The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-14
GALvESTOH'S GR;EF-eREAT
FIRES. ETC.

FIXES. ETC.
Yesterdays sun, SO unclouGsd,
fright and beautiful in Dallas, rose in
hscnrily behind the thick, bieok
lords Of smoke from the fires that
seemed IS n anxious 20 oulshino q
rival hey had SO gotten start OF by sew.
srsl hnurs. Blu, eveE while the tough
hells we're pealine tho notes of destruc
ion, the softer hearts of these people,
~ II ia full response, were pulsing
heir sYmpsthies for poor Galveston
IL sillction, Telegram after tee
gran, to the honor OF tsis city
aud section he 1t said, was
sent TO cur sister by the
sea, tenderinS condolences Anc offBlinl
aid. "Po9r Galveston, She has been
uiortuuste," or such similar EXPIRE
lion was heard on all sideC. The water
question may have dlvidel fubIir sru-
t,meot hut the fire brought all clas=e
together and scanned 10 weld the ST &c.
lions. Scarcely hss the lucklsss Labor
sroubles hosn qsioted, before this deep
and dark dlstress burst upon her with
sn imHeusity and intensity that dis
mays, disGoursges and sppal,s.
Bst Galveston muet not DO discour-
sGsd. Boston never fels .ho heated
allow Of genuine progress until she was
isrtiiiz8d with the ashea of she great
IRE OF Navember $40, 1879, which
oarned an eraa Of s. acres, ues ~ 500
buildings, reaiseut and 9errantiis,,
With q obstruction OF 5000 GEO. The
same Ia truo OF Portland IN 1866, when
over go acre2 were Taysged, 80 build.
ings blown ap to arrest thu flames, and
over slOC00O00 of lose incurred. A
similar history awaited EGs YORK IN
December, 1885, whsn 500 fine bui d.
inga, covering something over 30 RerOs,
in the busine.s part OF the city aus
cumb.d, 2nd 1909 commercial firms
lost their trade; tho total losa bsibr
SIS O0D,000. And this was followed by
q SIC 009 900 copfsgratiop in 1S45, with
some 90 lives sscrikcSd. 10 tns same
summer Pittsburg recorded loss OF
100 buildings, the largest part OF TIE
| city, loss of $4,000 600. la 1851 s..
Louie was nlsc ieGriully all isted In p
sl2 0a0,0e0 o.nLe, with $500 buildings
last, noariy thrssquSrtcfs of the TN
sire city. Bu6 greater than al otae,4
Ia the rolo was that seysn.isld hcatfd
city in the iisry tusnsoe, Chicago, whom
In OetObsf ), 10, 1871, an area sxseedi *
., 100 GCrCs IN Tho heart Oi the CITY, with
l's 1880 buildings, including 81 ko-
telg, 10 theatres, 40 churohC9, otc., waa
consumed, entsiling besiGea thy ss.i-
mated property loss Of sl9j,CeO,0O0, the
death Of 25s peronS, whit, % 500 sOuls
Uors made houlelesS and Homeless.
Those tuildings were ons-teird 10
number and one-half in yslue OF all
the buildinGa ia the city; thuq sur
passing tho great London fre OF 1866
where SIS 600 600 Of lOsa bafell the pee
Pile; aad even the Paris communist
devahtatiour, which sent into ono red
burial IN th8 same year (ls7D $l6e co.,
900 OF the moa5 superb Of Yessessione
81 VOL Az tho humbl9st.
But Boston rose like u PAmniX from
tho 1shos, and five years tins Jaw =
ap'eudor OF stores whore bu. ordinary
Irn had
York Vas literally made by her two
great hrtsy and III impetus was glyou
tn her progress that was az excessive
AS It was unexpected. But Chicago,
tho wonder OF tho world, contracted
Tor ro3ufreGIOn 'ors hgr cruciNxi1r
was but Aal1 ovsr. In three years
,lme sha blgshsd in beauty like r
bride that Aladdin had Summoned
and attir0d. In 1916 scarcely n trace
could be- eoen whore the cslsni.y had
raVagsd. Galveston, herself has
RDpo through with similar exuori.
ence, Though on smaller scale, ana ia
quick time she witnessed the geyere
losses Of June, 1877, replaced By build
ings far moro spleA did than those los.
troyed, although hope had almost fled
And who ahali sHy, though dark nay
DO tho hour, that thls may yet provo Il
dawn to p brighter day, sud that
her history hanc9rorth shall DO Ike
those cities wa have named? From
tdofo lurld flames that met the sy,n-
pathios who knows but that deep
water may yot como to drown her ror.
rows and restors her loaseE, aud thus
from tho nottlo OF despair pluck the
iiDwer OF salyAtinuY