The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-07-14
A H0LOC AUST
The n Cold 9 D Storage Warehouse at
the World Fair
Takes Fire and Causes the Destruction
Of About 40 People.

Takes Fire and Causes the destruction
Of About 40 People.
The Victims Nc Work on q balcony Half
way Up the Tower-Thcy Leap Eighty
Feet TO the Roof--The Tower
Pals and Crusies the Root.
CHICAGO, July lion q fiame-swept
pinnacle, high among the cupolas and
minarets OF the Dream City, amidst tho
smoke and heat and blaze and under
meath q clear. blue sky and the bright
rays OF q summer sun, there prayed to
Heaven for deliverance q brave band OF
Columbian guards and fremen. No de-
hverancei came. Higher swept the
flames above, fercer they came mp from
below. The prayers ceased. Strong
men Rugged each other; the tower tot
tered; some jumped OFF toward the roof
below, Others reeled toithe platform on
which their feet rested; the great coll
nmn Of stair and smoke and FIRE reeled
and crumbled with loud report, and
all were lost.
= 1t was q little flame that burst out Of
the top Of the tall tower Of the cold
storage warehouse at the Worlds fair
grounds at 1:4o o'clock Monday after
noon. The guard who turned in the
alarm did not appear to be In any
special hurry, He had witnessed q
hundred such flames from the buildings
in the White City during his short term
OF service, and thought this like all the
rest. There We're sightseers on the
balcony, some fifty feet from the top,
hooking out over the broad expanse Of
architecture into the blue waters Of
the lake. They did not hurry away.
Firemen came and hurried their hose
to the balcony in a methodical manner.
The Columbian guards came with them
and forced the rather unwilling sight
seers to go below. out of the way Of
firemen and danger. A faint stream
played high into the air from the single
strand of hose, and while It did not
check the blaze, the fire did not seem
tosbe gaining headway. Another line
Of hose was drawn up with a rope, and
1t too. played on the blaze without
any visible effect. 81
The crowd gathered below by the
thousands and wa ched the menSworls.
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