Through Siberia

CHAPTER XXII.

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_A CITY ON FIRE._

Approach to Irkutsk.--The city entered.--Remains of a fire.--A second fire.--Our flight.--Crossing of the Angara.--A refuge.--Inhabitants fleeing.--Salvage.--Firemen’s efforts.--Spread of the catastrophe.--Return to lodging.--A chapel saved.--Spectacle of fire at night.--Reflections 253