The Sun (New York) Newspaper, October 10, 1871, Page 1

AL ¥. by 6 | ee THIRTY-NINTH YE (ile The Mos + bar tmrrobab! paper office deain b ang By AR. 100 DESTROYED ! — st Ter rible Fire that ha: Ever Occurred in America. One LTH m dyed end Pilts HOT GNE-HALE THE OVER 12,000 BUILDINGS BURNED, aeand in ASHMER 1 Shifting, and South Chicago in Flames. 0 #0 tons a ng Or tent of t TH the THE WHOLE A FEARFUL PAN rs of Great Ci OUNTRY AROUSED, and of th ies. i¢ IN WALL STREET, The Insurance Companies Bending to the Financial Storm. —— eak out Bre of Saterday, cre deen equalled ling cows fe ¢ malic focalculable purpose, XN APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE, @ wild rumors which filled the eity yoster- by eoncerning the terrible conMagration in Chica og ne tt did 80 e000 after the enormous ed an excitement which bas To many persons the start. wed as though it bad been concocted as Cemca for some mysterioa So extr tercocn specie and 4nt were the and #0 wildly the bulletios at the botels and news . that the scene, th afew whune attendants were ving to pla saturday og, w in its ro! pew ARN ARAL tire Gre * ume smoke ving 4) as the oth so crop. until late in held @rmiy to the opivion that the whole affair was 06 As the hours went by, however, and no authentic Fest ure ury. sed belore the ex became known, toe « ping many * ction of the frightful tale was made, (be ( uih of the rumors became apparent, and the mont scepiicsl gave ap the pope to which they bad cluog At tte pr sent moment it is beyond » ebadow of doubt thes tue main portion of the Garden City, dvinane (0 and toe few Gonumente Which Carcogo Lonete, ts bub a weap Of reign, What were Sparcntly the most absurd sesertions have met With positive confirmation, aod even more, tie fae ovatrip * hors. The following is the tory of the Bre iru eepuiom to the date o cONFLAgRATION he ca hat deeo for Cal purposes utterly derived of aim. The Wester eso has been intensely hot. The conse quence at _@ large proportion of the ‘ f frame, acquired an inflam soullty almest equal to that of tinder, This fact is ' ein certain districts of the city whic ire ocasted by the poorer classes, The lumber pads © been filed th immense piles w cap rienced the same seasoning process, p st uumber of these lumber y t side of the s ath branch of to x vm Twelft) #'raet on the sout wen Kinzie stree a distance of about « Slat. dNexone mostly between the rire , west of which street for seve fhe n whic contains, oF did contain be wos bd oul in the city Diractiy faetand acjouning of th» onth branch of the river r ce, the | ulldings ars of @ simila eliar-ever persed with lumber and coal yards For about (wo Weeks the namber of Ares hae bees , & ‘Ihe Co tHouse bell his cated out the Fie Departs ent daily, and almost hourly, These Bave bee uied inthe main to the putting up At. 8, occas ‘oach of winter ‘ ove been daily apprehended in cases fre slould get a fair start in tue district described t arday wight, however, thy terrible dauge Woo bung over the city was not estimated oy a variation of four blocws of buildings ued the eyes of the peope to the ‘ ut unfortunately too late. THB FILST ALARM 4) 695 lock on Sunday evening the alarm peat " Fem the ears of the already excited peo be. Tue number of the box from which the sigea " u showed the fire to beat the south " mit of the inflammable district, in a row two scr) wooden tenements on De Koren, be tw ferson and Clinton streets, It was not thought Ly the Pire Department that the affair Avy assigned to duty io that vicinity were at frat with the exception resting from tueir upon the still smou: ich War liable to Probably half wien ALARM WAS SOUNDED, the flames T brigade was o had a eo nigit hough From the southwest a strong reoingly it gradually increased | fierce fam enve: ordered Lo the res quired a tre was clear stmosobere was determined to leaped ck after block in from one * Med to show that the Fire De powerless . y ould Lave d buildings, oan ke ace ne fal fact, no depart 1 the irresist rs twenty bloc were adequate idea o ivjsion 9 1) gradually crep rtheasterly disec fod siowers 0 fn occasions the Jur devouring devasta dons int hope of avert ele flash anim hep the otter AY DEPOTS ON FIRE pote of the Fittsiureh anc sev and St Louis Rat © direch course of the Ore, 4 Bsaade Lyety lumber yards wore also at this time seen fying Scross the river from the lumber yards, and orop- mory, and the frame hows them on fire. A despateh THe GAB HOU # anrrounding soon set yet INL The Mawes spread in every direction among the ay buildings, ‘The prospects are that the gas couse will be destroyed and the city wrapped iu darkoss A terrible panic is prevailing through nut tue city, { Almost everybody—men, women, and children—is in the streets, and weeping and wail ug it hevrd in every direction, It now looks as if tie whole city might be destroyed. Large numbers vos but how many cannot be fn ontil the Ore bas been arrested. The alarm 1 Las just commerced ringing an unceasing peal, whieh i# intended to eail every sleeper from his bed, The panic is increasing, and the people seem A:most ervzy with alarm, THE VESERLS IN THe Rr ave been fost, know ER ADLAZE. cat hing fire im al probably be pes eady within The vessels in the river + aud a | syed A ragin y blocks of nek of the tel nthe South river roaring eli of fire enve! ity Tt is al and ewesping o: where this despatch whirlwind of ots are powerlers, +. against which homan e Ye impossible to teu Where it w Van Buren street ts barned. rhe track of the and Alton and Raliroads, with the freight houses, are stop. The Age acros Fork Wagn swept awa Taowsaods of people fil the streets, rushing oat of thetr dwellings, tn many instances barely in time © save wheir lives. The block immediately across the street from the telegraph office, one of the Anest in the city, is now tn Mam Once tnirly started on the south aide, the Ore con: to0e) to extend rapidly in the direction in which (oe wind was blowing, #oon consuming many of tue Anest buildings as it got a foothold in the ba part of the city A WILD DEsPAtce. Exavewoon (10 miles from Chicago), Oct. M.—‘Vhe work of devastation continues, 1A More than one-half the city te already destroyed, and the flames continue their ravages almost anopposed. At aboat one o'clock this morning the fire crossed the river at Adams street bridge, and soon destroy- od (he gas works, and then spread iteelf in every ai. rection. At this hour almost every building from Har- risom street north to the Chicago river is cestrosed, inclading all the insurance offices, banks, hotels, tel eereph offces, newspaper establishments, with thi single exception of the Zridune office, which is Bre proof, ~ ALL THE HOTELS GoNn. The Court House, Sherman House, Tremont House, new Pacifie Hotel, aew Bigelow Hotel, and, In fact, everything else is swept clean. This di: trick embraces all the Leavy business housgs in tae city. , Tho rain of fre and brimstone on Sodom and Gomorrah can bardiy be compared to the devastat- ing rain of the fire-feod on Chicago. More than one balf the population are now rushing through the streets in vehicles which are obtained at enor- mous prices, on foot, and in every other way, with the choicest household treasures io their arms end on their backs, tn utter confusion, not knowing where to go. Fearful auferivg mast follow, avd almost immediately, Full one hundred and fifty thousand people are at this moment ghomeless and ous not kaowing where to lay their heads or get unything to satisfy the cravings of hunger. THe WHOLE BUSINESS PART oF THE CITY DE- stuoreD, Cmicaeo, Oct. 9—Novn.—The whole besiness portion of the city is th ashes, (rom Harrison atr north to Chicago avenue, and east of the river to Lake The Ore sweeps a district taree mil amileors and abaif in width, Every hotel, bank, express office, telograph office, theatre, and newspxper office, witn all the wholesale uses iv the city, have been totally desiroved Many thousand dwellings and the water works 1 destroyed, Early this morning the wind was blowing a perfect je from the soutiiweet, with a sky of brass, No one can teli what the end will be, The only salvation for the remainder of the city is to tue wind keeping the present direction Fifty thousand people are ho nem io a destitute condition ta length to and most o' The unburned streets or miles are lined with household goods: No one dare think what the lows of life may he flames swept through the ciy with the rap {4 proirie fire, and many must have perished The Western Union Telegraph bas succeeded in getting up a few wires from « hastily-improvi Mice in the southern part of the city, establishing cou monication 1p aearly all directions, Munifcent Hers Of AAMETTED ATS COMIDg™IrOMT ETEIy Quay ter THE TELEGRAPH OFF: Cmicaco, Ocr. 9-15 A. M.—Operators are teay ne the Western Union Telegraph office, bat wii probably open communication at some ojher point the city This office was a handsome five-story building erected by the Merchants’ Insurance Company of Chicaco about three years ago, was also used as the ariny headquarters. sad by the insurance company named. It war ed ob the northwest corner of Lasalle and Washington streets, and was diagonaliy opposite the Chamber of Commeree, with whien the telegraph office was connected by ® pneumatic une, through which the despatebes were re ceived by the Boari ot Trade. Both the build ings front op the Court House square and are sur rounded by the Qnest business blocks in the city The Sherman House, also fronting on the Court House square, followed after the builaiogs men. tioned. ‘The Court House itself at the same time was under the influence of the destroying element This (# large structure of gray freestone, with two recently-added wings of Joliet sandstone. All the ty and couoty offices, as well as the courts con in it, were destroyed. HooLeY’s opens movsm 1 Clark street, opposite the east and of the Court 8 January, was destroyed #oon after the Court uh ° The Tremont House, one block east of the Court House, was reached by the flames through some of the richest business houses in tue West, includiog several jewelry houses, ‘This structure, one of the oldest hotels in the city, known to Wes swallowed uy (ime Montion bas been made of the uewspiper of fees in the despatchs, according to which there ots sivgle daily journal left, MeVicder's theatre newly remodvied and urnisnod ata great expens was also among the ruin! The magniiceut new store of Potter P the corner of State and Madison a! ery \ravelling man io the country 1B an almost incredible space of mer, on cots, asa wholesale ana retail dry goods establishment by Field, Leiter & Co., and flied with a valuable stork of goods, the Western News Company, to xotner with the principal book stores, the Ped Honse, the Bixelow House, and numerous other valuable and well-known establishments were soon Jevastated, OW THE NORTH stpm ravaged a number of Us prog 1 Water and Kiy ratroots he fire reaclied the north side the residents part of the city b ne wind the fire elevators and ware uses, taking in 8 the wholesale stores naturally took preciu: perty, and & to the 8 were better able to say at of tue fire was less rapid nthe more toiekiy settled por direction of preserve tholr p area about their residen themselves, and the apr tions t ow near the lake tion the flames continued to extend with the same | rapidity a8 was noticeable on the south side. iaiy wong Clare Tee eas far as Division street, bis por be city is chiefly populsted by Germans At @, as stated in the despsteuos, the Water Works were in great danger, but were saved At te bie when the Ore was ragiog most fercely on she north side, the wind enified, and TURNED THR FLAMMS BACKWARD, Thi of Gaqree Aged HO 94k HOB Ere} dear Te extenaed Wels one ti piog im the vicinity of the gas house and the ar- | | Very little was saved ger, as the Ores which were still raging thor spread their fames to the adjoining buildings The conflagration immediately extended down Wabash snd Michigan avs, and State st,, sweeping everything in its course, The buildings being mostly of stone on the avenues did not burn #0 rapidly, while State street, being built up with frame stractaces, was consumed The houses on the avenues were occupied the wealthiest people in the city. \_I IED gay tes ‘The progress of the fire in this portion of the ciiy soon drove the operators out of the telegraph omer wien had been established there, and destroyed all communication At 45 the fre wa southward, Tue amount of damage and loss is of course in calculable at prosent, If the statements in the des patches can be relied apon, neariy one-third of tue evastated, and an equal proportion of the tion is bouseless. Tae loss must reach NBAR ON® HONDRED MILLION ifnot quite hat eam. Als still raging and extending city is popa © proportion of the | THE TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION IN CHICAGO. | Wee CO Cas ia BHI \ ea \ = 1 people turned ont of home are of the poorer class. | and must necessarily be in great want, altaouz) | CCIE =: many of those who have heretofore teen | |W | A . sy outage doavens esttare, Battie aenvon | 1 HI | TY en rg a has been made of the loss of life, although is seems = - 4 Ady oe ene gration could have transpired withous bie a innam dents. The § Clty Threat. Aasociaten Pai New Yous, Oct. 9— ria UU P. M.—The telegraph office improvised in the southern part of Chicago, as it was supposed be yond the reach of the flames, his been abandoned joo the city is ain ous Je | ae cm aa CeooIo and commonication with pended, It ts expected that another office will be opened during the night ata point two wiles south Of the inst piace of refuge, ‘The operators, before leaving their instrumen reported that the wind had ¥ arouad to the orth, and wi DRIVING THE PLAMBS BACK | and sonthward. The fre bad already reacned the nethgborhood of the office, and the men were com: pelled toflee, Their last words were: “ The: ow appears to be no hope of saving the sonthern portion of the city." A private despaten from Chicago states that among the heavy dry goods firms burnt out are John Farwell & Co,, F, M. Hamlin & Co, Field. Leiter & Co., and Brown,:Baut & Winsiow. S35 es Ee} on 3 Cec DODODnoOeBoo ERIEIE Carcado, Oct. 9—6 P, M.—The awful work of destruction still goes on with relentless far: From Harrison street ia the south to Division Sireet in the north, and from the river to the lake, area of four miles long by one mile wide, the flames nave swept everything before them. It is estimated that at least one hundred thousand people ere hom aid in © guffering condition, The Streets in the districts still unburned are lined fer miles with such bouseliold goods as have been saved from destruction. Most generous offers of assistance in money, food, or evything wanted are coming in from almost every cily and town throughout the country by telegraph. 1. Court House. 2. Sherman House, 8. Tremont House 4. Illinois Centra! Depot, 5. Rock Island Depot 6. Northwestern Depot. of the United States mail was savet an session of by Col, Wood of the Post Ofice fered Eriol ‘The Progress of the Flames Arrested iu South Divini Cmcaco, Oct. 9-6 P, M.—via Cinciwnatt, 11 P, M.—Tne progressing flames in the Souah Divi- sion were finaliy arrested about 1 o'clock P. M. ‘This was accomplished by the blowing up and de- molishing of several bulidings on Wabash avei and Congress street by Lieut..Gen, Sheridan. The district purned over in the South Division embraces everything fom the main branch of the taken pos- vic BLOWING PP BUTLDINGS, ‘Toe Mayor has responded to several offers asking that cooked food be provided as soon as possible. Firemen are on their yy here from Cincinnati, St. Louis, and other cities, The water works are en- Urely destroyed. Buildings are now being blown ap on the line of the fre to attempt to arrest ite progress, THE FIRE OXDER CONTROL SOUTHWARD. fe Bow believe that the sro fire south | Crieago river to the take; AMA Cuvering about one] ward has been eared at Harrison street, Lut ou the | hunared blocks, ‘This district contained all the | north side there is no dimination of ite fury, aod | jeading business Louses, tue banks, insurance the entire division of the city is evidently doomed | omces, hotels, &e.; also, | to at ruction 4 LARGE NUMBER OF CBORCHRS, There are grave fears that the flimes may spread ] incigding St. Mary's, Trinity, First Presbeterian, to the west side of the north branch of the river, | Second Presbyterian, St. Pavl's, Swedendorgian and the inhabitants of the streets nearest tne river | eo. ‘Tne Metbodist Chureb on the corner of Wa are already moving to places, it is supposed, of bh avenue and Congress sireet is saved. The | Lisinddliotas Michigsn avenue Hotel, on the coruer of Michigan RAILWAY AND TRLEGRAPH CONNECTIONS. avenue nd Congress street, and the Congress Hall directly adjoining, on Congress street, are saved. Michigan terrace, on Michizan avenue, embracing the residences of Gov. Bross, the Hon. John Young Seammon, 8. C, Grizgs, Peter L. Ross, and other leacing citizens, is completely destroyed. All tue newspaper establisiments are totally wiped out, TUR TRIBUNE BUILDING resisted the Bre for several hours but Gnally yield ed, when MeVickers theatre immediately adjoining, which also withstood the raging element ®nally suc cumbed, In fact all the buildings in the district Whicu camer we feLrow’, stored vie those which could make no such claims, ‘THR GREAT CENTRAL DEPOT at the foot of Lake street became a heap of ruins about 9 o'clock this morn! About 9 o'clock most of tbe passenger cars of th Michigan Central, Burlington and Quincy, and Ilinois Central Railroads were moved on the break water and saved, West of Clark strest, in ihe southern division, the fire extended south as far as Polk street, SWEEPING EVERYTHING BEFORE IT, The distance burned over bere is some threo | blocks wide and over half a mile in length, number ing about twenty blocks, The buildings were geu erally of the cheaper character, ewbracing saloous small shops, poor residences, & ‘The district burned over on the west side com mences at Taylor street running from De Koreu to | Jofferson, the fre ran thence four or Ave blocks north, aud tben moved diagonally toward the river, and finally the west limit was established on Clinton | street, and reaching thence to the river it moved in | this line northward until it reached the NORTHWESTERN AND WESTSIDE DEPOT, where it stopped, @ distance of nearly two miles from where itstarted, The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago, and the Coteago and $t, Louis Rall road depots were in this district and are destroyed. Almost the entire Northern “Divisida “tri main branch of the Coicago river to Lincoln I NEARLY TWO MILKS in length and one mile in width, ts completely de stroyed, including the Water Works, ® large num. | ‘The Western Union Telegraph Company have now Six wires working east and south, running into a (emporary offiee at the corner of State and Sixteen'h streets, The Northwestern Railroad Company are running trains om both its branches, which are cromded with FLEEING CITIZENS, It is now positively asserted by some that the er Works are still intact, but the water has been shut off from the south und west divisions on ac count of the quantity being used oo the north side A trnstworihy geotioants dorived= from the North Division brings the joyful intelligence that tie fate v7 WATER WORKS ARE UNINJURED. God grant that it may prove true! 1; is impossible now to give even an approximately corre:t #tatement of the losses, but @ faint idea may be formed when it ts tuted that EVERY BANK IN THE CITY, except two small savings institutions, one on Twenty-tecond street, in South Division, and one on Randolph street, in West Division, is destroyed All wholesale stores, all retail establishments, the Fost Office, the Court House, the Chamber of Com- merce, BYERY HOTEL IN SOUTH DIVISION except Michigan Avenue Hotel, which, standing on the extreme southern limit, escaped, though it is bacly scorched; every newspaper office (the Trib. wne building, which was sopposed to be fire proof, having fuaily succumbed); EVERY THMATRE, the six largest elevators, the immense depots of the Michigan Southern and of the Lilinois Central Rail roads (bot! the passenger and freight depots of the latter), more than a score of churches, and much of the shipping in the river—ail are destroyed. Mon who were millionaires yesterday morning are nesrly penniless today, but more terrible than y awidi certainty that Pie MANT HUMAN BEINGS have perished in the flames—how many no one can ‘ell. Perhaps no one will ever be able to tell, but it \s known that some have perished, and there is only viii rk, a : i ks ey ig mune WE TTT IAN, % Where tbe fire began. 8. Water Works. 9. The four blocks burned on Sunday night, 10. Chamber of Commerce. 11. Crosby's Opera House. The dark color represents the burned district. hore 1s about §2,000.000, $500,000 of which is in fold, and the romainder in paper. No reports have yet been sent to the Treasury Department concern- ine either the safety or the loss of the amonpt of | Governments fund eo What is Said a Done by Chic chante in New York. All day yesterday intense excitement prevailed im the little Chi¢sgo community temporarily so- Journing in this city. The feeling was slared by many wi had friends in Chicago. Barly in the afternoon a well-dressed gentleman entered French's Te iet ond rethed te Mer- the telograpt: clerk end & message throogt to Chicago t ‘Kinpossibia, sir,” returned the clerk, the line line Is engaged, and may be engaged for hours.” My God!" exclaimed the stranger bornood in which I live in Chicago bas been entire ly burned ont, and for aught I know my wife and children may be wanderiug about the streets.” Four gentlemen from Chicago named C O'Catiahan, Kearney.and O'Brien have been stayiog at Sweeny’s for some time, Yesterday they learn 0 from the afternoon papers that their homes have been burned. They started fur Chicago on the eniog train At the Westchester House a delegation of Ilinois Coopers bad put up. Yesterday the news arrived that the houses of turee of them named Banta, Bid ge, and McNamara had deen destroyed. They started last night for the West, Large numbers of Chicagoans also left tue Astor House, Grand Cen tral, Patth Avenue, Gilsey, Grand, and Metropo litad Hotels to reek their families or friends amid the ruins of the Westera metropolis. eualie guies earndur uf tha Bt. Nich wild excitement last night, Several tern men congregated abont the foot he stairs, and blocked up the entrance to the om, The scene strongly resembled the evening sGanees of the brokers at the Filth Avenue daring toe Black Friday gold panic, A few men shouted hemselves hearse, While others couversed in low Dut earnest seceria. Every face wore an excres sion of anxiety, The only topic of conversation w great Ore The majority of the men had Inrge interests at stake; many had wives and chil dren in the burping city. Atone ent of the corridor hung & great map of the doomed city, Around it were gathered a croup of enger, pale-faced men, Who Were tracing on its surface the boundaries of the conflagration as de scribed in gespatchos which were received from time to tit bile a SUN reporter was standing hort, stout gentieman broke from the knot taking off bis Dat, passed his hand over bis fOFehead “I'm gone.” be said, addressing @ gentieman friend ; © it's al! gone, every cent, by GQ— 1" Thore was arumor smong those in the corritor that the gentleman bad been worth several bundred thousind dollars At the Grand Central and Metropolitan the aceno was tle same, only on a smaller 9 In the Grand Central many Western men had assembled, and tue excitement ran high At the Fifth Avenue Hotel, the reading room, dar room, and the corridors were more than usually crowded. Tho majority of the loungers were, how ever, Wall street men. A few Chicagoans were Feattered here and there about the botel. In we ling room the reporter espied a tall, gaunt gen ‘an, seated before one of the tables, nis chin ting on bis band. There presently entered an abe peatiemes, of ea}io" someisxion acd long, dark hair, * How goos it, George ?" ingnired the gentleman in the chair, °° Whac’a the latest?” aheartsickening fear that the victims of the fery monster may be counted by scores, HUNDREDS OF HORSES AND cows baye been burned in stables, and on the north side bombers of animals, though released from confine: meut, were ao bewildered and confused by the sea of fre which surrounded them, that they rushed Wildly to and fro uttering cries of fright wnd pain until scorched and killed, ber of elegant churches, &c. This district braces almost the entire business portion of the city. | ‘The territory south of Harrison street, in the south division, reaching out many miles, snd covered ALMOST ENTIRELY WITH DWRLLINOS, mostly of the better class, 18 untouched, aad may now be regarded as safe from injury For miles aod miles in every direction the urlbe 2 raw ERt IMeUTT-AD 429 Tealde.OF Abe Bab Treasury.” Rad," retu his friend; "the Qre's only two blocks from us, ' —— INSURANCE COMPANIES! LOSSES, we ering Figures which the Underwrite Agency Must Look At-The Aggregate sei U nown byt Josurance Men, Since the great fires of Troy and Portland, and our large loca! Gros ta 1865, there bi euch ton in the insurance circles of this city as Was witnessed iyesterday, Insurance mea met in been no each other's offices to exchange joyless smiles and es, vacant lots, and front yards of dwell. | ° Avy attempt at a description of tne scenes of this | Walks, lawns, vacant lots, and trent yards of dwell-| 1) iain now each stood with reference to the appalling calamity would be idie, The simple fact | 1048 are filed with people who have escaped from Caie45 confazration, Some rudbed thelr bands that the once great city of C is destroyog, | Durtine houses, taking with them only ® scanty | Lo oruiiy, and talked about exaggerated reporte bh) iture hing, Phe sight ts f 8 { that qmcnat. of furaltare Od slotting de) ap oitiers, and by far the most numerous, were dis HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS truly a harrowing ono, | posed to believe that one-half the story had not yet of active.capital bere Dave vanished. and that nearip |... These people must receive immediate reilef, or | oro" ty (eure Cat Motel’ te Muany Mat) Bet one-third of Chicago's inhabitants are louselcss de- | maby Will perish from exposure aud starvatiog. AS) OV yet journals end ledgers, In consequence pendants, are enough. Any aitempt to embellish | stated in my previous dospatea it 1s utterly impos O/TNT Lun Market Bll Rae On contetaaiee Would be a mockery, As tis awful day draws to a | sible to meke any approximate estimate of the aie cy, ig was impossible to obtain any close, thousands of anxious eyes watch the clouds | entire loss, but itcan scarce.y fall below ono hun-| yon. intemation from the companies, Nearly Of smoke, which still roll over tbe burned district, | “red and fifty millions of dollars, OF course, PIB) Ay tae. agencies in Chicako, and the past few with evident dread that a sudden change of wind | fraction of this amount can be recovered (r inonths have been exceptionally busy ones in the may turn the Hames upon wat portion of the city | surance. nee business there, La nase ‘ Yet spared. ‘There sevms, however, little cause tor Ai SEB Nhe sks have been frequentiy tuken, under tbe pres ppreheusion, and bas to-day telegraphed to St, Louiato the Mis CN UIUR HR SR IR eee Ra SPR BER om other cities are constantly arriy Also tolegraphiod to Owaha for two comsanse f nover y are from other citi tantly arriving pee lear ndred tenta, He will slso order| The Germants, Hanover, Rep and Niagar Col. F son, Superintendent of the another 10,00) Faions. i Compauies will probably be among the heaviest grap receipt of despatcaes fron Mayor Mason hus issaed @ proctamaticn calling a | tosera, ‘These companies bad combined in what is wry of St, Louis telegraphs tha pases Wit!) m view to securiug, collectively, @ grester busi r ‘i re DRED TROUSANO' PERSONS NIA LER i n_sadscribed vie Loppers pege thay Aprobably have fallen ot) TLE AT e-He TOM TERE ene ae enema tN Bold peobanly base, fallen ou f Wuey cam get proviki Ns to savis'y their bonger, each ludividoal Company The Anuey of Cincinna is proportionately generous. A later rumor. [rom the North Division says the god Whe Aviua, of Hartford, were engaged heavily deal more wil! be needed to ro Cevaatation is lone widespres Ore Fe. ty Ciieago insuLADCe, In sharp rivalry to each other IMMEDIATE PRESSIN® WANTS. T lear of no deatue reported by the disaster as, The Homa, Security, and Lorillard also have larg Everything is ing done by Gen, Btager and his | yes, but uidoubtediy many nave perished | agencies in that city [tie thought that the losses assistants to QM up communications for the citi ~ of these companies will not average lose than baif zens and pres wito the world outside, ol. Geo. | The Government Probably a Heavy Loser, miilion S908 walle rer ey Giant nae i 4 ' The amount of Gov, represented vy agencies in Chicago will proba T.Willlsms, Saperintendent at Cincinnati, reported | Curcago, Oct, 9-8 P, M—The amount of Gove Aive from 25,000 to $100,0W) wach prom pily or duly. \biamorping. About Luree-( » The. Sierbng. COmPaby,. OUD. MAYIDE R0.gReRs | Amerioon Exchange. also a home company, had two Tinks, perhaos about $10,000. The insurance houses are anxiously awaiting dispatches from their agents, and meanwhile no definite figures can be obtained. It is not thought, however, any of on companies will suffer #0 weriouely as to involve Insolvency pease tie the Hliveis Companies Doing 20 Liat of all Basiness in Chic Prom the Srectacor Name or Company. Locatton, ( ton Mut. & oav's, Alton ‘ Chicago. Arora... ay Moomingion 2.0) 09 Ca cago Fire, Chicas i0i. 00 Chicago Firemeo's..ch. 200099 Commerclal.s...sCDM ; HN.08 Lquitaole fGhicago. 10.0) Farmers’. LBreep 10 0 Corman lit &Ba¥, Quincy 1320) PeFrOAD, 54.5 Freeport 0) Garaen Chy, CICARO s+ 4) Garman Nebicaro 0 Great Wesveri.....Chicago..... ge Sit Homie Chicago 2. om Hi snow Aivtdal Fife, Alton : is00 tina Beardsrowa: 10000 Knicke:bocker,.....Chicag i990 Lamar, ...+.. Chieayo.. nis Morcunite x bu) Mntual Seouiity ago Lisi Rocatora ford Wun Kepubite gon 10.0001 $ Total... 05,161,007 95.108.593 Vi COMPANINS OF OTHER STATES DOING BUSINESS IN cHICAGo, Company. Location. iow. soos Barttord, Alpe. kre, Ba. ini ‘ New York Ancnor FL and M..5t. Louw Andes, Astor Fire. Amertoan Bx. FF. Avantic Fire. Aumerican ( PRICE TWO CENTS. in Chicago, bad a $5,000 rink on a dry ide of the street, and. disappear benind of which is prooably in the burned carriages, In a moment the young broker re- reathloss. As he was mounting the steps broker, of whom be hurriedly asked, * What's Lake Shore f" * Par and three-eightha' (100%). was the reply. “ Grent God !" said broker No. 1, turning to the SUN reprerentetive, ‘it was tour when I went out." Certainly the young mam Bad not been gone three minates.”” A DESPATCH TO THR WaeTeRN UXION. ‘The following was ported on a window at the Western Union Telegraph Office at 1:40 yesterday afternoon : CuIcado, Oct, 9—There is no one to be seen in the city, and no business anywhere. The greate excitement prevails, We will do the very best w ean (or the public ‘The whol tion of the city is destroyed, and th H © is ro moved 10 @ part out of ruach uf the flomes, a iH A STAGER, Superintendent. cena How the News was Keceivod on the New York Produce xchange A crowd collected yesterday morning about the bulletin boards of the Exchange, while emaller kroups filled its floors, discussing the latest dew patches from Cicrzo. The telegraph desks we crowded with anki us inqulrers, desiring to send despatches to the fated city; but communication had been cut off by the fire in Ciiteago, The last | despateh received was from Evanston, ten mil from Chiexgo. The generat impression was that | the reports were exaggerated, as many familiar with Citeago could not believe that a fire could ero Chicago river and bore through the intermediy’ brick blocks to the Chamber of Commerce, Mer. chante’ Inaurance € pany's block, Shermen and Tremont House, Post Office, and other fire proof vulldings, and finally consa re them also, The opinion prevailing ong arain and flour Men was that, should the reports prove correct, steady advance must follow in the comparatively low etate of this market at this season, tt being American.......... Providence. within about forty-five days of tne close of the sea A i¢ F.a0d M.Proviaen s00 of lake navigation. ate of Perce ad ae ; ing yesterday, men Were talking of the. terri Aiiemdoia! Wis: Cievaia Home olen OL | UO atta te ose aioter itt: andy naturally ‘apaselte Beekman iio oT ae a ing upon its probal fect upon this market. Doffalo P, and M. Buffalo Pee | The Board will tage action to-day looking to the Brewers’ Pr'v'ctiveMilwaukee,... 164.175 relief of the suflerers. ChyPitesccs.sHartiord.. cs 2 aii Godnseucut Fire:cMartiord...cc, 20 MAYOR HALL Commerce. sg... AlOMLY se SESESE 8S PROCLAMATION. ae © Appentin fuss Bete 0 | — Mavon's Orrice, New York, Oct. 9., P. M. Baie AEE] a dimster has fallen upon tho great city of Chie 30999 21900) 3 | cago whic mot only has destroyed the bert part of {0,00 ites se | it# dwellings, paralyzed its industry and tte bast. 900.00) 8:.001 4 | noas, but threatens the gravest consequences to the {600,009 commerce and prosperity of our country. It hae BE BEG B | atso reduced thousands of people to houselessness wo ‘and privation, A despatch trom the Mayor of Uui- rm cago comes in these words “Cap you send us some aid for a tundred thoo fand house’ desirable, I have responded that ry obs people? Army bread and cli jew York will do every: Irving Fite. ee fore. ii gat ¢) | thing to alleviate this disaster, and I now call upom Indopondegs..... Boston 45517 #2 | the people to make such oresnization as may be ne. C0, Of N. Alli Philadelphia 8.6.0 383 of poritarg Site. .New York 1,000 1115 4® 0; | SPeediest and most effective Tor the purpose of send Amer Feticas Now avg: 551.401 @ | soz money and clothing and food. “& Qiove, ‘Lond'n & Liv.¢ * 8,004.80 24 | T would recommend the immediate formation of juzcoming & Feno $16 *96 28 | genersi relief committees who would take charge of Mercantile Fi ¥ 71s 99 17 | atl contributions, in order that no time may be lost Meru. Mech. ¥ Balumore..::. 140; 7% 9 | in carrying reliel (0 those of our fellow citisend Merchants Hartford. 200 000 4.0 80 | who have falien under this dispensation of Provi- N*Amaterdith'!/New York... S00 46a 88 | J Nita Aan ih ‘Boston 5, 3) 135) rc By a h Chamber of Cy uv "a Mo. dae. Boston. 2000.0 1081498 § suggest that the Chamber of Commerce, the Norwich Fire,.....No , 37 segrier see ontoD Ee08 Stn TT | united presidents of the banks, and all religions Nav‘aai Miwauke> 1u!'soi 4 | and charitable associations, immediately call a meet GaSe joi S| 196 Of their respective members, and trom them so sHartiord...... ' lect independent relief committees, who shell solicit subseriptions of money, food, and clothing withia 45:16 51 | their appropriate spheres of action, att 122835 8 | In the meantime I am authorized to state that cons ld Sake fie 17 | tributions of food and clothing sent to the depots of New Yor! $0.00 the Erie and Badson and Central Railroods (under Securit ‘New York.::, 1,000 000 7 See aia H'k Wibeclagsetd.::, 'Bewe early and spontaneous offers of Jay Gould and Sun srclevetandec, 2500) F Wm. Hl, Vanderbilt, Esqs.,) in even small quaatitios Seal ere aw Se Panto! Red eam te | from individuals or business sources, will he mb Leutoula Fire, nto Wertera Wasainetos rk Yousers & N.¥'} New Yoru Total. serves The Chicngo Insurance Companies Ruined. Coming up Nassau street yesterday forenoon a Sun reporter met James Mc lien, Brq,, of Chi 20, the Secretary and a large stockholder in the State Fire Iasurance Company of Chicago, and t owner of the Chicago Evening Post. Reporter—Good morning Mr, McMullen, bave y heard from Chicago ? Mr. McMu! — Yes. the latest despatches ? Reporier—Yes. Your ins Isn't it dreadful, have nces building and the Post are gone, the Mercuants’ block, Chawber of Commerce, hotels, Danks, Water works, elevators and all the business part of town, wita the fire stu Faglog gown, Wabash ir. McMullen—My God, its dreadful, (relapsing into revere.) Reporier—Mr. McMullen T hope it is tot as bad as We think and that something will be saved of C cago yet, Mr. MeMullen—I dare not hope, I don't know what to do; I was going to stay here a week, but must go home to-ni Dave beeu watching the dee: Fatches oping for something fayorable Reporter—How will it effect the Chicago insur ance companies? Mr. McMullen—Oh ! they are al! gone up good many Eastern companies wili da have to Ko with them. ** Good bye,” and Mr. McMullen turued and Wolked like @ mab to bis own funeral, THE NEWS IN NEW YORK Wall Street Mad with Terror—Fortunes Lont iu the Twinkling of an Kye—Stocks Goivg Down and Everybody Crazy, The excitement in Wall street over the fire could have been but little less intense than that exnibited in the doomed city itself, This might not, and probably Would not have been the case had a the excitement depended upon human sympathy alone; but in all the departments of Wall street Dusiness there was scarcely a firm whose pocket was uot directly touched by the great disaster Western stocks bave long been standing favor With speculators, and at this particular juncture were perhaps higher in favor than ever before. Thus the news of the destruction of Chicago, to gether with vast amounts of property pertaining to Western ronas, had a personal interest for almost every individual, HWaLPERING UFEW YEE DRSPATCHES! Early in the day one of the telegrapy ofices posted 8 bulletin, on which Were displayed the latest tele grems, Around this office a large crowd hung for hours, gathering up crumbs of nows, and. speculat ing on future probabilities. Some of the despatches were grossly exaggerated, but all were eagerly {aken fu by the waiting multitude, and apparentiy met with ful b were put down by one of thi mn at five handred millions, a 8am Which seomed to give tufinite plow. Sure to certain of the news seckers. Probably they felt # peculiar patriotic pride in the largeness of the amount, looking on it as another evidence of the periority of America even in the item of fires IN THE STOCK EXCHANGE was topsy-turvey, everything Jed with brokers, and in the galieries many and gentlewen liad gathered to witness t of the bulls and hears, The only cool vead ed man on the floor of the Exchange was the Hon Peter Fay. He was as cool asa refrigerator Mounted on his little throne, whence he summon ed the brokers who are calied for, he weat tut toriua voice heard frow end to end of the lore room, Eyerybody else was in w aw Back Friday in the Gold Room was arabic, a8 to noise and contusinn, to yes f Stock Exchange. Everybody wanted to sell pparevtiy but fow wished to buy, Now y thousand Laky Shore at 8 aning 1 In a quea PoRTUNes Wane Lost pared for no su tiock,und he sets gave efforts, go ma Zeus Ob pore: soned All acted upon the tpulse of the m ter a eto an sougiit wit apd even at tl ustrate the rapid A LITTLN INCIDENT which ocenrred eariy in the afvernoon, in the pree ence of SUN reporter He was standing lv front of the Bachunge, when ho sawls young broker dive Deedioba OnK Wi.bhedvar, Wakes break for jue ise ¢ | charee, on'fast train The new room was | tor ‘ones forwarded through to Chicago free u! expense, Teatnot too a'rongly urge upon our citizens tue ime mediate attention to this subject A. OAKBY TALL, Mayor, THE BRIE RAILWAT'S TIMBLY OFFER. The Hon. A. Oakey Hall, Mayor of New York. 1 have @ telegram purporting to come from the Mayor of Chicago, kivinz a reoort of the lamentabi Gestraction to iffe and property in that city by Are Take this early opportunity to notity you t havea force at our depot, four of Twenty-third street New York, aud will (here reeeive and torward, free of trough to “Chicago, ail” en ri. eas Of New Vorkinay' Cousribute JAY GOULD. President krve Htailway Coinpany, Mi. ISK'S STEAMERS ALSO A1DIN Mr Fisk's agents in Boston have orders to forwar ations which the elt in ald of the suffer: ved free, by the Narragansett Steam- hip Company, all coniriouttons made in that city for the relief of the suffering ; and the teams of th New York and Boston Exprees Company by ordered to collect such donations and carry pot of the steamsnip company, HOW TO SEND BY THR EuIB ROAD, ations for the Chiea {anything in the snap > sufferers, consiste of clotaing or Buvplios, wil] Le received at the Erie terry, foot of J wenty: Gard street, and Wili be forwarded ab uuce free of charge, Mr. James Fisk, Jr., will personally « veriuiend the forwarding, by fast freight, of all donations, Mark your packages, “ Mayor of Cale cago,”’ with nawe ol donor and contents OTHER RAILROADS AIDING. The officers of the Great Westero and Michigaw Central Railroads also annouuce that they will trai port free of cuarge from Suspension Briaze to Cli- cago all supplies addrossed to the Mayor of Cuicago contributed for the relief of the sudurers from the great fre, S@RCIAL MEETING OF THE CWAMBER OF COMMERCE, The following tells its own story New Yore, Oct, 9, 1871 Daan 81n: In view of the extensive conta now raging 1p the city of Chicago. deatroyes a vast amount of pro suffering whieh will follow. thie great ci T8 Of the Chander of Col I meeting for Tuesday, 1 opportunity to the merchants Which las alresay he luvense ity, the tote appeal Lor aid made Og Four ubedient servants, EDWARD 8. JAFR WILLIAMS & GUION, PHSLES, DODGE & CO. 8D HARCOCK OW JAMES M. BROWN, CHAS HO MARSHALL & JOHN D. JONES rst) WMH. WEBB. sBCHITTENDEN & 00, ReWARREN WESTON, ANBROSE SNOW paident of the Chamber of Commerce n compliance with the foregoing request, th Sveretary, Mr. George Wil a8 called @ mceling Of the Chamber at the time syecified above, Ald from the Governmen Waeniianit Oot, Qn Ad minor it seshaee been swallowed up bere to-May in the inteuse sen. sation caused by the despatches from the tura city of Chicago, Postmaster-General Creswell was notified early in the day of the destruction of the Post Office, and this wus immediately tollowed by another despateh inforn Secretary of the Troasury that the Custom House had followed, « tim to the deyouriug element, ‘The Secretary c War sent instructions to the various military con aiaudaute in contiguous We » burn ov 1B bho to the suffering people of ago all the spa pkets in ticir pagsession, and aixo to torvish ch rations of food a» they convenienty conld, morrow evening for the purpose ol raising money those rendered destitute by this eppalling alamity. Up to the present hour crowd sull fre ont the telegraph and newspaper offces, enx.oas goin the “atest information from the afflicted The oMcers of the Governmen uding the Pres sud tie heads of tue villerens D. mients, ay enge fr | sources, and a very large n * that they. contained. some in fl ravages of the flies Among t ’ srecelved this eftorioon Was on ridan to the Secretary of War, et that the army offices there had been destroy od, wisi which have been thoroughly ventilated dex sof tae Associated Prose A sttelegrams to (de Wer Dopartmest ng, shal the Chitazo authorities, were calling Visious for tue destitute, the President at once rected that the ¢ sariat Of the army “ Feud.nees to forward tati us be nearets le pollo the fauishing pevple of thas aM@ictel city Which Wee Delore any (ordal epplisaioa wed FeAGbad the Depisiannity