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Nothing
could
be
done
on
Saturday
or
Sunday
after
the
exchange
closed
,
for
the
opening
reports
came
too
late
.
On
Monday
,
however
,
the
facts
were
pouring
in
thick
and
fast
;
and
the
owners
of
railroad
securities
,
government
securities
,
street-car
securities
,
and
,
indeed
,
all
other
forms
of
stocks
and
bonds
,
began
to
throw
them
on
the
market
in
order
to
raise
cash
.
The
banks
naturally
were
calling
their
loans
,
and
the
result
was
a
stock
stampede
which
equaled
the
Black
Friday
of
Wall
Street
of
two
years
before
.
Cowperwood
and
his
father
were
out
of
town
at
the
time
the
fire
began
.
They
had
gone
with
several
friends
--
bankers
--
to
look
at
a
proposed
route
of
extension
of
a
local
steam-railroad
,
on
which
a
loan
was
desired
.
In
buggies
they
had
driven
over
a
good
portion
of
the
route
,
and
were
returning
to
Philadelphia
late
Sunday
evening
when
the
cries
of
newsboys
hawking
an
"
extra
"
reached
their
ears
.
"
Ho
!
Extra
!
Extra
!
All
about
the
big
Chicago
fire
!
"
"
Ho
!
Extra
!
Extra
!
Chicago
burning
down
!
Extra
!
Extra
!
"
The
cries
were
long-drawn-out
,
ominous
,
pathetic
.
In
the
dusk
of
the
dreary
Sunday
afternoon
,
when
the
city
had
apparently
retired
to
Sabbath
meditation
and
prayer
,
with
that
tinge
of
the
dying
year
in
the
foliage
and
in
the
air
,
one
caught
a
sense
of
something
grim
and
gloomy
.
"
Hey
,
boy
,
"
called
Cowperwood
,
listening
,
seeing
a
shabbily
clothed
misfit
of
a
boy
with
a
bundle
of
papers
under
his
arm
turning
a
corner
.
"
What
's
that
?
Chicago
burning
!
"
He
looked
at
his
father
and
the
other
men
in
a
significant
way
as
he
reached
for
the
paper
,
and
then
,
glancing
at
the
headlines
,
realized
the
worst
.
ALL
CHICAGO
BURNING
FIRE
RAGES
UNCHECKED
IN
COMMERCIAL
SECTION
SINCE
YESTERDAY
EVENING
.
BANKS
,
COMMERCIAL
HOUSES
,
PUBLIC
BUILDINGS
IN
RUINS
.
DIRECT
TELEGRAPHIC
COMMUNICATION
SUSPENDED
SINCE
THREE
O'CLOCK
TO-DAY
.
NO
END
TO
PROGRESS
OF
DISASTER
IN
SIGHT
.
