Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-11-22

o CHICAGO. November 1i.--At sos thi
/. evening an alarm Of fire was sounded frol
/ The corner of Sta,e and Washington streets
! a fire having tcen discovered in Field 4
} Letters retail establishment. BY 1ata
2 mistake nobody was at the box when tho
firemen arrived. and they were mistlirectel
to another building. and had almost con
csl,led that a false ala, m had been sound
ed, when the flames were seen bursting
from the upper story Of Field & Letters
large store. By this error Of jud .cmen,
fully fifteen minutes were consumed. and
the fire had gained much Roadway before
the first stream was directed upon it. The
origin is in doubt; some saying it began in
the pressing store, and that it was first
found in the loft above. 1t quickly COM
inundated by means of the open elevator
hatchway with the lower floors, and at 10
O'Clock almost the entire stock of dry
goods was completely destroyed by fire or
wafer. The building seems to be COM
pletely Quilted except on the two lower
floors, which are less injured than the
Others. An accident happened to the fire
men. by which one was killed outright and
four others were taken from the ruins so
badly hurt that they will probably die.
No list of the insurance can be given to-
night.
CHICAGO, November 15.-The fire orig
mated. according to an eye witness of its
incipiency. near the stove. and probably
fro, # 70 fln ri
spread not only by the elevator but by the
light shaft in the middle Of the building.
which extends from garnet to basement,
and is l0XGO feet in extent. The building
was owned by the Singer Manufacturing
Company. and cost, when built some five
years ago. three-Iuarters of Il million dol |
lars. and is worth now at least half a mil
lion. The walls. which were impaired by |
an earlier fire. have never been IS strong
as they should be, and are now so shaky
that they will doubtless come down. The
building may therefore be considered very
nearly 4 total loss. The stock is variouslv
estimated at from three-quartcrs of a mil
lion to million and half. Mr.. Field
himself estimates the loss at about one mil
lion dollars on the stock. The manager of
the retail store says there was !: retail
stock in the store of threc-qlnlrters Of
million dollars. and from quarter to a
half million of wholesale stock stored in
the basement. The insurance on the build
ing is not known. but it is stated to be over
two hundred thousand dollars and is placed
by New York Agency. The stock is
believed 10 he insured for at least two-tlirds
It's value.
Inc accidents We're numerous and scarce
Y one of the fire,nen escaped with
out bruises. The following are the known
Charles A. Dudley, of San Francisco.
'ut formerly member of a Chicago fire ',
which he was assisting tonight. :
Killed; Waterman in the building, name
unknown. killed; Lieut.. J. H. SIauenbelc.
fireman, injured dangerously internally:
'Eincis Flannagen. internally hurt and c
sphyxiated dangerously; r. G. Payne, a !
olored fireman. severely; Jerome Bailey.
'ipcman, hurt badly about the face and
lands. y
The following are missing-J. O'Rourke, n
.ugene Sweeney, pipemen, supposed to be o
4 The ruins. t,
Pat. Smith. an empoye. hurt badly nv is
'lllng timber which struck him on the n
cad. All the injured are more or less
lllned. The injuries, however. resulted
rgeiy from the falling stairs and elevator.
liich fell on account of the breaking of Vi
ie rope. Three men were under it and b,
70 were probably killed thereby. Oh
Eight hundred and fifty persons are \
'rown out employment by this disaster. lie
them l5O are women, employed as dress
akers. filters, etc.
NEW YORK, November l5.-Vice Prcsi-
ent Mckenzie OF the Singer Manufacture is
z Co., says that the loss to their building p
the fire in Chicago would not exceet! n
lOO,OOO. The ground cost them $3.50. 600. p;
HI The building was erected at a cost Of pa
10000. "
CHICAGO. November IA fire broke
II second time early this morning in the
where were stored large guam
y OF package goods, and it became ne di'
ssary to flood that part Of the store. M
'sides Dudley. who was reported killed BIZ
Il night, the only other man known TO th
we fallen victim to the flames is co
Rourke. fireman. who fell with the stairs si'
'm the third story to the basement, and III
iose body has not yet been found. Five mi
IN are badly injured, but not 1t is believed pl'
ally hurt. Sc,
The accumulation Of wool. hides cop zo
and other exports from New Mexico -
SD great at FL Moro that the transpor,a- -