, 1876-12-01

lRAI Nl11ClAoO
built!fne, No. q South Water strcet. Ills stock
si as ssranss satsS Il tss w Nc7o s ysshtsn s
WILLIAM Topp,
4 fr1ltl.tleaaer, occupied tile Office IN No. 27
South Water strtrt. Ills ttnek was worth IN
IL dhcI9hhorhood Of s1,oo0, insured for about
TMs SWIFT, counrsEr Il nrEcnrn MATCH
COMlAHy*s AuEsny
occ,lr'etl tho s'rl.er On to @ Inain loor, where
go''ds. At little bciorc 10 o'clock ihe Wafer.
street aide was brilliantly illuminated by Tic
con'agratlnn Of this muss Of goo,ls. Their stoyls
co'nplctc lar.. II was co,vercI by ID Insurance
Of about $500.
nnnwN, CAMP co.
occupied an ,otficc In - Snnt!t Water street,
where tlIcr DID quite m extensive business IN
no&los. stsall wares etc. being ngc.lts for the
manufacturers. Tllclr stock consisted mostly
Of samples, anil VIVA valued at ah.nlt 81 s0A,, on
few days they lad Carried an insurance Of ti,l
Oh tho stuck n1fte furniture, cte., mil III the
expiration nt tho policy declined tt renew It, ot,
Tho ground that Ii would he n useless expense.
About ~ u'clpek Mr.. Brown visited tho scent
and was PLACED in posscsfion Of the bouks Of
Thy llr,g, whiyh had been saycdbY SUMO thought
GEonaE noss 4 CO.,
Of No. II Michigan avenue, Wholesale Erucere,
came III for sare Of thc Ioss, nlt)loneI, tj,ry
arc mitch indebted to Capt ynl1winklc and IFS
men o( the Fire PairpI for tl1cr prompt nr-
rival at tho sec,c Of tlis flsr amt thcir syccss-
| stnck. About lNU cheats oi tea ainl ten bags
Of coffee wcro savc intact by tho Fire Patrol
when tho fire hceutlc 50 hot that tho ,nrn wero
nut able 70 gst IN, and their efforts had to bc
abandoned. Their cntire staeIs was Worth III
the 1cishborllood of s5o,oOo, wl,seh is weli In
| surrl.
OTHERS.
), A. F. Brown, printer, occnpIca roon1 on
type, ete., .was probnl,ly worth s2U50.
Room ., oi Ii Sfelsan avenue IHII' His STOCK ' was
wnrth ~ y the nciRhborhood Of $3.50, Insured
q. lfennins,::a broker IN dried t1tts, occupied
n room In tue second story Ut thu Michigan Ayc-
1,,1o front, Ills stork waa nat large, An1 was
covered BY insurance. About s',oW will set
w. Ii: Schuyler, Secretary Of the Alden Fruit
rIeaervfng Company, s,at ai orc fl M. Is
Michigan Ascnuc. Tne stock was worth about
| $a,500, insured for 81 ,Io0.
| nI the corner Of Michigan avenue and South
! NntcT anu fronting III tho avenue, WIS owned
~ Mr. Charles Alattcso'l. urd thu one atjoInint
~ Mrs. =: +. Kay: They, togctl'cr,, prosecuted
afrDnt Of twenty-five feet, anl were injured for
nboht So, 600. The hui!llnE occupied by Nye,
Campbell d Co. WIS owned by Mr.. Jnmcs Allen,
0l EfA1stDn9 HnA Llfak nctHplctt uy spTnrte9,
| Warner u Co. was owned by Sir. u. +. Adams.
| KEELEY 4 kERWiS.
The firm of KevIcy Il Kcrwin. rccttflcrs, COM
| FOUNDERS, and wholesale liquor merchants, snf-
Water 1 stF1est ani were senara,ed M ID fronl Tic Tic
men n,"s Iree with a''uy ty:ir i%e preuises hss
to tho extent Of using tle r.'of of their paee to
aGool dral of surplus water cseupcsa tnto tho
building, but as The stock was tlot Of aturc to
10 1n'icll dn.naEcd BY tint element, except to
the 9enet of t1s 1 n1,oprietors,lit + sale to 10y
| lloodlng tho floors with water. Mcssrs. Kelley
u Kcrwn ind nh arrangement with the lussecs
Of TIC burned building BY which a pipe was ibid
| arl stean, was conveyed 10 t!lo westurnost of
the stores for hcatilig, and for Use in st.lnl
Btcam-1uHp. 1t Is clear from the iayt tla, no
i,! stsan @ calne Into tAe pipe Yesterday that the
not n use. and that therefore the fire could
hnrlly have originated there.
| THE TnrA1. LOSS
| sa about e1es 0o0, this Including building md
sss, md tae l1ls,lrace is It, tl.o ncigtfnrLood
| nf slo,sN. Tint 0f sfr. koss, which could not
bc definitely learned, Is about $4,000.
THE oR10IS or TIE plnE.
| by oilcer slei>ermot, Of plniscrton's forcc, III
the basement Ot the store occupied By gl,rr,l,nu,
Mai! tS Co. Tfls vas ut quarter Of = uciotk.
le hroke open thu 9luor, and saw tic floor, tcar
AElEhlEA y" UE UOAEFs Ill HA%HrS, NHtQ.
with t,s, r!t!zc's, gathered lot of snow and
thrcE It oil tllc fire, aMl apparently suiu1hcrel
| It, Tho fire, however, seemed to. be not
son sg ntred to G"e t ee ,ba for on ssve b'a1ss
llad observed, ami realizing tllnt lie could do
nothing. le run out and turned in Hox 6. Thu
llal'rs would scen T., llAvc spread very rar1dly,
| Tor Lieut.. Foley, Of Pin&crton's force, saw ire
coming out Of the lmsclncnt window, from tho
corner of South Wutcr street nni Statc, aud
sounded MI alarm 1or l'oxa. Both wcre rc-
celycd Mt tho Central office within u u'nutu or
Two of each other. alr. Bucrncr Of tic liru Of
bascn,cnt of 10. l5 Michigan ayenur, who was
fn hs plnce at the time, says TINT the first ini-
n,ation he t'atl of the alarm was gwen by MI
lii crying SIRE" MIR. Bocrnry wout To thr fo0t
Of the elevator passaso-way and folul tint a.nl
t t'o staslrwuy eur"i1g orisk!y: liz tl'y,gl,.
t0 ts rs n,st waoi oy' oy tra t2ssn"sa 9t!Sr iti
dricr. 1t dill not co,u,ucl.ru In Ills kitchen, he
said; 'cltl,cr could It have begun In the boiler
roon', for ILLS EAcc is separated from that only
| WIcl, tic Flre Department got to the scene
thu irc hal Reached tc rst llour, md til, Min
ntes later la'l run ~ to t'lo sixth stnry by way
Of @ tS cSyatS, nss%,, and s svnE;ate s as o9 I
scrona aud third alarm, wl'Icl, wrrc promptly
tur'ed ~ By Assistant.alarsi,al Shay. Ti.cso
brun4At twelve are,unElnes. MD the men wero
at nnye n9stga N advantageous 1,osti"'is, nn.l
|
FROM all sdes. a .toxc,, tirrlnen were sent int0
NJ, 10 Michigan Ryenue-the next strlipturr
sont'i-wlth Babcoek machines, 10 hc ready
lor AZ emergency Some smoke got into this
building, ailtl Il llttlu water through tho rouf,
but no slanlnt.e q consequence was ton. To he
atock, us everything was covered up hy the Flro
! INSURANCE patvH3.
The spreading of tho fire throughout tho
building was undoubtedly owing I'll the opr,.
elevator. II y i.al been constructed In the
hummer prescribed by the building ordinance,
or tho lMtshwAys been c,uscd, the ,lrs wuall
proonbly have not extended ieyoIul the basc-
mont. The result 0f this ucsl.,cllcu uh tho
part Ut sole one, was tlat thu lalncs spread
throughout tho rntIre structure III less than
bull an lolr nftcr they wero isst .reil. Its
titnattUn wan favorable fn,n Il gct-at-ablu pnlnt
or view, n,hl ~ prevent nsljAcrnt buildings
from fgnitfi,E. The ono udjoiuing TN the soutt,
s was separated from L BY vuenl l'rc-wul', Aud
t1lt ol' tho west by IL 4o.itnt alley.
l4trgc sparks weru blown nrross Tho street,
aliglltng IN thu rt,uf OF thu stpfn orc,tpr,l by
Z. .. strutz y 20. Sir. sirutz nnl Mr. J. q.