The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-09-10


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II flame and smoke Dnwnwafd Into TIE
building The IRE eats IL NaY, and In 4
lev minutes tbo fame and smoke curl
upward, as II rising ifam a burning pile
IN ton minutes more, uf Al twenty min
aics ~ Dir. the whole N latin, Butler a
Co.'S building IL on Ere The scene even
aithis early stage Ia grand Flame leaps
after q ume, mounting skyward amid the
thick, dark smnko. mixing the most Ian.
tssilc shapes aud forms imaginable.
Around The eornl'es and windows the
fire dances Ike a demon Al play. The
light NJ day IL almost Ghscufrd hy the I'M
mems volume IT smoke which dri0s
%AQntherly before a gentle wind, carrying
sparks which drop and burn hlos In the
garments Of the vast crowd tat had Al.
ready assembled. There IL hardly time
To notice minor events, for the fire is
travelling fast
Already the paper store isdoomed. Up.
ward and onward surely, steadily, and
the destroyer marches The roof
OF the adjoining building, owned and &C.
by John V. Farwtll & Co, the
great dry goods merchants, has caught,
and smoke rushes out Of the grand Man
sard roof The heat grows intense. The
crowd rGtlres before II, and II Ia growing
hotter and hotter every moment. The
second roof is covered with fame and
Matters look serious for the
building. Volunteers are called for from
the crowd TO assist in removing the
goods.
The volunteers arc working like heroes
TO save the goods. Some of them are
away up on the third and fourth stories.
Mr., Ira p. Bowen Is on the fifth floor,
with a Bsbcock extinguisher, working for
dear life, with half a dozen other brave
The smoke gets thick and strong
up there, and they have to retreat, their
Iaces covered with wet hankerchiefsto pre-
vent sufiocstion, They are doubtful about
Inc stairway, and find an exit through the
upper story of Lyon Il Healy's building,
doors north. Still there are others
n The building-a great many-how many
tod knows, and no n else. They are
the first, second, third and fourth floors,
working az men will work when their i'm.
pulses prompt them to grand and gallsnt
leeds. The engineer of the building
Knows what 1t contains, and is anxious
about the lives Of the men. He tells of.
icer Wood to turn them ont as the upper
contains hundreds of tons of goods,
ii the walls give way they will fall,
'arrying death TO the men below. Wood
'uns up aud drives them from the third
md fourth floors, A minute more and he
would have been too late. IIo again en-
ers the store on the same mission. There
re a large number inside-some say ten,
say fifty, no one knows-snd thew
re In imminent danger. Wood gets in.
nde the door, but, before he has time TO
anything, there is q rumhling noise,
md a crash, which sends a chill to the
leart, and, with a roar like a thunder. clan.
he floors fall in from the roof 10 the eel.
ar.
There is a frantic rush to the door by
hose inside, and men and boys fall over
.ach other ia their efforts to escape. Some
we're caught in the timber and debris.
None can tell how many went in and how
many came out, or how many never came
Officer Wood, Mr.. r, w. Patten and
hr. q, f. Sterling, are the last to get out,
nd they say there must have been A
Iozen men inside. Mr., Patten is wound.
his back being cut and bruised.
: The flames roar and leap amonR the
alters in mad delight. Upward they
boot, the smoke lowering around and
'yer them, while sparks and bits of flame
re Sc altered all over, endangering sur.
'ounding property. The fire oreeps along
root OF the next buildings, occupied
" Kirkland, Ordway g. Co, and LYON &
1ealy, and at 5;45 they too are on fire,
hen are busy running goods from the
Those of Messrs. FsrweIl &
%, are taken to the Second Presbyterian
church, which has been generously
brown open for the purpose, and those
II Lyon " Healy are dragged out into the
Itreet. There Is no time TO spare, for the
ire 1end has got loose and is booming
everything that comes in his way,
There is another crash, caused by TWEEN
,y.ive feet Of the side wall Of Latin, But
er Il Co.'s store falling from a height of
feet, The conclusion makes the
ground tremble, and the afFrighted crowd
In fear and confusion. More of
same wall falls in few minutes, leav.
Ing the interior Of the burning building
1t looks like q fiery furnace, and
the red and white flame sends forth a
fierce heat that can hardly DO borne a
block away.
1t is $50 and Lyon & Healy's building
Is burning inside, Its fate seems ineyita
Bile, Next door south, is the L shsned
store, occupied by Kirkland, ordway &
Co., dealers in boots and shoes. This
fronts on both Wabash avenue and
Washington street. There Ia nov small
chance that any of the block will escane.
and men begin TO remove the stock from
the building occupied by Kirkland, Ord.
way d Co.
AT 6:l5, the wall between Lanins and
Farwells falls with a loud report into
Massrs. Fsrwcll & Co.'s basement, ard
uprise the sparks and the fame, the latter
sending forth a heat that reaches across
the street and threatenes the buildings
there, A strong wall tails inside, giving