Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-13

telegraphed east for paper and type, there being
nothing left here Mr.. Story, Of the Times.
will erect q rough one story building and begin
issue Of that paper as soon as material can be
procured. The Journal il provided from toe
Eest aide The Post, Republican and Stats
Zsitunr viii arrange for business as soon as
prac. ieable, but everything must come from
elsewhere There Is nothing left water Tor
drinking and household use Is secured iron the
IsLa and the marks, aud for horses from the
-i-sr Tbsre are thousand people eAmped
.bont the Artssisn wells. four miles ont, aat
nerbsns as MANY more at the lake and on Fuller
tog and Victor avenues, near the prairie People
are being fed in the remaining churches ana
and school houses, in sheds and by the roA1-sdes-
It was cold AMI chilly this 8 n, causing
great suffering. Il Is nov clearing up agaiu
but instead Of this being welcome the people are
praying earnestly FOR more ram, 80 fearful are
they Of the continuance Of the flames IHis is
tse situation Further information will be sent
as rap diy a. received Meanwhile We give
report Of the IRE AMI is incidents. specially pre-
pared Tor the associated press, by those VINO vii
messed and fought the flames throughout
Late on Saturday, evening boy went into
tiable on De Koven street, near the river 90 the
west side, TO milk COW. carrying with MIN
Great FIRE. A single extinguisher OF the ground
or the activity Of the police in tearing
down enc or two shantiss would have
prevented the spresdng Of the flames, b-l
the engineer was waited for snd when be arrived
the iremsn stupihed by their ezsrrio1s A. the
first FIRE on Saturday night, worked slowly an1
elumsily and their Efforts were unsyai'anie
The wind blew Ea.s from the soutnSes', and
raridlv flames shot from house 60 house sni
hoard ward until the district burned the night
before il wa reached Mesuwhie the flames
mad crossed the river nortn Of l2,h street on the
south EIDE and rlade for brick and stone buslnes5
blocks, railroad depots and manufacturing e.
Establishments the fuL extent Of damage was
realized for the frst time TIE hre department
already tired out. worked Ike heroes ao1 tha
mayor snd city government that had reste' nov
begsn 10 bestir themselves, bu- the opportunity
had been lost. The time when thorough organ
izxtiou could have blown Up the buildings
or prepared for the emergency was neglected, and
it vas then fight for life. The wind blowing
stiff gale. hal possession Of the flames AMI the
beautiful buiIiings Chicsr1's glory, lay before
them. Hzrrit0a Van Buren,, Adams. Monroe
and Madison streets were soon reached Inc
intervening blocks from the river 90 Dearborn
street on the east being consumed a. q oy mage
Il being Sunday The rrCpreio1s and emp yes
we're 81 home. utterly unconscious o. En-- vas
trznsprinc None who saw the flames, bur sup
uossd II was the remains q Saturday q CIR
hrs and having confidence IL the IRE department
were unconcerned, but between eleven and twelve
O'Clock. q rum0r ct abroad that the ire was 10
the business part Of the city Nov the people
commenced moving. horses were brought ln-o
reeuisit0n 10 take prophet n an others
10 the contagrsti0u. The Board o. lra1e court
house, estern Uuion te graph and As 'clate-
Press ofi,es and hundreds Of other buildings,
were al n flames The ar vas filed with i've
Goals which were hurled north sni east Fire
engines we're poEerless. Al that man could
do Wa 10 blow 10 buildings, hut this svsile1
but little TIE Tribune. Post, Republican ami
Journsl uewsDaper Offices, the Western Meas
Cgrrpa1~.s block. Field * Letters establishment.
brake block. recently built. tarFeA s. Co.. al
were soon II asnes II seems that 10 sooner hal
the flames struck val tnan It went d;re--
through. an q very few moments suiii-el io De-
stroy the most elaborate buili struc-1res "a-.s
melted and the bricks Eerv consumed " colen
Movements took IRE, making continuous
sheet Of flames two miles by uls vile,
which no human being could possibly tu--
vive many minutes Block after o-ocz Tell al
red hot cosls shot higher AMI higher sad sp-esl
farther AMI farther until the north size o. LiZH
6 .
one time 50 h=uusi IL were the people t1a- I-
vas expected that Thousands must perish The
Sherman. fremont ani ether hotels we've eu9
TED q their guests Those VINO could, made flr
The remaining bridges, others went to the lase
shore a1i south side. Only oue block lr a.
that vast bus.aes. section remained a. ds5 lrlt
VIZ me Tribune block The custom house snt
H0uarr's block iu Dearborn Street, had burned
and tllse wno had furl- the flames 1ere'
thought ~ last this block could be- save1
Patriotic men under samuel Msill swept Of
tho live Goals and put out the na-e-
in the sidewalks AMI smother .1- under Joseph
Medil. vashel roots AZ aslf past seven th.s
was thought safe ami most Of TIE men went for
rest AMI food A number went 90 sleep IN TIE
Tribune building, but there VS. c11uEe %
wind sui the flames rescnel wabash auI --ste
streets and Michigan Avenue and so1l Nc
Viekers theatre caught Are. Il few moments
the Tribune vas IL dl-es AID ~ the las- no
uen- sleeping men were aroused and rescued
By ten O'Clock IL the forenoon, the remaining
block vas 10 ashes. From 5000 10 5000
me-. women snd children were nov fleeing by
every available street and alley 90 the flu-1
sud westward attempting % sa7e tneIr lives
Every vehicle was brought INTO rsqulsiri1n Ter
TIE use Of which enormous prices were pad
Large numbers Of persons and horses were mex
tricSbiy commiugled poor people OF all cc----
sni shades and nationality mai with e-.l-e-a1-
struggled with esch other 10 g. aW-y.
Il is estimated that i've hundred people
were burned 70 desih-
Hundreds were tramplel uaisr foot, men an
women loaded with bundles snd household gods,
70 whose skirts were cliugjng tender iuiz1rs.
hs.f dressed and bEreioote1 were 81 seeking
plsce q safety. Hours Afterwards they nigh
80 N.r- H4~a Fa- rH
the suburbs. stretched IN the dust Iris fearful
10 think Of the loss Of life Il Is conjeccl7si
with good Cause that nearly 500 have been
burned % death. We saw four men enter
burning building and IL g moment they were
crushed By a falling wal There VS. crowd u
men around the Carver Building trying 90 save
the property, when the val ylel1e1, AMI some
were buried beneath it Twelve OF fifteen men,
women and cailiren went into the builiiu- O..
me Historical Society 3 IRE proof bliliing fl-
safety. In O feW minutes the flames DurU- upou
them and they were burned 90 death Among
those who TOOK ref1ge IN d building was the
venerable Col samuel Stone, sl YEAR, eli. also
J. 3. Gerard and wife AMI Madame Dspe CRANE,
a D0tgd teacher u music j, i feared that Dr.
tersr and family were also burned, as they
were IN the building and hsve not been seea
since Airs. Eisal, whose husband was mI--
ness. wa carried swaY for protection TO bui b.
ing which afterwards vs. consumed. and % is
fesrei enc also Ierished All books and papers
OF the Historical Society, including the orginsl
copy Of the famous emancipation proclamation o.
President Lincoln. for which the Society pail
: 1000. were burned IL Is feared thst O
large number Of children. inmates Of the Ca-h1-
lie Orphsn Society, on Stale Street, were also
burned, IS many Of them are missing DC
ChlcSgo Avenue 8 fireman rlshei ~ s.xlrs
10 carry three children sTay when be was
ovsrtAken by the flames aud persisted with them
Inc mother was afterwards seen IN the streets
rSvirg maniac. In the same building q fan ly
Of i've persisted The list Of such fttalities l.
very long, and can only be fully verIhei after
the smoke is cleared. There are hundreds o.
families on the northwest side who saved 20
clothing but barely their lives. Among these
are the family Of Perry Smith, formerly Prssi-
dent Of the North Western Railrosi Com
pAuy.
4 careful survey CT iusursuces today shows
thSt there were written on property destroyed
over $4,000, 900; add another SlO0, OQ0, 900,
and & fair estimate can be reached Of the loss
All leading merchants thst have been seen e1-
press determination TO resume business a.
- - ---''t Nl-7la e--A y "--1
'. Farvel, Field. Letter j Co.. and Sprague.
Warner s Co. FarWel s Co.. sud Field, Letter
4 Co., saved from SS00,000 to S500,000 worth
Of goods Both firms have established head.
quarters on the west side The Evening Journal
and Tribune hope to publish 8 smell sheet To-
morrow Al a meeting Of business men to-day
= spirit WAS manifested TO rebuild the city and
restore business.
A special meeting OF the legislature viii be
held . provide means for aiding business men
and employment for the poor. Fears sre enter
tained that the desperate distress Of 50 many viii
create squads Of pilllrers, snd life vii not be
safe. To prevent this. Gen. Sheridan is tele-
graphing tor more troops, and a special police
force hSs been organized by the citizens
The only efsctus remedy Is to find employ
meut for the thousands VINO would work if they
could The tensporArT Office Of the We.rsrn