Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-25
news BY TELEGRAPH.
From ALI Quarters.
FIERCE WORK OF FLAMES
Thousands are Driven From
Their Homes.
HAVOC WR0usHT BY The STORM.
Shore StreWn With Wrecks
of Many Vessels.
CREWS SILK WITH Their VESSELS,
Scenes of Wreck on the
COney Island Shore.
CREWS SILK WITH Their VESSELS.


DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES. 1
| A Gale of Wind Swept the Planes
Block After Block In South Chicago
-Thousands of II esldents In a Panic
House After House Fell Before the
Sweep of the Fire-Immense L lumber
Books Destroyed - Five Hundred
Buildings Are Burned.
CHICAGO, Aug. pa fire began in that
part of the city known as South Chicago
about o'clock this afternoon From q
three-story brick building st the corner of
Ninety-frst street and Superior avenue
flames, which rapidly grew In volume un-
der gale of wind, ate their way over
block after block of small frame residences
until they had reached the lake
The SO, 900 residents Of the town were
precipitated into panic. The pine struc-
lures In which lived the workingmen en-
ployed in the large steel mills of the Hi
noise Steel company, and in which the
smaller merchants of the place made their
homes, were levelsd by the flames. Streets
were blocksded with wagons collecting the
effects of the fleeing residents House af-
ter house rapidly fell before the sweep of
the fire, which hurled blazing brands far
in advance.
From Superior avenue the flames crossed
to Ontario avenue, Buffalo avenue, Mack
inaw avenue and Green Bay avenue
Among the first buildings to fall was the
First Methodist church at Ninety-first and
Superior avenue, and a little later the Ger
man Lutheran church on the opposite cor
ner was blszlpg.
Hardly had those buildings been leveled
than fire was detected in dozen places
further east. The Central fire alarm Office
sent to the fire every engine that could be
spared in the south eide. The freboat
Yosemite also hurried to the scene, but
before 1t had reached the harbor at South
Chicago the fire had eaten away the five
blocks between Superior avenue and the
lake and the Yosemite turned its attention
to the immense lumber yards on the river
front. By six o'clock new danger had
arisen in the veering Of the wind and all
the work of the department seemed to
have come for nothing.
Before the streams from scores Of en-
gines had had the least appreoiable effect
upon the progress of the flames this i'm
mense docks of the Sunday Greek Coal
company, were in ruins.
The A. r. Beck Lumber company, with
dock frontages almost ~ great as those of
the Sunday Creek company also caught FIRE
and here the first great battle of the fire.
men with the flames wss begun.
LATER-It ia stated that 500 buildings in
all were burned. The lnss is estimated at
100000.
The fremen, though at first rot able to
do more than hold the flames In check,
steadily beat them down. when additional
engines arrived. By s o'clock the coal IN
the yards of the Sunday Creek company
and Beck's lumber yard were the only
places where the fire was still uppermost,
and in short time it was practically ua-
der control.
The FIRE is 1aid to have originated from
the ovsrturnipg of lamp by young
lady while heating curling iron. Half
dozen persons were injured in the fire.