Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-14

dicr managed to get possession OF
the Germans head, which he stuck
upon pole and carried in triumph
about the city, the mob following,
shouting, singing and cursing the
besiegcrs. All this was seen and
heard by people who subsequently
escaped from the city. But these
are only very small portion Of the
cruelties enacted by the city mob,
who ran about the city hoarscly
shrieking for spies. One citizen of
Strasbourg, the father Of five
children, was killed by knives. 1t
was fearful time for the peaceably
inclined citizens, who desired any
thing sooner than the unchecked
license of their own mob, who's
crueltics were even worse than
those caused by the hostile guns,
which had been constantly at work
in shelling the Notifications. a
few shells were east into the quarter
where the mob reside, as punish
ment for the cruelties perpetrated
on German prisoners.
A CANNON DUEL.
The whole of the oath was a ter
rifle cannon duel, lasting until five
o'clock on the following morning,
and with decisive loss to the French.
The right side of the citadel was
burnt up, and the shells had fired
more than half a dozen places in
the city. This was bad enough for
the citizens during the day, but at
night The Germans increased their
fire, sending as many as ten balls
per minute in the burning city.
At NIGHT TIE SCENE WAS GRANDLY
TERRIBLE.
kchl was burning, at midnight
the villages of Kobert>an, Schiltig-
helm konigcnhof had been fired by
the French. In Strasbourg itself,
no sooner was one got under than
another broke out. Firemcn and
citizens were kept at work yainly
enaeaypri,s to staYatfa aevon'ing
{ ghi!s,ahc &Rss PpPPlstcly
beyond control, ran through the
streets. robbing and plundering
wherever they could. The; moon
which had shonc durin. the even
ing was obscured at midnight by
the smoke above the burning city,
and for miles around the flames IL
Illuminated the country like daylight.
The peasants of the surrounding vii
liages assembled by thousands to
watch the flames and to listen to
the comonading, their faces white
with the glare Of the fires, which
were seen nearly forty miles away
by the inhabitants of the Black
Forest. The whole Of the Stein
strassc, 4 part of the Blan-N olkcn-
strassc, and the new Church of ST.
Peters were in flames. At one time
it appeared us if the grand old MIN
ster was burning, the tower seeming
to be glowing red, and the flames
seemed to run along as if sporting
with the sacrc4k building. At one
time the soldiers Of kap could read
ordinary print, and this was four
miles distant from the burning city.
The wind was blowing westward,
carrying the flames directly into the
thick Of the city. Finally the pco-
pie appeared to give up all hopes of
stopping the progress of the fires;
two would merge into one, and this
would extend with fearful rapidity,
at times threatening the entire city.
4 copy of the Courier d" Bus
Rim, which was published in the
city on the 25th, and which has been
received in Schlesstadt, gives the
following account of that awful
night:
A SCENE OF DEVASTATION AND RUIN.
"What a terrible night! What
ruin and mourning! At s o'clock
last evening the enemy commenced
Il terrible fire, destroying fortunes,
treasures, and grand works of art.
What loss shall we mention first?
The public library, the Temple
Ncuf, the museum Of paintings, the
most splendid houses in the finest
quarter, are now only heaps of
blackencd ruins. The first named
institution was celebrated through
out Europe. 1t contained books
and manuscripts unique in the
world, the result of centuries OF
labor, patience and perseverance.
Nothing now remains but a sheet
Of parchment or paper-not docu-
ment. This site is now cucumber
ed with ruins, and all that is to be
seen is the carbonizcd covers OF
one or two books in II corner. OF
the church Of the Temple Neuf, the
largest Protestant place of worship
in Strasbourg, with its splendid
organ and renowned mural paint
inys, the four walls alone remain.
The art Museum ut Aubette is total
lv destroyed, with the building in
which it was contained. The Ca
thedral has hitherto only escaped
by miracle the great disaster with
which it was menaccd every night
This morning again some fragments
Of sculpture and stone from the
walls were found scattered about
tho ground, and showed that can-
non ball had struck our magnificent
monument, one Of the glories of the
world. The Notre Dame Asylum
one of the oldest and most noble
monuments of the middle ages, has
beer injured by projectiles. The
Hotel de Vile is shattered. The
Council Hall is devastated. Sever
al private residences are destroyed
those in the Rue du Temple Neuf
from the Library to the Rue d,
Dome, have become prey to TIL,