The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-08-28
THE THREE BLACK CROWS.
A Panic and Almost n Riot Cnns-
edsbyn Chance Remark.
from PACK. ~

I L rom IHck
Af.l man, with long, white hair,
Which hid his toat collar, stood N
front 0f one of the large buildings
on lower broadway at noon the
other day. His face was upi urile,l,
ilhl he appeared TO he gazing car
neslly,at the roof Of the structure.
In Few minutes he WAS Joined by
.anothcr man, and itia few minutes
more another, ami then another,
nnlil u score OF men were gather
ed togriher ON the pavement, hook.
ing ut the upper stories OF The tall
Stlilct nlc. AS the crowd began to
swell, busy DtOkersstopped to look /,
me. scnser. boys flocked to the spot
irom all directions, merchants,
clerks, pc,ltllers, and i,llcls stopped
in their Journey aud gazed al the
building us it they eXpccl5d some
frighttul catastrophe 10 occur. The
ihr0nS soon grew too large tor the
pavement, and he gutter and part
OF the street were speedily eccu-
pied hy several hundred ell,owing,
joaling, impaticiIi, AMI curious
sight sRers.
Il wnnder If the walgS a,goiiig
10 falif' observed il Speculative
slwt:tator on the outskirts Of the
throng.
"Thry say Mie wall is going to
flll,' repeated the man next 10 him.
"Ilnok out thc building is gong
10 tlImbIri' shouted tlle next.
"Don't crowd SD!7 yelled II man
in the ceircr, Ibe wiiIi is going to
fall"
"Lo0k out! Look ont = shfiekrh
II dozon oi hers, and the men press
ed backward on each otheIss toes
Dutil there was space enough on
the pavement TO let a regiment
march thIVugh.
Il wOnder whether it's on firr,"
observed an0ther spectator.
airs on hrer shouted another.
'-See he smoker yelled a third.
"Firr! freT hOwle,l a se0re OF
other voices, and the crowd surged
back 10 the pavement as flies gath
or on a lunp Of sugar Ia summer
time.
al hope there are no wOmen or
children Ia the builtling,7 remarked
a charitably incline,l citizen.
"There are women and children
in the building getting burned az"
another.
.Opcn the window and rescue
Ihem," pIped Kttle man who was
the building tIom under
a tall mans cOat-tails. M s5i.
AIRING u ladder" yelled Il SEN
sible man.
nL,dder! ladder! fetch a lad.
ler - no vied u dozen others, aud al
hnmber of boys gere dispatched in
various directions for those useful |
articles.
hlvhy doesn't some QUE turn on
.he life-alaim r. suggested another
nan.
rTnm on the alarm p took up
be crowd. .sUall tue fire depart
nent % and several men started
IimultaRcously for the dre'alarn
DOxeS.
aFifty dollars to the man who
ayes their livcsln yelled a tar man
riul - Western air aud - witle-
Irinmed hat. .tfs - IS
aBreak open the door and 60 up
laiis;s hOwled an enthusiastic
lsn, as hc edged away from the
rOwsl in the opposite dirseti0ss from
he bnilsliug-
aSave their livesl9 rtlletl aH0th-
:, as be made a break tlItoo gll. Che
ruwsl for the stone steps. t0li0wcd3
SO half-bundred other men.4sss
Dall the pOIice!7 said another
lah.
APOIice pOIicel pOIiesP' shOated
be crowd it nHs ,tiHf IA
Hsomo one viii 90 through The
anL rob Che 0ficesp said
mother on the outskirts. {
nIlobhcrsi Robbers Police Po- 4
ce Fifei FIRE S.ue TIE womeh q
rings hNlderl bust IN iher lIont 9
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