Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-10-19

fire then took possession and did its work
of destruction. The east, south and west
walls are standing, a section of the north
wall hsd fallen out, thereby impairing,
possibly. the value of the other walls. The
vaults and the press-room, perhaps, have
escaned destruction. The third case is
that of the United States Post Office,
Court Room and Custom House. OF this
building the fOur exterior walls are stand
ing, and seemingly uninjurad. The in
terror is wholly destroyed.
The Merchants Insurance Compary's
building, the Union Bank building, the
Oriental building, Chamber OF Commerce,
the Opera House, Palmer & Letter store,
the First National Bank building, Palmer
Hotel. McVicker's Theater. Farwell Hall,
Marine Bank, State Savings Institution,
the various State street edifces have but
broken fragments to tell where they once
existed.
In majority of cases Tie ruins are
within the basement excavations. IL bat
comparatively few cases did the walls
fall out-as rule they sunk down and
fell inward. The speed with which the
buildings were destroyed was surprising.
Of the Sherman House there ia not a yes
tige Of the wall above the sidewalk. A
result is that locomotiOn through the
South Division is easy, even for vehicles.
IN THE NORTH Division
there is but one house standing entire.
Except fragmentary portions Of the wallis
Of a few churches there is hardly anything
left to guide the visitor. The streets have
hut little rubbish on them, the WALL have
fallen in. The streets are all cl@Vated
above the ruins, as is the oa-o throughout
the whole Of the South Division where
the fire ragged.
on THE WEST SIDE.
During Monday night the feeling; Of
uneasiuoss on the west side was very great.
| The high mind was still blowing although
it lulled for a moment Near sunset ami
there were profound apprehenalor7 thar
new fires would be set in other places by
persons who were DESTROYS of pluudernE
or were influenced by morbid feelu4
which occasionally prevails III such case7.
Patrols were oTgarizad, and pretty de-
cent watch was kept up, which, with the
extraordinary precautions taken IL put
ting out fires in the stoves, prevented
the occurrence Of any calamity. There
vera continued rumorS OF arrest1, and OF
the summary puuishment Of per7on- who
had been caught in the act Of AIS n.
| Many Of these were undoubtedly untrue,
| hut some men were caught in attempting
| to set fire to the Jesuit Church Oh Twelfth
street. and an individual who tried To sat
| fire to a saloon at the corner Of Lake
street No" =, '.,',,t;-.
rliy uI7Po7e" "'' cane -
were observe" 5.7,~'"1y 8'''' 49,. =.
ana were s"cce77'ol ]" t''N1' ''''A va '>'
r1rrxn1,RrFe Killed
The d7mnahiv aePT7F,1 ch''"'' iii
some of the rutfi ans OF the cltY Wa per
| fectly illustrated on Monday ana Toe
ensuing night, By attempts made t. pr.
mote pillage by tire7 set by lhcen1isT!'
in different parts OF the cry. 10 IN"
credit Of the inhabitants or the ety. o. II
said, the villains generally mt |'i2 the
fate they deserved. ne 1ol""lh% IT."
some illustrations rnmoT"d ana huI."n' II :
a boy attempted to help on the co1Ht-
grafton by igniIng clothes Hue stfu~
rated with kerosene ana throwing II mo ~
n building On Ihirty-Saoond street. re
! received his deserts al the hAna~ on me
/ in ,hav valley"
A mon. ,grno uninn0u. yy,s .Apt tv Il
r,o-,ra a. 49, narnc7 of :, 4, and Thir+,.
-aor.d .4-aa+. H. IF $50 w. tI.,t h.
sot fra f., =, b.if3i,g 20 nh..ia h...-r
o,-ort,rit;os =, ,,iII.'-,l
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my p ,''1 u? d D,, r. s,r,o ,o:-,.ksn
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''g " r,a, , ,'s o ' tryin .f fire.
| 10 w., tI, CH,-ah ~ NE w.t. -i1a
a,5 "a 5isn1.o5 n without carpm,nv. and
tbo Ionkprs-on ware nIe ,sed to 4lv. 5 nv.
.ad ,a,, ri,bi y
AHnut noon Yesterday q barn on the
cornor IF burnside and Twenti-rh -tra4t-
,rss oh.arve5 n he on fire. Knowing
fhst II nn,t have been the work of An in
canaisrT ne n.iohhnr- united w extin
l,,ni-b :! fii,., th4ir r., and hats and
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.a,,,I TO g., WIS ayting,t;-sa3 in y.,.7
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