Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-08-10 | Page 1 | Scores of Homes Burned to Ground in South Chicago

SCORES Of OMES BURNED TO 10 GROUND IN SOUTH Chicago o Aug or of p per perSons r sons were drIven from Crom theIr uniTieS homes early today b by a i Iuie that destroyed time tho two rows of frame framo houses In Suo Sn and Buffalo South ChI ChIcago cage cago More than a score of homos homes which wore e cottages and t wO Lor buildings of frame construction were ware burned to lo time the ground For several hours It was b that at least I six lx persons had been burned to Lo death In the buildIngs The polIce seeking among amons the ox ex excited cited residents who were vere foreigners generally unable to Lo speak EnglIsh could not account for tor many mam who wore wera In tIme the buildings when the lire fire It Is however that 1111 escaped the flames Many of tho wore carried from the tho buildings building b by firemen while oth were vere injured In leaping from fim windows or burned In efforts to o sno savo their property