Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-09
CHICAGO AFlRE.
A Terrible Canilagraliau starts In the
Great Lnmb Disirlct OF
South Chicago.
Tho Citizens Thoroughly Aroused. Fear
Ing n Repetition of N Ere OF
5i--1hs Loss 100000.
Forty.fiyc Million Feet Of Lumber
Destroy d--The Rains OF Heaven
Quench the Flames.
OuI0Aoo ruoRuuonLr soARnn

CHiOAoo THOROUGHLY SCARED,
CHICAGO, LIZ, May S.-.Shortly M.
Ter noon to-day asp rk from passing
locomotive set fire 10 the heart of a
great pine lumber yard which lies
along both aides OF the south branch OF
he Chicago river aud near the south
western city limlte. Bordering upou
his district is n wooden.huill portion
" the city known az nBridgeportii
and the Union Stock yards with their
acres OF wooden sheds and pens filed
with cattle, hogs and sheep.
FIERCE WIND
was blowing from the rest and the
flames spread with greet rapidly. The
entire fire department was called out
and began fighting the flames, but the
twenty or thirty streams Of water
which played on them had little or no
eject as far 40 staying their prog.
tess was concerned The
dry pine boards and shingles
we're plled together, only narrow lines
being LEFT for wagons to pass between.
The narrow interstices between the
boards furnished unusual facilities for
he proRrese of the flames, while they
BROKE THE FORCE or THE STREAMS
OF water and prevented them from
penetrating to the blazing pine In
the center of the piles. The
news OF the fire spread
tapidity 10 the bushes, portion OF the
Ivy and created much alarm lest the
fire should assume proportions ap.
nroachinR those OF the great conflagra-
ton o lSIlIwhich came from the same
direction.
GREAT BRANDS WE'RE CARRIED
forward by the wind, setting Gre to
| new piles and several fire steamers
and the men manning them had u
| narrow escape from destruction,
Starting upon the North side Of the
! river the flames ate up
All the lumber between Thirty
| tifth and Thirty.eighth streets,
an area of about 400 by 1000 feet. IL
set fire 10 a canal boat muored Ut the
dock, and u floSted across tho river
which Is $50 feet wide at this point,
and set fire TO the lumber on the eaai
bank, which covered about an equal
area, ard This, with oneor two planning
mills, was consumed Brands Were
carried eastward ard set fire to
SEVERAL SMALL. FRAME HOUSES
| NVSNNIhNN W tAhliV1tN III but luiHutI
district. The fire department, how
ever, made stand at this point and
succeeded in preventing the spread Of
the tlames into the residence diatricl.
The fight continued throughout tic
afternoon but IL was not
checked before the confederation
burned itself TO the limits ofihe imme.
dlste distrlct In which IL began. A
heavy rain during most of the aftor.
noon was OF great assistance The en-,
tire area burned over was $40 by 280C
feet. The aggregate OF lumber de.
etroyed was $1,000. 600 feet, valued ii
800, 600.
The individual losses and inanranca
are ms Tollows: The Chicago Lumber
company, % 600 600 feet OF lumber
valued AZ $500 900; insurance $500. COO.
Bigelow Bros., 10 000, 900 feet Of lum.
her, valued at $4,000; insurauc,
SI25, 600.
Adams, Hastings 4 Co, 500 600 feet
Of lumber, valued at 500 600; insurance
500 600
n w Hinekiey's planning mill los,
S26 600; Insurance VIZ 600
Five cottages gate loss OF about
10000; INSURANCE about $4,000.