, 1875-05-01
Tbs Baacons Of lopo Emitting
Brighter Rays for Plucky
Hearts.
List Of The Losers, and Partial Stale
ment Of The Insurance.

IN DETAIL.
TIE "SoNTAWEs1ERN's" HALr-gnEET.

SPECIAL u.aDd(tA N jAt thtedfe 4FtoHIfF.
OsnKo5n, Wis, April 30.--The Npraresttr'I
issued Blloot printed upon ono sido shto morn-
Ing. l bend you liberal extracts:
"Oshhosh once marc drops her head In
morning. Onco aean I,as tlo dreaded demon
Of destruction levclsd her wallis cni rilara to
tho dust. Once mora has tho iie:ll destroyer
1nppeh his wings aud fed tln t1amca tlat Fwopt
its busnots cantro from tho face Of tho earth.
Ouco moro has tho cry Of despair and dcsolatiea
resounted through pt. riy. Once moi0 has R!lo
been laid low. lIa..ily hal Tho landmarks OF her
g,eat fire Of ,1ny been covered artr when ali-
other, lilo uni; a;lsnt cat Of ell. maet htytko her
and again paf.'yzo tho cflcc. Of her enacagozs
to heal lao former wounds. Before, it wns moro
particularly the resident pos*on Of tho ctr
which fell to-day IL is tho FIR moro weslhy ror~
tlon, tho ve:y heart Of her business: interest.
But, had a. it tt, t1oro III SILL ieasan to 10
thnnkful tltst II !s mt wosoo. Ihcto Is enough
left OF OsI,kost 10 Hk:ll hold her oSn among tle
cutc,prising cities Of t.lo land, n,d, aitIlo"Gil
this is tho wosst attack Of cr chronic ailG,eas,
there ia every hope @; llor QUICK recovery.
"Io-oaY.
"Wednesday. tho o5th Of April, 1915, snus. be
marked as tho day OF our graa.as. loss BY ilro.
Tho day Was propittons fer con.iaBratlon. Tho
Aot guns OF tho previous days had driol tho Hur-
faco OF the oassh and tho groas piles Of lunher
tia. Eatencl alnng tue river bsukG wcro temps-
Ing to tho ilery aleaients.
"The wind began blowing worry strong shortly
after sunrise aud Increased i.s fury until noon,
whau 1t blsw a parfect gale .
"lt Was ono Of our old 1lrs days. Tho ntr felt
like II, tho very atmosphere seemed to predict
confederation, ald everybody waH expecting It.
"Bad day for fro " was the salutatlon Which Nas
heard upon oycry land, and yot will, all the
warning, md all the HalntaItnnH and all tho ind-
cations Of q day for aroa, it was graciously and
neuty allowed to come at iRst Tho warning OF
past yeats was forgotten mud tho terrific wind
aacpt uulccdcd BY the cars Of some whose duty
1t was by law and by right to shut down tholr
mills On such . day as tnls.
'4THE DEatSs1S1.
''It was about O'Clock. pnd while tho wind
had reached itB greatest fury, that tho startling
vhistlcH rcreamed out tho aatta Of fire all alon.
tho Ilnn OF mills aud steam factories. It was
fearful day, and ton thousand aoula Rtnttca In
wild oxcitemeus az tpey hoard shote first penls Of
tho alarm-whiatIes and vel! they might. Tbs
doop volumes Of smoke, thick and bluek. that
rolled up fsom Morpan'a mill showed loo plainly
what dungtr might b. expected. Hardly had tho
ereat crowd gathered, from a'l directions, when
tho spreading flames wcra already coillu: and
wluding arounl tho hugo iuEnbor-piles that lay
adjoining tho mill Tho wiud was too strong
and the volume Of 1amo too sudden for Objective
operation on tho part Of anybody. Great chunks
uf burning cindcrs cana floating over into tile
lun,ber-pos more adjacent to Main sttcot, aud
li,ey quickly caught, 4 1erce fight mas waged
among thesa piles, but tAe cindesB became too
punlclous aud the ignltiona too frequent to 10
baGied. Tho wind was blowing from the SOUTH
west. On oana tho rushing t1da Of tIhms. mora
furious thai the descending aooda Of 11tlE River.
Tho steamers suemna powerless to check such Il
fur,cr, r,vorxarv. M anonnr nou1d ttnv oot aet
+"'.'u' -" .ss.,s Nv s s,,s n ...s,
aoa ~ WIZ 'n@u NV 'u.m1 "n14N oen0 n.sN
woztn. ,...-.....-
ton IT CANE. ,...
.varv,,,I,g hcroro Il Ind Tia ,nar,hau,a nj Main
sss ~ 1as ".,a,,I ~, ao,.,,,a, 10 H.
street Qesnh 70 moro heIaoasy co.S'uas IT, e. so
bad swopt i;om Mprsans m t. tue a":aEs
". raa! aepoA! A ana 1seea'-eGhuIsa' hIss' anr aneS
were awapt away !ke leayss ~ plAsl-1a1naeo l,n
The aro FlpEed Though the pianln3.lni!I OF
and blsnd factory 9f George Mt!!"msan ks ;l r..
takinE the mill Rna yafa OF 4aues nlne " Y Wy
Go11.e and swept au%n 10 ma psaai,nS.m!t o.
Hel Nogara. aug Esh 1!onas on slas.st ~ stsee.'
ward Up Light atsoct 30 Asgh, takiu8 tao NosaA'
western l!ouss and tAo largo frame e1llaanea op'
posi:e. Tho Esocety hto!e OF ". u. baliol. col,
nor Of laglt aud High sttaetv. caught tire, and
It awspt a!pug eastward. lclnollss1lnK, the band.
sono brick raaldonoo Of !. II. spaldlpK, corner
of AIEh aud bond atraotR,
,,,,,, "1ut1.
"When tho flames bud lehched Market atree.
thclo xas ehangs Of wind ~ HoFtlwsFd,; and
nsljght lull in tss force, whts1 gave soMo hone
that, by proper handling, tue Arc could be Gopt
down tAq vest s1aa Of p!Y'hlon street, aud noi
allowed 70 Cross over to Mum. i wp4 but the
tailt d!okcr OF 1eI!iaed hepe, ana eoon tue hur
rlcaue drove tho 4anea onwaFI Aaall, roaring
aud doSourauB NJ 1t vent.
1.-THE STEAMER poE, -.
"Abons th!s time tho sseameF v. IL. Doc Wai
ntNn4 81 tug ulsls1o1s-slEosE reservoir, aud
tlassug the lall. DID somo vsry effective service
4Ae .res % thl? 1anosu;s hsEan t. gt.ho
Taey caught III lil!'s building. ootAot Of l!gl
and Meriat streets, and eso on lho north s.d
ot Hieh street., and were s"oepng down upa
taa Vet. 0Meo op sho nottlt lt "Al!o on Tug soat