Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-01-27
CORRESPONDING OF THE FREE PRESS.
New York, Jan. 8. 1856

NEW \ ORK, Jan. 3, 1884.
Fire Fire Fires Fires Who ever heard of
such destruction by them we have experienced in
New York this winter which is not half gone yet
Here have we had three fires in less than a month,
each of which has swept away nearly or quite a
million of dollars, to say nothing Of the innumerabe
smaller ones, of which account is taken by the
world at large. First went the great establishment
of the larpers. Then came the fire which destroyed
The Great Republic, and now has gone metropolitan
Hail. dragging down with it the new hotel, the
Lafarge House, which was all ready to be opened in
the of the week,
| don't think any three establishments or objects
could have been selected in the City, which would
have called forth general feeling of SYM
pathy and sadness in the City, or in the country
either to The Crystal Palace perhaps
might rank with them, but can hardly think of
anything else that could. What thrill went over
all the City when it announced that 1" IIarpcrs"
was burning. No one could watch the volumes Of
smoke which rose, sweeping with them scattered
leaves of half burnt publications. to tell whence they
came, without feeling sad, if personal calamity
had bcfallcn himself, feeling which must have
pcrvadcd the whole country, for whcrc have not
their books been seen and welcomed as friends
So too when the morning papers told US that the
Great Republic had been destroyed, not by the
element she was built to encounter, but by the icrccr
of fire, it struck all something of national
calamity. 1t had nattcrcd pride that we had
built the largest shin in the world as well as made
the speediest VOYAGES and we all looked forward
with interest to see whether that nrlc vos To have
A spcedv downfall or to be still further carcsscd bv
her success in specd And so we felt as if n national
exneriment had been frustratcd
And something of tbn sornn r,nIno ,ninc,od in
with ho tbou,bt that NctroroIit,n Han hat r,..od
away II K mot ,r.ro1v fine d..trprtion of -, ,rucl,
rrorortv sad tbou,h tbot ,I,r,v.i. Wc,II feel os
If il touches our.olvos and -. .rcb ,ve lamont II
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if wors, than the Others. We all knew tbot th.
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