, 1879-04-26
FIRES.
An Efghty.three' Thousand Dollar
Blaze Last Evening.
Minor Blazes in Various Other
Places.

discovered Issuing from thu basement Of thu
threc-story brick bntldtnv, Nb, 21o Einzft
zt,eot within a fa,v ,ctn,,+.. .,,1L, ,,,,..,
ssa.,, ,.,, w.. 49,, ~" Ss """"e pou,ct
'fo'' ooSl tlI ''o''L Aho senf "Ihoh"ss a,Fi nc
toro the enplncs could reach tho smut tl'c blaze
lad extontcd tntO thu adjacent building, Nos
'al4 ai8. ats. This WI, four..tory brick
.,r,,ctnrc ,,o,t ,,uti, a. ,vs. ,,.a,, =. H., .
I'm, ~, ,saii. .tao1 Iii, "'a H., ~ . .u 'as' M
t'at taa "ai1a stooo WIN but flno split TIC
oFdeai TO which they wcre subjected. The
trouble was that the basenents Of the two
buildings woro connected. aui tbcrofo,e lin IRA
lIad mi, sconc A. = conson,'o".o ,,,, u. h,,, u,
,.,rs., ..'.' ' -, W." uu''a'
.',gs Meso "!eeReu h''a a total 1oss oE a. leas!
Sb3,Uu las been sustained.
Tllo burncd.out buildings forncd par. Of the
t,soot T,oa.t,as,s s.,a',,' % s.'. e"uo' ~ ~.
t"ce" HeaeouFn "sonue ahu siate stfcet. 10
tho cast was 4 low range OF thrcc.story brick
buildings. occupied gu tic lower floor by hide
Western Elcctric.Worky tse,l tils ,,nnor a,nra @
Of thu ~llole structure. On 1lr west tic storcs
were occup!ct! by various firms. somc dealing In
hides. others In pnit,ts atsl oils. II looked for
an hour Or 10 as II Chicago was Y have big
lrc, but tt'e tromcn got hVid u their work very
readily and saeh Immense streams Of water
Q 9o'clock ~ fcars Of tic conHagratlon sprcad.
nv were abandoned.
Tic tlrst alarm was turned IN at about lbs
2: MT Ehglho company 20. IL nnfl Ehc'nical
No. ! rceuiylnK still alarm. Shortly, after
wards second alarm Has sent IN, ind In very
short order the forcc was. upon tic ground.
soRie Of tfo South Siuo cnelnrs were aelayotl.
thanks to thu cr.bloomllg iliocy oi the fools
Nhom the city pays 70 swing tic bridges ut snc,
this mado little difference, the North Sid. es,.
E.uea being promptly or tue ground. 'As II
turned out, tic threatening fire was confined
t to the three.slofy building In winch
Il yont a %nd to e rsb L onass s ssysn
i was only by tho splendid work done by tlr
hfc1nea TINT tic
-nsMA1SpEn or THE pLocK WAS sAygp,
The fire. starttnfr tn Villas, ,aspmcnt ',ono.
few minutes, and broke out In ffubt. ind reat
almost simultaneously. A fresh breeze was
blowing from the southwest. and this saved tho
freight depot of the Northwestern ltalIroad.
Zig flrcmen t1trongod the roufs of tIle
na1o!nnK buildings and the pa.ty.walis
its EASTERN neiehbor bo!ng thick. their oxcrtions
wcrc crowned with succcsa. Along ahout huff
past O'Clock the roof OF tho argu building fell
10, aud 4 few minutes later tho tbrd floor
dropped through with terrific crash, Lieut..
from te Ghlsaco-A Avenue statton, kept lick tl.s
''Eaug" as best they eouli, hut with poor sue
cess. Depnty.Hupcrlntcnd Joo Dixon, ex-
AID. kisk, Mllu other notable attendants on fires,
were around, anl there was nn ttnu!eusu crowd.
stretching from Dearborn avenue to State street,
aild from tic scene Of the fire Gust for block yr
more.
Tile progress Of the b1axc waa very rari.l.
The Immense sweep which It hau in tic busc-
,nents OF tic three buiidlngt, mud IN tic rtcya.
tor.ways anl shafts with whie| those btructurrs
wcrc perforated, gave au1plu ur;.ft, TINT did not
need even the assistance Of the stroux uiul to
help thu work aloug. Then, too, tho material
In which the bluzc uriuluated, and tlie stock
upon whict, 1t fed aud Waxed fat, was of I'M
must inllal,lmablo and pertaining sort. When
tic streams Of flame rushed up Tic elevators.
md wrnppcd their to,lCucs around tic haies
upon batos of 1roon,.corn and tilc wooden work
in lhu picture.frane fuctorlus. there wns
one great putburst .of LIGHT, mid
tho crowd with ono accord exrlot,ncI nOhi,'
mud made haste to leaye thc street. Immediately
in front, fearing that tho wall might fall viii
tho wind md provide horrible duntl f0r ]nrgn
numbers OF them, There seems to be but ono
opinion ~ to The origin OF tlu blaze aud tint is
r. sr.u7un ~ r,,r ,,,er,,r,,r
u, ~ o,o - ra'..,1s ~ ~ - n~e 's e1nlSt
~, ~ ~. -, " tlu1Mey psos'' placc. II that
nase.nemt, @ hear t.!e iitoni, wns steam poilcf'
nila afoana u were tLc shSTlnEa a'lu citns Incl
Gcntal 10 tielf business. Mr. fsias eal! tlht he
@ tlt'e @ eaw t!,e olazo M there' nun tTo other men,
nm