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 . in vacant lots or on the streets, far out in the suburbs, stretched in the dust. PITIFUL SIGHTS. One of the most pitiful sights was that of a middle aged woman on State street, loadedwith bundles, struggling thi-ough the crowd, singing the Mother Goose melodies,Chickery, Chickery, Craney Crow, I went to the weU to wash my toe, &c. Therewere hundreds of others likewise distracted, and many rendered deliro
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 . in vacant lots or on the streets, far out in the suburbs, stretched in the dust. PITIFUL SIGHTS. One of the most pitiful sights was that of a middle aged woman on State street, loadedwith bundles, struggling thi-ough the crowd, singing the Mother Goose melodies,Chickery, Chickery, Craney Crow, I went to the weU to wash my toe, &c. Therewere hundreds of others likewise distracted, and many rendered delirous by whiskey orbeer, which, from excess of thirst -in the absence of water, they drank in great quantities,and spread themselves in every direction a terror to all they met. A FEARFUL ALTERNATIVE. At one time, after the fire had been raging in the centre of the city, and while the firewas raging on the south side of the river a considerable number of persons were cut off5 AIKEN, LAMBERT & CO, Formerly 34 Dearborn Street. Vvve cowv^eVs. \o \,e>ocv\k,^ VoeaXt oA 88 W. Washington St. Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in the Celebrated AIKEN, LAMBERT & CO S.
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