The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-06-16
A DAY OF FIRE.
Full Details of the Great and
Fatal Fire at Vancou-
yer Yesterday.
The Town swept AWAY ia an
Hour. ANA Ever, thing
II Total Loss.
AZ Least Twelve Persons are
Known to Have Perished
ia the Flames.
Drunken Orgies ny the towdy
Element oi the civ,
while u burned.

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All day SUNDAY there had been
steady wind from the northwest And
'rush.clcariUg fires ON the Canadian
rWiiC railway, lois were famed to
I'll. .hanrNtcut % a, to ill the terminal
own of uucuuNrr with smoke. 40
body however, had Wy idea OF dau-
ger. But soon stable near the Col-
pnial Hotel WAS seen tu hr ON lire.
A. ALAHll WAS uIvEN.
but 80 skcpticM were the
people that they puid NO
attention for some tine. l,y this
lime the wind had increased tu n
galr and famed the flames to a mass
Of ragiug lire Onr ol the first build
iugs to 20 was Mc,Hrthy'- drug
store. This was followed Toy the Of
dee Ot the Vancouver News. The
lame, shot across Abbot street with
astonishing rnpidity md almost hc.
fore the people could realize 1t the
whole western portion of
uiE,in WNe AulNlE.
The excitement became intense.
Water street WI, dllrd with dense
smoke aud d, ing cindcr-, aud people
we're hurryrug away with what
effects they could gather up
n their haste to seek a.
place of safety. I hose who cudcHy.
orcd to save their goods were so
wrapped ia their object "a, to appear
needless of danger aud % was ncccs
,arv to compel many women To- re-
liuQui.h their efforts 90 save property
IA order to save their lives Ia some
ra-r- there was only just ttimc to place
lhrlu on
NrEuNI-ru rNtl,.
which were pushed out from the shore
cyond the reach OF the llnmus, which
Al the time literally seemed to liIl the
air some merchants in carry ing
goods TO places of safety were
obliged tu dee tor their lives aud nil
hope of saving uNthing wu- uban-
doucd, the iiyiug cmbrr- aud ,tump-
on each side of the road, glowing
with lire. aud proving - serious men
ace to ,upi'ivc-.
During the confusion which pre-
vailed, when rowdlcs nul roughs saw
that everyone was leaving, they
ENTERED Tur SALOONS
which had been abandoned Hni com
mrh'rd drlhA'hg' VIA one was
seen staggering along the streets with
neg of beer ON their shoulders. or
carrying H. many bottles OF liquor us
they could appropriate Men were
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