Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-01-26

are Gled with furniture, carpets, curtains and
pictures. saved from the yestry, while few
paces beyond were perishing, in lrghtful tor.
ture, hundreds Of frall and helpless human be-
ines. many of whom could have found safety
through that door.
Lest it be wondered at that the fire was allow
ed to gain such head way, may mention that
Santiago, city Of hundred thousand inhabi
tants, possesses but three engines, all out Of or.
der and badly managed, fires being extremely
rare. Soon after the alarm had been given
company of regulars arrived, and with fixed
bayonets, was stationed around the building.
not only impeding access 20 it but driving back
those who implored to be allowed to continue
their exertions A MIR James Dimalon, upon
being called by name by one Of the sufferers, in
sisted upon entering the church and received
bayonet wound for bis pertnacily,
The papers are filled with incidents Of the
catastrophe One young lady finding all hope
of escape cut off, tied her handkerchief tightly
round her knee. In the morning her body was
discovered charred about the head and Shout
ders beyond all recognition but the preeauuon
she had taken identified her--her name being IN
the corner Of the handkerchief.
1t is announced this afternoon that but scuen
bodies have been recognized out Of more than
2 900 victims
Seven dwellings have been closed and sealed
by the authorities not one soul having return
ed of either of the families living therein.
/ To zee mothers, sisters, tender and tmid W.
.aen, dying that dreadful death that appals the
stoutest heart Of man, within one yard OF saliva
ton, within one yard Of men who would have
given their lives over aud over again Tor them.
1t was maddenng--th the screaming and wrlDging
of bands for help as the remorsele flames came
on and then--saye when some already dead
with fright were burnt in CHASTITY indifference
their horrible agony some in prayer, some tear
ing their hair and battering their faces
Women seized in the embrace Of the flames
were seen to undergo Transformation as though
by an optical deluson-frst dazzling brightly
then horribly lean and shrunk up--then black
statues rigldly fixed in a writing attitude
The fire imprisoned by the immense ihigkne,s
of the walls, had deyoured everything comous-
tlblc by 10 O'Clock Then, iclylrg die sicssn-
ing stencil people came to look for their lost
ones
Oh, what a sight the fair, PLACID moon 70 X.
ed down upon Close packed crowds Of clt-
clnod, distorted forms wearing theieagiul express
sion OF the last pang, whose smile was once a
hea7en-the ghastly phalanz Of black statues
twisted IN every variety Of agony, stretching
out their arms, as implorng mcrcy-and then
OF he heap that had choked up the door, null
titudes with the lower parts perfectly untouched,
and some all shapeess mass but with one arm
or isot unscathed
The silence, after those piercing screams were
hushed in death, wes horrible. ltwas the ST.
lencc Of the grave, unJroken but By the bitter
wall OF ainung cry.
Two thousand souls had passed through that
ordeal OF tire u the Judgment scat of God
Heroic acts Of subline daring have not beer
wanting. Enduring gratitude has been excited
in every CHILEAN heart by tie gallant Efforts Of
MIR Nelson the Minister Of the United States,
his couuryman MIR, Meigs, and several other
foreigners There were generous men who de-
fed the fury Of the flames to save liye., and some
OF these died martyrs to their noble heart An
Engllshman or an American it is unknown
which, was seen to rush thro' the flames to seize
IN his powerful arms lady, stride with her a
little, and then, his hair in blaze, and CHI ked
with smoke, fell back into the volcano, never to
rise again,