, 1875-05-01

| tcfs, no locomotive was forthcoming 70 tako
thom over. Aftor Waiting an hons st az nal.
Of their locon2tlyo. md acnt the boya alonE.
Thoy arrived Ia time. howovcr, to do much
| elective service.
"T,tr e1onT ON MAIN RtREEr
"Nrllcn The flames finally Btopt ovef Main
street lilo eight on Tint and .aiioiolog stroota
| h. ggnrs descriptions. For time tlloso having
slases anil buRlac+a places nlon9 Natt, street had
great iloucs TINT tho tiro would boar to tho river
md would 10 kopt from otosHlnH Division.
| When. at length tAcrc waa no doubt upon ti'at
| ttnt tI1oro was no tItno 10 bo lost. Everything
wins i'll tho widest confusion, There was run-
nm: to nnl fro in hot haste. Teams werS
| o1uetly sought for, empty vohtctcs we're r1re"-
oHly feizat, and tho hacking Of tliose beautiful
stores and tho plltnp Of eoo1s nromfsruoHnly into
wagont- carts.or any available conToyahcss coitf-
ns,,coa T. ,rno earMos Tho eerkc T., II. 4,n,ox H. L.
ing thefs goods, and evcry. available truck va "ah
onRagetl BY tho dsy-goods interests n t's:
vicinity to rotnovo their Coo,h TO pace o.
safety. But tn spite Of their uutr.ng s!fotts ITO
tty-Hootls men suffered large loHaes. 1he sn1oRe
became blinaiug and tho stfits along nlan ttroct
| wak terrible. unbtldcd horses lee foose IRON
| tho fivers-stablcs camc lnslitng through tlie
crowded strcess. runaway aesan CAME tehrtn0 br.
willis tho yelling aud screaming from man 70
! man became perfectly terrifying. It MA O Wild
scene which pen oannot picture. :, .,
"Ihe fro l'at1 oaev CROSSED me s'rees Is tna
.lo,,nl Hank bi,.ttIings. The frequent booming
Of buratinr nl,n.pow.ler in Frank parccy's Eun
store aleti 6nt another aspect 10 tho carlinga OF
fro and tho wild fury that prevailed along t'o
| street, Showcases came crashing to tho rave
mont, aks anti ribbons from tho fat'cv stores
1loated n!ung tho Eidswalks arselos nt ovcry de-
scfption How an,l +o,o in ayorv difcction, driTen
| by tl,o 1eIce wind that raved liko Il tuadman.
"1HE rosT-OFTlUE
desperate esforts were 1nado to earo the
Post -Ulilco l3Iock, nnt lad tho danger hee', from
| tho 'front.' II ie mora than LIKELY Il could have
boon sAyad. and With It that part Of Main etfcet
noytl, of High. Unfortunately tho nse crosaed
High street to tho west and caule arnnnt tn the
roar, takiug tho rcaideuces next doos. a'd The
tindcr.boxes to the rear Of i. cuttns of all
hopos Of it's bcinE Bavca. Fortunately. thh
malta. or at least largo proportion ut it, md 1t
IL tfu,glt all tho letters, wcFe sayod.
"Fruln hero tho lite rapidly worked into ths
renr OF tina block Main street, bet'rcen High
aud Aigoma cn,,sSning 1t to the general doom.
| Tho Deckvith iiouso noxs went and tho Cottrill
! Block noxt 10 It, Ho,c the ro Hns chooKeu to
nurthwafd. owing to tho vacant lots besweoti this
md tho nor blocss on tho old b1ltnt dlahics.
Harding Opera-Honae opposite 5000 ieH am'uss
| tho general pile. ..--,.
.tCuriousiy enough tho flro won't to norsi.sasa
! juRt far euo,g!, to nees tho ilpe OF tile hHrht
DISTRICT Of July, az thonSs tho raids aeifoed that
! noun aaonld go nnscatAol.
.'lsoles' DIook marks tho southern iin,its OF
| fire on Main street on tho West Siae
| ait was hard work TO check II hoEc, but, The
| building being tiro-ptoof, about hl:S men with
| tho saving of thts block ms tho means OF say.
| Ing tho city offices, tho Revere House, aud all
that portion cast Of caope otroet not burnod
| "Iho t1re o1tentiod east Of Al ain s:rcot as far
rs Eowen streot, taking. evorything IN tts path
boswoen Wasbiurson and Caeps Streets inead-
ing tho moth slo OF Washington street, ri h all
the bcuutful and costly residences on that FASH
loaabla thorouglifare.
nuo III tho roar Of Harding 0pera-H3uae fol-
| lowed suit, aud Dr. Barbor's residence and that
OF Marshall Harris. Dt. Goo, and G. ". Roo, tha
banker, in their turn followed them.
Otter Btroct spreading from tho Adams lloIss
10 tho German Methodist Cburcb, aud hweps
! through tho residences OF II. Griflin, judge
AUSTIN. John Clark. Charley oyer.oa' @ ss Mss.
1inuso stseot. It w4a by tho most nnpcrhaman
e1!orta Of tho attaohes Of tho Court-llouse that
| that building WAS saved. All the 1os.deucoa
around 4 wore sTapt l'ke 5ho eha;t pc.ofo M.h tna
T.. Kennedy, ]. NJ: lioliiua. opposite. ware
burned, md William Hu,nes. Henry bailey, Mira.
| Dickinson, uexs cast to tho Coutt-House Wero
also reduced to aalos. Henry Da'ioy "ns IN
Fond tiu Lac, mud did not Bays Ill aftclo OF hin
household gools.
Court-uo would be uayod, It hocalne aa
ssylu,n OF rafusa for all tho residents In that
vicinity. and tic yard vaB filled with 1eacncd
gootls aud tho butfIing with rofuEeoa foosnS
from tho fury af the hamos and taa oho2irg aud
blinling suuke and ciutiers.
"pEArn's poIN0s
$50 far there ara two doatha reported and
soyo,al severn accidents, although IN tue torri-
Ulo confusion that pnyntls very Little information
cat be got at In this direction. At tho vctr out
rot ol tue fire cue unfortunate man Iccclrtd ln-
jurics which caused bis death IN feH mon:nta.
Ills name IL J. N. DAVIS. and he WAS baokaocpes
| for ltorgan Bros. Even when the office was
enyelopel In flames he rushed IN after tho books
and MAS burned in . horrible NJ manner. His ".