, 1870-09-05

ago, suaJs tn. AID the thing Il I complete fa'i-
ure. The men are released from care OF It, md
csn nntl tprrethirR In do e'%'wherr. So far, tet
lzA Accn been but one kttcAn- on tho rcas Of tnc
uiling. and That is weak md worthless. The
;:mc lost ut the ontstt y telling feartuliy nop
Future rosts will tc mat aktng, even II the ~.
holds nut.
There arc half d tlnzru t1senen awaF M IN fbat
rpof OF Lyon Hxa1,'s. orcr one hund.z, fcy,
high, perfect sca Of oec bcloE, dass!nK tn 3sycs
agalnft The Ated building. These brave fe1last
ny 10 get stream On the roof: but human oe
lnEs cannot stand dfc and smoke. and fsre h.s
taken hold Of tho roof to ocstoy It. Onlt ven,
relcntessly. with nothing 10 tmpesle ,ts course o.
stop lfs way. There ID no obstacle t,rf,,.,
. and the roof IL soon enye1oped II
names- The nreInen escaped tn t1ue .1oxn
tae elevator. They have barely. got To tho bot
TON, ere pl1isr Of name rusnes after them down
the hA1chway. \ u,omcnt more and they werr
lost.
1t Ia $50, and Lyon 4 uealy,s built
Ing h buan.ng ipsIe. It's fate acctns
inevitable. Ne1i door south. 7'ts the L
shaped store, sccnrsed hy Kirt,anu; Ord.ay
Il Co. dealers In bootK and show. This slorr
fronts On both Wabash avenue and Washington
slreet TheIe Ia nor sman chance that my OF
the block Will escape, aud men begin 10 remove
the s,ocl from the bul.oing occupied os Kizsland,
0rlHnJ L c..
There an four streams now ii front OF the
i.uiidng, bn, theJ are behind time The contest
is between nEr snu water, but fire got the star.
md will via the ruer. It. vac MT the fau!t oJ
tie water, howrvcr, bu: ri the hose. The nam,a
arc shooting ur In ncs5 Pillars;
TEE SLY II HIDDEN Fl sNnEE:
the windows OF the building are 1ltnnina,e1 a,,.
the d1eadfnl glare; tht engines are suortlug a,,r
Iur1ng: foremen arc shouting; tue crpwu il
G. II H. I'm tTh4f
make IN awtu. and sublime scene7 Those vh,,
hate seen the sight will not easily forget II.
Tue sparks are nytng Al over, aud some fnl!
upon the roof Of 81. Ma1ys cathuf1c Church. II,
the corner Of Madison street rnd al - tue rout
Is On 6se- Some buckets Of untcr are thrown OIL
It md the building Is sased. The heat u nteosc
.Dt, the crowds retire before H. and tsm,d pc.sou5
leave. the Eight OF the burning mass betcx u,
terrific for weak neryeA
Al t:la The Tall between LSt,ins aud Fsryefs.
falls with lout report into Aessrs Farwrll i
Co.'S basement, and upr3se the sparks and tnr
t1atre, the latter sending forth heat tin
reaches across the strc.t and threateus the ba.,.
ipga there. A strong wall fails inside, giving ta
namcs more food In Lyon r Heaiy'a nuiittuz. Al
tfis ttu1c the hose IL bursting. rendering tht.
efforts Of the ntenen futile They eau TO uoth-
ing anyway, for the devoted block. Hhtch
an tqur. ago stood In en tts prio,.
and beauty. The heat again threatens thu butlt,
tnRs On rhe opposite side Ct t7e STREET, and th,.
water Is turned on them TO Good the fronts.
Water ts also thrown on the roofs Ut ser.r,,
buildings IN the vicinity to pseren: The spatS.
from setting them m IRE.
The rear wall Of Farwelrs building tails with
lond report In the alleyTay. No one Ia s..tou,,y
injured, although the intrepid nreneu stand their
ground until the vef5 list moment. .pne man
gels frightened, and suddenly letiluK 10 the nosc
1t strkea ain In the allie breaking two Of bis rtos
&:4a- The eide wRils Lyon L uea!g.s l,uifdiar.
fronting On Michigan avenue, falls on Hi. Wi,.
dcr's barn, IN the aley-vaJ crushing aud destroy
rug 1t utterly. The entire block Il nuw
ahlaze, rrs cntinE magnificent spectacle, I
eau hardly be de6crtned- The n6,ncs rose al.
over, tust u the moon came ont; the heavens
were lighted up oJ IN unnatural glare: t.r
smoke and ettam rose IN DARK and custluv
nAs5tHt The walls cracked, with n.
port Ike pistol, and 10 the scene In
creased In grandeur every moment
There Is stream Of water spoauug up from
the middle Of the building. II Is the dsc n.ux |
connected WITH the boilers And eugtne below.
The heat in the basement las got up ates4tu tne
engine is working, uud this ds: is pumping water
TO put Itself out But 1t dues not do 1tsell ,uur6
damage, for Ill tue water that can be poure.f tu
there will not cool TINT buruux mass, wh1cn
se, Ms like the iAfrr9l fts,uus on s,i Ill scale,
1Ee fruilt, ffutn tut e1J:s:cr 70 LyuH l. Hcalya
!'utl1llk, has ialien gr9daai1y. anu " peeileat
Nothing stands hut The Corner. rssln5 up like xu
Old ruin, or. a. gentleman says, Ike tie uncleu1
toHer Of heidelberg.
Il Is fifteen minutes Of {, and The wall !
vt kt.tland. O1dwaT i Ia. csnue-
'ioED, aIh oemali.hcs 2 dwelling hoist,
Ile ruins Ut which Immediately cuseh urr. Tne |
irc1tn let It burn; they lnyt nil they CELL do IT,
ave the corter where Lyon L iicaly i plAnos ar.
stofcdt Gut efea that they cal,nbt I ibg tn lsft
~ tuur n.brr, the MT las completed tho HnrS VI
destruction, aud that noble p,ie Ut buildings, aai
iear1y I'LL their yatnatle contents arc Ivst:oyci,
TIE OglS1S uF THE F1KE
S not dennitey knowu- 1t WAS Erst ,liscovcrpi
II the rear OF The upper story OF La1iu, Butler
%, aud Is supposed to have brea causeu u,
spontaneous continuation A,uung olltd rays, wh.cu |
hal been stnrrd tnetc. The nnule8 we're ntst =,
secn by servant girl employed IN family IT,
siding Oh Michigan avenue. III hnusr the rear vi /
which faced the burned buildings. She told :.
little hoy. Rht he TEL into ths |
xllty-way shouting "nrr," The CIT Wa
taken up By several hostless III the vicinity, OH
Of whom ran to the corner atsd turned In Bvx Il
The nzss engine on itu gruund WAS thu Ellsworth,
which was quickly followed ~ tue cn2ucs IN tn
district. A secund olarm was turned IN nf1ee |
minutes after, and tn the course of the next hal
hour TWO other alarms summoned ever rng,ut
In The c1sJ, Including the Illinois aud Tie Wi,ue-
bago from the suburbs.