Show large fire in Citi chicago cago CHICAGO sept 16 the most disastrous conflagration that tha t has ever visited our city since the great fire 0 of f 1857 occurred last night the fire broke out 0 u t about 8 0 in the stable of F r me ate brill co entirely de destroying strying it with its contents including four our valuable horses the flames thence communicated to ahe the blacksmith shop 45 canal street spreading thence in different directions consuming the entire block bounded b by clinton north ca cal l nal west lake and F fulton u ton streets from this block it communicated to Blatch fords lead works thence to the hydraulic mills these together with tha block bounded by north rth jefferson clinton fulton and west la lake ke streets were entirely destroyed from the northwest north west corner of fulton and canal streets the fire communicated to the lumber yard of ryerson miller consuming nearly three million feet of lumber bery valued at thence to the lumber yard of L sutherland destroying the entire i stock valued at thence to lulls LOPS yard adjoining consuming two million feet of lumber and to mason co as s machine I 1 shop corner of north canal and carroll which were totally destroyed from ryer sonn yard it communicated to the vulcan works of warrington mcarthur thence to the vulcan boiler works destroying the block bounded by fulton carroll clinton and north jefferson streets the two blocks adjoining were also partially destroyed I 1 the principal losers are alej J W cochrane I 1 at the dubon house insured fori fon Blatch fords lead works 1 insured for cochrane baker cleveland house insured for avery allery co p insured for M hydraulic mills no insurance walter lull lumber yard insured insured for E rucker mill no insurance the total loss will probably riot not be less leas than while the insurance 1 will not cot exceed the greater part of which A is in new york providence hartford and springfield companies A large number of the buildings dest destroyed roved were dwelling houses of but little value tile the kofl origin of the fire has not been ascertained ti to 0 firemen were slightly 1 injured by the falling walls st louis morning herald |