Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-08-13
BURLINGTON, IOWA, AUGUST 49, 1916.

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smoke. and between walls of fire. he
pressed on; and at length, half suffocated
emerged in safety from the blazing city,
and took up his quarters in the imperial
palace of Pelrowsky, nearly three miles
distant Morlier, relieved from his anx-
iety for the Emperor, redoubbled his
effort to arrest the conflsgration. His
men cheerfully rushed into every danger.
Breathing nothing but smoke and ashes
canopied by flame, and smoke and Gin
ders-surroundc by walls of fire that
rocked to and fro and fell with crash
amid the blazing ruins, carrying down
with them red.hot roofs Of iron, he slrug.
ged against an enemy That no bolduess
could awe, or courage overcome. Those
brave troops had heard the tramp of
thousands of cavalry sweeping to battle
without fear; but now they stood in still
terror before the march of con1agralion,
under whose burning footsteps was heard
The incessant crash of falling houses. and
palaces and churches. The continuous
roar Of the raging hurricane. mingled
with that Of the flames, was more terrible
than the thunder of artillery; and before
this new foe in the mids, Of this battle of
the elements, the awe struck army stood
powerless and affrigh!ed.
When night again descended on the
city, it presented spectacle the like Of
which was never seen before, and which
battles all description. The streets were
streets of ire-the heavens a canopy of
fire, and The entire body of the city
mass os fire. led by a hurricane that
whirled the blazing fragments in con
slant stream through the air. Incessant
explosions from the blowing up of stores
of oil. and tar, and spirits, shook the very
foundations of the city, and sent vas,
volumes Of smoke rolling furiously to
wards the sky. Huge sheets of canvass
on fire came floating like messengers of
death through The fAmes-,he towers and
domes Of the churches and palaces glowed
with red hot heat ever the wild sea
below, then lettering moment on their
basi, were hurried by the tempest into the
common ruin. Thousands of wre,ches
before unseen were driven by the heat
from the cellars and novels, and s,reamed
in All incessant ,hrong through the streets.
Children were seen carrying their parents
the strong, the weak, while thousands
more were staggering under the loads Of
plumber they had snaiched from the
flames. This, too would frequently take
fire in the falling shower. and the misera-
BILE creatures would be compelled to drop
it and fee for their lives. Oh, it was
scene Of wo and fear inconceivable and
indescrbab.e! A mighty and close packed
city of houses, and churches and palaces.
wrapped from limit to limit in flames
which are fed by whirlng hurricane i.
sigh, this world will seldom see.
But this was all within the city. To
Napoleon without. the spectacle was still
moro sublime and terrific. When the
flames had overcome all obstacles, and
had wrapped every thing in their red
mantle. that great city looked like sea
of rolling fire, swept by a tempest that
drove ii into vast pillows. Huge domes
and towers. throwing off sparks like
blazing FIRE brands, now lowered above
these waves and now disappeared in their
maddening flow. as they rushed and broke
high over their tops, scattering their spray
of fire against the clouds. The heavens
themselves seemed to nave caugh. the
conilsgraiion. and the angry masses that
swept it, rolled over a bosom of fire.
Columns Of flame would rise and sink
along the surface Of This sea, and huge
volumes OF black smoke suddenly shoot
into the air as if volcanoes were working
below The black form of the KremIln
| alone, lowered abave the chaos, now
wrapped in flame and smoke. and again
emerging into view-standing amid this
scene of desolaion snd terror; like virtue
in the midst of burning world. envelop.
ed but unsca,hed by the devouring ele-
men.s. Napoleon stood and gazed on
this scene in silent awe, though nearly
three miles distant, the windows and
walls of his apartment we're so hot thai
he could scarcely bear his hand against
them. Said he, years afterwards:
Il. was the spectacle Of sea and bill
lows Of fire, sky and clouds Of flame,
mountains of red rolling fame. like i'm
mense waves Of the sea, alternately burst
ing forth and elevating themselves to
skies Of fire, and then sinking into the
ocean Of fame below. Oh. it was the
most grand, the most sublime, and the
most terrific sight The world ever beheld.
a Rich Case.-Some years ago, al
Irishman was knocked down and robbed