The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1922-10-13

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bad pass~a- In s~~n~d ~ gather fwra
~ n advanced The ssaake ~ss sss.
alag Thry could ses eae another
ualy eimiy In tho swirting fog
), The hae Of , eyn .sbnf thanaxh she
ersskihsg ferns and aaAerxrv~th be
fore theaA and reached the eix~ ~
the eiearet gay Thee the 'xcrksrs
found ,h~saaesves ssrvs1aAssa With .
rsng Of hains TIE trees and grws<
we're slssh, behind sh@n And aiong
the masteg edge the eaanagrssten had
thrust oas gripping tentaesss II Haa<
that edged roand and 10 toward the
enwineshesiS
sAcatsng to thase dearest him 10 fe&.
lcw. wtiten ran dewn tesard tie
swamp But when tire grade eams
into sight he sag something that
ca ughs his CRY and killed n On hsa lipx.
of a sudden bis vesas seesned to run
lee for blood, TIE nre had cHaxh, the
restling and ~as running sloag the
tilnhers eating It's waJ sc~ard the
east hank.
Hat what made him catch his breath
and eisnch his hs;s wss TILE: the ere
was nevinE eastward and yet II coald
NOT have started 90 the west hsnk, for
here the trestiing ~ss completely hid
ien undsr TIE foundation, over ~hirh
the flames could NO, pass. The rfv
had started In the middle cs the mus
kex. ase had been started there VI
design
II vas the cad u everything Zig
Muzseg wvslss TesrniH, unsnaaned ssse~
all. when Buwyer assumed conirol.
The engine houses were are r~d ru.
ins. heiching 70 black. sticky smoke
tina, rlos sei III. fighters lungs aud
sctti.~i ~ nne Particles ~ black aust
all over tham nrums Of oh aud gRso~
tine exploited With the saiyoes 81 ar
tiiersF shSSFihs 10 "s,trStiitrs tr'fafsis
sky.high liivsiets u are hr,ke forth
ana stresiuess thrnnsh the enssp,
spreading the destruction
The cnciralag arms ot the eonfa-
gratioa had thrus, their fingers ali
about them through the forest. which
Mas abiase 10 every direction nss
In tho open spac- itself the nre had
been stsyet. though hardly anything
was leit except the Kitchens aud
bunk houses The sheds aad eaatn..-
houses had gone NJ Ia n fes minutes.
and nov slowed flerc.iy with an In.
tenss heat but without name.
The fighters bad doue all they
could 10. aud hat was nothing They
could 10 nothing more now, except TO
guard he bunk houses FROM the river.
OF blazing oil. Wilton found q few
men and tod them TO take spades and
throw up mounds along the courses of
these trrreh.a 10 order TO divert them.
The lIlInSies. mad With drink, gath
cred In clusters al tho doors ~ the
bunk .housrs and je~r~6 at the men
who fearh, To save them; and these.
too disconsossts 10 car~, having al
last secured the resnaining structures,
t'm9 Own their spades and drew out
Of their way Evcryons knew this was
the end.
Oet Of the smoke came the ngure
Of McC~. the hesA locomotive eagi-
nscr. Ills hair wax crisped Hike Sc
gro's be was xsklsck. and the tsa~
had furrowed white channels down his
cheeks
"it's al gone'" he shouted Moth
,ng but s'rWp lroo and Junk Wen
have a bargain sale !" lie recognised
wNton and @ln~ti him BY the arm.
"wha ST tina, biaser- he screamed
"Man. there was gasollne. GALLONS II
'sfs~ skets 'estsfv ever estss,'
Are cpme there. They were saked
with II. who dld ~ show me the
% skunk" he shouted. half beside
himself.
1T do~~nt matter now said WI
ton.
Mcle~ rsrei, rrrsing and anhhsnS
and suddenly rushed away intr yhw
smoke and wss io~, 10 view
w,isrn WIZ making his way toward
bis shack ,efere Il occurred IN him
that he would not nnf H. Vet there
was the SAT- He would stay rusrd
over thst 70 a!s Immense surprise
however he discovered that the shsrs
had esen p-d he c,oHsgratioa. though
nothing rp,uA ned q, kl,ty's hut sew
hisesen~d bans. A hscsar~ had
tSe~u snt &svssssaliy TIE g-sss ~as
burned MI aho a the place. and some
~ the ,Ess' - vrre scotehesi. bat tss'
was all The slack was an casts In
the aeesstatson ~ cindsrS jules
hal strcf I hts arst
W'ittn sr@s u are had heen tr~ArA
cry lie knew stst howyers apy~sr
ancr ki the PER- sge had not ss~sH
chance Bos Yer hae not driven miles
f~nna God Jineti, u by cuinciieure.
Wilton lid a. coGht that the fire was
~ his sssirz
md Zen T. a, CID not matter.
A, ts~ as~rr Y Ma snack h~ stopped
We had : err ~ test net az 5sHr1r-~