The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-22
DISASTROUS FIRE.
Further Particulars of the Chicago
FTe-Ffty Persons Badly
Hurt-The Flames Break
Out in the Basement.

Hurt-The Flames Break
Out in the Basement.
CHICAGO, November Ii. \ fire broh,
out in the upper story of Field X Letter
extensive retail establishment, corner Srai,
and Washington streets, at $50 .. M. 4
light fire is still raging at O'Clock.
LATERAL this writing, $40, the fire j.
still raging and seems to be beyond III,
OF the fire department. The roo
Of the b1ilding has Just fallen in, and il
now looks as if the building and its entir,
stock would be lost.
STILL LATER.
sos this evening. an alarm OF fire wa,
sounded IRON the corner OF State and Wash
ington streets, a fire having been discovereI
in Field Il Letters retail establishment
By fatal mistake, nobody was at the box
when the firemen arrived, and they were
INSTRUCTED ID another building. and had
almost concluded that false alarm had
been sounded, when the flames. were seen
bursting upon the upper story of Field 4
i<citeI idrSt stCre.
By THIS ERROR,
fully fifteen minutes were consumed snd the
lire mad gained much headway before the
irst stream was directed upon il. The origin
Is in doubt-some saying that it began in
the pressing store and some say that it was
first found in the loft above it, and quietly
by means OF the open eieva-
Tor ha;chway with the lower floor. and at 10
o'clock almost the entire stock oi dry goods
was
COMPLETELY DESTROYED
by fire or by water. The building seems to
be completely Quilted, except ON the two
ower floors, which remain less injured than
The Others. An accident happened to the
bremen by which one was killed, outright.
and four others were taken from the ruins
no badly hurt that they will probably die
THE FIRE ORIGINATED,
according to an eyewitness, near the stove,
and probably from it at the north elevator,
and was spread not only by the elevators
but by the light shaft in the middle oi the
which extends from garrett t.
basement, and is forty by fifty feet in ex-
tent. The building was owned BY the sin
ger Manufacturing Company, and cost
when built, some five years age, S1oOOOO
and Is worth now at least
HALF A MILLION.
The w,IIs which wsrs ;mno;,.J b,- =,
.,rI;sr 6rs b,ya nevar r. a. 80
as they should he and are 80 SHAY ,bai
tbav will doub,lass com. Jo,r Th.. bn;Ia
inc NAV ,berefore ha conS;dsrsd x.rv na.r.
lv a total loss and the s,oct i y,,;nH.Iv s..
timated At from ,bree-four,bs Of !, m;iI;nr
toa
MILLION AND A HALF.
Mr.. Field, himself, estimates it at about q
million dollars on the stock. The manay.
er of the retail department saws there was a
retail stock in the store of three quarters OF
a million dollars, and from a quarter to q
half million OF the wholesale stock stored
i'm the basement. The insurance ON the
building is not known, but it is stated To be
over S2OO,OoO, and Is placed by New
= oiN Issney. Inc s'och Il oeiieNe1 I" oe
'''o'e" 'o' '' 'eA'' wv ''''iaS i's >'i"e-
ACCIDENTS WERE NUMEROUS
and scarcely one of the tiremen escape,l
without bruizes. The following are the
known casualties Chas. A. Dudley. of San
but formerly member of a { hi
ago fire company, which he was assisting
o. night, killed; watchman in the build
ng, name unknown, killed; J ii. Shouenberg,
iremen, injured dangerously, internally
Francis Flanagan, internally hurt and dan
X. L. PAYNE, colored fireman,
'ead and mouth, severely; Jerome Bailey,
'lpeman, badly hurt about the face and
lands. The following are
MISSING:
Iohn O'Rourke Eugene Sweeny, pipe
nan, supposed to he in the ruins. but posi-
'ly may he alive; Patrick Smith. an en-
,loyee, was hurt badly by falling timber.
Shich struck him ON the head.
All the Injured are more or less burned. The
INJURIES. however, resulted large w. from fall
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