, 1881-08-04
A Serious conflagration on the
North Side Of the
City.
Wiping Out Of a Planing.Mill, Fur.
niture Shop, and Several
Dwellings.
Tho Loss Figured at Over $40, 900,
And ttio INSURANCE nt
$1,000.

North Side ycsterttay afternoon. twonty such
buildings htsuppcaflnY within half mn hour. and,
but for tho iutling Of tho Wind and two vacatlt
lots adjoining tho sccno Of conagration. several
blocks wpni have shnred tho same fate. The
twelve tlro- bt,R " Aldermen who voted to con.
iraet tho fro itmits ought 10 visit tho locality,
and intorvlew ~rome OF tho poor pc0rlo
who woro burned Gilt, md gct tholr
opinions Of wooden ahantIcs. And II they want
moro expressions on tho tub1ect. thoy
might talk to those who moved cut tholr houso-
hold ofrcuts, and smashed ohaira and tore cloth.
Ing 1t, tholr attempts to yet to place OF snfoty;
md also tho nofghbors for blocks around, who
had nil thoy eoull do to keep tholr dwellings,
frotn dcstrnetion.
avenue. Willnv. Ilaistetl, and Burltng streets
was m .cxcclfant ono for n t)ro Out Of over
1 6n''dtns: rot morc tan ' hala @ ao1c1 worG o.
With iniiammap,e nn,ora at al ,Sas WI aaccs. @
spark. Yesterday WI tho. day, nd tho timS
nbout noon. The cnEinocr n tho plantng.1nill
Sas o o neTS e rss s1s
wprp thrown Into thn, rbute OH the uoora aboVr,
dropping on tho tlooro the enRtne- room aio4t
onulneer had TO Jo wat to stand IN front Of tho
boiler door. put his shovel lnto tho shavlngs,
VIII esting lis soM nnop s% ycstseay
thero wcro lots OF shaylngs OH tho floor, aud
these shayiugs caught ttro;
THE FLAMES SHOT ur THE CHUTE,
In ttvu minutes had tho structure in th0r xrAsp.
1t boing tho dInnor honr, few OF tho worklnou
Woro @ arp,inti: at'd those whip were ran f2r their
danger to tho surrounding. property. ran to tho
Ssxes as asd @ wsqo q
NSsa ias Ss az Sss Ssaass
| reached the Office ahead OF tho others. IS soon
as tho district steamers and Assistant Masshal
other Isl WI @ iiabo % to s occnr. % 10 III he turaed
lnn2ll. :rhls brought six more engines, max
husss or.h a so tst sSs oss
inE.piii. Whov, Gut i was hot. Mayor Harrison
thsory shas q fsan,s , hpSss s dacsn;s msFs mueh
heat. Perhaps ono doesn't, but dozen do.
tho plsnIns. iii nd tho farntaso TIC fsotory tho
: bx!ase, wcre horeissiy Involved. and SPARKS :
On tho roots oi tho dwellings,. barns, and sbotla
close proxitnity At ono .mo fpl,y twenty
ap'' ther a @s sana. aF's fs' @hors %o9a
sfsst afsS In pfss fsat Of ef tn. sSSs pisnx
thom woro swept, acrDss tho street by Tho wind,
stand tho 1ntonso hcnt. however, tho t1romUn
kept tho hnuHes we'll dtcachcd, and only one
| uWclnuX LQef4 was tnhtGfiHlly HhtnaHGu 1HG
ptpomen stationed IN tho north woro n3,!ct1 by q
yNcant lot nifty feet wtdo, adjacent to No. 10!
II AID. llaldIoth md bis associHto "gre-bues >
havD httl on 1t two or moro franc GottnH1a. Had
tho ehnntics been thnro the nre would wlthon,
| doubt
HAVE GONE TO WILLOW srI.EEr,
Il not beyond, na thorn IL n vast lumber pile
nniled togothor % tho north hMlf OF tho 6l1ck
Mo. ~ burned down: and tho absenco of Nos
noue Of them boinx ta,naHol oxcopt horo untl
| thor0 tho roof of ono wAs tnnus II fow BhlnRl0s
torn on by tho tiromon or occupult III
blnzo started by falling Bparks. Al alloy In the
| c9ltlro Of tho hloek was lined on both sdea witt
burns mud 6hntls. Those nearest tho plAniuR
mill wcEc soon on fire, and tho tlnmos, ussistct
| ny wind. ran from ono to nnothor With aston
ishtng rrapidlty. 1t ts wonderful how Matsha
H"Nnte kept tho con!agrat1on within 6uoh sinai
iinlits, bu. .he da e With the fourteen stean,Srs
sont home. Not : house % lsurlin;
n dozen shods and barns Ia til,
rcnr OF those numbered from II to 20 inclusive
| w0ro destroyed. The stores ou North nvonu
wore protected by tho direction Of the wlad. a
tho time the liro broke out. there WIS a profit,
HtlH brcuzo from tho southwest, but, IA hcfor
stnted, It tnbated by hulf-past l.: aud to this fact
md that Of tho vacant lot noxt to No. 70l 1Ial
staaa stroct, moro than to the excellent manage
incnt Of Murgbut Swonto md au abundance Q
WAtor. WINS duo tue Limitation Of tho burned
over SPACE To An aero,
Tho following diagram ahowa the locality o
tho tlro and tho situations of tho buildings do
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