, 1879-07-22
FIR ES.

district west ot AshaMl avenue, between Lake
aimt Madison streets. whero Tie allcys nro lined
with wooden barns nn1 shtt1s, OCCURRED ycatcr-
day afternoon. Tile location this tt1no was in
the cast end of The block bounded by loync,
i.cavltt, ntIl' Lake streets nnd Park avenue.
The flames wcrc first eecn IN shed In tho rcnr Of
carpentcr-stor, NO. 8l1 Lake street, atl,l were
started. rs Ia supposed by boys playing With
natclics-tllc usual causc Of con(la1rattons In The
district. The ehcd md The adinrcut structures
barns anu frame tlweatnEs-wcra old, drE,
n1t' highly tnflatnmable, and al result half a
aoxen were On tre bcfurc nn alarm Was 1fycn
irnns Box U.s. As soon rs m Aasfstant Marshal
arrived llo scrsibly trrncl IN 2-1l, and with
tho additional assistance WAS able to keep the
coE1!a0ratton from "runuinG all over crrutlon."
As It was. six or seven buildings were reduced
to rtnders, a',l three or four more 30 badly used
up tint tho ordinance will prevent their scco1-
str,lcion. Appended arc the details:
Nos s33 and 835 lako street, thrcc.story
hs!rk, owned bY Dr.. l.. A. 1}abcock, Of rrecpurt,
ILL.,; loss. 500; insured In German Of Free.
port for s4,oU0. The occupant Of The 1ras floor,
n grocer, sustained no loss. Tile second floor
uns occupied By Mrs, Marrow aud Mrs. Lewis; !;
loss, $50; no insurance. The third floor was
occu pied by Mrs. Bolantl; loss, SEQ; insured for
$500 in tho Watertown.
No. ut Lake. street, two-storv sramc, owned
and occupied as d caspcntcr-shop By A. Clark; :;
loss, $1,000; no Insurance. Shed In rear belong
3ngto satne; loss, $50; no Insurance.
No. 6N. Onc-ililll. .a'half'storY frame, owned bT
Il. Williams. of Palattuc, Ill: loss. $500: ina.lF-
nnct unknown. 1t was occupied by George
Rool; loss. $4,000: no insurance.
No. 8i3, one-story frame, Owned by r. Mun-
sen; less, $500; Insured In the KoYai for 1915.
Il VAS octupted by y. osserman; loss, $3.50 to
Nos 8l5 AMI 8l7, onc-story brick, with fra,no
addition. Owned uild occupied as aiivrry stable
BY acude A Bali; loss, sou: Insured for 81, 500
tn the Peoples Of NcW york.
loss, 500; no Insurance. '
No. 1oyne strcot, two-storv frame, With
bricl< basement owned bv Dr. unhcock: loaa.
5000; insurance unknown. The bnse,ne,.t a,,i
first floor were occupied bv 2. Wardwcll; loss,
ton. The sccund Hour wns occupied by N.
Welrh; lobs, 5000; not Insured,
No. a5577 Park avenue. one-ssory frame, owned
nno barn and wagon deatroycd. Loss, S2tlJ; no NJ,
Insurance.
Shed In thd rear Of ESQ, owned by j. Il, Darbe,
Luas. s25. 1nurancs unknown.
sa, Eensc a req5 r.. Of :ol 7: partially DESTROYED.
vicinity, but no noticeable damagu was done m to
INV Of 1hctn except to No. go Waln11t s,rocr.
which was hut slight.
Tie total loss was $3.50, md the ascortaiucd
insurance 1856 >'''>' '''S &'>S' '-@A>'
As 10 the origin Of thc fire, It yns dff}ru1t IN
learn The manner iu which IL tiit1 hsral, mi, ~
Some boys were seen to run out luto ti.c a]ley
tren ,Ac rear Of The carpentcr.si!op, and crJ
renee was q matter Of conjecture oniy. The
bows IN question werc not EnnwI,s sni ,ho nn.
lice officers on the ground vuro moi able to md
ont who they wore.
DurltIg Tie proprcss OF the f,rc ecv.r,, of
nHta cf