quench it Our streets within mile o.
the conhagration are crowded with teams
of every description loaded to their utmos
capacity with household goods.
Although store peppers who are so for
tunate as to secure leave are endeavorinl
to secure their most valuable stock
Wherever vacant space north of the fir
can be found it is at once filled with good
of all descriptions. Men, women ant
children are doing all they can to saw
their little all and bring it to some place o
safety. The fire from this on will burn
up as much in five minutes as it has pre-
viousy done in fifteen, considering valu,
of dollars and cents. The heat is very
great and no doubt that in addition t,
pecuniary losses we will have to mourn
the loss of lives, as it is next to impossible
for fire of this magnitude and fury burn
ing through as closely settled district a
this without calling for many human
sacrifice.
As the postofllce is directly in line will
the fire, its employees will have all the,
| Cdu w W SAW tlN III thO DullN
ing, and consequently there will be n
mails from this city this evening, and ther
can, by no possibility, be one sent befor
tomorrow evening.
The principal lines of the Western Unto
telegraph company, running east throug
State street, have all been burned, some A
wires, but as the lines on Canal street ar
out of all possible danger there will be n
interruption of telegraphic communication
The fire has burned, so far, about half
mile in length and some four blocks i
width, and although explosions of gun
powder is heard every little while there
but little hopes of staying the fire short c
the limits set above,
LATER.
0p m-The fire broke out at the corne
now swept to the corner of Harrison an
Lake streets. The postoilicc has been de-
troycd. Gardiner and Mattirsons houses al
J in danger. The firemcn have no contr,
over the flames. The excitement is il
tense.
LArER-FIRsr BAPTIST oiuRon DESTROYER
CHICAGO, July 14-10p. m,
AS expected in previous dispatch IL
: fire swept into and over the elegant fir
Baptist church on Wabash avenue, an
what was this evening before shutdown oil
of the most elegant and costly church ed
fees of our city is now smouldering hca