, 1870-09-05

the burning nass, caT,yingl II far up into he air
in huge Circles OF alteInxta Eu1ake and dts, the
interior of the vur1ex hlled With flaming asbris
Of tveV description. Il Nas several 1niuutea be-
iore this. great: spiral OF -fse ceased
ard aftef Il, came aEatn The steat]y roar Of the
lames, Interrupted now arM then by the failing
Of ZONE Of theTcxr division walls, which In turn
c1exted fresh outtdrsts of Game and dAzzllng
clonda Of ctnders, and dropped great tongues Of
hre into loTer AtAfunenu, which wrapped them
and their contents With It's Eod uEapety, as II by
magic, ana gave tho element new foothplis Ia its
northern proTeas.
GREAT cKAsM
Asyet, anu no to haif-ra4t 8, the frnnt wall OF
the block w1s stuudtns, hut st that time .he
front Ut Farwella store gave way and fall across
the aycnue wlth tnnnAeting roar. carrying With
IL 4 large part OF Lain i Butlsta front, and
lear,nk corner about ten feet In Width
On each eide Standing The tall mAdc
: gap Of about forty feet In With
and 1erehled a seetatnE mAas OF name Ia tho In
testoF. % brilliant that it was we'll nEgt lmposs-
lie to look a. 1t. Ragged angles o1 wall to ~eted
through the dame, md huge beams dangled from
the side wall, swastng IN the draugnt, ~ Il they
were nbbons knd streamars Of nfe. The north
conner, which han betn left standing with 1t
windows framed in crt,ns,,D borders, anA its Jag
Fed outlines, Illuminated also By the caouda Of 11e
and c1nde1s, shot Into the atr By ths coacossun
OF the Iail, Vas Jne Of the most nlcturesqu: Oh
jetts OF the conformation, and SEEMED Ike
TIE RC1s OF soME xi11s11c OLD TExrLE.
lmme d!atelT in its rear, along the Irregular
fragment OF ground wall left standing, the npur
umb0 projected, forming perfect eAepau1 ds
tT1ae Of IRE. With tos u paper EestlnR upon theu
wrapped in names: nts'f now and then caught by
The WihI, whoie reAms OF the ln1amniao!e s&u1
new through the air. As /: grew dark, the eccne
became graudeF nn'l granier, not only IN the t1u-
Mediate cou1a3E1ttou, bat in tho exquisite redeo-
lions which It cast upon the adjacent buildings,
The churches, and the then >ands Ut uptunel
faces III the tseets h-loN+ The moon paled lts
lucGectunl light, aud seemed to be OF ghasu5
blue col T; thc ltars bill tGetr faces before the
MILLIONS OF BURNING Stars
noating in the air. By O'Clock, the f1re had
spread through the cutlrr appei story. At a.
most ret utar intervals, door would fall. mt,-
mcn1 aftfr, u faint light wouli te aeeu Illuminate
1ng the 1oor below. Gradually IT grows brighter.
aud then, with rush and 4 fuas uketuunueF, the
flames burst through tue windows Then, !rum
time to tune, this sccue ia repeated unr,l, aotut
h41i-pakt ., the enit1e block, from basement to
rso!, Is one solid sheet OF name, with scarcely a
division wall staudlng. For the nsst time Jou
could get an entire Interior view tnto this
HKL OF pIRE,
and the sight was ore whicn will long be Eemeu-
be1ed by those wno saw it. As we have Aa,d t1e
phrase " uSe neitd7 for once had meaning. Moth
Ing could Withstand It's fearful fury. II mas not
ou1y that vast stocks Of paper and rags; OF drJ
gools Of every description. vs1uei into the mll!-
Ions; ot hoos{ and shoes, OF pianos and organs,
aud Of III kinds Of merchandise, seemed literally
romets before II, but Il ruls<zl up tin and gavatl-
Led iron like scz.ll.. It bars. the huge brick
walls a. II they had been raeds. It SEIZED the
great blocks Of stone and Clipped them Oh, hurl-
ing the fragments Asif they nad been shot from
a Cannon. II twisted lsuu pipes. and even tron
stairwaJr, iats nlI SORTS OF f1ntastic shape4- It
rent The walls and roppied them over as X they
had been plies OF sand. In nu
corhaEration that we can reaember, not
even the great nres Of 1887 on East and Wrs.
Lake atrees, do We remember drc operating with
such fearful fuf5. The delu9e OF writer poured
upon 1t seemed 70 have no appseciabc eject what
ever. lnkeed, IN the height Of the nre, the water
FROM the hose pipes MAS often converted Into
steam before it touched the bAlldlqV. At 1t
O'Clock Dta1e1 Block, which out few hoE7s be-
fvre was picture Of architectural beauty . spot
Of mercantile priae, Representing 81 least three
millions Of value, wzs hugc fulu, beautiful even
III It's Destruction It's 1oss l. not only u loss of
dollars and cents to lrs owners, but loss to the
city OF its handso1asBt busiuess block.
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