, 1875-07-17
FIRES.
Burning Of n Large Furniture
N1anufi,ctory In tho West
Division.
Much Valuable Furniture and Un.
manufactured Stock Destroyed.
Loss Estimated ut SG0,000..-A Chapter
Of Accidents.

An extensive fire occurred nt 1880 O'Clock this
mnrnlng, mud resulted In tho total destruction
Of ono of the }arseAt furniture manufacturers
in the city, and involving <load loss Of about
100000 to Mr. Lewis 5claultzo, tho proprietor.
TIE BUILDING
destroyed wna q largo threo-story frame, about
100 feot long by 10 vide, including additions. It
pcntor s.reetH, and In the rear Of Alr. Schu!tzos
Store and Na1eEooma, Nos. 274 md ZIG Alll-
Naukee avonuo. Tie struotare aud its contents,
conatstiqg Of costly engine and boilor, ma
cnorY aud 8hAfting, and vast quantity
Of unfinished and finished furniture and Hes-
honcd lumber. woEo bnrued in little over al,
hour. For O t1no grea!cr contIagration waa
threatened. and ns tho flames and clouds Of
smoke HWopt through tho air
VAST COMoOunaA OF FEOrLE
gathered. fresh from thor bntse, aud many wild
With excitement aud cQnstorpatlou, akiu to that
Of taat yoar's great fro.
Tho building xas Ill old one, with tho e1cop-
ton Of an addition put upon 1t short timo ago.
anu being Glled with SO largo . quantity Of dry
lumber it burned furioualY, to tho great alarm of
those in tho Immediate vicinity. and caused
Assistant Flro-Marsha! Petfle, who Was 1frst On
hand, to turn iu
HEcoxD ALARM,
In two or three nsinutes nftcr tho station
keepor at tho Wcst Chicago Avonuo Police
Station susnad IN the stgnal fran boz ol5,
s .s s''e1man ma Sn he a,co1"ts towsf Of Ensne e
and shAt steamer was at tho scene
OH y still alarm and ut work when tho othoss ar-
rived.
Tic lamea spread with llgLtning-like rariaity.
first uoen issuing from shs ensne-room in Tho
nort1aeRt cotnpt Of tho building the wholo
n'anusAetory was enyoloped. Fortunately
the position Of tho building was such
from Second, Carpenter, and Curtis streets aid
Miwsnkee avenue. Tho hdjoulug buildings,
with tho exception of two or three brink blocks,
worc all two'ssoey frames, and, By the efforts OF
the tlfemen anl the rain which waa falling at
tho tima, were
BAyGn from CATCHING 7inH.
Many occupants Of buildings moseA thaIr ef-
fects, and others wero in readiness 10 to do,
YInE MARSHAL DENNER
and afl ct bis assistants woro early on tho
ground, and BY thals prompt action and wel!-di-
rccto1 offorta prevented tho tlro from extending
about tho tl,ick}y settled and woodsn dIstrict.
Mr. Hchultzo Wn& found by TA1DuNE reporter
In d state Of fovaEish excitancnt, and from him
tho figures above given wore obtained. lie could
give 10 inform1tion regarding tho Origin Of the
lire, and said that thoEo was no tl1a In
tho furnAoa Ia the engiso room when tho work
| men unit at o'clock last evening. Ills total
| stock on haud In tho furulture warerooms md
tito manufactory waa valued At $751; 161 50, about
ona-third being in the salosrooms on Milwaukee
Ayenue. He had
BUT $4,000 on $4,000 INSURANCE.,
hu4 AA LIN VIM u4lAHAo W kl{O LIN 1AsAds
Of the companies. Ills loaa ia a very heavy
ono, md tho .ai1ty worImen employed In tho
mhnufactory hare also Lost valuablo sets Of
tools, AMI will suffer from lack OF employment
Many OF them aave families.
hi. Scilultxo oxpects to DO able to raise suf-
| fcicnt means to onahle him to start non
mandatory In fow months. His loss being
| dead ous Ia particularly severe. Tho structure
now 10 ashes naa built IN 1857 by Louis scls,.ltzo
and hia brother, and Jointly operated by
them until q year or two aKo. vlau the latter
sold out. and went to Germany. The busineBs
Laa boon lucrativc and comparatively steady.
Much q The mhchinesE ard shafsiag> waa nev,
| and with tho building WAS valued ak 59s, O0Q.
uy O'clock TnIs xolx1aa
| tho fro was entirely subducd, aud only few
blackened aud chatre1 tiu1baru left standing
waa all that Nss left OF tho largo buifaing.
ACCIDENTS.
During tho progress Of the fire a ladder,
placed against tho bntding It : very largo
angle, ~ was necessitatod BY the psmbor
| OF lumber piles around tia structure,
broko and ahrew the three men on ii to the nidG.
walk. James Wlelan aud Ena Andorson. at
Engius Company No. %, wefo both elEht!y In
turod, aud Withdrew for TINA to tia euxinar
house. rho third nlhu escaped.