The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-01-04

soon the prtNI nate streets began To rr-
sou..d ANA quake. c.uvu.sNtly tremhe, as
the puudcruus irr engines, with heavy
force, mymtntnusIy, loudly ratified over
the hard, E,ugh pavement they we're
closely falloked 10y the lighter but not less
noisy hos, carts ami ht.k and ladder
tru n, ann tL. n,.s,rut 7rartiu, Ga Z
If their warning -nu-s, rose tum Iltuously,
mingled vith TIL horrible discor', wh.cd
trpl.htyd tine still AIR with a haI-.t dtu OF
thuajer,Gs sound that appalled, ar h.mt-
war aud ,.nsard bound alike; tuIt rrus
yd. irum sYimbruus rgpos,, each hNbitamt
tot -iua Is around
But there Mas %" t!re.
Already a great and constantly augment
ing crowd surgcl ana pressed u.-nn the
runs, hrst among those Prcornt wcr,
Trust -loi and N-rlyuu, amt from lheIr
bi,od.css hI, and trembling tongue, j. Wa
asc,r. uuci that tWu m,n u.rr ircd
meath -he bricks .and tinih. " VIZ tha nld
bu.lihI-.
i a4, dark, but the silent, ;i,ccy SNOW
'haJ ceased go "a b. and at Il 81 q d.s-aiic,
TIM u.uil outlined human iur.ns tina. fin
tri hurreIIy ''tu ali fri. ANA interml-
s,leu Ih, uuiwl,tablc coil. ~ Invisible wuot,
sre.ne,t or looked like moving Fable
shadows. aud nigh above, lowered ~
.hast.y L-mneSs, one solitary standing
VAIL. which. ike An innnoyr4nic. ,hal"Wy
sentinel. calmly looked up"n th. dehus
and tn. excited mnSs uf IA iuual bJt con
fused beings ft.a. -.s.i ui almost speech
less horror .-... ,... ..... 1puu the
runs
Hark a iuw g.,.tn. evidently from a
man III great pam, ISSUES from the depths
Of the rubDlsh. Hundreds Of nccks
stretched Inyuiuntaruy furw ard to catch
the slightest sound
Oscar. oscar, J g,Is. he make
,,a b,,.lfh.' Oscar. oh Guj - came
ur from meath the debris, III q hollow, un-
naturally PitIiui Voice.
q stand bach, men, stand back, say,
thuudcred small, wiry nan, elboWlng hI'
way through the crowd.
He Ma.s dressed IN a fremans uniform
and spoke IN manner that commanded
respect and obedience.
The crowd opened, pressed back, and
made WAY for the Chief He cast RAPID
glance over the scene.
Trustyood. with considerable eft rt
forced his Nay through the ~aii "f packed
humanity, approached the Chief, and sand
For Gods sake, sir, Do something
therc's-
help came up from the ru
ins in the sauiv unnatural, hollow voice,
but more pitlful, fainter. d.strcssful.
Why, You b.ocAhea.is, there's man
beneath these timhers said the chief
raising his trumpet hu then gave tc~
sharp, quick commands, and m less than
five minutes over thirty bremen and ont
hundred cit zrns we're engaged ~ relluv-
ing the bricks anu shattered tImbers.
The night, which until toA Was pItchy
dark. began to 9rIghtcd perceVtl5ly high
in the zenith siiyery streak Of hight
seemed III burst through the dark mass ui
nimbus cloud thai clnopIrd the earth with
living obscuraJion. The streak grew
brighter and louder the nImhus cloud
4-rew herry audi trans aren't, tnru hecain,
ylrru-s tIs.JtIs Or iustCAvlC4 cioau, NnIch. al
turn. resolved itself into cumu rs, winch
foared off pyramidically, leavi.1 WIDE
| belt of blue SKY. through winch the white
| eternally vuIceicSs mu.u sailed, IN. o. n
| peaceful, silent. majestic grandeur Iht
paIpable shadows - b,rauc substances
| that threw IN all dir,e-I us lmp dpable
unreal. constantly chan- H.. --,iuIn''i stlons
| Aided by the lg1t 80 Law III diff .sed By
the mid, great eve ~ NIgnt, Chr mer
worked faster and more meth rdlcaily tn,
| fat roof was soon removed, then a grea
mass of mortar and brick magi ally disap
| peared, then the upper Or third floor begar
to melt away before the persistent strokes
of MANY axes ard the giant force Of many
willing h is. Tightly wedged between ;
portion of the second floor and larg'
wooden girder that supported the JOlsts {"
the third floor, they found Richard Ar
bvght. With considerable effort, the glr
der was prled up few inches, and tn
manaled workman drawn out and carrie'
a lev rods beyond the ruins. Arbygh
was found quite close to the bedroom
door; his first thought, when he felt tn
building giving way, was Oscar, and III
first movement was towards hlru
A great number Of broken, splintere'
ioists, scantling and boards we're no3 care
fully but expedItiOusly removed from tn
spot where Oscar, or Oscars body, wa
supposed to be a. yet ~ sound, no sroa
not even IN evidence Of labOred breath
ing. indicated that life would be found il
the gentle, natural, amiabie Oscar Wood
AT last all the rubbish was removed frol
that particular spot, but ~ bed, no Osc''
could be seen. PaTalyzmg terror seize
McFlynn and Trustgood as the convictio
grew IN their minds that Oscar was carrie
down By .he thousands Of falling bricks
and buried meath the inky waters Of til
sedimentary, pestilentlal looking river
many of the Others came to the same COZ
clusion, but the Chief seemed disposed I
think that under great heap Of brick
mortar and large part of the roof this
Law piled up near the center OF the stree
the body would he found His opinio
vas based npon the fact that that the joist
Of the floors ran parallel 70 the river an
toward toward the street, and hence IL