, 1876-06-02
FIRES.
Destruction of the Lincoln Block
on Lake Street.
Narrow Escape from q Widespread
and Costly Conaagration.
The Total Loss Estimated to Be
About $4,000.

About $4,000.
Yesterday added nnOtiIcr To tho long list Of
disastrous cont1agrattons that have occurred lii
this city, aud again the wis Lake street.,
street that ID ever to he remembered fur large
frca. The ltBt has not hccn allowed to acculn,l-
late very rnp!tlly during the pnst two ar ttscu
years, for we1, nil duo thanks should be
ccn'lcscd TO d wcllo:gan!zcd Fire Department.
still further thanks hru duo to them fur the
nlannrr in which they su.duel thu last fierce
outburst of tho ala,uca, thereby saving
ncarlf half-tnjllon Of property. Willie the
terrific thunder, lfghntnfng, afll rain-sturn If
lust evening WAS raging al lts highest, tic
alarm from Box 4, located nt the corner Of
Water street md Fifth avenue, brought out tue
Department. md ntso sucl, pcoplo as could coil-
qucr their ant!rathy To ruin. The alarm was
sounded at 40 O'Clock, md vas caused by the
discovery of hre in the nltxing-room OF the
thu rear Of the "Linco1n Hlocl," on tho north
west corner Of Luke anl franklin streets. Thc
flainca wGre discovered ly the foreman Of the
shop. q man named Bronks. LII was in tbc
ans nis Of v'Stlng fysry roon IN ts factory pre-
upon The third flour Of the building IN the
rear, hc aprcnfa TO have acted iii very
carelcas manner, and the ba.e Of tie unprotected
lantern coming IN eunsacs with MI uncorkcd can VI
hcnztne, an cxpfuAun At once cnHned, spreaaIn9
tho Arc ahont ths room promlscuously, aud badly
oatmng Els nanda IN OF sne tote9lan through ths e.
1S a3ns en1ploycs mon ne io9s bcncas and
ssst.s,nre III ,hn W IT,, "nG IT. anEy !an 10 hs
eon,tihes III tba st rs s 70 r1pasy smon e
dlomplnE few, buckets of water into thc room
aa. a nnn ~ amotast nan hau very narrow e1.
ehot np~ard With alarming rapfdIty, anl eating
st.mh tthn so .,!,sA nuI'e - II = were 70 mnth
~ In prrlyrl ~ tho IT. Mo,t. ~ '"e Tina
TIE 1 i, ENTIRE TIRE EsAh AZ rokrloN or THE BUILDING
scenn niarm, eo,un.Isnv rhnt 81 III Sn m,Ha aar r.
recond and td eonbne ssts i'm ~ VI xown ,oa ~ US rs
Sty TGe'T % ,h. g. Mnsha TS 1ds
S1n ~ ~ tain ta tca"c se for
sH ~, ots9 gdnniy nnn,Der snc alee nntlrt con-
tan i!nctin1 & y,Sapcf,nieneht txon,
an anu
=. Ei.n Wn..h,1 @ 1,e. ~ . Me!e htntlonea
~ Hi nt y, t, 1' iI1,a ,nG steas dlfectsa
~, 'aa .nnn pdF' oat u s oul'dlig Whe1c ths
tae ne5eaean t, slq,s nAae: the snmbnttible
ii,tc ara, III H. ~ ,c t"n %asfa oi nut
Hnuh h. h" ont,nr of III r,inn Il, Isa, ,,9,s ho
wsicr nntii tic two ;nncr annrs ,o vi uron .na
i,nmc md it seemrh nrrires r., hn,c ~ ha .aI,o ~
tinn n nv nar ~ H. hn;idin, ~ ~ III III ~ r.
general tlfeconltnre Of tic ilrctcn. four. s,ory
ear b Two sunwavs to he lnrn;m sefa a. t'
caught frc, and it's sitlammane contcnts sa.hes'
doogx' and blinds, loplned up 70 lnrfhly mud 30 sud-
sennicd Imminent. On tic corner Of FranklIn and
South Wafer streoss and directly between the Two
TIiE 0II, wAupun,rsr
Of Kenly & jenkins. which. had It once canpht
hfc inside would hayo dctied nycrv ctTorI ~ th
nrtliIct where the tlre would clase I',r rfrr Mnr
slni, noticing this great danger at pncr directed
tho n,a}or!iJ Of the force Ut hia control to thyrc
tu conlnc the na.nrB as nearly a. possible 10 tic