, 1881-09-25
Great Alarm Felt at One Time, and
the Whole Region Called On
for Aid,
About Twenty-Five Structures, In.
Gliding the City-Iiall, De-
str0you.
The Heavy Storm of Rain, Coming at
O'CLOCK, Greatly Aids the
Firemen.
A Loss Of Upward Of s125,000, with Con-.
parativcly Small Insurance.
TIE OTTAWA FIRE.

OTTAWA. ILL.,. SEPT 3i.-The most destructive
fire that bus ever visited this c:y occurred here
this afternoon during the prevalence of high
wind. The fire nlurM WIS sounded ut i III y. H..
tlumcs being discovered in the p!a1ing-snill Of
Weiss &; Wolf. This was soon consumed, and
before my cheek cuuiu DO applied, the creamery
and machine snop adjoining were in hamcs.
Several other small buildings and tho sale
stables Of Drsen Bros were then burned. From
here The flames worked back a:yaiust the wind
IT, tho south, nul burnpd tho blacksmith shop ut
Willi:m Gulavin, then also Jumped across Sfadi-
SOIL street North, burning the Armour Wurc-
house,
CITY HALL. AND ESGINl-lIOCsE,
E.au's livery stable, the residences OF j. Mngof-
Tin. Mrs. Cushnuu. the tenement house OF the
cushmau estate, Il tenement owncd py 'Dr. Nc
Arthur. the iccd yurd sheds ot q. Gatcs an old
elevator knuwn ;ts tho Strawn l. Powell. recent
~ purchased by Peter Esan, tho residences Ut
Mr. Graham and George c. Thompson, the
wagon tuctory Of c. Hahn, and several other
ssllll!l buildings. The following ASe
TIL: Losses:
so fur rs can now be ascertntncd:. Weiss l.
Wolf, S;,,WO; ottawa Creamery, Sl,D); J. i.
Harris, machine shop5. Sl.30; Dcg2n Bros,
$3.50: L. iscse, $JdU; Armour estute. S!.,o0o;
city-hail uad contents, $l:.0jo; Peter EnEnsl'
$lU,UUJ: J. McSut'in, $].0o3: Mrs C:sshtna'i.
*.,5t): C.lshuau estate. $l,3oo; tt. u. McArthi1r-
Sl.s01; William Moorehouse, Sl,:03; e. Gates,
$1,Up; Mr. Gruha1,, s4,u); &. {. Thompson,
S2,'1O: e. II. liahn $I.0j1: Ottawa Bottle Com
puuy, stock stored in warehouse, $3,01o.
TIE INSURANCE
will run about s2u,t0o The following companies
are reported rouyht: Imperial and Northern Of
Euslnnd, $:.uu1: Royal OF Ehslai.d. Sl,H}};
National OF Hartford, Sl.00J; Northwestern
National Of Milwaukee, Sl,QD
At ONE TIME
it seemed rs though the whole town must 60.
and during tho excitement Aiu WAS 1ee1raphcd
fur and steamers arrived from ChscaEo, Juliet,
4Aurur,,, and those Mt Morris, strealor
and La Salle were in readiness to
conc nud they been needed. The
widest excitement prevailed, and all 1nanstcr
OF exaggerated reports were 1clc@rapheG neigh
borluv cities. A beautiful! rain fell about d
o'clock, which aided in ,luenchuE the fia'nc5
Estimates pluce tho LOSS at from $i5,1N TO
SEd,0O0 "
AURORA.
Sp<cial Dispotch u Tie CHICAGO TFilun@-
AURORA, ILL.,. Sept :4.-In RESPONSE to Il call
for help from Ottawa, ILL.,, tue Aurora fire
company, with steamer no l, lcit OH special
train ut 5:43 y. III. to nssist III checking tho
fumes, which were rapidly spreading through
tho best parts OF Ottawi.
CHICAGO CALLED On FOR AID.
At about ;:3j yesterday afternoon Marshal
Nushaln. in charge Of the tlro department, re-
cciye,i Il dispatch FROM Mayor Young. Ut Ottawa,
ask;ng for help: TINT the city was OH TIRE.
Promptly Oh receipt vi this the Marshal ordered
Engine Company Nh. 10, ho=c-cart, and e.oo9
feet Of hose to 70 Mt once to the rescue. After
a tedious delay and difficult job tho engine wAs
finally put upon Hat ut the Harrison street
crossing IF the Rock island KMilrvld. AL Gu
g1uc ulld cabuose were attached. and the
company were started On tbs trip ut ':45. A.
N o'clock second d!Spatch WIS received, also
nski3c for help. Response WIS Made tlslt All
engine would be sent us Soon 1ts liat-car anu
locomotive could be procured. At o'clcck i'll
til. evening the iire-ulurn oiljce received the
M,txjsam Fire .Nayshaz:. Recall steamer if
you can. Fire under conirnl. , u.
Rut the compaty 1nusl have been near their
destination by this time, and prohubiy Fcached
Ottawa i'll safety, Us no ulcssaKo WAS received
frou them during tho night.
CHICAGO.
The alarm from Isox sA Mt Sol last evening
was turned in by Hamblen's nlght-police upon
the discovery OF fire in the 1ry-kilns in the rear
Ut Petersen, Jebscn s. Co.'S sewing machine
cnse und cabinet fuctory nu PeDrln street. loo
feet south Of Lake The kil1.s were cnveiopcd
III tlu.nc when the Fire Department arrived, and
II sccund alarm was turned in fifteen minutes
after tho first. 4uG lire sODH SIEeAu 4fosa 1Ao
kilus to the factory, which Is large thrcc-ssory
and basement light frame structure, which
would have 1nado q big blaze had not the
firc,uru snon succeeded i'll staying the
progress OF tho HN1Iles. Their work was
Il difficult one, as the interior arrangement Ut
the structure is very inritatc. aud the up-
Droucbes to tho buildln: di!licult. save Oh the
Peoria street front, where there WAS little or no
lire Al one tine the tire hurst through the
room, u1,d tito complete destruction or tue 'Hc-
tory seemed imminent As It was the 't:ti!n::e M
to the building will scarcely exceed FOND, II IS
owned BY \. W. OvisL. who formerly occupied II
as u refrigerator nnd bcer-bnI factory, anu IS
valued ut S$ouA There is said to be $30t! IN
s,,runct. upon it and the engines and boilers,
but tho names vi tho companies could not t'e
asccrt;lined, rs Mr.. 0sIft lives III -tne
suburbs. The member: of The firm OF
Petersen. Je1'scn C,, also live great distntlcc
from, tho factory, Hiid cuuii not be notislta o.
the tire last night. They keep their own books
and their employees knew nothing rs u Inc
amount al stock, the insurance., except tlilt
there wns certainly enough insurance to cover
the loss, which will be III the nciSAborhooA OF
$0UJ THIS IS their busiest se''ao,'. mud they nre
employing about sixty worHmeii Tic tlrc "ila
cnrDlttciv under control hy . o'clock aud WIS
struck out shortly thereafter.
Thc ulurm from lsux lGd ut 10:25 yesterday
,nnrniuv w:ls cu,,sen by tho igntion nf IL pile OF
lid lumber on the cock OF the Joliet iran steel
I'n,nnnry. near the curncr Of Ashland and
arrher avenues Damage nominal. Cuusc,
spark from the steel mills.