The doomed city! Chicago during an appalling ordeal! : the fire demon's carnival : the conflagrations in the West, South and North divisions : graphic sketches from the scene of the disaster . eSect. The citywas set on fire, and in many quarters at once. The reuewed cooflagration raged withincredible fury for seventeen days. Here, unlike at Chicago, the flames wereassisted rather than resisted by man ; but so vast in extent, and so filled with treasurewas the Atrican metropolis, that for twenty-three days the smoke of her buruing pal-aces and warehouses ascended. In time Rome herself was burne
The doomed city! Chicago during an appalling ordeal! : the fire demon's carnival : the conflagrations in the West, South and North divisions : graphic sketches from the scene of the disaster . eSect. The citywas set on fire, and in many quarters at once. The reuewed cooflagration raged withincredible fury for seventeen days. Here, unlike at Chicago, the flames wereassisted rather than resisted by man ; but so vast in extent, and so filled with treasurewas the Atrican metropolis, that for twenty-three days the smoke of her buruing pal-aces and warehouses ascended. In time Rome herself was burned. The flames raged for six days and sevennights, and out of fourteen quarters only three escaped unharmed. The origin ofthis dreadful calamity is involved in doubt, although the frequent occurrence ofminor fii-es in Rome lends probability to the assumption that it was due to common was conflagrations in Rome that Crassos amassed much of his greatwealth by speculating on these calamities. When a fire broke out he would hasten to 12 SWEET, DEMPSTER & CO, 59 & 61 West Washington St., HAVE RESUMED BUSINESS, And are prepared to offer to the trade an entire new STOCK OF.
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