Reporter Joseph Chamberlain spent hours roaming the streets, often finding himself dodging showers of scorching sparks. At one p
oint the heat became too intense, so he ducked into an abandoned store where he found a large blanket on the floor. Wrapping it around his head and body, he ventured out into the street again and made his way to the leading edge of the fire, which had reached the intersection of Franklin and Randolph.“And now the scene of confusion had reached its height,” Chamberlin observed through the folds of the blanket. “Wagons were rushing through the streets laden with stocks of goods, books, valuable papers, boxes of money, and everything conceivable; scores of men were dragging trunks frantically along the sidewalks, knocking down women and children; fabulous sums of money were offered truckmen for conveyances.” write a essay.
