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~ & BALTIMoRE,AD.8s p .8sF Feb. s. After viewt
aiig the mounded lation Of what was
sBaltimores s. business quarter and OF that
region which was inhabl blted \ by the vi, -S
known hordes of the poorer ella sses. none si
simagines that the angel Of destiny. In lii /;
ijourneyings to and fro over the earth.
paused here fon the Sunday morning $ot
this week and recognized the spot named
memorable visitation. .sg
Not long ago he had made terrible his.
tory. in a Chicago Theatre: In the neal
future he had work OF another kind ID
do, far to the East,4in the Yellow Sea a8
and adjacent shores; but he has alwayS
leisure for his dolngs, and he was resolved
to leave nothing ,undone.
* With his irrevocable ger he market
out the area Of the oatastroph tt waA Il
a line. simply drawn. On this; side should
be Immunity, on that chaos and destrucT
Stlon. Here and { there, in the: midst OF
csumb bled ruin, should be left q structure
almost unscathed. But lin the main thaf
sweep Of the fiery besom- should be thoa
rough Nothing should be lacking to- tho I;
Significance Of the disaster. y
1t was not life that the angel on ttiS
occasion sought to destroy, but that fol
which; much OF our life & Is eagerly ex< ri
pended wealth and the means OF wealth
the property which we nuy so dear, and 4;
whose safety we heuge about With SUCH
stringent Ia WIS and secretion. ft, h s8 ;as
At Early Dawn. s, Is
When In the early dawn Z look ed from,
my window toward the east, there was 81 x
rudy glow 4 upon the sky. which u an
first misto9k for tho reflection of thu NJ
.stllt burning city, But 1t was only ths NJ
daily. miracle. once n moro s5y God made IA
Himself an awful rose OF dawn, I nd az.
when, leaving the Tram and hastentng u1
Charles Street. had my first glimpse
OF tho city itself, tho quiet houses and
ther wide, clean, almost deserted Streets b
suggested no calamity. The few shops
and buildings In the region were closed,
I seemed to have come upon a community NJ
still peacefully, still. III
Yet did not ask my way. Tor over
yonder beyond the tall and massive shaft
OF the Washington column there was q
low haze of heavy smoke cllngng naa ~
the ground. as IL trying to conceal thu @
naVOC OF WUlcll IL Nus ltlo Slsl s5tasFE
q ASH passed tho monument and deaccnd-s
ed the hill, I saw the ragged borders OF
the blighted area standing out. bleached
blsckened and irregular inst the whit
lsh mist further down; and the passing 4
OF squads OF milltamen. and the gather
Ing of tho police on corners, and tho
formation OF throngs of anxious and
solemn faced cltzens along tho lines Of
forbidden space, appraised me that Il had Is
reached the scene which had come TO
behold. s5s aes t ~ S4 G4sf8a
The only means 'ot passing the ready
bayonets was by means OF a pass signed Il
by the general Of the city. II wis a
magical document; upon sight Of It the
sentinel at the limo admitted, me under
the rope, warning me that he must re- sg}
turn the pass, and that IL ! strayed7 back
over this line could not be readmitted
except BY means OF a fresh authorization, 4
All Was Ruin. I
What was the prevailing characteristic
Of the scene2 should say a cold and 4
irredeema BILE desoation. Nothing was Bvisi.
ble that was not ruin--hurnt out Ia mere M
lime aud cinders, Heaps OF barren brick;i5s
rugged mounds 9f scorched, splintered and
caIcined stone; a chsfeaux-de-f frise Of
contorted & steel SIrders and gigantic
baams of iron; an inextricable tangled IL
wires OF all sizes; the low ramparts nc s
walls which had been lofty, charred WI M
tAs breath and bitten by the tooth os ~ VI