Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-20
Ruin AT THE FAIR;
SEVEN MAMMOTH STRUCTURES.
SWEPT AWAY. !
Aam,n.straaoa,. Golden Dom, ..d coro~
1sll In Ashes-Manufaotarss Buadlne,
Rassd to the 0round-Largs Portion Of
the Exposition Grounds Devastated.
sea Of flame.

A year ago the Court Of Honor of tho
fair white City" stood in unrivaled
OFFENDER upon the shore Of Lake Mich
igan, and thousands reveled in it's
beauty. Thursday night it passed
away in fiery splendor, and Thousands
mourned its fall. Blackened. and
twisted arches of iron, with their grid
srs sagging under the weight Of torn
sheets of roofing, . q their skeleton
forms where the buildings of the.
beautiful city once stood. Beneath
them lie huge mounds of smol-
dering ruins frosted with q waste
Of snowy ashes. Tangles of wire
the misshapen hulks of fallen statuary
and long rows of blistered columns.
mark the outlines Of avenues and
drives. The parapets, the bridges,
and the wide sweep of s~taircasing.
which Aanked the buildings have been
licked up by the fire to the waters.
edge. Every other attack of the ele-
ments, fire, wind, or water, was as
nothing before this all-devouring tor
nado of flame which swept from end
to end and laid low every important.
building left standing by the wrecker.
The Worlds Fair buildings are in
ruins.
Beginning with the huge weather.
beaten remains Of the terminal station
at the south of the grounds, the fire
sped rapidly northward, and in the
course of its progress completely de-
stroyed the following structures:
Terminal Building.
Administration Building.
Mines and Mining.
Electricity.
Manufactures.
Machinery.
Agriculture.
Stock Pavilion.
Philadelphia Cafe.
One man lost his life in the flames
and another received burns from which
he may die. Besides these q number
of persons received minor injuries.
Saved by q Change OF Wind.
The firemen made no attempt to save,
the buildings after they were once
ablaze, but devoted every effort to
prevent the fire from spreading. The.
transportation and government build
ings were saved only by tho most per-
sistent efforts of the fremen. At one,
time it looked as if all the buildings at
the north end of the grounds would be
swept away, but a change of the wind
from the southwest to the northwest.
prevented the flames from advancing.
A dispatch from Chicago says that.
q few minutes after 6 o'clock Park Po-
liceman John Reynolds saw two spirals
of blue smoke curling lazily upward
from a window in the southwestern
corner of the Terminal Building.
fastening over to the spot he burst.
into the building through q broken
door. A sitting gust of smoke rolled
out. Penetrating to the center of the,
building he. saw q point of flame
shoot upward from under a staircase
in the corner Famed by tho breeze,
from the open door the whole end OF.
the structure was o of flame in
less than a moment. Reynolds ran rap
idly across to machinery hall and
turned in an alarm. When he returned
the fire was playing hide-and-seek in
the ornamental cornices. 1t had not
fatality the crew of the Worlds Fair
station was a mile away extinguishinp
a little blaze at the rne of list street
and Stony Island avenue. It was q full
half hour after the first alarm sounded
before the first feeble stream broke
into spray at the caves Of the tall
building. 1t wa too late. The fire
had found its power. The walls Of
the terminal station which still re-
NAMED standing gaped wide with
cracks through which glowed
the volcano Of fire within. The
flames lighted up Whitley the
faces Of the thousands of spectators
who came streaming out of the park
from every street. Some Of them
shouted Fire." Fire." at the top Of
their voices, but they could not be-
heard above the roar of the flames.
The dry building with its lath and
staff roof and wooden Orders burned
like finder. A billowy cloud Of smoke
arose slowly until the upper end Of the
cloud resembled q huge balloon. the
top Of which was first crimsoned with
the rays of the setting sun. Suddenly
the northern wall of the building fell
with q crash, and there was an illumina-
ton Of fireworks greater than any
that ever graced q summer evening"
during the Fair. Nothing could stay
the flames, and they swept on until al
the buildings In their fiery path were
in ruins.
Telesraphic Clicks.
A HoT.A1R tornado was experienced
at Chillicothe, Mo.
ARKANSAS Democrats declared for
free silver at q ratio of 16 to 1.