Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-01-21
CONFEDERATION.
Two Disastrous Fires in Chicago, yes.
terdSy-The Union Depot and
five other Buildings De.
strOyed.

CHICAGO, January 20.-Between three
and four o'clock this morning a fiIe
broke out in the Union Central depot
building, occupied by the Michigan Cen
tral, Illinois Central, and Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy railroads, at the foot
of Lake street, and in a short time made
such progress as to defy the fire depart
ment, and it was entirely consumed.
The baggage in the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy baggage-room was nearly
all lost, only few pieces being saved
and taken TO the freight depot across
the street. The baggage in the other
room at the south end of the depot was
saved, the fire being put out before it
reached that far. Some of it was, how
ever, removed to a place of safety
nothing being saved from any of the
offices, in connection with the depart
ment, all being swallowed up in the
common destruction. The tracks were
filled with cars, and most of them were
saved, but the men were unable to re-
move them. a number of fine passen-
ger cars of the Michigan Central were
lost The Chicago, Burlington, and
Quincy railroad lose three coaches, in
Guiding one Pullman sleeping-car; the
Illinois Central lose four coaches partial
lN DulHtug anu Jllc E1lI-lluG
one coach. The loss, it is estimated,
will be between three and four hundred
thousand dollars-insurance not known.
The depot was frame building, put up
after the great fire for temporary use.
While this fire was in progress and
claimed attention, the fire department
bell sounded again, and an announce
ment made that a large stone front block
on State street, between Van Buren, and
Harrison streets, was also on fire. It
was nearly twenty minutes before an
engine reached the ground, and the
flames made such progress that five
buildings, from No. 294 to No. 302 in
elusive, were consumed.
The fire was first seen in Armstrong's
paint and oil store, 296 and 29S State
street. From this building the flames
spread on either side to the adjoining
buildings. The sufferers are: Wits &
Colby, furniture; Merwin Church, hard
ware; Wove Wire Mattrass company;
w. t. Stickney, ladies' underwear; NJ.
w. q J. Lester, furnaces. The loss is
estimated at about two hundred thou
sand dollars Armstrong, on stock, four
teen thousand dollars, and on building
about sixty thousand dollars; Merwin
Church, Nos. 800 and 302, about the
same; Colby IL Wits, about eighteen
thousand dollars. These buildings were
new, having been built since the great
fire.
LATER.
The total loss by the burning of the
Union depot this morning, was about
S62, 500, not including about three hun
dred pieces of baggage in the baggage
room of the Illinois Central company,
which is appraised at about $4,000. In
addition to this baggage, the Illinois
Central estimates its losses at about $20,-
600. The Chicago and Burlington, and
Quincy railroads, estimate their losses
at S15, COO; the Pullman palace-car COM
pany, S35, 900, and the Michigan Cen
tral road, $4,000. The movement of
trains on this road was not interfered
with by the fire. All the passenger
trains are leaving to-day and tonight,
as usual, from the site of the burned
depot. w. E. Tunis, of Detroit,
owned the stationery-stand where
the fire originated. Total loss, $1,000.
The losses by the fire on State street foot
up S129, 400, distributed as follows: +.
G. Mason's buildings, Nos. 296 and 29S,
$50, 900, insured for $500 in Commercial
Union and $1,000 in Royal; Armstrong
IL Co., dealers in paints and oils, occu-
pants of the above stores, loss SIS, 200,
insured in Atlantic and PaC. ic for S2500,
Lycoming, $500; Pennsylvania, S25O0;
Fairfield company, $500; American
(Philadelphia) )$2500; German (Erie) $500;
Humboldt New Jersey, $500; Pennsyl-
vania, S2500; the third floor, occupied Oy
Yonning & Co., manufacturers of spring
beds, loss $4,000; insured in the Atlantic
and Pacific for $3.50, and in the Alle-
mania (Ohio) for $3.50; Nos. 800 and 3O2
State street, loss on the building about
$4,000; insured in the Commercial
minnesota for $500, and in the Royal
5000; occupied by Church's house
keepers emporium, loss 81, coo to $25,-
600; insured in the Home (Ohio) for
$1,000, 4Etna $4,000, Guard $1,000, German
American $1,000, Mutual New Orleans)
5000, National (Hartford) $1,000, Atlas
New Orleans) $1,000; No. S04 was dam
aged $1,000, but is fully covered by in
surance. NJ. w. and K. +. Lester
occupied it as store; the
loss on the store is about $1,000,
fully insured. Nos. 292 and 294 were
damaged $4,000; fully insured in the
Commercial Union, Ktna, London,
Liverpool and Globe, and the Traders,
of Chicago. Colby & Wirts, furniture
dealers, the occupants, estimate their
loss al $4,000; fully insured.