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

ill-looklng fellows, who ransacked bur
AUS and drawers There was no time to
.peak TO them. Once or twice when they
we're spoken to they protested to have
| oeen sent D. the owners to save things.
Many people in the haste of their es.
cape, abandoned everything, even to jew
7lry and money. Isaw one fellows peck
CT book half full of jewelry and watches
[ spoke of it, but in an instant be lost
himself from my view il the crowd. /
saw vilsaiuons looking negro with Il
ladies' ch9telaine chain suspended awk-
wardly at his vest. The little girl had
walked until the hot payements blistered
her little feet; then we carried her. "Is
papa and mamma burnt up? Is Neddie
burnt up dead?" che piteously asked.
Late at night we found them all safe. Il
was nearly morning before we obtained
'helter and food. / never want to set eyes
upon Chicago again.
OTHER SURVIVORS.
Miss Rollins story is not so thrilling as
that of the gentlemen, especially Mr..
Lockwood, who, in company with Mr..
Wallace, escaped across the river in b
| GOAT, the bridges being useless. Thence
they crossed the lumber district, which
had commenced to blaze. In one in
stance they had to leap over the burning
timber. They clambered upon roof, to
get breath and rest and view. They
said eve had an awful sight from here.
Four dray horses were penned up in d
great ward, on either side Of which were
piles of lumber blazing, cracking and
mapping feroely. The air was intensely
| hot and the smoke sitting. The poor
| animals had got loose, and ran to and fro,
| their nostrils expanded, their eyes aglarr
With terror, and uttering eli the time
wild cries, paving the ground, rolling in
| he dust, and rearing in maniacal fury
We could see their glossy hair and names
burn off, their skin become par boiled, and
It last they lay down amidst the blazing
chips and rubbish, wallowing in the
| rhroes of death. We sickened at the
light and FASTENED away, for our own
salvation was none to certain. Arriving
at the court house, we pushed through
the multitude and finally obtained place
in the tower. Here we had an extended
vision of the devastation. The night was
hideous with scenes and sounds more in
fernal than human. Below Us, in the
square among the crowd, we recognized q
man who had often preached
INFIDEL.
sermons, or rather TRADES. from the stppz.
and frequently was stopped by the police
on account of the great disturbance he in
aited. Now he was wringiug his hands
a. if in agony, and wailing md shouting :
"Where ia God now !" Where is God now !!
Show IS the angels y etc. This he con-
tinued until an officer collared and thrust
him into a basement. where his rawlings
were less audible. But great God. what
view we had The crowds could be
seen in the streets huddled together.
stupefied with fear. gazing like demeuted
ones upon the awful panorama TIE Ia,
rid glare gave everything a crimson hue.
and the moving figures in the avenues
seemed ike imps of birthstone. Horses
were terrified, and snorted and neighed
as they were tremblingly forced to GO.
The cries of the children and parents,
seeking each other in vain, were more
than heartrendipg. Very few of the
tougher classes were intoxicated, and even
these seemed awed into decorum. i
A SCENE THAT FRozE OUR VERY
MAhROH
with horror. At the intersection Of Ran
dolph and Market streets vas large
building (C4llom'e), used for ofi'es. The
snitor resided on the fourth floor with
his family, consisting Of a wife and four
children. BY some means they were I'M
able to escape. Surrounded by fire, they |
assembled TO Tire roof The babe was in |
the mothers arms, and another child, |
little boy, chung to her skirts. Two girla
were c'asped in the arms OF the father
Their shouts were hut f4iRtlv heard over
the howl of the winds and the roar of the
hames. At last the heat, became so in
tense that the woman was overcome and |
fell TO the roof. The father wildly threw
ont bfs hands and staggered, writhed and |
sunk by his wife's side. That was all |
Of that holocaust tragedy. We sickere4 |
at the horrid sight, and hurried down to
the street, which. by this time was pretty
we'll deserted. Then alona-the banks of
the lake we wandered, more like dead |
than living men. We heard and saw
aud agony, and suff-ring, that
4ll the books in the world could not hold |
the account of. We were comfortably |
fix ia life one week ago; now we are
We have no doubt that in
part of the work, and for
robbery and ravage.
The shoes and clothing of all the party |
attested the severity of the ordeal through |
which they had passed.