St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-10-20

instance, several blocks from the fire,
the flames apparently coming from the
inside. \ Mrs. Laura +. Rollins OF
Bridgeport, Ct, school teacher, saws
thieves had Il great deal To do with the
fire. If they did not start it in the first
place, AGy hHriicd fumes N J,ch li,tces.
When caught, these iiends were summa
rily Shot
INVITING rILlAGE.
As carly as Monday afternoon trades
men BEGAN 10 look craZed bv the thoughts
Of what they must lose they lost COM
mon sense, and put pilla@e into tie minds
of the people. Groccrs and clothiers
opened their shop doors and let whoever
chose take what he would. Y iewcllcr
in Lake street so far forgot his duty as
Il good citizen, when the public was
threatened with danger, that he actual
y opened his store, ran into the street,
and bc2%cd passcrs-by to help him save
| his treasures and Of course they were
not 10th to accedc 10 his request, and
openly pocketcd watches, necklaces, and
diamonds, and coolly walked away.
The Good jcwcllyr himself had, ike Il
foolish citizen. contrived to make law
lesSness take on the appearance OF law.
Such scenes ~ these occurring through
out the city made Il mob OF the people,
ordinarily law-abidiug enough. They
could not save their own properly, yet
they might reimburse themselves for their
losses 10y taking the abandoned property
ut others a. ii come IN their way; and
from abandoned goods to those merely
separated by lock and KEY ami door, the
step was easy.
TERRIBLE SCENES DULINC THE CO>rLA-
GRAFTON.
William Miller Of Peoria. H., who
was in Chicago during the fire, says ;hat
the most pitiablc si"hiS were the sick
children, half dead, lying crouchcd on
the sidewalks, in many cases with barely
any covering on them. In Clark street
one instance occurred where two little
girls were lying terror stricken chcek-by-
jowl with their dead sister, whose re-
mains presented 4 narrowing spectacle.
She had been tro late to escape from I'M
der 4 tal!in. building, and had just been
cNtricatcd and laid by the little laccratcd
forms of her almost dead sisters. The
whole Of the population appeared to
have been suffering from sore eyes, the
dust, having nlered many temporarily
blind. Men, women and children We're
TO be seen running about for any sauZe-
like material that would act as Il pro-
lection to their eyes. Little children
wcre crying pitcousIy, rubbing their eyes,
which were swelling under the scorching
influence OF the flying sparks and cinders.
Men were seen carrying their families
out OF what they considered danger and
dcposlin% their loads 10y the waySide.
y hurry and rush would succeed, and
when the diScon~olate parents would re-
turn for their offspring, having been
burnt out of house and horc. they Were
nowhere 10 L2 seen. Instances such as
these were 10 he met with 1T every cor
ncr of the street women running wildly
about. >hrcEin@ out the namr, of their
lost children, tearing lest they had cot
crashed under some falling building. or
been DESTROYED in the soetLinn fire.
When that part ot the city occupied by
the d2mi-mOnle was DESTROYED. the poor
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,lc croyJ p.r.,r. ,r.ro rot too strin-
gent in DRAWING distinctions at such Il
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Mr.. Hatch. the -i'rrlnS-car conduct
or oi the tram which lett Chicago lJr
New York ON Monday evening, gives
the following description "i what he saw
IN the burning cliy: arrived IN C!Ita-
20 at > "'r!'rN ON Monday morning.
humoI5 "' Il %r'at coi'iaGraiIcn had
reached IL ON the read. AMI Is We near
cd the city We kept sharp lo"h-D"i Ter
smoke or other -Ign~ ot 4 the. Ut u
comparatively short distance 1t was dill
cult t" discern anything aml-S with the
city. 1t was rnvrl"pcd IN smoke, but
1t had worn that appearance Tor some
ten days or more, OWING I" the iIrlnS OF
marsh and prairie land IN IT'S Vicinity
1t was not until We had about reached
the city limits that the r"ntia%ration re-
vcalcd itself. At the Iwenty-sccond
street depot. Il small, newly-crcctcd
structure, the train was stopped, and we
learned the particulars of the fearful
calamity which had bcfalIcn Chicago.
Terrible rumors were in circulation con-
cerning the loss OF life, but no trust