The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1867-01-31
TIE STORY OF HEao.

And I dyu't think 1 ever shall get to
take io az matter Of course, sir-5akiug
ii c0oily's %, Of the question. Here we
are living about as an e,5itiug a life Us
men can le4d--always on duJT, ans ready
at moment 10 have q se5to with the
worst fire tE-t ever broge out No, !
snail never SET 10 take ! rs Q matter OF
course, faG l5's al dark. rush and excite
ueut aa6 ] love II, sir Flash comes thc
DeHs 60 US ~ Telegraph, mosC iikeiy cut
came the horses; there's q Iiz45 rlir 70
th dE trimmed FIRE, and taeu with
lca- o. r5s flying out behind Us. rs
tbs 5~a raars5 a2i -a- Staam's getting -,
aTav -a..c1 the horses Av ia "fr !.
a5 Ao.o and tacy clear the roae
for us ;-2pd away We 90 oa fuH gaiior-
down the streets, with he horses ho8is
striking TIRE, Sue crowd Sc yutiug, and the
running mob increasing at every step.
There's sJ.-alhing ia ID a. warns one,
blood; eai rs 20 tbs danger-we of
lJuras, as dangerous; bat wbeu 7e feel
tla1 we're eoiag our dury, and know
what's Se-Cre Us, why soue chow We coat
remember lhe danger, lat 50 at Il IN
ca e.
row taere was only last ~eek sit5i1r IS
sss, wei7l7- Tor sall--5here il vas al
Iasf ll,o on in lie night, wneu ths streets
were c.e.r; and aasv Uo tore al some.
thing IKE a pace. O1tozd street, Iol-
born, down the Hill, up Skinner stree.
a4G Eewgate street-wh0op a7d away
iUH galop, with tae horses euioy!sr Is,
bless you, aao lashing cut till its hard to
say whether they didE't make more sparks
tnau the FIRE under tine ey. We want
eu no more Instructions, for there was the
red SLOW on ahead ae3 rs we GOT nearer.
Na could almost see tae sparks and q.
iast We oId see 5beu come pouring aaa
rolling along with ne smoke, and being
. heavy, hot night, hanging Ike thick
-ta. tag.ed cloud just ,er our heads.
Two engines we're here, and IS l. hap
pened 50 lata, there were not SO many peo-
pie as might have been expected /; buU as
soon Us 1 goL there, [ saw Is something
particular was the matter, and this Is
vnas =, vas The fire was in quite par-
rov court, whore the eeald1't get the cs-
capes, and tbere was@people burning to
death while above the shzutiug Of the
nioD and ciankiag OF .aa engines hard 1t
Tors you could hear their .wiuI cries for
hllp.
How, don't you suppose taat I'm proud
Of all this I'm going to tell you, Deo,.Csa
I'm not Now, II yo1 s.elo - 5lsa IN
and save any ones life, why, no doubt,
L world be brave and gallant, because
you would have done it o.. Of tgae COM
passion for a suffering fellow creature;
aut tiTen with me is's quite different. ! m
zal Sc much ~eek to save lie and pro-
cry from o. consequently, ! only 10
what NJ Clty to Go.
runs ~ tbe euErt axe n hand, and
-oo2 sees the state CT affairs. One house
was IN a blaze from op to bottom, and The
names heI worked through into the next,
PC were attacking the one opposite,
@hile, with their escape reg ariy cur of,
theEe were about half dozen people at
Sns upper "iudows OF the see ond house,
ana 30 +"y OF getting to them. There
was ~ BACK doer to the place, oci3g IN
5af G those crowded city places; while
4e door Il front and staircase were now
as gcttiH6 -nto state OF GLOW, ot which
he watei spozsClea aud sfeafaed without
making any Impression.
iaero was no time for ladders or any
hug else but the sheets, and them We
get stretched ont fgr the na9pIe r.
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