Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . he resistlesssweep of destruction, involving some of I ]the most massive blocks of warehouses inthe world, crammed with the costliest ofgoods from every section and clime. After consuming th
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . he resistlesssweep of destruction, involving some of I ]the most massive blocks of warehouses inthe world, crammed with the costliest ofgoods from every section and clime. After consuming the Phwnix buildingson Wall street, the fire pursued itsway to Water street. Front street, andat length, as the morning dawned,to South street, adjoining the Eastriver. But progressing at the sametime, through Pearl street, on both sides,towards Hanover square, it crossed andspeedily devoured Governeur lane, Jonesslane, and the whole of Front and Waterstreets that lay between Wall street andFranklin nuirket. In the meantime, itwas furiously extending through Exchangestreet and Exchange place to Williamstreet, and to all tin- luiildings in the rearof the Merchants Exchange. This magnificent and licautiful edifice,which, for the elegant grandeur of its ar-chitecture, the jiride not only ofNew York but of the whole country, itwas hoped would continue to rear its dome GREAT AND MEMORABLE EVENTS. 355. 111 the skj, though all around it shouldbecome a scene of desolation—for, therebeing no flames between it and the courseof the wind, it seemed fortunately securefrom any imminent danger. And so mucheontidence was reposed in this presumption,that the building was selected as the granddepot for the most precious kinds of mer-cliandise that could be rescued from theadjacent streets, and with which its greathall was completely piled. Every pre-caution, too, was taken to preserve it, byconveying hose to its roof, and by spread-ing wet blankets along those parts of thewindows and cornic
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