, 1876-03-08
SCORCiiED.
'rllo First Serious Tlro for Many
Months.
And the Loss Only Amounted to
tB25,000.

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Nr ltutter nnl EEEYss-ThQ |
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1l1AclefSs
1t nb0ut 10.l5 Last evening Detectives
Echanc1s nn,] Whnlh,1 Of tho North Chicago Ayo-
-, ~ .,,,r ,,,,,o ,v.,tlro bon,cunrd, a., Clark
atroet' noticed sh'oAo anu nAnea .'' lss"E :sou.
tho ironts OF Nos. 165 and 167 bonlh WAter
atroot, midway III the block bdtHoon In Balle And !
clark .treots. Nh Tho aouth aide Of Water, |
hes tuslu. '. ~ s'sa 1a ~ aa..a' S .i"s a.
ilatace wose a9reaoy oe5ona consto', 'ncy =.
once gaYe tho alarm. Tho llro department
hastily RESPONDED, and found IL necessary 10 ut |
oroo nn,,tt1 F, snt,rd ptnrm m in n a1,drt hnnce
o,'sa on so1 ,, sesoau -. svn s nr"r.a ,no
~ ..'o s..s ".v a''u m. " ..,rI. ~. ~, ,no
on.ro structure, nsor giving me a,al,n, ,,., 'no
olsiccrs directed their Attention to tho building,
and did their utmost in hiding tho. Iremon 10
mt tn vork Whi1o doing tl,is. tho ucureB OF
t~o mot appeaseo a. sno soeonu ssoly M'auo"'
cach Of them stlhoa Wlsh 'ho eiaoho "'u
cropping his why, It wRs but tho work ol
a moment to rcscuo them, and, In tlAcir night
-. rn,a,,,s t,,,romn,,,, hnan,lrc,,ed with smnko
as'a sas.,,'an .s,.e' ure tt,n, ~ ,,cn so,,cht
nun scotcnoa VIVA nse, tnoy y. ono' s1"6nt a6.
places OF refugo III adjoining atotes. Alneas
Immediately tho Ilro broke out Ln Tho rear
hgn Gil Couch place, This xal1. though i!smly
built, was completely nddled with ,ylndows,
rendering It very insecure III emergencies Of tho
kind, aut to It tho Fro Department directed
considerable of thetr attention, as its tAai would
sproal tho lro Without limit
TIE FLAMES CONTINUED TO GAIN IN STRENGTH,
aud It became necessary 10 direct almost tho
who'll attention ri tho department to this point
thcyo wcro oloyuu skoamors playing upon tho
building from tho ronr. Daring this tiu'e tho
iiro pproa,l from floor to floor with alarming
rapltlty, a,i tho root and trout Of lho buildings
arated Ly frame partition Tint hoIpou Tue t'sc
10 gain hoalway, and aoon mhghiheu 1t into @
'a.Ee blazo. ......
THE TENANTS.
No, 1G5 was occupied by Il. q. NefohEnld u
Co., William Little i hons. aud bartholomew i
Fu.Aha,n, NIL dealers In merchandise nnh COM
n,ietion. No, 1G7 whs occupied by Wnrne Z:
Low aud ntcClay Is Tucher. aolug business II
merchandise, cllctiy fruits mud npp!os. T.. 9:
loso 10 tito oxtont OF ahout ~ Zoo,
tho ontifo amount OF his. stock. William
| Little l. Sous about similar amount, aud
| Bartholomew l. Eordham lose about 81 600.
| Fcither Of thcao ii,ma aro insured for anything
| bcyoud nominal amounts. Wayne { Low, in
| tho adjoining building, luBo about 2,000, par-
| italy insured. MoC!ny Il Tucker lo9o abnut
| $1,000. chiefly in apples md Aour fully covered
be a.cortaiued, as the policies ito In tho Fidelity
Depository. Porter Bros. j. Z. T. Howell It Co.,
occupying No. 1G3, loso abont@ 600 by water,
partlaily insured. 10th llrms carry heavy BLOCKS
Of butter, -four, md othos nsrohhud;se; ;
In Wnyno l. Lows placo, Ohnrlaa Ihatoller. OF
| No. J3 West Lake, lad somc lfty tubs OF buttof
| stored, which Ia q total loss and unlneurod.
oNr or THE sls:u
who oEcapcl by tho windows proved TO be "A. L.
| McClay, who occupied an apartment oyer lin
store. llu wan awakened by tho stirling s!noke
and mado his cucapo with MI odd article 81
! clothing In oacl hand. Tho other was II. r.
Tu.hi III tho employ IF L. @. ne!chHnld lio
towly oacapca doath. not Awaking until arousel
By tho policeman, McC!ay losoa eloo wo1th o1
furniture, COVERED by insurance,
l TIE ORIGIN or THH FIRE
myso s a9 ~ Stss.yss asao5t ~ NJ h a. i
thla ia probably correct. Each building wss fur
niBl.ed with M elevator that would have con
ductcd tho ilan.ea from floor to floor and thus
was tint tho tsfe seemed to break suddenly fortt
In the basement OF an inllatnmabl!'
nnturo excepting looao straw III email quaint
tlos. uHod for packing. Another story 10 K
tho effect that 1t broke forth on the fourth Hoo
OF tho building stored With broom'corn, and thu
wore 20, howeTeri tho broon.corn would hay
burnt tiras. which waa not tug case; 49,,
Within few minutes nftor tho a!atm va
with q large soction of the department. but 4;
tho ila1nos bad mhdo considerable heRdway prosa
Qua to their discovery he deemed Il t!ocossary t
turn IN u second n'artn, Which SEaa Re
spondod to with alaertty, and bcioIo tho 1T
had tiIue to mako much OF strcad, thlrioe
steanlors were pouring small edition
Niagara into tho building.
THE AnnANuhsiESrs
woro admirable. steamcrs 27, g., and Fran
Sherman wore stationed at tho foot OF 1hSall
street, II and at tho cornor oe Lake md Ln
salle, on Clark. =: tho Sherman House. mud