Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-02-17

cuts win has axe Ia to the iron shutter
with the other, while his companion sun
ports the pipe on the next round below
Ciank clank: he cuts-clank-the shut
ter springs from its hinges and the i'm.
Prisoned nnmes leap out like wild beasts
Upon tne'n. They are completely en-
Veloped In the furious element They
VIII be desiroyedl-Iiave they fallena
No! no they hold down their heads and
and The flames rebound from their leath.
er caps They fearIessly retain their
bold. The pipe is directed into tho danes.
iicar the sey,Indistinci from the height,
PLAY away ~" Hearcus Why are thew
so di atory! The ladder is already on
lire ab we ;hcni-ihe mrn will be des-
t:oyed. Play away Ar r NY away ~"
Ayi there Al comes! bang, bang burg
Tn hose fills like a huge serpent
Steam aud smoke and fire now conceal
them from our sight. Bang, bang, bang.
bang, from twenty different engines
Streams carried from the rear and the
surrounding buildings: The opposite
stores begin TO smoket The furious ell
ement has gained the mastery ia the
high YIN see how the s~teeples are
Illuminated by the glare. and the wan.
dows in the distance, how they glitter,
rejoicing whole streams Of light! .uur-
rah! hurrah!" Clear the way! clear the
way, Here comes the great Southwa. K
machine. How the crowd rush against
each 9th r. "a hat an inccssant roar
the engines keep in the rivalry-binu,
bang. b ing. Hear the 6reman's trum
pets IN their mast'f tones-Give way
boys,'-Down with her, sGive il to
her, my hcarties.-rhafs your Sorts
Give II TO her, bullies, Lea her have
H. Characteristics oyerhowed.'
Give ii 10 her laJs,'--.lvakc UP the Old
machine Bang, bang, bang; bang.
Burst, roar, there's an explosion
here goes n pipe of varnisn. The
whole OF the upper stories are a roaring
mass Of ERE. T..e next store is pour.
ing out vast volumes of smoke-it's on
lire inside. sNast playing, No. g. The
fireman are forced down; Vast playing
No. g. See how the windows and cor
nices OF the opposite side Of the street
begin 10 smoke. There-they light in
to a ol re. Vast p aging 30 q? OBJ
here's NO. Gin this dark corner They
stop
How cool and Indifferent the men now
appear. asif they had nothing to do -
See how they lean on The long arms Of
The machine, and laugh and Joke as if
The, were indifferent spectators, and ba:
now they were working with all treir
energies. Whew, how the suffocating
smoke drives down upon u in this mar
row street. See how madly the flaming
.kcinders, and whole ba es Of burning pa
pers fly through the heavens. sHurrah
there goes the roof. Ola, oh. OH How
intensely every thing is illuminated
iiah, the hremen are hurrying down
the ladder ltds burning all around them
See the masts and cordage of the ship.
ping traced IN lines OF FIRE on the dark
ness IN The dis;aace; and see the ppow
ling ~plunderes hurried off by the police.
Clear The way;' 'clear the way' save
the ladder. Hear the cries and cheers
IN every direction, in the whsrves, in.
the alleys. What turmoil and uprolr
See this engine close up in this dark al
ley, out Of sight of the FIRE, shut in BIZ
the high b. i!dings What is il? No. 3J
hard at work; and yonder, scorched by
the fumes is another. F~lash--there
goes another explosion Ca, oh, oh d
near the crowd. See what a cataract of
oeautIial blue and yellow and crimson
danes IS burning over the gable end
from the buraing drugs; ard hear the
continued crash OF glass as the boxes
como numbering down through tho burn
ing lofts. Hear the roaring and crack
ling ofthe eager flames as they leap up
into the sky in great sheets. See now
how like saiamanders the fremen fear
lessly work among the furious .con6a-
grafton, and hear the incessant cries and
cheers and rattle from the engines.
There IS n company Standing perfect
ly Idle; why don't they do their duty2
bark, do you hear, do YOU hear tba,
hoarse order passed through tho trum-
pet, play away, l6; play away
What do you think now2 Are they
sIackG Do they understand their dutya
How like lightning their arms Ay up
and down, as with cheers they respond
10 the call. Hear the foreman, shearty.
boys, hearty, give it TO her, down with
ner, say But see the crowd rush
headlong; crash4 pInnge, the whole
side OF the great store has come t~opIing
down with terrible uproar. IL has
crushed the wooden buildings beneath,
as IT they were egg shells. How the
dark black smoke and dust hide even
The aames in %momeniary darkness. Now
II rises. See the iremen rushing under
the murky clowds TO the conflict. Hesr
TIE hum of admiration from tho crowd.
An! here comes one ofthe brave fellows.
borne IN the arms Of his comrades. How
deadly pale his CONFERENCE.-The is per-
lectlY senselezq-hfs arm ond fe~.