G.H.R.
LETTERS FROM OUR YOUNG FRIENDS.
We have had a very large and interesting mail this week from the young
friends of THE GREAT ROUND WORLD.
We take pleasure in acknowledging and publishing R.R.'s graphic and clever
description of the fire near Wanamaker's in Philadelphia, Helen Z.C.'s
pleasant chat about a Chicago suburb, and Seymour U.P.'s nice little note
from Saranac Lake.
We also acknowledge the receipt of relief maps for the competition from
Adrian Van A. and Harriot M., of Brooklyn.
DEAR EDITOR:
I have just arrived home from school. I wish to tell you of the
very large fire down-town. I go to school about one block from
where the fire was. The fire started in a grocery store
belonging to Hanson Brothers, about 7:30 o'clock. This grocery
is No. 1317 Market Street. From there the fire spread to an
umbrella store, which had the numbers 1309 to 1313 Market
Street. From there a spark set fire to Wanamaker's store; it
started there in the large clock tower, which soon after was a
mass of flames. It fell with a loud crash soon after. The fire
spread to the woodwork of the City Hall, where it was soon put
out.
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