The Red Cloud chief., 1885-11-20
GREAT CONFEDERATION.
The Residence Portion OF Calves
ton Swept Away.
rae business Part tntoprh-d- Hun
drcI Houses D--tro,.i-Lo>~. -.
eCo.O o Il.ursn~- Nearly
Loo

0reI Houses Destroy st-ls>>- -.
q o Il.ursn~- Nearly
$1,000. o
GALVESTON. TN. November I%.-Ahou'
two clock tai> morning The hfc alarm bell.
rug oUt and before Tue engine, cul.i "a; Z
the SCENE 90 the first alarm What ~,ru-d
like half a dozen ~ more fyyS wcge noted u
the uoTtaea>; section ot the c.iy. The wai
was hlow.a. \ perfect gaze n t.c ;.a8c, alf
Tie flames. iAaurd BY t'r rrc.s.. spread
with terrible rapiiity. House after house
caught aui tn burning arH.s Wcrr >ca,.
tered N al I.r,c.ion> Ia less than aE Aoui
Whole t.u-a, w,cr burning aad Use
TIEEGsN EGE yutELY r~ovEHIE>s
- 10 anything The people 81 Re town
We're all ogi, but were Ta-aiyz"d ioE tht
flame spread so Iarij.y tuli no s-cs
bat that L. home would - the ncy; =
basr. VI tbs hour ,,.fI > m.t h-.f the
north and cas-, portion OK Tie town D, ia
flames srd 3; how i"oS> e., I.aU-I Tie
Whole cI;y was doomed. TIE wand has IN
crrJ-"t IN ioycr. aal burning brands ar
Garlic! Tor huu!Ic,l- ot yaul> aud hurled,
,ti,! blazing. IA every u.fcC; IA. \ut =
thing has - far -uf'crl Ia stop d." cuut>r al
the whl!iw.U d q! t.r. and lA- av-t tlat can te
done, - q would >--fI L. ;hr acJ-a.',.
people, ! 10 ho;v that SOME unforeseen nc
C.deut viii stop tbr Cou,iJ-fattoH. just
What caused the blaze - not SHOWN 81 tHs-
hour. but IL ! almost positively known THAI
q. fire, Mere of IUcrudiIry uJ-JU. There
are many Who dp uoi hesitate tn attribute
tnrin - tar action -; dissatisfied 'louE>hoye-
men whose strike ended yc-tcT iAy-uuL
however. IN The tIiu.imcu, IL their bet
wishes. Such, however. l. but a cUnJcc-
tuTc.
WHERE IT ORIGINATED.
$50 a. m.-Ihe fire started on the bay,
corner Of Sixteenth street ami with great
rapidity spread Ia H,uadway, seven blocks
distant, and burned everything between
Sixteenth and \,Hetrruth streets. The
wine IS hI.h and II looks aS though u Will
not stop TIL II reaches the gulf. The ire
department has lost 4 large portion OF It's
hose and + now almost puVer.rS, Ia check
the flames. The horse car comVany have
removed all of their ears from their stables
although two bocAs west Of the out the
iIr, i now ak!us
\ onnsct,d NCrouut.
G~ALVESToN. TN, November Ii.-FoI
seven long ard weary hours the great hfc,
which started shortly after two o'rl"rk yes
terday morning, ragged with seen ngly uu
diminished violence. Nothing but a dy iug
away of the wiuI saved the entire town
frpfu flr t,.,rugf. ,-t which gur N,ur aft,r
hour Threatened Ia ,uNrtu fr-EI.ur.S and
,,.i,... ,r.,,. .... 4 8, a..
'"i'''' "',"''' '''''' "' ~ ''''' "''1 80"
blocks. seven of whicd, however, are not
swept entirely clear. The set 0u where
Mailing ant suntin- .u>aru,v L. p. ~.,.u
80 49, -
i'' ''''''i''' i"'''" ~ '"' ''' - N''''''
blocks IN depth aud II M average depth Di
three blocks. The losses can not be- POS
itiye,- ,.,,,,,,.d .,ru .o,, hu, u g.. certain
49,. u,,. ,4u -.
"
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an III 80" 10 "' '''' W. :" =" a.
"' 't' "".>' h"'"' S'"'' ''c '"t '"''F"
c"h"'-' '''"'
I'M W. - ''"''''
me III n'-'" 81 i'i' "'A ~ Il Ni"a'
'.,i''l1 ""' ''' !'i'''''- '.'P "' we '''''n
S''' ga A''""' J. ""''"" d ''''""''
between N'N''''''h '"H 'c''"'''"'i s''''F-
\ h'l'" ~ ''''' t"' ""''" ""N "''""lS
n tht ''h' an" 'h' l''l!'' NI"'"' WIN
lish'ul"E iai'"''S u n"'h 81 'H' ADJOINING
~hui!h'hs'' one "''Hs " S'"c''h store
ana '"" "t''' al h""i"'' ""''''s'
~ " '"''","'A "' 49, -, '''N"
ii"d crosse" 'h' N"''S ann '"' more
evenings were III l.'u''. Tie iH,''''' .'i"-
~ escaping Win 'H''i "'''. !" "s'' an
hour TWO h'"ckS WET" burning "'f'"'y anu
by TWO COCK 'h" c"iih'SIa""h Wa 'aitS
beyond human c"hlf"i- Az "''' thr NE
had covered ti.r'c n'"rAN nom Us starting
point hht III a peIi"''y HlI'isH. 'ihe-
being confined !" Tue BLOCKS h"uiiiei by
Sixteenth ana Seventeenth streets. ABOUT
-four ocloc" the IRE h"gan I" 'p'ehi l" t'e
east and west OF Sixteenth ana seventeenth
street, lhe WIG fuSe !" a gaze anu pan
deInonlnrl ie.ghcd. fof q uihe u ~'tii''i
a thouSi the entire eastern bAI al w"
city was DOOMED IN" hie spTrah rAI'diy
To the southwark. I'cking up b"cSs
of elegant residences hastily abaiI-
donei by their inmas%- By i've O'clock
IL had Reached broadway, "hici
threads the center OF The Island running
cas-; and west. At seven O'Clock the wind
gave signs OF diving away. ard Soity u
began To sniff and then To dec''ase' unit!
by eight CLOCK onIy \ lar bf''<" VA
- way "N''hu' a. "''