. St. Nicholas [serial]. J»ll we afterward learned was made whenthe tower crashed down, although atthe time we were not conscious of asound. There before us, instead of thebeautiful Campanile, was a heap ofruins,—brick, marble, and bronze,—and, all around, a crowd of terrifiedpeople looking ghastly beneath the NO. 4. THE RUINS TWO MINUTESAFTER THE FALL. another and another, and then all atonce the whole lower part caved in,and the upper part with the bronzeangel on top slowly swayed, toppled,and at last came down or collapsed.

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