The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise ... - JohnstownCafe

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GI.niFSES OF THE //.lIVC.
RUINS OF SWANKS ERICK lU.OCK.MAIN AND btOKoKD S I ITEETS.
the site of Hun. Daniel McLaiuhlin's mansion. On the soiitliwest corner of
these streets -was a frame buikiincr. whicli its talk-r brick neiL^hliors crusb.ed
into jelly, a family under it all. The northeast corner— Main and Clinton it
is, Bedford ending—has been spony;ed off and jielps malvC up tlie \eiid stretching
back to Railroad street. Louther & Green's lilock. (Opposite, has a corner
knocked out from pavement to cornice. It looks shcd^y around that quarter of
the structure, as the break enlar'^es to\vards the top stor\-, where Tomm\- Mc-
Mullin has his ln!liard-room and Charle\- Bur;.;r.iff his photograph-L;aller\-.
The Hager block, straight across Main, lnnks strangeh- a\vr\. It \\as finished
and occupied in ^larch. and one-third of it is a heap of ruins in the basement,
destroying Geis A; Schry's elegant new store. The accumulations ot
wreck and garba^je increase as we ad\'ance, stra\- bits resting on the roof^.
The Merchants' Hotel, a four-story brick, vibrates in the breeze. Part of tile
rear was thro\\n ilo\\n. taking with it a porch and t\\o guests. The next buii'.ling
is past redemption, and Luckhardt's frame is so racked and twisted that it
must be pulled down. Back of tliese and adjoining biiildini;^ tlie refuse is
abundant. The south side of the street had the" largest stores in Jcihnstow n.
The mass of drift rises abo\ e them and you step through windo^'.s on tht_-
th.ird floor. The walls are solid, but the platL--i;Iass fronts ha\e joined --the