, 1879-01-03
FIRES.
A Destructive Blaze at Eigin Yea-
terday Forenoon.
The Safety Of the City in Extreme Jsop,
ardy at One Time.
A Loss Of $4,000, Pretty We'll Cor
cred BY Insurance In Many
Companies.
Dempster Hall, Of the Evanston Universi-
ty, Burned to the Ground,

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mn, tn,n.,tn,ctv -, rcn,;cd rcccIv.nr an.vsr tsat
shc frc was ,,,,dcr ct,n,ro, A. psnn"r In.
,nedia,c,y raw H.. Marron, ~ ,ho ,ve&,cr,
1fnion Te,crr,,,, t,omnans mi r., .,c .rrono.,
ncn.s 10 hayc nr..a~es ~ imnortanc. bear
SONG iu)icatIon 10 thts effect hereafter. 40 That
thcy wnn,h rprctyc ,,romos .,,cn,ion.
xo,cfai o.,nn,ea to M Trthur,.
Etotx, H.. Jan. 2-ahortty after ? o,c,ock
this morning, while the ctty was shl,crfpR
under terrific blizzard from tho west, WITH
tho thermometer q degrees below zero. drc
was discovered In DR.. U. r. Browns Office, on
the Second floor Of the corner building of
Towns block. m Fountain so,tarc. being in the
ccntre of the b,,stnret nortion OF tic city. Tho
Fire DcpartnenI was quickly in action. but tho
wa,er being troxen IN, tho plpes could not 10
u.cd for half M nour after tbs blaze was
iirst seen. Tic f1rs. two stores Of Towns
Block and a tl,rcc.storY brick STRUCTURE were
In ruins In atout IN hour, and tl,s tlrst store OF
Bo,wor,h,s H1,,ck. Attaining on the cast on Chi.
caro stsees, was burned out. The t1.pmeu
worked nobiy. and, notwithstanding their sui.
gcrtny iroa, tlc intense co!u, Tue Orc, whici,
threatened TO DO terribly disastrous. was
brought under control by o o'clock. Several
brave ,3reu,cn were badly fros.. bitten, and ona
young ,nau Ind bis face scorct,cd. Tho snow on
tho roofs of the buildings no doubt served to
atay tho rapid spreading Of tho frc. The tcle-
araph was brought Into rcuutsltton when the flrc
was tho most threatening, and Two steam
t|ro engine, wero DISPATCHED 5y rail from CHI
cago, but orders wcso scut to stop them at
Turner junction about O'Clock, wl,cn tho con-
t1agratton was under control. A largo number
Of merchants removed their goods 10 places Of
safety wl,ito tho fro wss In prox1ess, Great
credit IL duo tho city Fro Department for say.
tnK the ctty from, u general conltauratton. The
losses on buildings ard goods aggregate about
Sol, About onc-thtrd Ut ths amount will
be borne by tho individual suiEcrcrs, tho tnsr.
aucc companies sustaining tho balance. The
TI.o w., s,nrss r., T,wn.. niorlt o,yncd i,v II
n Tnwn. f,a.btcr NJ TIM F,r.. Nutfnna, Rank.
A.. ,oIa, In, ~ "a cnf1. tn,urrd II, the Nc,fh
t.,,.t, I'm, onnr of 1'oronto for a fnI snrinu.
All uos, Al mn. f;ermnn. Amrrtcnr ri Ma,
Wi A. IN. Hmra m New Yorh. soOoo.
con,s,orsi,, 1tr,n, ~ ,or,,o,, Al mn. Ftro A..
So "".".. ~, ,,,.ua,",.h,a ~ =, nSn, s,sa,inoa,s,
soelatton OF fuhaue'Ph'a' sl'0ooi Sou''"cutaa
Of New York. s1, ,0D.
/. C.. Dosuorth's block, damaged to tho
amount Of a. 4.OOo: insure,l In tim Home of Nav
~"s,s a m. ua,.s, - ,.a.,a.I q, sno.
iofk' shWv' l'o5m o. Liverpool eI'ovV'
fhrnix Of l!aftford, $5.oo; dtraru ol thlIa'
delpt!a, t1.500.
Ler & uootl. tlrucpists, loas TN stock. $4,000:
,,.vra., T., .h, 1Io,nn ~ Nov WV a. nn
!"satsa NJ, , ~ 1uo ,lo'as o. .. ~" Nv, .oss. sa,
u. II. LlhKaela N 1o,, poots aau shoes, losb
OH stock, $500; insured In tho Hartford, o., 0;
Commercial Union Of London, $t,B00; North
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