Show for the news a destructive fire at council cornei bluff bliff city h EDITOR OF THE DESERET NEWS V SIR the last mail brought me news that a d I 1 large portion of the business busine sw part of council bluff sit city lias has been destroyed by fire the amount of ty was very large but bat the amount amoun t of loss V tf to the owners is uncertain not knowing what h amount of insurance the there re was but it I 1 is 1 1 l ud ed that but bat a small portion was insured as the 1 r I rates were very high owing to the combustible a materials of which the buildings were ere made j I 1 make an abstract from a letter from my wife j on oil the subject I 1 on the night of the alth of november bel I 1 1 tween 10 and 11 a fire broke out in the 4 store of jackson and spread both ways e east and west consuming every building until it I 1 reached murphys Murp hys store F such a sight M my v eyes never before beheld 0 81 in the space of about 30 minutes the whole i block was in flames you cannot conceive nei 1 H ther can I 1 describe the scene that took place 7 f I 1 it seemed for a time that the whole city was to 0 be consumed for miles it was as light as noon il fi day we could see men women and children i running in every direction throwing water tearl 1 ing down houses and other buildings lu in order to stop tile progress of the flames I 1 tile the emporium buildings including the two I 1 printing 0 offices the guardian and bugle together with the post office were consumed with their contents the stores of and donnell martin mason jackson pegram bartlett the saloon of mitchell fhe whole emporium 11 building th estore of barrow mclaughlin hawk co the bluff house with many I 1 other buildings including the now new dwelling of I 1 mr stutsman the bakery of mitchell the wagon shop and blacksmith shop of J E johnson the stables and carriage houses connected with most of die buildings were included very few of the contents were saved it truly throws a gloom over our young and enterprising city I 1 from other letters from voorhis and mcmahon this letter is fully corroborated but bat I 1 yet it seems that there is a determination on the part of the sufferers to rebuild re build with more substantial ma materials to rials the railroad rail road excitement is on the increase and from all appearance council bluff city is destined j to become becom e a pol point t 0 of f considerable interest I 1 am w with I 1 th b bagri ti r respect p and consideration 16 your n r abt seral A W BABBITT |