The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-11-01
Incidents Of thu Chicago Fir..

!, ~. so"'ehah Just arrived frOr
> chicago has fin nisI,ed us with
? report OF many interesting en-
: sodes and Incidents which cam
under his own observation dnr;n
> the progress Of tho great confi,,
|, grafton. Smno Of them have n
!. ready been narrated by our speci
al correspondents but n area
: many are entirely new. His res;
dencc was situated in the centre 9,
the burnt district, and mt an earl,
nonr was consumed. One of tl,,
nrst places to which he rcpaire,
was the Sherman House, In whicI
i'e had friends. lie found IL o,
ms arrival still untouched, but IN,
: guests We're passing out in all di
rections. ~
Among other incidents lie wit
messed Is one not the least strange
OF the many which have been told
a guest of the house, on his way
rom the West, had with him his
Invalid wife and children. In the
hurry of the moment they wer,,
overlooked, and as the fire was
ra.mdly encroaching on the build.
ing, Ile became frantic in his .f.
forts to savG his family. The con.
veyances around ,inic hotel were all
engaged, but by paying lie cnor-
nous cum of $1,000, he mango.
ca to secure an express wagon and
thus escaped. On Wabush ave-
nue. the owner of one of is marble
houses had his carriage and lor
cd coachman drawn ND M his
door, preparatory to conveying
his family to place Of refuge.
Three ruffins on the lookout for
plnnder approached the carriage.
and, jumping on to the seats
threw a sack over the head and
shoulders of the coachman and
hauled him to the ground. They
raidly drove away in the vehicle.
leaving its owner to shift rs we'll
as he could without it.
Along lower Clark and State
streets were located many livery
stables. The horses were taken
out at the first alarm and brou~!,t
10 what was thought to be place
ctosmtety. Hundreds of them
preached them they" Uee.en.
strangely agitated, and their ter
ror finally became 20 great that
they broke from their iasteninys,
causing a general stampede. The
scene was frightful one. In
their madness they tramplcd each
other TO death, and breaking loose
among til. crowds of fugitives
added not a little to the general
alarm.
Going along Madison street our
Informant was met by an excit-
ell Individual, who was wildly
shouting II knew they would do
IT, knew they would do i.!"
On being asked to explain lie
exclaimed, " The bloody ku Klux
have done this, knowing lis to
have been extra loyal. They Lave
burned our city, aud i: is useless
for us to attempt to escape, for
they will burn us mp, too"
All sorts of stories were in cir.
lation rs to the origin of the fire.
Almost every one he met had a
theory Of his own, and no two &c.
counts tailed.
On lower Clark street, just be
low the Crurt lIonse, were some
rows of splendid business houses.
The upper portions were fitted mp
in furnished rooms, and, sad to
say, were let to the less disrcputa.
bic portion of the dcini mode.
Being stepped in the heavy
slumber OF vice the fire had reach
ed the lower part OF the building
before they were apprised Of their
awful danger. When they were ar
reused from their lcthargy their ter
ror was fearful. Appearing at the
upper windows of the burning
blocks, they found their commune
cation almost cut off, and their
screams were terrific. The stair.
cases were still partly standing
AMI after great difficulty tho giIl
were rescued from their perilon
position. One young girl, an Itaii
an, attracted the attention OF al
by her picturesque beauty, whici
was heightened by the tragic si
uation in which she was placed.
Her hair, wildly flowing, reacl,e,
almost to her feet, willie the fol-
eign expression of her feature
! and the tragic pose Of her attitud
made her look like TRACED
queen. She was striking iIlu.
tration Of the line,
Basaty uaadornel, ador,ed the most.
). Poor unfortunate! She locke
a fittcr for q better life than the av
I FIJI one che was pursuing. VIII
!, can say what treatment bad dri,
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