, 1876-11-28

The Madison-Street Fire Yester.
day Proves a Holocaust.
Two Men and Two Women Burned to
Death in One Of the Buildings.
Record OF Other Fires Else
where.


where.
IN CHICAGO.
The FIRE which occurred on West Madison,
near Canal street, ut IN early hour yesterday !!
morning. proved disastrous In the loss Of tho |
lives Of four human beings. No one at the
time the fire was raging had any idea that It
would turn out holocaust. The fremcn were
summoned 10 Canal and West Madison stseet
shortly after 12 o'clock yesterday mornIng. At
the time Of their1 arsisal four two-btory frame
buildings wcFo In flames.
The fire originated between Nos. 26 and rs.
No. ~ was occupied by E. Geewc, who kept
a saioon and boardtng.house and what was
known as ''Orchcstrion Hail." No. % WAS
used as cheap restaurant aud 1odg3nK-houae,
known ne the Eastern House, and conducted BY
E. Cockel1.
No. "A was occupied BY August Celia and hls
family. and used as restaurant and an oyster
and drinking saloon and fruitetand.
No o9 was owned and occupied By II. L.
Kaiser as grocc7y-sto7c and dwelling.
1t was In the Eastern House that the loss Of
life took place. The flames seemed to havc en-
vcloped the buildings In Hhti1, for when tho
frctncn came OF the spot all tho
buildings we're abla2c. Capt. Buflwlnkfc
AuA AH3 AIt!t #AV HCIG A'ak VII
the ground, rescued all they could, and In this
" uastste1. Katecr's family, Cella's and Gee.
wos, a. we'll rs tho Cockclle, had narrow cs-
cape. .....
str. Cockcll employed considerable help IN bis
restaurant. They slept In the rear part CT tue
second story, over the kitchen. The fire burned
1erccIy here, mud whcu tho inmates vera
awakened escape was almost cut oil. Cockell
and his family were awakened by man named
James Allen, who boarded At the house, and
their lives were thus undoubtedly saved. He
was a tailor by trade, 81 years Of age,
and had only como from Boston
last week, where he left wife and Eve chill
dren, This man Allen proved himself hero,
and met bis death
LIKE 4 MARTYR
| in irving to 6Ave human life. After he had
awakened nearly every one in the house, be
took hts overcoat upon bis arm and got out
| upon tho sidewalk. Finding that there were
yet persons in the building, lie managed to get
II, who had been q walter at the restaurant,
WIS half-crazcd sufIoeat!ug With smoke, md
CRYING, to be saved. He seized her
aronna tho Ta'tt' ,:,, ana "as ,,. about ito TO
WIS cut oil. and the two persisted together. and
In this way they wcrc found, cl,nrrc1 aud life.
less, claspcd In each others embracr. 4 little
way FROM them were found the bodies Of Emma
George nread. The woman was about % years
Of are and married, and her home wis in
Columbus. o. Broad ,was an Eng!shHan: ~
Of s ef5 d c9s sSa e osnsf st
yesterday morning, aud It may, seem
after tho bro had any idea Tint liyes were
lost; The boa!ee, were not burned so badly os
seemed to Indicate rather that they were suf-
focated, the debris covering and IN manner
preserving the remains. They were taken to
to new Morguc n1 tue Connty ,1 M9spta bs.
Of Eighteenth r.. Arnold streets, and the
Coroner notified
The following arc the Losses and insurance:
house and had in II etock Of groceries.
Tho second floor he used as Il dwelling. Every
thing On tho premises proved 4 tutal loss, cycn
building is si,o00; % stuck and household,
s2,50o. Insured as tollowa: On building, sou
in tho City OF Richmond; Al'emannta, Pitts.
burg. Franklin, Wheeling; lichmond Fire As.
ess ciasnnat tt5 sSo; ss15 IL all on stocs, ETC. c.
The ground ia owned by ]. II. Bock.
No. q, occupied by August Cella was Insured
for &, ono on stock md ~tixtures-s7o0 cacll in
s Il Rsea ~ v .'sns saa o 'a ~ .Ss R%
p!rc, OF Chicago. Ills stock vas valued at
$500. including his household cffccta, and
proycs total loss. The building was OWNED by
j. II. Book, and worth about 81 600. No insuY-
ance. No. ~ was occupied by L. Geewc. 1t
was owned by Jaeob Gross, ei5 Warren avc',ue.
The building was uninsured, Geewe had an
oschestrion IN Ills saloon Which cost 81, 900 and
pool-tablc worth $3.50, both Of whtcll arc al-
u.ost totally destroyed. 1Ic was Insured for
sippi Valley, $50 each; Gcrinania, New Or
leans, s1,563; Rochester, IT,, $1,000; Southern
Unler.rlters', Raleigh, \: G., ,sl,:oo. Gccwc
est!nntus his total loss at 37,O00.
I. Cockell, who occupied No. IS. only had M
Insurance Of 81, GOO in the German American ot
Pi..sbnrE. Ills loss is 1900. The building
WIS worth about sl,OQ0 and owned by Jacub
! Gross. ii Is i total loss, aud was uninsured.
. The fire originated In = pile Of sawtlust, in
which hut ashes Aati been thrown. Flrc-Aarsllal
Ecn,,cr is of the opnon that the fire had burned
fuly a half an l6ur before It was discovered
and thus when the alarm WIS struck tlIo flames
had gained enough hcadway to at once etlyeop
the houses. The luguests will probably be held
! ut N ntrtD.fk this Morning.