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acres in that section. Of the 13,800 buildings surance to the amount of $100,000,000, of 

 in that whole district, not more than 500 were which not more than $40,000,000 it was ex- 

 left standing, leaving 13,300 in ruins, and ren- pected could be collected, 

 dering 74,450 persons homeless. The build- The entire valuation of the property of the 

 ings burned included more than 600 stores and city in September was as follows: 



100 manufacturing establishments. That part 



next the lake, as far north as Chicago Avenue, Assessed. Actual. 



was occupied by first-class residences, of which Land $176,931,900 $294.836,000 



only one was left standing. Buildings, etc 59,956 500 99,928.000 



The total area burned over in the city, in- Personal property 51,670,600 



eluding streets, was 2,124 acres, or very nearly To(a] "$288,559,000 SSBT^OOO" 



3- square miles. The number of buildings Property not taxed 52,915,000 



destroyed was 17,450 ; of persons rendered GraD d total ~ii>-20.ooo,ooo 



homeless, 98,500. Of the latter, more than 



250 lost their lives. The following is a sum- The population of the city was 334,270. Of 



mary of the losses : these inhabitants, 98,500 were rendered home- 



BUILDINGS. less. About 50,000 left the city within a few 



Eighty business blocks $8,515,000 weeks after the fire. The 17,450 buildings 



Hotels" 1 dep t9 ' Warehou8e9 ' Board of Trade liKo destroyed were about 30 per cent, in number, 



Theatres,' "etc. !!.'"!.'."!!."."!!.'.'!!."."!."!!.".'!!!.'.'!.' 86s!ooo but not less th an 50 per cent, in value, of the 



Daily newspapers (offices and buildings) 88s,ooo wno le. While five grain-elevators and 1,600,- 



orh e er U taxablCMin,T eS ! ^V^!;.' ' $$$* bushels of S^ain were burned, eleven ware- 

 Churches and contents 2,989,000 houses and 5,000,000 bushels remained; 65,- 



Public schools and contents 249,780 ftnn 000 fAAt rf InmhAr WPI*A Knrnprl nnrJ 99*1 



Other public buildings not taxed 2.121,800 ( MJ,00 lumber were burned, and 225,- 



Other public property 1,763.000 000,000 remained. 



m . , , ., ,. ~ K0 nnn nnn Fifty-six insurance companies, in different 



Total bmldmgs $.53,000,000 ^ J f ^ ^^ ^P ^^ ^ ^^ 



Flour, 15,()00 barrels. ^. DU . CE '.. ETC : $97,500 payment on account of their immense losses. 



Grain (i 642,000 bushels, besides private ware- Of these, sixteen were in New York City, five 

 PrSSEfe'tf<^ 'i&ooo i n Hartod' five in Providence four in Bos- 

 Lumber 65,ooo,ooo in yards 1,040,000 ton, three in Buffalo, three in San Francisco, 



Coal, 80,000 tons 600,000 three in Cleveland, eleven in Chicago, two in 



overproduce 1,940,000 Albany, and a few in other cities. The BUS- 



Total produce $5,262,500 pended insurance companies in New York 



Not less than 350 produce commission-offices ^ fSBSS Z^tt^ft* 



were burned out : ford? | 2 860 075 . PrO vidence, $1,618,000 ; Bos- 



BUSINESS : WHOLESALE AND ^TAiL toil) $ 2 ,854,533 ; Buffalo, $1,425,058; San Fran- 



SSgs 00 ! : 3 :.v.::::::::::::'.:::::::::::::::'.:'.:: loooS cisc > $2,600,000 ; Cleveland, $1,053,000; and 



Boots, shoes, leather, etc 5'i75^ooo Albany, $680,000. The losses were computed 



gB^JSntf.!^.^ Jisoooo to be/in New York City, $12,425,000; Hart- 

 Wholesale clothing 8^50jooO ford, $3,575,000 ; Providence, $2,095,000 ; Bos- 



MTBiS'ins'rumen'is-etc ^moSS ton, $3,100,000; Buffalo, 1,750 ; San Francisco, 



S^oSTSS!!^::::::::::::::;::::: tiSSSS $2,500,000; Cleveland, $1,350,000; and AI- 



Millinery 1,610,000 bany, $765,000. 



^eSI^^^::::::::::::::::::::::: 'fflS The suffering occasioned by the fire was 



Manufactures (stock, machinery, and produce) 13,255,000 very great, and elicited prompt expressions of 



Other stocks and business furniture 26,775,000 sym p a thy and offers of material aid from all 



$78,700,000 parts of the country and from various cities of 



PERSONAL EFFECTS. Europe. A Relief and Aid Society was imme- 



BSB!Bfe^-^~-::"V. %JBS diate ,l y ^\^ receive and distribute the 



Libraries, public and private 2.010,000 supplies and iunds sent in from various quar- 



Money lost (Custom-House $2,130,000) 5,700,000 ters. A report of the Society, published on 



Total personal effects WIW the 7th of November, about one month aftei 



the fire, states that $2,050,000 had been re- 



, m proven,cnU(baldS X'. $5 3 ,oo.ooo ceived at that date, out of $3,500,000 sub- 



Produce, etc.... 5,262,500 scribed. The Society was then aiding 60,000 



Manufactures 13,255,000 persons. The committees were engaged in 



p^ e ^fJSJ^ p .^!^::::::::::::;::::::::: SnSjS aiding tUe whose houses had been bumed,to 



Miscellaneous 378,000 erect small temporary homes on the sites of 



Grand total $l9e7ow,W their former dwellings, or on grounds leased 



for the purpose. Four thousand of these 



Including depreciation on real estate, and houses had already been built, capable of shel- 



loss to business occasioned by the fire, the tering 20,000 people, and it was intended to 



grand total of pecuniary damage has been set build others to accommodate about 3,500 peo- 



down at $290,000,000. On this there was in- pie still unprovided for. The cost of these 



