The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-30
CHAPTER XIII.
imEsOLATION AND DESTRUCTION. CON
DOLENCES.

''Now, ladies, we will begin our Jour-
ney to the city. 1t is impossible to get
any conveyances. Many horses and cat
tie are sick or dead: the trolley lines are
crippled. and the few able men here are
busy about the clubhouse and hospital,
said Chapman.
80. we are able to walk, thank good
ness!" responded Mrs. Dyer, rising with
the other girls. ....
The party passed out the carriage gate
way into the dusty road that led to the
city, and, favored by cloudy sky and
breeze from:between the mountain peaks,
made rapid progress through forests and
farms towards home. A dread OF what
they might find there depressed their
spirits. Their usual light-heartedness
was checked by the recent calamity and
the forlorn aspect of the country around
them. The fields were sallow and gray;
the hillsides dotted with dead cattle; the
flower gardens withered and blackened
as by frost, and the buildings warped
and discolored. Even the tombstones OF
a distant cemetery tipped many ways
against background of brown forest,
and the trolley rails nearby were bent
and bulged from their spiked sleepers.
Destruction and desolation were more
apparent as Inc llis,usa de emse, uauned.
si!y. inei ia.a 800 .u,rv. fences lean,
oiiilus aid uJn " stans onS cnrhs showed
Gu or lay nioAen, Ia ''. .po,, n;,as and the
irIegulail.,es anu vs. ,o aIavatad in ;rreou-
pioch pavement H vas '"
taT I 1lugee. ao,r+od. tho marts
Inc stree.s WEI a;e+ oe r. ro.r If COM
OF traue wele q1ie, ,;,a,,s h,sh mo.
meIce was sIlleu, q" ;ud;,,;J,,a1s onnear.
valieo; lew sca d;san rnua abort the
eo anu has.ly x, Graa nf funerals fol-
puiloihgs' anu g n,,rpars wore had nass-
!oweu NY IeT S:. .no ntroat.,
my Iulougn ula. sSs 80 Gambling hand
WIN lew MolaH a"o vet honefn, the
craps, applen. .S. ~ Iod;as ord nver
, , GL.a .rd Wendell who an
eavhs Chap ;.,4.a+;on ~ ro;no to tho
n0unceu t r'e.L - I Iaann nar+;e,iars Of the
Malionai o. ~ " o;+u 'T Tb P cinh.honse was
9isas'G 1; II, oaI NV cordles and ,amns. the
uilalS 1s $1,000 niants ho;no ont If busi-
gas anu eiee'''S e'
ness. - +,on mot w.s Profess
1Ie nlsl ps. .s 19 49, Who areat.
sor larson u .ne Sii loS .yy!cae 81 our
cd tnem as from tne us"! :. JUL W.,
alumni nave surv i:. - 80 +hnrorablv
look seeoy anu uli.y, w. ~ w. orSasi9,
hriaAyy
Ihey reia.eu thelr eApeliGne ,,f ry'
Wonder1ul! exclaimed ne 10y IVY y,
I'm TINS calamlty one eApecTES W id'u o,.iJ
the ashes OF creihatory' Ing o'a WV M ~ -
has received staggeIhis INV" ne
telephone, telegraph ahd capies are YAH
aged. Inc lew messages lnal pass az
Wall!ngs OF olsaster, uestlue. ~: anu ','.
death. otreams anu lahes hdve VI lIu w.
buildings anu forests nave pulneu' sa. a
ieys and hlllsioes are soasleu u,GM' A nv,
ANIMALS ana maIlklila nave peilaneu ~
the mllllons. MANY HOUSES sie NY ~
the streets are iiiieu VIII hu!oi 49, ~
the cemeteries nav e;L pui >. The
rles: Ch! IL Is terriple, ' FL I: e *,
professor shuuuei Gu anu n'A A''
MS nanokerchlel.
AROUND the Giup-looni |ele -:
with heaos ana nanus oanuagu' al lis III
sings, ana legs hurseu 'eli ra .,9,,
nave we iose many cluo i'en'oei''
asked Wenoell many. l,,,,o.
Inc :, IFS. " sne 49, p - soIar,nIu
~ H., ,,,ara sboclred at the names of
fr;anJs and relatives and talked with
~ 1,-n,,ndad Who were swathed in hand
aces and disfioured by injuries. 1t was
do1eful story. Some men had plunged
into non,ls and streams: some had fed
to cisterns cellars and tunnels; others
had dronne9 and crawled into sewers. to
escape the clustering rays of the sun.
The Young men. vigorous and uninjur-
ed left the club house and fastened
abroad TO helm the afflicted and to learn
the fate of their friends and relatives.
The otv presented the worn, dusty, dis
coIored appearance of centuries of exist
enre Gaunt chimneys, sashless win
dows. tottering walls, and smoking en-
hers in debris.flled cellars, told story
of nnouenched flames and Frustrated fire.
men. twas Herculaneum without it's
streams of flowing lava.
Chanman's family lived forty miles
awav and train service was suspended.
He filed telegram to be sent as soon as
the lines were repaired. and went with
WENDELL. who found his father and mother
safe after detention of thirty-six hours
in their house cellar. Wendell, Sr., re-
lated how the citv had endured the torrid
heat law
..Tbo n,o.L voro .ided nv the strong
49,, $500 ,uara osrr;od to the nearest