The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-01-18

est OF this winter, the spray from the
streams falling in hail upon the half.
dressed inmates of the hotel, as they
stood watching the means Of egres.
from the building, to 3ec if the next
that rushed out was a bfother, sister
husband, wife; son or daughter, or to
give word of encouragement to some
one poised between two horrible forms
| Of death, and powerlcss, except to cry
out above the din below,
"sAVE ME- II AM BURNING t.
This hcart-rendering appeal rang
out from more than fifty windows, and
rang out only once. 1t is not known
positively that there were more than
five actual victims of the flames, but
the universal fear is that this docs
not approximate the number. One
short hour and the fire fcnd had done
its worst. It's progress had been stay
ed, but two thicds Of the block 'front.'
ing Main street, and running back
nclrly the same distance, was fiery
! charnel lake, still Smoking and seeth
lug, hut conquered.
When
THE FIRE FIRST BROKE OUT.
and the cry rang through the house,
repeated from mouth to mouth with
frantic and despairing energy, your
correspondent, whose room was in the
left wing of the building, in the
bird story, woke up, and, after get
ing on some clothes, rushed into tho
ong passage, now illlcd with 5,noke.
A terrible scene met the eye through
the smoky atmosphere. The forms
If half dressed males and females
could be seen rushing, they knew hot
whittier, and shricking with despair.
Proceeding further to the head Of IA
Staircasc all egro-s was blocked up
with an iudiscrim inmate mass of lug
g'ge and people trying to escape.
Rushins then to the right wing Of the
building aHo her staircase was reachi.
I'd which brought one to the second
floor, and here the long corridors but
served as fues to conduct the flame
through the building. Continuing
on, the ground floor is reached at last,
and then the cold, ICY air strikes the
face.
rITEoUs SCENE.
Here l saw the wife of Ca plain Nc
Phail in her bare feet, with blanket
wrapped around her, while her bus
band, halfdressed, carried their in
FAINT child, whose piteous cries could
be heard above the din Of falling TIM
bers and crashing floors. But tKere
Was
AN ACT OF CHIvALRY,
worthy Of mention. a young man
named Towers sprang forward, pulled
off his shoes and gave them to the
lady, and divesting himself of his
ovcrcoat, wrapped the child in it, and
carried it distance of fseVeral s1uares,
to tie ho,isc Of a friend of McPhail's.
. Again there was another cry,
ga MAN At A FIFTH STORY WINDOW"
I looked up, and thcre was G. "A.
SchaffteE, the State Superintendent Of
Public Printing, olihgins to the sill
Of fifth story window. His feet
reached the upper row Of glass in the
fourth story window, and kicks out
tho pancs. He places his feet on the
sash; move$,hi hands cautiously to tho
Cap Of the window and then deccnds
! to the sill Of that window. In this
/ way the gallant Schaffter CAME from
storys to story, amid the plaudits Of
the crowd; by whom be was seized and
carried out Of danger when he reached
the ground.
n AMONG THE VICTIMS
is Mrs. Kernsly, the housekeeper of
the hotel. In vain was She urged by
the proprietor, Mr. Luck to escape ;
but she wanted her trunk. This she
got, but then sho wanted to save
something else, and at last all the
aVonIes of escape were out off, ana
she was swallowed up by tho dcvour-
ing element.
| gfN b. 80 0 ses-----
! SWALLOWED A MoUfH OReAN.-A
little son of S. G.. Kondrupt, the
Danish sCoasul, sresiding with his
father ON nCapitol Hill, in Washington,
4 has met with on unfortunate accident
!, which will provo field Of study for
tho medical world. 1t appears that
on Friday last an elderly brother
who had been playing with q com.
mon mouth organ, about two inches in
length, threw it upon the, floor, which
being within access Of the child, he
picked it up,aand by some means il
became, lodged .iu his throat. At.
! tempts were made to extricate it, but
had heqeAect Of forcing it down his
throat aud causing. him to swallow
the instrument. Tho health of the
: childtseelns uaimpaired, tand, aside
FROM the ,anxietyof the parents, the
huge pill docs not seem to incommode
him 10 the least. - washington n
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