The doomed city! Chicago during an appalling ordeal! : the fire demon's carnival : the conflagrations in the West, South and North divisions : graphic sketches from the scene of the disaster . and in the score of artists studios; the choice artcollections and libraries in the private residences of wealthy citizens on the SouthSide avenues and on the North Side ; the libraries of the Library Association and theYoung Mens Christian Association; and the vast slocks of fine hooks and pictures inthe great State street book-stores; and other losses only apparently less miportantbecause less generall
The doomed city! Chicago during an appalling ordeal! : the fire demon's carnival : the conflagrations in the West, South and North divisions : graphic sketches from the scene of the disaster . and in the score of artists studios; the choice artcollections and libraries in the private residences of wealthy citizens on the SouthSide avenues and on the North Side ; the libraries of the Library Association and theYoung Mens Christian Association; and the vast slocks of fine hooks and pictures inthe great State street book-stores; and other losses only apparently less miportantbecause less generally known. The value of many of these rare treasures of literature, art and wonder, cannot becomputed by money considerations. They were beyond price, beyond the power ofpurchase, and are beyond the power of human wealth or ability to replace. HOW CHICAGO RESUMES BUSINESS. To the Editor of the New York Tribnne: Sib : As a little indication of the go-ahead spirit of Chicago, I send you a copy ofthe first and only telegram received by the American News Company, since the fire,from their house in Chicago, the W estern News Campany, dated Oct. 11, 1871: Send two cases steamboat cards. FOLEYS.
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