The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-21


there, before he could get his
body wholly in safety and robbed
him of his life.
Women and children are going
around the unburnt district vain
ly seeking something to satisfy
their hunger. They ask for re-
lief but there is none to give
them. No one has provisions or
money. What provisions there
were in the city are now burned
or eaten. Some few people have
enough to last them for a day,
but not longer. Provisions have
arrived from Detroit, Cincinnati,
Milwaukee and st. Louis, are be-
ing distributed as fast as possi-
BILE.
Twenty-three dead bodies have
been taken to the station on the
North side. At the present time
it is impossible to know who they
are. AS night comes on the
want of gas is keenly felt; there
are but few candles in the city !;
and no water except what is got
ten from the lake. Very grave
fears of outrages by thieves on
the West side are felt on every
hand. General Sheridan, who
has been a hard worker all
through the fire, is still asking
for troops from different parts to
keep order. All business and
work is suspended, and every one
is intent on securing first some
thing to eat and next shelter.
The suffering on the North
side is heart-rendering; men,
women and children, $4,000 of
them, are huddled together like
SO many wild animals; and in
another place 1900 Germans
and Irish are praying for relief;
helpless children are asking for
bread heart-broken parents, who
know not which way to turn, or
what to say, have nothing to do
but await the distribution of sup
plies, which, at best. must he a
slow proceeding, as there are
parts Of the burnt districts which
it is almost impossible to travel.
Women in the pains OF child
birth, and patients who have
been raised from beds of sickness
to save the lives that at best
were nearly spent, all exposed to
the rain of last night and the
cold, raw winds of to-day. Sew
eral deaths have occurred in Lin
coin park, and three women have
brought children into the world
only to die. There are people
who, in the bitterest of their
souls, ascribe the calamity to
Gods Judgment.
A German said to me; ''Thls
is a second Sodom and ,Gomor-
rah, and the curse is on it,"
Another night must be spent in
Lincoln park and the brick fields
at Division street, and yet
another and another. Each train
and extras are loaded to their
fullest capacity taking people
away, who, in many cases, have
no place to go to, yet cannot stay
here, and every train is obliged
to leave five times as many as
they take.
The banks are looking for their
safes to-day. The Third Nation-
al bank and some others have
found everything ruined.
The board of public works
have put 500 men at work in the
water department..
Field, Letter g. Co.'s loss in
goods is put at $3,OO0,OO0. They
saved about $25O,O00 worth of
stock. Other houses lost heavily.
The losses of the railroads in
depots and stock run up into the
millions.
Every precaution is being TAX
en- by the authorities to guard
the people tonight, and IT morn
ing comes without robberies,
murders or a renewal of fires,
they all will thank God and go
forward with courage.
The Evening Journal got out
u half sheet tonight, and other
papers will follow tomorrow,
some presses having been found.
The private residences of Hor-
ace White and VIM. Bross, Of
the Tribune, were consumed.
Mr.. Medill and Mr.. Cowles were
more fortunate; also, Mr.. Storey,
Of the Times, and Mr.. Wilson of
the Journal.
Meetings of citizens in the
West and South sides will be
kept the rest of the night. The
Commercial National bank will
commence rebuilding on their
old site to-mOrrOw, Meanwhile
they reopen for business on