The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-06-29

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steamers before II like rhait lniurr
au Drtnler l,ln~s, Massive stun~ III brirk
aud st.na lintl iliis street on either
liainl, Int They melted away before tho
iniensliy VI thr hsat. ami tho same ~rnc
here ns i'll Boston was fc.clmrtssl, Mhrra
ilir stnnt Nsalcn ll.eks held up their
Wills the lusg.rt. From Durk street 10
,hr waters c,lp. iho whnrv.s were An,l
drd with wcll.iill-l warehouses, whosr
inilammahl. contents seemed to increase,
tllr fur, ~ the ilr, that sprung from
point 10 point with lightning like ra.
pi,lity. Sparks nn,t hinge cinlcrs fell In
showers over tho devoted section, md.
igniting a. they Tell, started minor iires
that served 10 swell tho hugo monster
from wnirl, they nprang. On. on, down
Dock street, came tho flames, till Market
square wns reached; aud hero, for tho
iirrt time, tho sense ot tl,c city's danger
seemed to ilneh Oh the startled people. lf
tho tire crossed tlc square, all admitted
IL would sweep Water nnd Prince William
streets, Int no Quo supposed for 4 mo-
luent that nny ether section WINS In danger
bnt this. which lay directly In the course
uf the Winl. Once down IN tile enl III
Prince William street, tho flames wonl,l
he Carried into the larhor. nnd ,uthing
wuull hr l,ft 10 burn. Here, Hail nil,
tltr iire would enl for II could mol POS.
slhly climb Tho st cp hill 10 the left. a
valley of nshea w4,s the worst expected,
nnl not city In rufus. lint ont from
their security were they startled, IN from
Canterbury, three blocks away aud lnli
way mp tho hillside, came the startling
~ ii lire. 4 spark l,nl caught III 4
wooden building. The engines were NIL
engaged lighting flames IN the wiley
below. nnl Wliat conlsl II do but h1irn,
| hurn2
up lhe hillside ra,. the flames. House
attcr honrc I'll In rnpil order. arfpsr
| the Market alip to thu southern si.lc.
Thus the two iircn sped on, IN d parallel
| ronisr. leaving the narrow slip III u
hlock between intact. Al TIL. time
nome my little before flames were
soen rising from the barracks. mn old
wooden structure we'll down ii tho wntrr II
edge, about midway the width Of the city.
This WAN the greatest blow Of MI, for
around the barracks in NIL directions hut
toward tlr shore lny blocks pf Mptl.i.
houses, inhnhiisdl l,y business men aud Ii,
hulnr. TueNtingmish this new cnnilngr.
ton, half mile nwny from thr iire ~
Water street VIVA not 10 In thought III,
nnl, IN the wind rnse ~ 4 liowling gale,
/ block nItrr block went down, IN IL fcllcl
| hya hurricane. Household go.sls, moved
/ streets nWay Tor safety, u few minutes
| after heing deposited in fancica security
were swallowed mp. The panic. stricken
iMuple. grabbing whit little they could
ground. ~ the heart IL the city. Two
distinct ronilaprations were destroying
81. John, nne quitting her h,lsiness e.n-
trr, the utlnr laying low the homes ~
| hrr artisans. irt another tlre, nlid the
gal, hetNern the tMo was hri,lged A
nrnrk lodged in thu high Apire of
| TRULY Church. Il tongue ii llanie cropt
low, 10 the lsllry, aMl thu fire mDn
Wrapped tlie historic e,liiiec In In dr1.lly
embrace. From here ID the vielnril,
| Hotel. tho pride oi the city, wns lnt /,
work ut a few niinutes. Twenty minutes
more. AMI the rmin VIM eunsiiMmnl.sl.
Spn,ading northeast, south nnd Mrst,
Tho iira swept on, till the sun went down
nn anD ncrua VI the city Ia rlina. With
the gning down III thc sl,n tho Min,l
Hcenel a. frcslrn, and tho iire IL
| quicken its terrible pncc. Ntrct after
street Nns crMAr.l, hlA'k after block swept
away, till nothing was left from King
MHsf sfansHaIaPEhYaa, e',A sa,s ,'s s,p II iAa,sss
houses. The width u King street .aHl
saved the lialf III TIM city now standing
Here the iirelncn hal M opportunity Il
iiglt tho iire ii advantage, ninl hy 90
piuna supplies III wntcr confined II to th,
south silc of tl,Mt street. TN the ercsl
II the hill, dividing king street proper
from itH eastern continuation, lies King
square ni,d tllia brcnk helped tn check
tho tlru nn,l buck III this ngnin, on th,
upper sale, WAN TIN old grave. ynnl, anJ
uppoait. the stone Court House an,
iail. At this point the iir wnn eut oil
and thunEh II rMplRarcd further tlowl
King street, cnst, Tor section uf |
block. il. force wns Hpcnt.in, tint direction
Not Nj, however, along IN thu slope from
King street to the harbnr. nearly III
II which waa destroyed before i
spent its inry anil dird, NO
without q ,rrc struggle. almo~
1T lhe waters cLge at tlr roar of tn
town. Tie bounds of the eontagra.ioi
urc al,nnt H. follows: The fln cntcrc,
King street N tho westerly si,lr from
licrmnin and Canterbury streets, *
tended nnrthcrly Oh Charlotte street /,
tho NJ. John Hotel. burning the lrinit,
school In its cotirae tO King square, IN,
lctelrl 10 iii. ground the l.ycenm, 4.
ntrnying il.r marble works II Mr.. \. L
OHgu.,d amd MutAir. MillaRan. proceed
ins IL Nj. lsubinson's stable, acrusn I
Si. Mirllarl's Hall np Ieinntcr street
and tl,rn hack ~ King street cass dow
10 I'iit street from there almost 10 III
bunk, on Grown street. NIL thu building
south III King ntrret linvc Mcn burned
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