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4 meath the ‘of thetr vetoved Gnery, enowing | tne fragments were rating wees Ty Sees, ces es TRUONG BYBN IN DEATH, awtul in the-extreme, Hundreds and thousands of Germans seemed pon saving cheir | people had carried what effects they had saved ‘above everything the Irish were try! down there, in the hope of safety, but the last hopes ie hoogntof nt nour ves. A sam agar tty ‘ s tree Penning ior tear life, agold-headed | the last street east lacing oe lake, ablaze in ‘Gane in one band anda can hall foil jelty ia the several pamae: The ‘end Bgony became in- Dehail never forget the gravity of his looks; | tense; Women Were wildly sorcaming; young gills ‘ures of untold gold. secured f so.have Poy this time covered Ee Of the lake were bY (¢MEROHAND:SR, HOUSRNOLD GOODS AND PROFLE, as we reat wnojeale, Ronses, wor State and were si ooda, they the Be ig if possivle, greater, STATE STREKT, It was now five o'ciuck, gud I. turned up State street again to see what tho dre haa dono in nay abe See eet aD Lr Mise Sete wale Gan a the first pai e- aroyed. Tae Oper Hoare bad “been ab @ Cost. of near upholstered th In ity scenic arra ents accommoation was to no the ent. It was to have been opened on the same mizht by the Thomas orchestra, whose instruments, | believe, nad a): trend arrived atid were tn the barkling at the time. tr dnterest Was mani ested m the inauguration of the Opcra House, and many were the antivipations of a musical season of Reiecesentes prosperity; bus “vain are the hopes of man” and feeting his most cherishes desizas, Im a tew short minutes the old- est nbabitant COULD SCARCELY FIX THE SITE ‘Of the proud structure, and the plaus and hopes of a3 WeLe SWept Lo the Winds. THE ST. JAMES NOCEI, altuated in the same Luliding, was destroyed at the same time, and it evident tat State street had Rot the ghost of a chance to escape. Up to this time, 80 engrossed was I in other parts of the city, I never thought of my own residence until mg com- panion suggested to Me the propriety of a visit to at quarter, We turned to go back, and the Orst that attracted my attention was @RINITY EPISCOVAL CHURCH, situated on V; aren atrect, between Wabash and ichigan »veaues, which! perceived to be in fames, ly boarding house was only hall a block distant, and T became seriousiy alarmed for the inmates, many of whom were helpless women, among them ROSA D'ERINA, the Irish prima donna, who had just concluded a seties of most successtul entertainmenis. I had pre- vicus to this made no eorts to save my effects, and 4b was now too late, as | found the baicony ot the | ‘house (a wooden one) on fire when I gotdown, . The women were panic Strickell, and seemed ntterly incapable o1 action, but we succeeded, amid great aimMcuity, in rescuing them from danger, and, along with them, we wended our way towards the lake shore. But my feeliugs were 80 much excited I could not-remain long in-any one place, and I again went citywards. 1 walked ALONG ADAMS STREET, which had up to that time escaped, and found the Academy.of Design, situated corver of Adains and Dearborn stropta, sil untouched. The Palmer House, on State street, a little lower down, also stood, aud for. @ moment a feering of hope sprang up m my breast, that something might be spared even then. But this was a short-lived fe ‘The Honoré block, in process of erection by the father-in-law of Potuer Palmer, caught, and now the Post Oice, which had acted. as @ burrier t the progress of the flames eastward, was ta imminent danger, and te district around seemed ubaudoned to destruction. The ut- must rons made to save (he mails, papers and vaimavle coments of the office, and tua great: measnre, 1 believe, they were successful, |, Finally TUR PST OFFICE CaUGut, but being a very solid and substauttal structire withstood the fire longer than any other which 1 wean. lis lnierior was completely gutied,.but e walls remain, and on Tuesday they served me asa guide through the ruins. Famthar as I Was with the city L could not otherwise have found-my way. No chance ncw remained for THE ACADEMY OF DESIGN, and we mournfally watclied the rapidity witn which the {fatal element. was eurety enciteling it, It was flied with valuable paintings, among, others Rothermel’s great picture of “the Bawle of Gettysburg.” which nad been | on -exhivition for ‘some «weeks! past £ heard the picture Was taken out in safety, but it Was considerably damaged, and the largest portion of the remaining paintings had to be abandoned to the fre. The building was not tireproot, ana, being built with more regard to display thun uility, wag, quickly and efiectually consumed. The walls top- pled over with the Boat and fell with an awfal a and itis feared many perished in the rains who had recklessly ventured ioo near, . There were a@large Dumber of vaiuabie stores In this district, and:\hey with their contents were completely de- stroyed. | had A NARROW FSCAPE FOR MY LIFE Paice and Sen *acacpn noel realize how great risk was. ny eagerness, gone too near the Honore Block, when @ falltug timber struck me on the forehead and felled me to tne ground. J was completely stanned for a moment, but-the love of tfc was strong, and | struggled up, mynus @ hat, a loss which | soon. replaced, as there hundreds of inei fying through the streets minus heads, I picked one up, which made my ap- Dearauce more picturesque than flattering. The east side of dale sircet, towurda (he bridge, was now im flames, and the block of buildings nortn of Field, Letter & o.’s extensive whole- in the West), were bemg -rapidiy consumed. ihe employ¢s of the house, some five hundred in number, had peen busily engageu all ine night in removin: the most valuable portion of tue goods to a piace o! safety; but the heat liad become so intense that (ney beata reticat and abandoned the immense stock to its fate. The buriawg itself velouzed to Potter Palmer, aud was the nest business house in the city. 1¢ could not be valued at less than @ million and @ haif of doll only part of which was cov- ered by iusurance, caugh{ in the roof and 1n an instant was cnveloped im flames. Ganpowder hid | previousiy beeu pinced an the basement, but the fe | was long in reaching I} Atiengih 4 TERRIFIC EXPLOSION apprised the specta‘ors that the cnc nad come. The fragments were scattered around for blocks, wound- ing and maiming many persons and shaking the foundations of ine solid eurth on which we stood. When Lopenca my eyes again (which 1 had closed on account of the dying sparks) all I could perceive was @ smoking heap of ruins. Immediately ad- jotming Field & Leiter's stood the booksellers’ block of URicago, in which the largest book trade in the ‘West was transacted: It remained intact at six o'clock, when everything around It had been burned; but the Ore, which by this time nad ma‘te | its way east to Wabash avenue, ignited it in the rear, and it burned up like under, the stock, of course, being perfectly infammabie. ‘The loss | must Rave been immense as, (he book trade beti: unasuaily active, a tremendous stock was on hand, 1 forgot vo siate that pievious to this THE WATER WORKS HAD BEEN CONSUMED, and the city was now without light or water, water works were, in the opinion of the Chicago people, the finest in the world, but whether this 80 Or HOt they were magnificent structures of their Class, Hited up with all the modern improvemenis and In perfect working order. When they burved | the Fire Department, which had never rendered much service, practically ceased to ex'st, and seven of the engines were abandoned to the ti THE FLAME-WRAPPED CITY. ‘The panoraina was now awlully grand and mag- nificent, and presenied a mosi iinposing spectacie to those who had coolness enough left to appreciate the vividness of the scene. On every side, far as the eye could reach, the forking Humes were shooting up, Jamping entire biocks with the rapidity of li_ht- The ning, filling the air with burning tinbe s, seizing | fragments and infammabie material of every kin’. The crash of failing butidings would at swift tuter- vals drown all over sounds, and almosi blind the spectators with dense masses of sm Ke, causing for @ moment a darkness that conta be felt. The entire orth east part of the city had wow been cousumed as far as the river, and ine interest became concen- trated in the southern part, towards which (he fre ‘was clearing its resistiess way. It wasdayiight, out you could not distinguish the Uifference between day and night, a8 the street presented the same ap- pearance, the atmospncre and heavens looxed | as they had been for houra previous. Lower state street, south of Jackson, was one vivid vlaze, the | ruined structures Lelching Jorth, whole columas of | fre and smoke, and in the midst | perceived | Most lavie others su; Mts entire Mr. Palmer T was told by TRE PALMER MOUSE STILE STANDANG Twas astonished that it nad held out so lon: Fiom its great height one would imagive that would be one of the stractures 10 -g0,, but it stood longer tay posed wo be completely fireproof. contents had been saved, and rematned tn the building to ihe Inst. a gentieman that Mr. Palmer's wife, who was wait- ing outside the buillding for her husband, bad heen struck in the buiding With @ blazing fragment and severely burned. J Mot see this myselt, have no doubt of its veracity, as occurrences ike this were innumerable, When the hovel finally caught tt rapidly burned up, ani communicated ine flames to St. Paul’s Universalist charch, situated on Wabash avenue, which in its tarn carned them fur | ther on. Adjoining the hotel were a creat number of saloons and some of the mot disreputable bag. nios in the city, and when the dwetimgs ‘caugin ft was horrilying to see the rascaily proprie‘ors SKLAING LIQUOR IN THE FRONT PART OF THEIR PREMISES and the rear on fire. Many of them met the fate they michiy deserved, the bulldings failog on them pe- fore they could manage to escape. rhe burning district was now abandoned bby ali who valued their lives, and all who could reavhed the lake shore, where they hoped to be safe. Subsequent events wul prove how pail SUVS WERS TRIE worns, so it iam pat je order my Narrative, Wabash avenue, adie ig the Palmer House, was principally bullt of marble biocks, which were used for the betier ciass of boarding houses. Jtist above where the private ces commenced was lo- cated spectacié was sad in the exireme, Nothivg re- THE FARWELL BIOCK, wathed of the proud, the flouriviing and the pros- occupied by G. L, Farwell, Humiin & Hale and other | jerous Chicago of Sawurday, save biackened leaps promument merchants, it had been destroyed atout | of brick anu burned timbers. Lam tolerably well 8 year ago in the great fire, but bad vecn rebuiit av { acqnainted with the city, but cold uottor a lon an enormous cost, an: made more maguificent ‘han | me fing my way. Men were cagcriy asking cach it hed been at any previous period. 1 thought wt | other where such @ street was, but the marks had Might have been saved, but it was not to ve; iC | Leen nearly all removed and jew could tell. Were seomed as if all that was valuable, costly and noble 4 { not that the walla of the Court louse, Tribune gust be sacrificed (0 the relenticss and conqucrin, building and Post Orfice remained standing the con- 1 dia Bet witness the burning Of this block, bat T } measure scrved a8 guides \0 point out locations q@astold that it burned up with a rapicity | near toem, that was y terrific. On the opposite | THR GROUND Was 80 HOT side the boarding jiouses commenced, and in | as tobe aimust unfit to walk upon, and in passing one of them, No. , @iady was burued fo death | over it | Lnought of the torture of odew days, when sued, The cross streets inter. secuag those running north aud soutn wore every. was to be swept clean to the lake. this fine foune the iaaies of our party, and” few of us ‘here igmiting, and 1 saw that mpeg bog nae by erect a kind of breastwors us & protection i \ purl | clement, which was “monarch of al! 11 Sarveyed, 1 i , With dishevelled hair and pprarel all awry coul with aimcalty ss Troveutet Hou ‘imrowing Gat Belves the Jake. Chilirea were seebing leat et And’ parents lost children; wives their hus- | vailds and nusoands their wives. . Strong men fatited withthe Of despair, Whitte high above all could be heal . THE BRUTAL CRIES OF WREIGHES : pe Rog with ben drink, ee Cd flow- | e water, seemed Deut on ral I | dmthe naldst of tue uuiversal dianray. Pat ine | lory has never recorded a scene 80 full of all the ; elements of terror and dismay;.foF my part, the re- | Membrance of if shall haunt me as tong as I live, | The breakwater became crowded with fugitives, “and the trains of cara which were being takea from the Great Central depot must have caused nume- ages ned Matly had got along tiv odge of the IMMERSED THEMSELVES IN THR WATER | up to their waists, in the frenzy of tue Moment, and even here they were not ior @ moment safe, My position was immediately opposite Adams street, to which the fire had not yet come, On the corner op- posite stood the magnificent residence of Mr. Honoré, the father-ia-iaw of Potter Palmer. The ext butlding was a Swedenborgian church, one of the strongest stoue editices Lever saw. S was it that | was certain the. flames could not trate it, They did, however, and now our danger Was grea, us the fire was directly opposite to where we stood. We made all the precauticns nee our a as bes pd when the fire should pass ven potnt we wouki.i.e¢ comparatively sate. We cobiacatoa pager ‘carpets wien we ound on the rn ¥ hein 10 water, placed On the topa or chairs; ad got met ies THE FIVE WOMEN OF OUR PARTY under them. We had uot a moment totose, as the fragments from the church and Mr. Honore’s house be fe torn d tm our direction. The heat tense thai ibe carpets imimediately dried Up, but We had pails, and as iast as taey dried we wet them again irom tue lake. I nad, on leaving my residence the night before, put on my overcoat, and J was congratulating myself ali the time on my ; lorethought; bea oe had to go, as it took fire | On my person, jad to be tized over again, adopting the plan of total immerson alg aft ~ 1 JUMEED INTO TUR LAKE ompanton’s pats were on fire in several places, and he had to do likewise, 80 We were both i atthe same time, We got out again, I minus my coat and he w.th Its pants. a tattered condition, Tae heat | Was terrific; my face was literally scorcied, and my | eyes I thought would melt out of my head, but [ was mercifully preserved, and | weathered the storm until the fire passed. When the smoka had cleared | a little I looked north, and what atracted my atten- | Hon “ap Hib; tpman Deen which had just caughi urned to the ground in thirt, minutes, and . mi THE GREAT CENTRAL, DEPOT, one of the oraaments of the city, adjoining Pull- man’s, was s00n a living fame. It was occupied by the liwois Central, moniges Gentral and Sean, Burlington and Quincy roads, and wae headquarters of the former and latter companies, Just beside were-the two large elevators, in which we.e stored millions of busheis of grain, sat. taken a3 1t.was, all in all, i Was one of the mi valuable parts of the city. The depot burned a and, along with i, hundreds. of cars of every description, but the elevators remained standing entire when the depot had been utterly consumed, I believed them, as did every one else, to besafe; puts pow ‘and unperceived danger soon attracted our attention aud convinced us that we ae been too prémature in our suppositions, ‘there A LaRG® QUANTITY. OF SHIPPING ‘ anchored at the mouth of. the. take walliag to. be laden with grain’ from the elevators, No one thought ot these, as it was supposed tliey had made their escape out; but it was not #0, and the tall masis caiching from the sparks commuuicatea with the nearest elevator and set it ingtanuig a: 1aze, Ivmade ® terrifie fire and burned the entire day; but, strange to say, its companion, just beside, és- caped uninjured, aud is preserved, withuits immense stock of gratin. THE FIRE COMPANIES PROM THE’ ADJOINING ‘TOWNS Were beginning $0 arrive, bat owing ‘to the'starcity district they did good service, however, ag they, had & Supply of water-from the river, and, owite to ‘thelr exertions, the fire did not spread to the weat side, All the stores of gooils which were piled: on the banks of the lake had become ignit the entre and was one sheet of fire; yet, in the Midst of ail, fends in the shape of men Were Suing their hellish trade. Whiskey varre!s which had been rolled down were burst open, and men and even women eageriy DRANK THE FIRB IN LIQUID ForM, Free Behe, Were, in numerous instances, indulged tn, and the ruffans, rolfing over each other, were burned and trampled to death. We hat succeeded (aiter paying @ fabulous price for an express wagon) {n removing our women from the scenes, and they made their escape to the southers part of the city, wnere they were for the time being safe. 1 Temained, as I was determined to ace the last of the spectacle, and I made my way, along with a printer on the Bening Journal, to the west side. The task Was one of no ordinary aimicaliy and danger, as walls were everywhere falling and the ground was sirewo with burning embers, We found THE BRIDGES ALL CONR, and could not tell how we were to cross the river until we met an attaché of. the Journal, wno told us we could cross ut Madison street, a portion of te bridge still standing. was surprised io nd the Pittsburg and: Fors Wayne depot still unburnt, when the stronger built ones had bed, but tha fire on Saturday t had clea a apeee. around tt, and’ this, probably, accounted for {ts preserva- tlon. On reaching Canal street we found that the Evening Journal had, with commendable enter- prize, secured the Interior Printing House and had thesame evening. My companion was called upon to work 20d 1 was now left alene and | went on towaras TUE GALENA DEPOT of the Chicago and North Western Ratiroad, which L could not find, it having been long before con- sumed. The freigut honses attached to it had also been destroyed, 80 that wherever I went nothing but rain, complete and awful, met my gaze. The fire seemed to have spent itself on the south side; ani as the north side then seemed safe [ thought I would fo and endeavor to finda place of refuge, which Iaid far down Indiaga avenue. I was so blinded with the smoke, and scorched wita the flames that the two ladies of the house could not recognize me, and it was with dificulty | gained admittance. 1 could fina no water: so | look a couple of pails and started for the lake, which was more than a mile away. could scarcely drag iny legs alter me; but | man- aged to get back, aud as il was now pretty late 1 retired to bed, bat not to sleep, THE HEAVESS WERE VEN MORE LURID than they had been the night before, and I Was at a joss to imagine the reason of this, live dreaming that the whole north side was being rapidly con- sumed, I rose early and went north, and I snail never forget the sights 1 witnessed on that terrible ‘Tuesday. When Twellth street bridge was reached the roads 1eadmyg out of the clty were PERFECTLY BLOCKED WITH PEOPLE, hurrying away, while vehicles of every shape and | description Were eogaged in Carrying their effects, Many fires were still Diazing. and around Madison and Washington streets immense coal heaps were | blazing, the heat from whieh was very accepta. ble, as the Morning Was bitterly cold. Crowds were gatnered reading THE MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION, the first which had been iasued, and a universal } gioom seemed to have settied on all jacea. Go where you would you would meet nothing but despor dency, grief and woe, ‘The Laclede Mouse, the only hotel of any consejuence that re. mained, was crowded with strange whose wonder and amazement at the sceng that presented itself to ‘them cannot be deserived, The luterior Printing Uouse was surrounded py a | dense crowd of printers who lad assembled to hoid | a meeting of their union. Making my way up stairs 1 found wulety or forty men HUSILY WORKING IN THE COMPOSING ROOM, engaged in getting out an early edition of the vour nal. AN extra’ corps of reporters had been em- ployed, and cvery Taoment intelligence was arriving of the devastation Of the nig&t before, Tie 7rivune had also located here, and the walls were Lutieiined | With placards announcing its reappearance on the | morrow. ! / an had been esfaniish: Congrega: LIEBE COMMITTER don the west side in a large 1 chureh, with branches tn all otter churches and schools, and | wag denguted with ‘he business-like arrangements and pertect aysiem ib bad organized on so short a nolice. Commuitices had been appointed on food, clothing, watcr, tratis- Portation, medi¢iue, On- lost clitidren and lost paren.s, apd they all went to work wilb a will, i turowing their wuole hearts and souls into te work. PROVISIONS HAD ALREADY BRGUN TO ARRIVE from neighboring cites, and the most active lueasures were taken to insure their proper disiri bution. 1 thowj;ht 1 would take a stro!l amo | of the fre, | now sor the first ume learnel the ex+ | tent of the conflagration on the north side, From ' the river to Lincoiu ‘Park not @ simgie house re- | mained standing in thesirio’s swept by the Gre. Bunt principally oj wood jrame, ies oniy served as | fuel to feed the fames and varry them on thi uhey nad nothing further to burn, There were many fine churches OB the ROrth Side Which Were ail destroyed, among thei the PLYMOUTH CHURCH (Congregational) and Robert Collyers (Unitarian), both magnilveut stractures, Ongoing south, the | fusion would lave been worse, but these im some ration, Of water they could. accompltsu but livtue...in one | Slity display the | ruling; 30 leaving the church I started for the scene | OCTOBER 14,11 A an but no 4 ke endeavor to enforce it, and in nine cages out of ten were themselves ‘intoxicated, “ven et then been closed, 9 where | was. of” whiske: of it were ait, wound a a a ‘ane the roughs came left; barrel: in nt LOOK ANXIOUSLY FOR THE MILITARY, = tt was feared the raMans world com) ves! with and they did all that men could uo to fea rsameely tis onitet ead Sans > and rape were hourly on the increase. As the day wore oa THE BXODUS FROM THE CITY increased, the railroads furnishing tree accommo- davon. All who had friends outside were we in hundreds, and long trains were leaving in rapi succession, carrying their loads of living freight to all points, As the itnes bad been burned up néar, the scene of the fire, passengers for tho Kast and West had to go ont to ‘Twenty-second street to get their tratus, and the rust and jant around these places was something terrific, ent te the tem. Rene Wal ehve He at pases es I e. The mosi e were to be witnessed among “ J ha THE HEART-BROXEN REFUGEES. T caw one woman. who itad' lost her child in the fire, seized just before the train left) with, strou: convalsions, so severe that’s medicai man presen’ Suid it was impossible for hor to-live... She wa3 car- ried to the nearest dwelling, but I.did not succeed in ascertaining her subsequent fate, ‘Thig Was Do isolated instance, Scenes Uke this ~ rps ed ; = be the best tidings to the unemployed Inbor of the | brings'anatons theusmads to’ see perso.alT MEWSPEAPRR DESTROYED, ‘There were eighty-nine new>paper eataclishments | In the aestroyed in the Burned districts, embracing aallics, a ty just ar oa] mon r la OF CONTRIBUTIONS. co! trom Gt Louts. ville, St. Louis, Indianapolis ~ er cities have been during yesterday to-day. in whictt hee ee not to have mee which was to secure 2331 ih F the Chi Heliet and Aid of the 0 Society, assisted b} promisent citizens, All bills are tobe audited by the executive committee or that society, oot of seven Well-KROWA. Cltl- coinpt ler aad Mayor. - 4 destruction that overwhelmed us we oritue time to perfect organizations, This nOW say with great confidence has Leen ac- WHAT. CONTRIBUTIONS TO SEND. This. organization makes the ‘oNowing sugges- tons to people elsewhere:— Se far as practicable, we suggest, that money be remi a ih hed we oan bey trois wae trou, “une to fron TAM made oolleoted elsewhere should be remitted direct to, or beid subject to onler of, ty, re. ‘ ents ob pactages, and to send promptly by mail, i Bend habe food octal from our society, re ASO fan HENRYK We KING) Preakdont Chioago Boilef and Atd- ty. WL? DEXTER, Chairman. Executive Committee, THER CHICAGO RELIEF AND AID SOUIRTY, In. connection-with this matter the Mayor issues the following proclamation: ‘ were 8o nainerons that after atime they ceased Co:) _ have, decmedt bem for the Interests of this alty to ture’ Gauge any surprise. rhe train, winch, consisted of | Tor wulerins peopte in this entp. Mois aoclety inn Inonrpo: scventeen coaches, slowly steamed away, and in the | rated and old established zation, and bas possessed annals of travelling @ more sorrow-stricken multi | for many years the entire coniidence of our community, an Wde was hever carried by a company. After its de- Réeeeae wite ‘work. to be dane. feroe: Parture I went south, to Indiana avenue, and ar- | Wie woelety fs inadequate vothls itnmenss work; but they Fived: at, Thirty frat sireet im’ tite towitness the | Mii, Tapldiy enlarge aud extend the br siding promi: most awful incident I nad yet benald.-: On coming |} fi ciizens to atd'tints organization ia "possible ways 3 hear the street | was starticd to see a building im | also conter upon a wers hereto? ames, and stilt more so by Nea: fore exercised eo = Citizens §= Committee — tt A RAPID SUCCESSION OF SHOTS, Iran to the and learned the cause of the ex- citemen!, Four men-ghouls and one.woman. had. sct tire to several dwelling houses and were endeay- oring to escape in conturion. They were, how- ever, discovered. by some of the infuriated tahabie tants, and a shower of balls was ‘sent after them, which had the effect of BRINGING DOWN THRER OF THEIR NUMBER, two men and the woman. The other two were caught, mye were strung round thelr: nécks and they were hanged from the nearest lampposts, HONOR 20 JUBGR LANOHT ALL he had never done his duty more nobly, and if all his Judgments were 43 impartial as this we should never grumble at his administration, After this in- cident {was on the qui» etue for further develop: ments, but nothing further. transpired, and’ {" reached my temp abode withont wi nessing anything jurther worth recording. Night! nad by this tide come.on, and in other parts of tne city the pillage was on she increase, bat Ir was:completely exhausted oy the two days’ labor, and 1 went out no more that eventog, Large quantities of provisions: had arrived:durti the day, the most pressing needs are’ covert and clot These are pele necessary ed Ny the cities: ours: ‘one wart ea J ‘in these: things Wilt be ky Such’ has: my experience the dagration. have endeavored as: fateageay QS Possible to desorive as briefly aa L could. ome of the many-scenes and ia TO NARRATE ALL THAT T WITNESSED, or attempt anything like a detailed account of the desiruction of the city would be a task, at tins date, far beyond my power. No adequate idea: can yet be formed of the loss of life an to contemplate ruin. and devastation so awful and complete; to think that in a few short hours one of the greatest cities of the world, with ail lis treasure, its. beautifal buildings and costly residences, could be so campletely swept, away, Panny Sete @ trace by which its former beauty could be recognized, GONE FOR A TIME Ii THE QUEEN cITy of the Western World, her dominion passed to otners, her glory a thing of the past and. ber influence wo.ully curiailed, But this is not to be alwaysso. ‘The Garthe, tbe energy and the en- terprise which raised her from a barrea swamp aud placed her on foundations of granite will be equal to the task of her resurrection irom her present fallen position, and she shall, ke the phoonix, SPRING MORE GLORIOUS’ FROM HRY ASHES, and, tofused with the fresh young blood of the West, shall enter upon a career of greatuess, of use falness she never dreamed of in her palmiest days. The West cannot exist without Chicago; her natural situation and advantages give her contro! of the Western States, and in fatare times, seated in ali the mi vesty. ot empire on Lake Michagan, she shaib look Lack, as to 2 fearful dream, upon the recent coufla- atready commenced to get uo an extra, which they | station, and ta all probabillly remomberitas a biess-' | yater from the. Dev ing T.ther than a curse, AFTER THE FIRE. A Gleant of Daylight—Insarance Companies Settling—The Di posal of the Aid—Pers of the Relief Committces—Proclamation by the Mayor. = Cricaco, M., Oct. 13, 1871. A GLEAM OF DAYLIGHT. The dawn of each succeeding day brings brighter prospects, ana the hope of the ener- gctic men who mace Chicago what it was 13 strengthened. Twenty-one columns of the Tribune of this morning are filled with advertise- ments of business changes. Builders are over- whelmed with applications to put up new houses, One man bad sixteen contracts last night. A proposition made by members of the Boara of Trade to settie outstanding contracts on the hasis of last Saturday's market meets with favor. There 1s no business whatever doing, A noticeable fact is the almost perfect condition in which the fire has left the Nicolson pavement, Miles of the pavement on the north side are un- scorched, FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE. Fvidence is accumulating that the loss of life is greater than has heretofore been estimated, INSURANCE COMPANIES ADIUSTING LOSSES. The agents of the A:tna Insurance Company are pay lng losses, which tney claim wul not reach three inillion doltars. The Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Com- panties have ordered the payment of their losses at once, The aggregate losses of these companies is about six miliions. The loss of the Commerce, of Albany, 1a $460,000, This company has been placed in the hands of receivers, CONDITION OF TAR ELEVATORS. The following elevators were burned:—Munger & Armour’s, Galena, flinois Central A, Hiram Wheet- ers National, Vincent, Nelson & Co.'s, The foiiowing elevators are unharmed:—Titinols Central B,Plint& Thompson's, two of Munn & Scott's, two of Armour, Dale & Co’s., Burlington and Oid Jowa and Lilinois liver. The total amount of grain remaining in the eleva- tors Is 5,(00,000 bushels, The loss of grain wiil foot Up 2,000,000 bushals. Temporary trade rooms have veen established at 61 wnd 63 Canal street. BANK VAULTS UNINJURED, Sofar none of the bank vauits have been found Injured, The Union National ts m perfect condition. Every doliar of the millions of deposit in the Ft- delity Safe Depostt Company's vauits is safe. THE COURT ROUSE TO BB REBUILT. The County Supervisors met to-day and resolyeu to rebuild the Court House at once, BANK RESOURCES, ‘The amount of funds saved from the Vanits of the banks, added tothe balances in New York, leaves thent an amount of cash equal to forty or nity por cent. This, with (he insurances that wiil be paid, insures ‘the collection of seventy-five per cout of tueir loans by the banks, FIVE MILLIONS FOR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, The Trivune says there is one way in which the | government may be of substautial benefit, The gov- eroment must have public offices hore—custom honse, post office, court rooms, &c.; also bonded Warehouses. Tiese are absolutely and Im mediateiy necessary. Let Congress provide for these, to ve of the most liberal dimensions and best class, If wretches were forced to walk op heated metals as an ordealior their reat or fancied crimes, Dead bodies were being everywhere picked up. Lu one group | saw as many as TRIRDY- BIGHT CORPSRS, which bad beca gathered togevier for interment, Congress will appropriate one vr. two miliious of doilars to begin this work at once and order theif constraction ft will do'more to restore con- fidence and siimulate private enterprise than any impracticable atiempt to loan the public money to back uo stockuoders in insurance compantes, by 10 RSE cone sel As tReet sofurme'may be 1 + the tion aad oars ot the sige and disabled, 4 pe ig jeneral Sheridan srrangement raised to co-operate with this emonaen. It will be neon tas been fatea in Topatg.to (ue ciisedipa of ter peutriber mn takea in regi yn of ntribu- tower Fah MASON, Magee ol AVPOINTED. ‘The tottewinng committees have eeu appotated:__ ies, aud dea or obmealoes” Murray Nee i Fairbanks, chairm acire-pasios Yor ine'deaittute and almer, chairman, ite Dexter, chairman. ‘usl—G, C. Gibbs, | On employmeat— On trans; in freight accoummodations—Geo: ‘On reception and correspon. = On the uistribution of 90d, clothing ana, YOu sik, sanhery-and hospftal measures'-Dr. N. A. Jotn- gon, chairman, PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR. The folowing: proclamation ;has jest “been furs pished it Nceistea Press; it Hast 0 Y able to ine eky meant sat aad paseaee. Mtacte soaices ease See feats lnwabllants are whands suetet OF come nlad.” Pood 10 te ulquarters, Yu a. long winter 1a,betore as, and Maall teed ait tie ata rks ee Ramenny cad Se er eee gone ee ‘equatied 1m cheered and vcktizens, business has largely boen resumed; houses, TRoatiy of a tem- rary are springlig up ia “all parts of two thou- a many’ piemaneeh (oath re being ergy ots ‘and it is noted the oulttna bl .stien, Fett pyar arcane eel preerpomeani it thanks to. 1 tympathiced with 208 aided a o NBWSPAPER ENTERPRISE: Men have been put at work on tho Tribune build- ing—which ts to Ue similar to the former fireproof Away. Teere are ne accommodations here for th. Rotel, where:! was so fortunate aa to secure ‘OP A BOO: been’ offered for ‘the’ par- on for ono pose.of: Sieeeanss plea 3 E FH = i i if HF § i » g =) 3 i; HE Sg 5 i 2 i : ¥RAMB STRUCTURES COMMEN on nb oem sede 08 the lake shove fronting Micht- gan avenue. lone! Eastman, the Postusaster, 1a Cntitied to the greateat Credit for the he has displayed. Un Monday noon the Post & mass of ruinsyon Toesday rtven tle Post omee. re-established ta Burlingtom’ Hall and rogalar-deltv- eriea were bemgima persons as coutl. found. Burlington Hall, waa formerly the hvad- quarters ior the balis of the tower class of demi- monde, Now the immense room cuntains: great bags, and:hanareds of busy clerks are surrving to bring some‘order out of the c Windows in frent of the telegraph’ ottice i covered with the addresses of business men’ wi on: telegraph blanks; How can 1) 'hi to give you an adeqnateidea of tne sufferings of the People in Lincoln Park? From fifty ‘vaousand the number has aweiled'to: SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND. 1 Those who were im the wacant lots) nepr Division strect, have gone up tothe ‘park, and the seene now P Vheengicie ig beyond the power of. words te @escribe, Every one ig demoralized; bundreds are lyin, Pallets: of straw, having been rudcly roused from: Siok beta to e@vo theiritives.. How many perished! tm the - vaim atte save themselves | will! tas 3 own. There fave been Dye ‘to the oocasion ‘wall never be. orgot ay desolation and such sufferin: fo. a on Soe ee ee ER THAN WORDS: How: Our “Claens? Purses pagel FOR THE USPORTOSATE «Freely Give and Freely Ye ' Shall Receive.” ltr ‘To-day wo conitthite the J1sts of. contribanoné :im 1 abun: } ald of the Chicago sufferers. - It. willbe seen that donations ate Not confined ‘ to any Class or nation- } ality, Dut that the poor, the ricoh, the saint and ain- the’ Eitory “or |! ner’s bands alike go down invw: their pockets and’ contribate ‘of thetr means ‘to’ swell the grand total | p that New York tenders to, her suffering brethren. COLLECTED IN THE CITY. YESTERDAY: MONEYS RECEIVED AT THE HERALD OFFICE. butlding, with the addiction of such Improvements as dmnounte past. experience ra necessary, One of the $5 00 Tribune?3 eigdt-cyltader presses Was Nearly culned; 6 00 the other cau lg repaired. 500 KILLKO BY A FALLING WALI. % Three laborers were instantly Killed this morning | G, A. Moss, 167 Reade street, 100.00 by the falung of a wall at the Corser of Clark and | g, 1, Commings, 140 Centre'street, 25 00 Soath Water streets, yipet New York Aid For Chicago. 126 New Yorn, Oct, 13, 1871. 5 00 The following has just been received by Colonel |} Mra, Thomson, 264 Greenwica street. 5 ov James Fisk, Jr., from Chicago, dated 1l2th:— J. Copeland Ay 109, Learning at Builalo that, blankets and: rnonsingn were — J. & Lubba. 2% vert ihauuctions, Tlie balance of ive ucods areto te were | Oppenhelm & Collins, 499 Broadway 100 00 to-night UbURUB CROUCH, 1. Cohen, bookkeeper, 499 Broadway. 10 00 AtDlete. ...-.. 0040 “ 5 00 ated City—The Hush fer Sheler—Twelve in'a Reom—tiebumildi Hanley eS Cease hia enna poe the CitysSeventy-two Thousand Peopls in Neen tah a Lincoln Park—Kive Deaths and Elght Births |) 7’) a9 tab Sore—twe Gauanea Desies Heserereds| 1 ici ti ie arenes Pe Thavye.just retarned from a third ,rand round of Lace nage ig fr mvenae. x pad the burned district, Including (hat part of the soatn befys ape ee forw: a wp division designated off the diagram forwarded a RES i. * Po} day or two since, and the whole of the north side, ‘The scenes of suffering and wait that I have met on each tour beggar description. Riding elong Fourtn avenue this afternoon my attention was at- tracted to something that looked like THE TAUNK OF A MAN’S BODY. Closer. inspection demonstrated the truth of my suspicions, The teftarm was bent baekward and twisted over the head, the flesh was roasted from the hand and nothing but stamps were left for hands, The muscles of the arms and legs were shrivelled ana peeted backwards like the bark on a tree. There was about an inem of hair leit on the forehead and the eyes were burned out, Whether he had been a white or biack inan I conid not possibiy make out, My VISIT TO THE CORONER'S OFFICE, 64 Milwaukee avenue, was the saddest of all my experience, for the roasted bodies uf the men, wo- men and children, unrecognized and unkuown, | were piled one upon another and awaiting recog. nition; but who will recognize them 1 cannot imagine. There is not. the iaintest clue on any one of the bodies that wilt lead friends to positively know who they are, and so they must pe buried, The etty papers that have been resuscitated from the ashes report as many as TWO HUNDRED BODIES recovered from the fire, Uniess it is known posi- | tively who perished in the fire it will be impossible to determine from recognition. There are seventy bodies reported in tne barn of the city undertaker on Hubbard street. The ‘arrival of troope is bailed with general satisfaction, and to- night the burned districts are full of them, some on guard, aquads marching to and fro and officers and orderiies gailoping from point to point, Mayor Mason turoea over the city to General Sheridan this morn- tug, and we are, to ail intents and purposes, ander Inartial law, Where I am siiwated, the Avenne House, corner Wabash avenue and Twenty-second street, I can plainly hear frequent shots and know that day- Tight will bring its report of SUMMARY EXECUTIONS through the might. Roughs will find it to their per- j sonal sarety if they will give Chicago a very wide berth at present. The citizens are bitter againat these harpies, and a suspicion is equal to a death warrant. Locendiaries, particularly, meét with swit retribution: This aiternoon some women detected A young man aged about twenty-three yeats in the act of firing @ house on the west side, A -pariy of Men took bim to the nearest telegraph pole anu HUNG WIM WITH TRLEGRAPH WRB 1 was waiting for afresh horse at the’ livery sta- ble, 456 State street, this evening, when a@h alarm or fire was given, and two policemen rusled to the house No. 468 and emerged with a wotan, Whom they caught setting fire toa straw bedtick, It was just as much as they could possibly do to save ner irom the vengeance of the infuriated crowd. At the Western Union Telegraph Company's office, in Burlingtoa all, there is a constant stream of mes- sage senders. The sidewalk is crowded and the throng extends away around into Sixteenth stiect. ‘The efforts of (ne police seem (0 be of no avatl; the crowd cannot be kept back, and 100 operators are unequal tothe task of keeping even with the press of busine: I have tricd in vala every hour and every diay ¢o get apectal despatches direct ‘rom here to the MERALD by wire. An army of workmen are now busily engaged In Gelling up aiine of gue hundred Wires Wurouah Ca- Hota, Employés of G. W. Brown's Auction 125 Water street. UV. AS. Vv. F. A 150 Inventor..... 2000 Terpsichore Social Union. oe 100 00 Employ¢s of M. Shindhelm, 100 Bowery 50 00 300 200 Babette Steger. J. Punle, A IMDVOFCT. «0.6... sees Gleophene Oli Company of Greenpoint, Operntives in Factory of E. V. Welch & Co. Names. amount, E. Peigne. £. Sinctair, R. Galoraith. J, Hickey, Jr. J. Hickey.. W. Everson. . . Noyes. . J. Davis,...- E, Gorrys se. 100 J. Briere, A. Granijean.... Ja Noyer...... J. Gillmore. oe a oe oe nor A, Bichand M, Richaud, . E. Ekitnd., A. Garnot, b. Blof... M. Foyht.... M. Kane, 8. Konert. C. Hone « FE. Austin J. Kouert.. 8. Lohy... 8. Cox... A. Tanner ..... M. Devine, M. Stillwell L. Ferguson. W. Lane, P. Davis. A. Joly, A. Burl ¥. Lettierste. eemee renee ones nets oe ed SESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsssssosseres = R, Romaine .. A. Nol, - de ©. MéDowell. K, Spellmagy..cres: lo BE. Role.. 200 Name, Meélitts Shire & Oo, . August Miller, 08 A.J. Sparks S ad Jacob Euadiich. - Fe Thomas W. Chandter . se Frank Knickerbocker . - te Max: Honig .ivi. ‘Ve “ 10 Mrs. Caton..+/ Mra. Kerby... Mrs. Oliver.:..-. Mm Laszlo’ White. Mies Bella Greves. Miss Bridget’ O’meary.. Misa Mary A. Buckley. Miss Efien Can. Miss Kate Tracy. Miss Jane Hynes. ‘Miss Hannah Murphy. Mise’ Mary’ Hanaiey.: Mise Louilia 'Retiey: . ‘Miss Ohristina ‘Rellley. ‘Miss Eliza) Wilttams. . Mise Mary Murray...... Miss Margaret Dempsey. Mise Bridget’ Reiley. Miss Lazzie Oarney. From Lee & Co. Name, : Total...........0e Received yesterday Previously reported. TOCA. eeee ise ees Contributions Hetecived by the Chamber Commerce. ee ee Satsssss » amount... « Mr. A. A. Low, Treasurer of the Chicago Relier subscriptions Committee, reports the following to four Y. M. of Uctober 13:— a \Whd & Uo.>. B. a Kranee & Sayre. Gonins, Waiein Adi Ky boii W. A. & A. “flo mente 2 tt Bropiretiy ating Glad me W. Bru on Hiiger Brorkers, Len Veuseia by velegram Pastor Walkenthaw, enry A. Fansha James Taloot. Muriding, Cold: J, Strauss, Brothers &Co, Bird & Francis... Hacata Lingen Adolph Bernheimer. Chapman, ‘Sanith & tt, Maviland: 0. A, & Fy Blake Destin & agi unployees i GF ot q 4 OO. 05 Fr. Mi 4 iii COvaee ee odes £6 aioe. arveun Bs ‘Tiagues, Harbisun Shines... Co. st aie. Tome nd " art mate: CONTINVED ON FIETH PAGE, et et aecesesas