The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-19

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/ GO aif. anf fainita them down fnf a
l0nf dis anoo over iha wnod9u oliy anr
its rinln sldoFsn inhabitants, Tho
wet lrd a. .ho 10y scarcely contains
ad,asn uflok Dwellings. Al are 70 n,
T,xas pluo, pnd it bgfua 9TH on inet-
snubsulo iury. Five minutes si,ar q
housa ms eau sii n would b. wrapped
Ga QUO miFh'y n,mo, ard theo nior ~
he hufnlug pils save out white heat
.hi.u tue flsmoa on the edges Uero q w.
fuliy sh0oilng high aad far on overy
side.
Too sleywaye ard streets Tor 10
squares on ei,har sida OF tho burning
b6lt uole ntled with b. nebei, terror
-tioken women, oryns ohlldrln ANA
lreat, s.Tons, helpless msn, who could
40 nothing la such q gsle bug crouch
down for shelter from tha pldr1ins
uorthrr aud NHtah tho n sinss iiuk nt
thuimils OF their toll. Aliheuga tno
illlmB number msay ~ tho
NoaliblOst fesidsnts az thecltY, auod
90 Ju.iss RuDg Ls0n B.uni aud hru.
Magalo and n sssrs ~ olhor people
whose iodiyidual weslsh runsnp near
tho million aud a hslf mark, yet tho
prssi mjl 10y Of those burned out lose
too ho.tor portion u tholr fortunes,
thoIr l3ilo all Som, families saved
. g0od deal 81 furniture, others barely
escApCd with th6Ir clothes on tho!r
mack, 10 confident we're they that the
ato would no; rescn thsm. rhs loss
IN personal apparel anu household
property can never DO estimated, and
Is not Included la shs previous ea,i.
mA.o.
The HOTELS ARR FILLED WITH HOME
LESS rnOPLE,
And q olNzsna' committau 10 now at
work sppoi tionisg families 10 rooms
ard promises vassted Tor their us9.
Every drAy and vshicle la tho city 10
NJ work carrying she sirewn farni,ure,
boddipg and pictures TO sseuro places
Thousands Of pespls haunt the burned
dissrlc:, looking nmeus tho smoking
ruins for valszbls kespsakes or
jeWelry, as though hopiag 20 mad some
Isiug left, but !. IL all rs Diaak
snd as barren "a SshsrSs DESERT
even tho hWGs g00sen water TANKS,
and fen1es, sud Eiio walks, End tsla-
psone polss are burnsd TO white
ashes. Hero azd there are hsrco
barning caEl piles, showing where the
thrifty house holder had stored his
wintar oosi. Nothing clse-that 10,
no>ling hu. bleak, awkward chim-
nsya and twisted Iron and millions OF
cufled nailE.-nsrks the spot whsre
stood the finest rslllngs OF the Island
City.
The calamity 10 - grsas tbag men
choke with tesrs in spsasinS OF IL. A
score or moro 81 sick peop,e wsre hnr-
riedly removed during the conf igrs-
tiop, aud many ladies' arc repost ted |
prostrated to day visa the terrible OK.
element OF fseing from their com
Portable beds.
Meetings Of citizens have beea held |
at tue Cotton RxcaauSo ~ provide
i'm mediate relief for the poorer vic
sims. Already tbs rich men of this
city and the well-ts-do,ovon those who
have los. their elogant mansions, hsve
dotcrmised TO loos after and provide
for their own poor pooplo, and Galvea~
ton will probsoly xaske no appeal TO
tho generosity OF the outside world.
FulIowinS close ON the heols OF the
recent great rtrlke, which inflicted a
monied loss on tAe business msn OF
Galveston OF fully 800 600, tsis cal AM
ity ia
A CLIMAX TO THE WOES AND SORE Az
FLICrIoNs
of tue OleAndsr City, but her men are
brave of heart and are rising to the |
emergency OF grEppliuS vito The
situation. With the exception OF halt
a dozen Grocery stores aud the iron
and car repairing foundry, where .be
fire started, 40 other places of busi.
ness were Destroyed.
ACCURATE CHAETs
OF tue burns distric5 were compiled |
this evening showing that tue cou rse
OF she fire was in southeasserly di-
rsc,iou. Beginning ~ the 1901 OF Six
taenth street, on tho Strand, the tice
crossed Avenues y, D and e. Here is
worked its way into the east half OF
the same blocg, ou which stands
hs po,spftioo aud United s ases
court houss. Tho names Threatened
the postofice In tho most aggressive
manner, aud the building was hastily
cleared OF IN all mayter and ali valuable
mail IN alter placed ia vaults. For
tuustely the fl amos spared the govern
lnent ba ldiay ADD passed oaward To-
ward tho gull. nv avenue Il the fire
fsud
HnyRLED IN THE sTATELIEsr MAN
sIoNs
OF the city. One OF the first OF those
splendid houses 70 succnmo was that
VI Mrs. Magalo, a $40 900 house;
then in rapid succession went
the residences Of Julius Ruuge, OF the
npuss of Kspffoan d Rang; Leon
Blum, OF l.. q II B UNI; Moritz Lssser;
Ii. Fellmsnn, OF Feliman ~ Green
5scs; Gorge sa.ly, pres,dsnt OF the
Green DnfIi sld's new mansions;
r Y. Georges 100000 residence,
Tnomas aoxgln's and 800 of Lessor
value. Ths xbDve names repreneat =
loss OF $4,000 to $4,000 zach, bnt all
arc insured.
The business portion of the city was
not touched, but in the burnt district
wrr8 81 grooeri Il, saloons 8ad smsil
stores. Chief OF these are Cross e. O.
groceries; A. Worner, timer, aud John
A. Hammer, lumber merchant. Thsv
lost everything, as did Other email
stores As cha fro swept past ths
county all, ref setting LIS fearful glars
and fnteuse hess through The grated N
windows the 40 imprisoned inmates
bsesnie
$50 NEARLY FRANTIC WITH FEAR,
They sstup yell walon was heard /
for sqaareS above the avins r prot