FIRE AND, DEATH IN CHICAGO. VKh Most Disastrous Conflagration That Ever Occurred in America? Over One Third of the City in Ruins? Map of the Destroyed City. MfCH/GA N ?mill liiiiiii IIIM a 1 MM M B M II 1 la the above map wfll be conveyed an idea ?f Ike ravages of the fire devil from the start lag of the Ore Bp to a late boor yesterday evening, bat it Is regrettable to add that even fhe wide area of desolation shadowed in its lurk lines does not embrace the whole extent of the calamity owing to the peering of the fickle wind from the ?oathwest to the north. This occurring loo late to be indicated on the map, it must be Imagined that the entire portion of the city ?oath of Ilarrison street and between the south branch of the Chicago Biver and Lake Michi gan, If not already devastated, is doomed. Hundreds of thousands of people of all ages ^nd sexes are homeless, hungry wan ^lerets. Ten thousand houses are, at least, wrecked and the city yearns for relief. The first Ore, which cawed ?Q ?such alarm, broke out on Saturday *n!ght at L?0 b Holme*' planing factory, on Canal ?treet, near Van Buren, in the western jUrision, and consumed four blocks. Tbis aisfiifi wae got under by the exertions of the firemen, and Chicago rested, as it were, alter one of its sensations, happy that the fire bad been stayed. The feeling of security was doomed to be of short doratioo, for aa Sunday night the insatiate^ monster again Spread bis lurid wings, and this time with the portent of doom in the murky breath from his Aery nostrils. The southwest wind was blow lag a gale, and the fire, which hurled Its blaaing brands and showers of glittering ?parks aloft, caused the cheeks of those who witnessed it to blanch, as they saw It ?Mob out its long-reaching arms ever the neighboring buildings and wrap them In his frightful glory. This was at ten ?'clock al night, and occurred at the corner of Jefferson and Dekoven streets, again In the Western division. Onward the tide of Are ??lied, revelling, crackling and roaring in its Aeetractlon. It caught the combustible mano fcetartag places in its vicinity and hurried ?ksj with the cruel wind in the direc ts* of the northeast There was a euoceeded in every breast to the fright ?f previous hoara. It was that the river W??ld afreet the progreee of Its enemy, the fire. Up to the water's edge it rolled, and ?prayers Were seat up that, like the waters of 4fte led 8ea? M would interpose as fttpaftal a barrier (be i*iae? ae that did to Pbaraoh's boat. The fire still lapped along the edge of the river, and still, as la a lavage hate of man, over whom it had for once triumphed, Rang its eparka and brands farther, further into the water, trying to plaat some mesaenger of de struction where it longed to be itself. By the glare of its bnrnlng the night became a mock rey of day in its abnormal, shifting light. Was there no foothold on which it could cross This was the question asked by the fire. "The bridges! the bridges!" shouted the multitude, and one bj one their ponderous ligneous lengths were swung around and left heading np and down the stream. At length the fire answered its questions by flinging a shower of burning brands upon the Adams street bridge, and the wind, the friend of the Ore, fanned them until the bridge was all aflame. cS" i?_ .-43> W* v Now it had a shorter distance to leap, and with a savage bound the fire was in the heart of the city in its fat, rich heart, where active wealth had piled its palaces of commerce and housed its treasures in with iron and stone and thought it was free from the sweep of flood or flame. Eastward the fire fourneyed with its fevered stride, eating like a withering canker through the vitals of the city. It wm not long before the Michigan and Southern depot had risen np in smoke and blase and fell In ruins, scattering a deeper volume of destruction aronnd than ever before. Now northward the hell aagel strode to the empo rium of rich produce It was longing for. Now It bung around a bank, bnrst open its doors, shivered Its windows, scorched through its roof and toiled and burned its fleroest till the great safe ah, the safe 1 had succumed to its blasting, melting breath. The fire bells all over the city were booming continually a terrible tocsin, with the one word fire in Its scorching throat The people had bat to wake to know what was the matter. The danger seemed everywhere. Out in the street, half clad, dragging what could be snatched in the hurry of flight, the strong man, the half-fainting women, the children with ter ror pictured in their wide-open eyes, all hur rying, with "nowhere to go," All the fire force in the city was combating the flames as fearlessly ae brave men with their hearths and home at stake well might. Without regard If whvm U reached the f?|Uag fire licked and consumed hotels and stores. Now the Court House, now the Sherman Hotel, anon the Western Union Tele graph Company's office, then the Tremont House, next the Chamber of Commerce, far-famed Farwell Hall whatever lay in its fated path? until it flnng itself upon the great Union depot with its spread of buildings, and had sacked with its cremating arms the corn-storcd grain ele vators by the lake and river side. Again it met the water and again it leaped them landing on the north side of the town. Here it had nothing to stay its steps. Wooden houses were but fuel in its way, and greedily it enveloped and devoured them. On ward for a mile it stretched as the day broke, fear before and ruin and ashes behind. Animals burst forth from keeping and rushed blind among the flames, adding to the terror of the scene as they gave forth their cries of dread. The homeless began to multiply in number through the blackened light of morning that paled but did not subdue the flames. A hor rid thonght flashed to the mind of all. 'The water works are in danger if the wind lives." Up to Chicago avenue the fire raged unabated in its fary. The rumor that hnman beings were perishing in the flames became a certainty, and what made the agony deeper was that none could tell how many. Can it eveT be told Eastward from Chicago avenue, with the whole portion of the city to the south one seething, reeking sea of lire, it went and suddenly the water supply failed. It was said that the water works were burned. It was denied, reaffirmed and again denied. The men in power, with thf Mayor at their head, were acting with the greatest energy. To the other cities of the West went forth a cry for flremen, and one and all the cities responded. To the world went out the simple tragic demand, which, in its brevity and pith alone tells Its harrowing story "Send us food for the suffering. Our city Is in ashes." Houses were blown down that the fire might be arrested, but it seized on the dlbris and burned that too. Would the wilting wind never die? It did not fall, it only changed, as if it had exhausted all the demons whence it came and then had called upon the North to send out itp vand^ breea* It came and the hear I of the city ?u fanned afresh, and as night Cell it swept down again npon the south ami dashed its torches against the homes of the wealthy on Wabash and Michigan avenues. Down it came, an incendiary avalanche of Are. Not a theatre, hotel, newspaper office, or any building, pretentious or unpretentious, was spared. It is still raging southward, far below the streets upon our map, and will not be sated until it has died in the fnneral pyre of the greatest city of the West. Its damage cannot be estimated. It may count from $50,000,000 to $150,000,000, but its most ap palling items of loss which touch the heart and wring our sympathies will be that, perhaps, of hundreds of lives, the loss of homes and shel ter to those who have toiled and hoped through years to a competency only to And it frittered in a night, in the shivering women and chil dren, in the nakedness and hunger of gaunt poverty staring 100,000 souls in the face. It is a terrible visitation, a dire catastrophe 1 May God, who rides on the whirlwind and directs the storm, stay the terrors of His hand. Let man, woman and child solace those whom He has stricken. AID FOR THE SUFFERERS. Work for Ike Relief Aasoelatloa la Ctaelanatl? Prta?l Forward log of Hnppliro? Blaaketa, Crarkero? Sawnfw Dollars Harried Forward?1 Tke KLaka la tko Claetaaail la. earaaeo Ofltceo. Cincinnati, Oct. im. The Chicago news to-day paralyzed public in dustry. Business was generally neglected, and the citizens turned out en rnatae to hear the latest in telligence from the burn) ng city. Newspaper offices were crowded to excess all day and are to-night thickly surrounded by people whose expressions of Badness and commiseration revive the memoir ot the war, wIisd news or defeat reached the loyal masses. Private subscriptions started by tbe Chamber of Commerce foot up tiou.ooo. The City Council passed a resolution to appropriate $100,000. A com mittee of the moat wealthy and influential citizens are acting as receivers and dtnbursers. Three large steam nre engines, (our hose reels and 4,000 feet of hose were despatched by special train at eleven A. i M.. and readied Chicago at six P. H. by special train. A second special train left at Ore P. M. with 4,000 blankets, lfio barrels crackers, 4,000 pounds bread, 6,ooe pounds dried beef, 3,ooo pounds san sages and flu.Oou cash. It will reach Chicago a little after midnight, and committees are receiving cookeo rood, the donauons of ladies, which will be sent by regular train In the morning. The relief movement was inspired by Governor liayee, who eMWdtva from Cot urn bus early tan jawBia*. am labored with an energy and effectiveness worthy the highest commendation. Shelter tenia were telegraphed for, hnr, the gov ernment haa no store here, and the despatch was scut to Washington for au order on Jeffersonvllle, where there are immense numbers. Of course they win not be withheld. Tne following Is a list of Chi cago risks bj Ciuplnnati insurance companies:? Merchants and Manufacturers', $27,000; Globe, $3o,ooo; Commercial, $4l,ooo; Eureka, $4,f.oo; Evans, Lindsay A Casslltys agencics, $299, ooo; Miami Valley, $50,000; Washington, $60,000; Union, $'.'&,ooo; People's, $'25,ooo; Burnet, $ll,ooo; Cincin nati, AO, ooo; Franklin, $15,500; Fire and Marine $nn,ooo. The Andes say they will be ahlc to meet all their losses. The Etna's risks arc not known in the Cincinnati office. They were all taken on the parent office in Uartfcrd, Conn. The Aid idncment In Buffalo? One Han* dred Tkowwud Dollar* PromUed? luaur aace Canpulti Supposed to be In volved. Buffalo, Oct. o, 18T1. The Chicago Are Is the principal topic or discus slon among all classes. Business on the docus is entirely suspended. Crowds of people now sur round the telegraph oOlces asking for the last re. port. The President of the Board of Trade states that Buffalo will contribute $100,000 in cash. Fears are entertained that tho Western, Buffalo City and the Buffalo Fire and Marine Insurance companies of tnis city wi'l have to suspend in con sequence. superintendent J. Tllllnghaat, of tho New York Central Railroad, and Super intendent Hatch, of the Lake Shore, have Issued orders that contributions Intended for Chicago be forwarded by fast train Tree. Tho City Council at a regular meeting this after noon authorised the Issue of $100, odo of city bonds for the immediate use of the Chicago sufferers, a committee of the conncil leave to-night with a car load of provisions for Chicago. The officers and exhibitors at the International Industrial Exhibi tion raiso