Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-10-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


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Am hasss IL house aul b'1ri Yari
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try-ul tl,, night hvf,F1 WAS reseh,
a Npsnvhi,c the na'Rrs er"ss,t
IN. .iv.r nnyfh - rwrl,th street "n
s,Aa Srulh side, sod mails inr a
byi,k uuh slnuc business h.uck, ihc
silr,ai fu,isht irIru's snd mnnn,
ncr,Tinx establishments, IAc inll
extent ~ rho danger wa. iien real
.l..y llc fret time, Tho fgr lc-
1,.rtmenl, alrrsdy tired, N"rkei
The heroes. The msF"r Uni h's
siw government, ~ = haa shp.nc'y
t,si.i. nnw hcsan Ia ssCv, lhcm'
.slrss. bat, 'hc opportunity had
be- lost
The lime WHEN thorough organ
I..lios cOsli have ll"wn up bull
s,g. prepared Ter the cmcrg"n'
r, wa. neglected II WAS mnw u
fght Ter lie, \ still gale hal pos
session of the namos, and the beau
6ml 6u'sings, Chucugn'S glory, lay
before shcm Harrison, \as Buren,,
Adams, Monroe and Madison were
sa,n reached. The Intervening
Ilouks from the river to Dearborn
street on the east were being c"n'
,nied. Three quarters of u nile
q brick blocks were consumed rs II
~ magic
Thefuious intensity oGthc flames
All the men could do was TO blow
us buildings. hut this availcd hut
luL,. Tho Times, Tribune, Post,
Republican. Jnurnaland other news
PAPER Offices. Western News com
s,ny's block. Field n Letters cstab-
fi.hmrmt., brick block recently
bnilt, FNrwcll Il Co, were soon in
sshc.. II seemed that no sooner
had the flames struck u wall tkan
thVS went directly through, and a
very few inmates suiliccd 10 destroy
tho most deliberately built structure.
Ia. walls melted and the bricks
were cOlsumcd.
The wooden Placements took fire.
making a continuous sheet of fame
two miles hing by ono mile wide
No hsman being could possibly SUR
yive many minutes. Block after
Llosk fell, aud the red hot Goals
shot higher and higher, and spread
hrthcr aud farther, until the North
AIDE, Lake side and South was a
vast sheet of iHmc from the :lvcr
~ the like. At one time so fommcd
in we're rho people that il was ex
seeted thousands must perish.
fhs work Of a night. One block
IN all the vast business section re-
NAMED at Daylight, tho Tribune
block. The clstom house and Non
ore block in Dearborn street had
bsrned. and those WHO had taught
80 James here thought at last this
block could he saved. A patrol OF
me-, undor Fam, Medill swept off
the live cosls and put ont tlomes
on the side walks and another lot of
mep under the direction Of Hon.
Joseph Nedili watched the roofs.
At half past seven o'clock this
zppearsd safe, and most Of the men
went to get = rest or food. A num-
Der went to sleep in the Tribune
bsilding, but there came achanSe
vvind. The flames reached Wa
lnsh AvenAe, and soon McNickcr' S
thcatcr caught fire. In a few mo-
mats the Tribune was in flames,
and at the last moment the sleeping
men we're aroused and rescued from
The flames. By 10 o'clock in the
forenoon this remaining block was
in ashes. Now was to be seen the
most remarkable sight ever behcld
in this or any country.
The flight of n panic stricken mul
situde. There were from 10000 to
T5,C0O men, women and children
fleeing by every available street
and alley to the southwark and
westward, attempting to save their
clothng and their lives. Every
available vehicle was brought into
requ.ition for USE for which cnor,
fnpus prices were paid, and the
strcsts and sidewalks presented the
sight of thousands Of persons and
horses inextricabIy commingled
poor people, all color and shades
and every nationality, from Europe
China and Africa, mad with excite
mcnt, struggled with each other to
get away. Hundreds were tram
pied under foot; men and women
were lonaed with bundles and their
household goods, to whose skirts
uefc clinging tender infants, half
dressed and barefooted, all seeking
- place of safety. Hours afterwards
4 tfkse might have been seen in va
cant lots or on the streets, far out
in she suburbs, stretched in the
duss.-.%. LoAs Times.
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