Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-07-12
A Sra Of Fla me.

A wear ago inc CouFt Vi klOuOE VI tue
lair white City" stood in unrivaled
yp'en1er upon the shore cf Lake Mick
igar, and thousands reveled in its
beauty. Thur day night it pissed
away in fiery sp en- lor, and thousands
mourncd its fa.l. Elackehca and
twisted arches o. iron, with their GRID
ers sagging under the wei ,ht OF torn
sheets of roofing, le,r their skeleton
fol ms where the build ngs of the
beautiful city Onca stood. Beneatl
them lie huge mo ms OF snol-
dering ruins frost.d with q waste
of snowy ashes. Tangles OF wire
the mis- hapen hulks Of fallen statuary
and long rows OF blistcred columns
mark the outli cs Of avenics ana
drives. Tho plrap3ts tao bridge,
and the wide sweep of taircasing
which fankcd the buildings have been
.cked up by tho fire to the water:
edge. Every ether at ack OF the Gle.
ments, fire, wind, CT water. was as
nothing b,.o e this all-deTou ing toi.
nado of fame which sw pit from end
to end and laid low every important
building left standing by the w.ecker.
The Words Fair buildings are in
ruins.
Beginning with the huge weather.
beaten remains of the terminal station
at the south of tho grounds, the fire
sped rapidly noi ward, and in the
course Of its psCgress completely de.
stroyed the following structures:
Terminal Building
Administration Building.
Mines and Mining.
Electricity.
Manufactures. II
Ma 'hin2ry.
Agl leu ture.
Stock Pavi ion.
hi 'ade phia Cafe.
Cna man lost his life in the flames
and another received burns fro which
he my die. Besides these a number
of persons received minor injuries.
sAveibi charge OF wnI.
Tho fremen made no attempt to save
the buildings alter they we're once
ablaze, but devoted every effort to
prevent the fire from spreading. The
transportation aud government build
ings were saved only By tho most rer-
sistent efforts of the fircmen At one
the north end of TIE gr. unds uld be
swept away, but change of the wind
from the southwest to the northwe t
prevented the flames fr, IN ads a ,cing.
/. A dispatch from Chicago says that
. q few inmates after o'clock Park O.
Iiceman John Reynolds saw two spirals
OF b.re smoke curling la lily uoN ard
from window in the southwestern
corner of the Terminal Buildiny.
Hast ming over to the spot he burst
into the building through a broken
door. A stia ng gust of smoke rolled
cut. Penetrating t. tie center OF the
bailding he saw a point OF flame
shoot ul ward from under a staircase
in the corner. Famed by tho be re
frCm the open do the whole end Of
tn structure was a mass of fame in
less than mon ent. Reynolds ran rap
idly across 10 machinery hall and
turned in an alarm. Wien he returned
the fire was playing hide and-s eek m
the ornamental cornices. 1t had not
yet felt its power. BY some stra ge
fatality the crew f the Worlds Fair
stition was a milo away extingui.hing
a little bla at the corner OF list st eet
and Stony Island avenue. 1t was full
half hour after the fl st ala, m sounded
before the first Il teb g strc am brOk
int, spray at the cave, Ct the :all
builiing 1t was too late. The fire
had founl its power Tho walls of
the terminal station which still re
inained standiog gapcd wide with
cracks through which gloytd
the vclca' of frc wi hin. The
flames lighted up Whitley the
faces OF the thousands OF spectators
who came streaming out tf the pa~k
from every street. Some CT them
shouted Fire" ri ire" at the top OF
their voices, but tsey could rot be
heard above the roar of the flames.
The dry luilding with its lath and
staff roof and wooden girGers burned
like tinder. A billowy cloud Of smoke
arc slowly until the upper enl Of the
cloud r,sambled a huge balloon, the
top of which was first Grim soned with
the rays Of the setting sun. Suddenly
| the northern wall of the building fel
with crash, and there was an illumina
| ii n OF fireworks greater than any
| that ever gra ed u summer evening
| during the Fair Nothing could stay
the flames, and the swept on until al
| the buildings in their fiery path were
| in ruins.