, 1881-08-27
Moqt Destructive Fire in
'A This City in Three
Years.
.I,n,es Now Enve!op the Village
Of Saint Jean 6aptiste,
Canada.
p,.,ress Of the Firo Up to m Early
iIour This Morning.
Present. Prospect that the Wholo Town
Will Be Laid in Aahes.
CHICAGO


stuynel iu by S.ationkcepcr john Casey,
A. Ma Town of Lake. who concluded thnt
- sanpthIug was wrong III some Of tho
bonses Mt tho upper enl Of tho
s,ntt,y ,yarIs, because OF The continuous
tioxlne tl of tho whistles. At about the sainc
IIs, line some one turned IN MI alarm from Box
tss m locatcd Mt Eowler's paGktne-housc, nlso
a, arrolut Of tho whistles. No ono know
gbat was tip, save that tic whistles
rpant fire, and that tho noise ca,no
1nnl Ilicker's, Atlltnson's. Botsford's. or
lane m Of tic other houses towards tho south
xtt extremity of the yards. The Town Of
Lake Department luld firc-ei'Ellns companies
Nos II, q, 70, ,lld hook aud ladder company
NJ $ promptly responded. The road fronl
Ial,tel street up through tito yards
b dark and tedious one, ard
poxanls Of III lour must have
,atxed from tho tt1no tho whistles wero
6Is!blowa until tic first englno renclletl the
locality Of the nlar,n,-tho mammoth, pick
Ia,house known rs l.teher's, ut present
owned and conducted by J. q.
t|s!e!y. Tie house comprises three
Immense brick buildings, situntcd al-
po., on tho corner Of Forty-il!irtt
pret and Packers avenue. Tile nnntn build
hs Is about 3ox9oD feet III dimensions and
lhtee stories III hight. Adjoining oil tho
Nuh and southeast Is the ham and leo house,
structure of tho same hight and about
ts19o feet In size. Tt,is Is tic only
paaiou Of tho house not included III
hs bIaaa Of last hight Continuous with
bhbuIllIng, and abutttng on the southwest
nmer Of the mnln building, Is anotllor three.
!'av structure 75xoD feet iii dimensions, iii
sllch Is .lone the killing ai,d preparation of
neat prior to the packing. Tha engines
tl boilers are located almost beneath
lnsIsof a1 l.. nude by tie nnin building
nd this addition, 1t was somewhere II, this
tlelnlty that tile fire. originated. One thing
bnly Is kn0WI regarding It's origin, Alttl t1lat
hthat It did not stArt in either OF these two
nouns Long nfter tho prescneg Ut fire
bad beeo,nr known It WIS p0sslDle for work.
's,,to.,s @so 70 'ske , telr way to bot. Of these
lsovered by Daniel Xii gallon, tic t hight
Hatclnlal.
liz WAS COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED
Hoyerexortion and tho effect Of tho dense
inoke but ut i tatu hour WAS found with
:oascousness restorGd, .alll leaning up
.sa|h.t plle Of Iron nortl. OF tile building.
~ The reporter llo stuffed tint he first dis
S'esed fire when nlakrg hls rounds III the
@semsRt shortly after T D'cl0ck. The smoke
u 1qEe[ss EEeTs ae.se' s 9so ad he &C. could L.. not got
tayo fist caught. liz sa " tilat tho str1ngors
M tae list flour were atlro near tho. punt
shefa shs chimney rises. 1t ls hero TINT tho
!'een meat comes fronl the building OF. tho
SSs'',nwest, ~ nwst, and IL thence passed Into
aa sss, hands Of tho packers. Kilgallon
~ t9tsp 10 aod at once SGT the pump
Men 'f.aa 4 hose wherever tho smoke seemed
MsSSest KS M A few moments convinced lIl,n
~ @3 hts Efforts were not going to 10 success
w ~ aal fle started tic whistle, hoping TINT
Huet foWler's or somo OF tho other liulses
M,lnE a.0E tlrc-alarm boxes would under
%la what - tho matter WIS and turn
/. ~ IN ns: ity ti!e tune tho engines arrived
;s,gpa ;snpe|led to teslst. subsequently no ~.
Ee'aed 70 tho building aud tixctl tho boilers
.s!'l .so9l4 sprcad. aMl this titno 10 10 was M
s'i%a ,tse .o .toI. tho building. Kilgnllon gives
Sda,,.ao T.. .os most probable cause for tho fire.
sers as saoati o!ilSrsnt run,urs ny 70 its origin
SSTa!ss ARG used nil throughout tic building
h. @s Sa',,. workmel', alld they arc Ii
S|a,es MSae on woodwork. boxes, or any
R sas ula& comes handy. flo thinks
ag IN l. oila carelcsly left bis candle behind
sTnna M ~ sactl way that 1t either sat fire to tic
Ss's Sosf Or sollIe ottser, portion OF the wood
IT, s ;had dno !A hfo must linye caught shortly
l. III n,e Ias W9tkmen knocked of 1T 0 O'Clock,
s,v,,haas Mas aifeady ulMler considerable head
~ "aeh K!lanllon discovered 1t,
Nj. THE FlnE BEREAVEMENT,
td td' sl,I VI Lake and tho city, cannot be accrot.
I|sa,msstt Is msttl any good work this time. VlIry
tn t,f ~ aafd enough, perlnps, to get direct
t,ea Ky XII ifo aud ex!tngulsh 1t, but they exer-
d. ua! uet oIalns but very little III planning
bYias%m" III Everything scoi..ed to bG bungtutl
ss,1 W y . far IN It's lt5rlor tiat tilSy sill not
W. Se,o' ~ o. anlo to tnko III the situation. It
l1ou as@sly se,ay tl!rco lpura before 1t dnwnc.!
lata II" tne ~ ones lhlnd 10 lead a llno OF hose
iii" "1 r.. aisl9 OF tho L spoken OF nl,ovc, autl
PtoM tn sae i, lte inlllietl lntely In Its fcur.
Ao!bjns Wy s,l tlme they nrrlycd until 10 O'Clock
thfui,,,mna1ss. ,,m1s hour the work OF OK.
HsiaSS y; john Il. Janheytield Ind John
upb3at. ~ enFlhe e0llpany No. 20, were 80
kYhsI1 kYhI1%n ~ i. by tho smoke and Eases tiat
sse a seat y y oe borne FROM the building and
He,iSs 20. y, :, Town of Lake, ''S Was t'. Ut !.
III 1,a wE.nnr wRE.Sarl1g w. wqter Into tho olovatqr
hrs h'r, 'on ~. tl1o falllng OF some barrols
III ths thp rsa Mia tis companion tile Impression
1ley hass.u WI anu upper llu0r3 were fal Hing III,
" Snfasa SEfan preclpltatu retreat, A1lu Wilson
estion ".ottahate enough to atop on 4
Mlsjly ot tue floor, Which liai beeii
dGtata3 9Nraed through, lie was pre-
asasIa Int ,lHto the basement, and barely
les%S SaaI Wistl bis life, As II wis some 1t iiis
: hhfti IT,! !piukeh, nnd llo WIS rather badly
h,ansu.! .!!GatIesrnally. liz WIS taken to lii
foty.s,s..o9so ut lilo corner of Stnte and
k!s,sI o9hsa stfeota. Fireman Ktp!oy md
ad4Iny .nef .me1efs Wero also overcome liy tho
khs bsnaa nuloKe 9ntl Int air, but revived upon
hi of 35IRiit ~ Into tho opall air. Tho si.o,,l-
al,ustsd ~ ttlfee companies Iiail bec0tllp 60
Urn ~, tlat at l0:i7 o'elock u sScnti,l
ie;pusAtT tTes ~. sent In from lux tells. I.l,is
1&y hsaa9 aa9d H., uiut Truck No. /.
gllcch'aaa41, barely got Into position
~ AtbImna,,, When suddenly tho root near
@aa tlrssav y, o4rst Into tlaille, and III less
ttte aii aAl'i,lteY the eutIra ttDlIer Stories
sah roaring hiaze. Tho ilro contlli,
kul 1sakAp n.u; WITH CHEAT nAp1plrx =.
esn4t TN hut,of of the lnuIa building and the
Y Ia. 'e,,atng IN tho southwest. md
sslafsa A,an t'iteeIl minutes thoss
Ut famp,a! mp,a!'tuinKs Wero cpnipletely anyel.
tha w., At ll:S0 tho t0of unit poi.
hSaa lu!I,innaaall about In tho middle Ut tie
u E1!lQk knFe wav n,,H .va,,f .inIun Inf,