The East Huron Gazette, 1892-07-14, Page 4- ! An Awful Fire ..,......at fit .It e," item::: of the 8.r
B' #�o..b�g sella. hose
,"" and �decla�ed ii
I four o'clock l Friday afternoon- be .would
sw the etreetaront end to elms" ..
a man lit his pipe ins baarl at st.dohn es;: eeP or -
the straw: siert , stop; the noire Just a
and threw his maa8h among to turn__ on t a water was en the -
order
A few minutes Istel the b;was in=
theme and a high wind prevailed. The -�Y ; cape; nice af€ered4 _to - tura-
Wultox:Bsoay
the vicinityinto` a side street, give.; a iii-s-rt;eervl i� : "
old wooden bnildinga; in -and return- hpme,
were just the kind of ' fuel needed -id- . This win done:
feed a fire. The flames.. spread -with-
There wan the usual songs,-- heei:: First-elae& Manitoba Wheat -Flour
rapidity,
a idit , leaped from roof to; ,�+ and ehort'ly before nine nick* "mannfeetnrect. &s keptk>in Stock
sasrtlind P y acs prevailed once more. and !old in any q ties.
roof and from street to street, and al- ,
most before the people realized the situ. Baring the row a refreshment booth F OIIIi.. 2- �. �
caved.m andetu entice stock of
anon the devouring element had fast= -e► $N.� ton.
-40
ice cream, ' candies and Zan& _ per 14 OCi
piled its grip neon the doomed city: The ...
gale carried the live embers in all direr- aviehes was sent to des�netion.. Sever• -SHORTs` per ton, 16 OW
tions, and soon the fire was raging in a al ladies :lid children, -in the -booth or:,
standing. by, ..badrthe --drew torn: or.
sen
score of places utterlyt once: The fire 24 soiled, or -were slightly: bruised. `.—Wiar, Special attention Oren to GRISTINGt
de-
partment was helpless. For 24 � �y � ,
hours the flames raged with irresistible ton �Vewa. which is done on the shortest
fury, and when the fire had spent itself
the vast area f the parade ground on Teessvater, Ji y, 10.—This afternoon : possible notice.
the northa est down to Beck's cove on Robert Hassard, a snealder, during a fits
easterly,
of temporary insanity; jumped :into
the water front, then sweeping the Howson's mill -pond. When. he :arose . ghost Price Paid
had cremated almost everything for'tile second nue he was caught b
entire area. some 2,500 houses, public y for .Grain.
buildings, charehes and business estab- Mr. Fulton en a .pre -pole and . hold
lishmeats have been cremated with all above water . oriel_ assistance arrived, }1e mill is fitted throughout
their contents, and 14,000 people when the man was rescued and !sena•
ren' citated with the very best roller pro-
dered homeless, of whom over 5,000 are
absolutely destitute. Over 40 cases of smallpox have been cess machinery and.appliances
p
The prone during the fire was terribly reported at Victoria, B.G., and there is and we are confident of being
grand, bat is now terrifying in its dexo- a general panic in the city. able to give perfect satisfa.c
lotion. Thousands of people who were An old man named Catton, of Tilson- tion.
in comfortableestitucircumstances on Friday burg, was attacked by two bulls and PATRONAGE SOLICITED.
weredestitute and penniless the next received such injuries to his back that
day. They have been bereft of every- his whole body is paralysed.
thing they owned ; their houses, food,
clothes, everything, was burned up be-
fore their eyes, and they barely escaped
with their lives.
TwoW O O
Two tittle children were burned to ANT e
or drowned by the burning of the
steamer Alert, and it isfeared that
many other lives have been lost which Listowel Woollen Faot�ry.
The magnificent Enghsh cathedral
whieh Bost $250,000, the splendid Ma-
sonic temple, St. Patrick's hall, the
Laxg est -_Wool Market • in Ontario,
great Orange hall, the Supreme court.
building, the post office, the customs . come and see our tremendous big stock in all lode of woollen goods which we
Everybody offer at bottom prices for rash or in exchange fpr -wool.
house, all the newspaper offices, and .s_ ,
many other prominent and hist_oria - N-} $roc4,buildings have alt been swept swapQ �nd `rpt
The homeless people are: encampod in We have never been so weli'fitied and equipped for a wool season's business as at the present one.
and have never felt so completely confident of our ability to serve you with the best of..ds at.
&Ida w Each tempora!;.. shelter AS bottom -prices. r specially attractive feature of our new lines of Flannels. strictly K anus,
arepas
could be provi