, 1870-09-05
TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE,
LOSS OE LIT

What viii rcndCF Ibis IRE more menlora
be than MI others in The annals Uf Chicaxo, /
the terrible loss ot life which II has IauscL. III
destruction OF noble et!iHcc. AEtl The loss .,
millions Of dollars, are mlsfor1aucs which TIN,
soun be retrieved But the tmmufatlon uf IN 4u,
huu an beings, their consignment to i doom IN,
most awful perhaps, that the Imagination Gu
conceive, il q calamity which must pt fullowe.
uy mUu1ufnl tenitmblanccs In all ncarts, T.,
many years to cumc. The scene which was Wit
hesxed at the moment Whru the walls fell, AZ be
tUrt mentioned, Vas one which will tcace All IT,
edacakle lmp.t 6s!DH IN the memory of 0ll va.
were spectators If The a~iul sight.
Ii uAs n,out quarter 10 O'Clock. The Ii.
wa4 At It's height Vast btlIows Of dame wet.
surHlng through ptst1unR If the building, sweep
Ing everything rAfto1y into = 1nusA VI sel ruiu
1t was evident IT, all that The walls could no
long resist tbs f"rce ot that dcry hurricane anu
that gr1nd c1ash WAS 1t hAnl. S:ll, the mel
were Ee+u, thr. ss>r the ret'!stieE ~intlows,
working brayely IL '.e EFFORT ~ save property,
1rlc1s had been given home time beture pev-
ple 10 rush tn and cary III ood-, and The or,1et>
had becn oheyet- fSui now It WAS seen Tia.
LhuEef wa8 LOU ttAE, and that, In few
moments the lives OF ull VIM bad gone within th-
building had bccn kAcsinced- The Spectators be-
came Wilt with terspr anL excitement Oat A.
.lstaut Engineer, eceng that the heal was intense,
called l1Ahticalty 10 the ulCn IL came uus- ru,
ltcemnn Br.wn rushed intu The bnilinE, II tn,
imminent rtst II his own life. auu loudly Gale,
| to them to make their own escape. liz returned
md ba1cly got from the door into the stre. uhe
| the crash came. II was the aide wall bc1we.4
| rhatcheI4 aud F4.#eifs bull,ituS-.ee feet ne
ln.en the two Suns II fvlt with one pruon:s.1
| AID t,tafening crash, uaa the mru went tlouu
| with It 70 their net5 graves
4 Wall wEsr Gr fE0x III. CROWD,
strange, INDISPENSABLE e,y, OF sch, that spoke Vi
| noarur aut, ditu,ay. A uuinen before. AMI u.
/ neu aud boys. n1tecn OF twenty Of them -sop,
aa'o tult's@aAu oeea sesu ,. w. easa no!t' w."
oeAss al'a eanaass en 'uc1f aaoo1aett- III =" IN
.ts:t they nau dfaappeAfu, cfa>as'i t'enrash liz
i,urr,b,c 70 hear md sec, The wall went cicn.
~, ,,ot IN ,hr rrrr hasenenr Not ..,,, 10
sntnnsn 70 tas 'e!s pasn.n. sa..t,. wv s'o4 -
sSA - - 1za1'zzE csr.s1aoruK
seemed for time 10 deprive people Of tne,r res,
| son: sh,1e1s Of women vere heard from ba,c1,
4.es HA..s Nnes nee ,s...s = " 'eoH upoa W.
dfcadinl aernc. Men cauteaet onc aaotaef 10 =
rolt'of Will dehstutn. sescsal persons, hus1uT
s4rn,,,en =. ~ sns nnm,.c, a, 'as, nm
ea o+neash The waI,s ssse them mi a, .ne Wv ,r.s IT.
nftrru TO nfty men. 1t was Impossible to tr.
how rosny were tav,r. Mauy home Win nt. !,
atsa'e OF dreadful aa1!st3 unit ulc It's; Is l=''
| snd many hearth NIL be dcs'laic wten IT,
| s,znes Rte made KNOWN We pr.s,..4s 1,riak IL
| -..,.,,.,+s of unr,-., ora u,,rra... ,4, -.,a,t
-.1..... 80. ,.,.,, 49,. ~1, ~
| the caIssuopaes 4foA "@ea Ahe fooAe VII
enabled 10 td<m itsown tnipseeelun. Until accnrsi
| information ean be rhtalncti.
| ,n, ,rrxax urnwS
y. ~. r,,nasn.n =. ,ta .yn,arr ,a,s 4, a.,
one oi tuo fobt.'islneu ~ t"e ato's' teeA ~ "A
i've psst tn cndcarortnx - save the unhappy VI
I Inns by warning them ot tho impending dAnSel
Tnr fu51orfnr is his stateueut:
--.ss-s. ~ -, tnto ,t,,, hr,,,,,p1 ,,r f,,,t.,
Was "!oe.so ~ ~ taso ~ s.. e..'eA* = Nef
Hickey. TO I'll tac people 10 ooRe ONE went
to the fourth nsof. Nud, - tcac4ed she Top u
the sta1ts, portion of tue nna noof CAME cfa,a
| ipH through. ! tDid the mco and bo!3 III III
mont part 10 come down, rs Iae "h"!e Wall "oul
surely tail tn short t,me several raas'.,t n
: and vent down stat 3, and ha!ioet at the tap U
ms yoIcc. come OUT NJ onr Antwefrl, ~
| ntn aud lnys there carrying out RJoi:
, | and told them to drop ererS
| thing thd gv below. They TcluctAufly lct to
| ertsaa fsl {soI1e did tss1} and went doTn. We
tnr last one pazsrl me uent ,tuWu stisS 10 til
. | n,st noot. There were quite pnnll-:F IN u
-ec. M door. tod t1cm to come out; % y
;, | know whether thty ote5td he uF not When
= reached the 1rst noot went To the. elevator II
Looked ur. Their was plenty Of d
| there. and thinking = stEra.n might h
+ q advantage, l. Called As.tstst
Il AeaenA snanEe, and ne came and loo<eu aaf
:. the siesAsol; Ae ofs!eFetl Eafram 10, Aun H
:. . sMea y ramee tne nose = " ps.S. 10Th
: 1n+eNtr eyT M.rt.s uvsn - passA'. tac HluauWs !
n.,scr11x t9.1, ,n' y Sgaa tnhsoaka es. @ ~ an
tncIInrd 10 90. and fnti thc, M o ,s. a.. sc ac