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Show by W.U.TolcsnU'li.l SATLltUAV KKJIITS FIUK IN CHICAGO. Chicago, S. When the hi.it dispatch dis-patch w'ith regard to the great tiro was scut at 12-30 o'clock this morning, it was stated that its progress appeared stayed. This proved to bo true; tho firemen by the most extraordinary and daring exertions having succcded iu keeping it within the bounds it then occupied. oc-cupied. Within this area, however, which could not be less than twenty acres of ground, the flames still raged upon the piles of lumber and coal which filled a considerable portion of space; and at four oclock this morning the glare was visible all over tho city. By daylight part of the wearried firemen fire-men were relieved. Every thing combustible combus-tible within the fated district has been swept away.- This morning, though clouds ol' emokc still roso from a portion of the ruins, aud hero and there piles of coal still glowed with the intense heat which was rapidly consuming consum-ing them; and a number of steamers wero playing on such points as ro-taincd ro-taincd enough fire to be daDgcrous, it was evident the great conllagration was over. The subsidence of tho fire makes it possiblo to give a more correct cor-rect statement of the losses which arc very much less in amount than was first supposed during its progress; while the amount of personal sull'erjng caused by so many poor families losing their all, was not atfall exaggerated. Tho highest estimate of tho loss is now half a million dollars; dol-lars; tho lowest half of that sum. The larger .sum is no doubt nearest the actual loss. The aggregate insurance, so liir ih ascertained, is $122,5-10. Vincent Nelson & Go's large grain elevator was saved, or the loss would have been double what it is. The following are tho principal losses : Lun & Holmes' planing mill, where tho firo originated; 20,01)0, insurance $12,000; Foster's bos factory, i.OOO, insurance $1,500; F. Migle's vinegar works, $ 1 2,000, insurance ?i0o0; Racine 1 louse, loss small; Union wagon works $17,000, insurance $6,000; Sheriff & Son's lumberyard, $05,000; insurance $35,000; Chapiu & F'oss' shinglo factory, $50,00jf in-surancc in-surancc $12,000; B. ilolbrook's coal yard, $30,000, nxsuranco $25,000; Wilmington coal company, $30,000, insurance $20,000; the blacksmith shop of tho Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago R. It., loss $1,000; Balt-zer Balt-zer & Co., wagon makers, $3,000, insurance light; a number of tenement houses occupied by the poorer diss and owned by 11. Kllsander& Randall, Hon. C. B. F'arwell, aud Alauson Watson, on Clinton street; the buildings build-ings wero old and the loss not heavy, except to tho occupants; ten houses owned by Alanson Watson, on Jackson-street, Jackson-street, occupied by twenty-eight families, fami-lies, who lost everything; and the dwellings and shops, numbering from twenty-seven to sixty-seven, on this street, loss $20,000, about one quarter insured; four buildings in Van Burcn street, of small value; the iron viaduct leading to tho Adams street bridge damaged $1,000; the tracks of tho Pittsburg, F'ort Wayne and Chicago Chi-cago and St. Louis railroads, which run throughl the Burnt district, were damaged $2,ou0 or $3,000. The saddest result of the tire was the burning to death of Mrs. Margaret Hadley,who being suddenly surrounded by tho Haines was unable to escape, tier remains, burning to a cinder, were found to-dy near tho place where she was last seen in her house. It is impossible im-possible to learn to-night the exact amount of insurance and the names of all the companies that aro victims. The entire amount of the insurance is probably less than $150,000; about two-thirds of tho amount in Chicago. |
