The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-02-11

charred wooden poles, wntcAa strangely
are left standing in u section where
buildings supposed to have been fire
proof did not escape, and some hang
from the side walls of corners of What
had once been Office buildings.
These ruins could be seen swaying
back and forth, apparently ready every
minute to collapse. Many did fall dur
ing The morning, carrying upwards
clouds of brick and mortar dust so
dense that even the black smoke Was
obscured for the moment, Flying glass,
dust and gravel, sparks and embers
filled the air. In that fearful district
men prominent in the commercial life
were found. Many with heat-blistered
and smoke begrimed faces had been
up all night, and as the morning broke
We're taking the first inventory of loss
cs. And that was only the trail of
the fire i.end. The heat and the flames
were then raging beyond, extending
square by square until the very wa
ters' edge was reached.
THE FINAL STAND.
At 1880 o'clock the northern limits
of the fire had raveled from Fayettc
street to Eastern ven At this point
half a dozen fire companies were fight
ing from the rear, while other compa-
MES We're thanking on the Jones falls
and the Liberty street borders. Sand
wiches and coffee We're served from
a in,ost go s htel tdans OF W[oIl were
dangerous detail.
Every bridge over Jones Falls had a
score of iiremen, and not ~infrequently
they were compelled to turn their atten-
lion from towering pyres to put out
flames on the floor between them and
deep water. Both banks of Jones falls
vero lined with Iu,nhar yords AVA tho
ni,ss ~, ono sida uaro tI,,inr aon.t ~
and m IA tbar thro,Dinr nrp oin,,a. -
.tea,, c,,,sea h., +ho 80 .1nnnJ -
wood b.at.a , n,oet - ~ natnt at -
tior fi'' o.
tn ,b,t ais+r,o.
~ ,nn - 49,. 1919
49,, ~ ~ = ~ q sohns
i.taa, ~ ~ ~, ~ ciou's :,
sa ~ .o.ats
- ~ ''a ~ w ~. In ,ie noltn"ese
!. ~ V y ""'9i
g. $50 30 ~ ~
49, ~ Nv ~ iailts nau oee,i
80 - ~ - Gon.panieS s.dfleu p@cA
" ~ ! ,ne uisdatei' at'enhp',
rs " .i,sui' u.e nan''hs iuihs anu
- 80
- 80 snme men y u cas-
~ ~ y ~ iuhS asauieu y theif
,aists' ~ .irouGn every "lnoow may
NC seen ANXIOUS atitishted, faces. MOVING
vans; push carts ana Ven-cies OF an kinds
anu Na1hapies 10 SAFER positiohs.
NO LOSS OF LIFE.
While there were no casualties to speak
of, the great army of fire fighters per-
formed many daring feats in the desper-
ate attempt TO stay the flames. Many
times they We're driven out of close and
hot places just as walls came topping
down. The last large building to fall a
prey to the flames down along Jones falls
nearly caught five men. They were on the
roof and directing tfeir efforts to an ad-
joining structure when q warning shout
was sent up that the interior of the build
ING on Whio" WY were summing was q
mass VI nathen. ihes iouho tHeir way 10
Il 'f sut,ef VIII. ~ p9 one eHey huis
~, asassetea ~ .,'el. ailis ~ s,aspeu
q .SieeisIn ~ Whit was ita'i'eu eiosS
10 tle structure lhey si.a down ana nad
ny Lsacneu ~ siouho "hen me roo. ieil
"a WIN toai. ~ Was oniy oHe y .he
,nsta,IeS INA eouiu pe writtei u hair-
pleao'h ESCAPES naaue oui'ns the twenty
sesGh-nsu, oat.e WIN me hahies.
All oi n out u .o"n hfe co,apdHies.
oecause Oh nc e@h.uS'ioil OIL we locai
nien, "eie sissI q Eee aiu uuiiis lie
Horhlns anu early afternoon. wore slah
d score o. ~eonnpanles were mere lronl Ne"
io.A' ,Aoe.p,ta, Nlhiiius.on WASH
lnston ana sinal towns Wlthin d RADIUS
oi my ,hiles y paltiiiioie' Ane'f ou.S
"oe -, ~ 'A "o,
lhatch III WAS d Ia'ief o,,-
1cuit TASK as eoth sides OIL Jones faus
are lit.en WIN luiipet safds ana oio euliu-
inss. ~hich proved 70 De no pet'er thah
IilueFooASs
Inc lunlpef sarus on me eastern sac OIL
tic Green "ele saVeu ny 'ne OUT ol Town
inmhere while nc comn.ries on tba wast
side OF the narrow creek poured water into
the big buildings. The engines on the
bridges also rendered valuable aid.
NEW GALLANT EicHT
nv Neu, vorI, fran,an mho ,oro ~,
lose ~ arrt,s nn,ina ~ .ha ,nna aisto =
,h2. ~ r. aaai o wara ~ - ne 'tns So, "a 4he
hrnnt of re a,mas INA wben ~ sra
basan to h,,rn Itself o1t in tba coal y.rd
Of fine American loo comnanv savan of
thoir steamers were hacked nm ap.inst q
hnIkhsad OF tha Patasco river
The burned district comnrisine lao acres
or a roughly draw right ANGLE triano,a
Is niled With heaps and masses of hrick
stone and twisted iron while occasionni
walls of the more substantial structures
tower SEEMINGLY ready to fail at any In
start. otnefs retain the seHbiance OF
entlre anc uiiarIhen oui,uiigs untl closer
ihspec.ioh Minen leneals .ne lre swept
| interiors III lIAlneS still rising from MANY.