The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-23
The Great Fire at Sonora.

sonora
Correspondence Of the San Francisco Herald
SONORA, Friday, June 1873 A NJ.
Sonora IN asdes Terrible Conlasrahon-Los, Of Le and
Nearly Itco Millions If Dollars in Property DESTROYED!
This morning about half past one o'clock We were
startled by the cry Of fire which found issuing rom
the bar room Of the Hotel de France kept BY Mons
lndleau atthe southern end of the of buildings
the middle OF the plaza Soon after tho building
was epveoped in flames, and in moment more the
entlre block was in blaze. The last building Ia the
range was large and commodious, two stories high tho
lower part occupied ceurt and office for the
County The records had scarcely been taken out
before the building fell with crash and scattered in
every vicinity sheets of flame and comoustible matter
The fire was thus communicated to both sides of the
plaza and went raging in its work of devastation
The Masonic Hail an elegantly constructed adobe
building next fell prey 20 the flames in an instant
was completely gutted leaving nothing but bare walls
remaining. This probably the handsomest structure
In Sonora. and cost the society over 81 600
. The Harmony theatre Judge Tuttles residence, and
Mayor Dodges premises followed after the right side
Of the plaza while on the lett the flames sweeping
on like huge serpent licking and kissing, taking the
large mercantile house Of Theall, Perkins Il 60 bath
house drug store the Eagle and the Eureka in their
train.
The FL Dorado and Empire both Gre-prooi buildings
Pumps conftctionary, the Republican &C.. clear to
Adams Co.'s Express, shared the fate Tho large
gambling saloon the LoDg Tom. Hodens Hotel all the
banking house. in town Mntzers Todd's Adams, Ia
ncys, and Hammonds swept away like chaf before
the wind ana TIL on rolled the cracking flames The
Gem, Polka Lone Star United States Hotel Exchange
Town House &c next fed the wrath Of che fire. fend
At five clock ths progress Of the fire checked in
clover part ofthe city in budng called the Barnum
House. Daylight soon told US the damage of the night
Before us lay tho city of Sonora of charcoal and
mouderDg ruins while around the hills tenanted
by the houseless and homeeshere gathering tattered
remnant of clothing and there group despondent and
weeping over the wreck of their earthly all
The city from the Philadelphia Restaurant to the
Barnum House distance of full three fourths of mile
ington streets not a single building remains. Capt
Alonzo Green the heaviest loser by this fire So far
he has ascertaned loss of $4,000, Theall, Perkins
20. S35 GOO, and Linoberg $50 600.
But the most heart rendipg calamity il the death of
FRANCOIS Moierc. He perished in the flames and this
morning his bones gathered from the ruins and de-
Gently inferred It is supposed by many that this unfor
tunate young caused the fire. by reading in bed with
candle and falling to sleep, the flame communi-
Gated TO the bed clothing Other out, which
have tendency towards incendiarm and Others still
have iumos that the fatal match was gAted by the i'm
prudence of u lady
No previous fire in California has despoed the fair
face OF city this has Sonora We all burnt up
no vestigcs remain but few wooden houses tents
1t would be impossible to give full list of the suffer
ers The streets almost impossible and it Is hard to
get the each individual loses Below give list of
afew Of the heaviest although it hardly comprises one.
Mayor Q. +. Dodge & Co., $4,000; Yancy & Haslip,
$scNOc Yancy Btrtine bankers s5 600; Capt Alonao
House $40 5O0 Theall, Perkins & Co., ss5 900; p b.
M'ntzer Co, $1,000; Joshua Holden $4,000; J. H.
Ward $4,000; A A. H. Tuttle, 81 500 Masonic Hall
S60co: Barrete g. Co. So OOO james Letford $1,000 IT,
Rinel $4,000; O. L. Dems, " 70oo; s. Bear, S3 O0o Lew
Is O. GaEn $1,000 boza 5000; John N Hunting
S. Geo. r. Richards $4,000; Lewis Marie SO 0oO Jenkins
Co. $4,000 Chas. NJ Radcliffe $1,000; Leander Quint,
S4OOO Murphy Co. (Long Tom Saloon) SIS GOO; A.
NJ Luekett, $1,000; Todd Co, ST. 500; Globe Saloon,
$40 coo; Conner Atkins $4,000; Peter Mehen, Sl9-
Geo. George Marie $4,000 Adams g. Co, So O00 Liam
mond Co.. $4,000; Conway l. platt, SO 0OO J. Woolf
81 500; i Messick. $1,000 W. Hersh ST 600; Boy
er Patrick $1,000 W. O. Trip, $1,000, W. 9. Ben
nett 81 O00 s. Phillips S20o0 California Exchange
$4,000; n d. Street ss ooo; Allen willcomb 81 OSo
r. g. Appleton: s6ot0; Dean Co; 81 000 Ford New
YORK store.) $4,000; J. J. Dyer $1,000; j. NJ wilson
s2Coo > street Co, $4,000 Arkansas House. "a ooO
sylvia Ruh $4,000; Jos. Suthers, 5000 Iowa House.
$500: aruthers & Co.. $1,000; Johnson SIG 900:
Huntington. Dwinslle g. Martin. $15 OOo T. Lnoberg
$4,000 J.. Oendorn S., 600; IT. NJ. Cohen Co. S5 600;
a Cohen Co.. $500; b. Levy & Co. So COO; u. Dry
fus $1,000; Mayer & Colendu, 81 50O A. Hocxstein &
Co.. S5 600; Plump & Co, $4,000, A. Ellins. So OOO
HALF-PAsT FouR o'cI ocK p M.-Some of the lockers
on at the oday manifested desire to jump the
lots from which the houses burnt strong feeling
OF condemnation demonstrated through the commr-
nifty and nj three o'clock large assembage Of people
met on tn, plaza. samuel IT. Dwnelc, Esq. presided.
Strong resolutions were passed against the jumpers after
which The meeting ably addressed by John Hun
tipgton q. Y. Martin, James W. Coffroth and Benj f.
Moore Esqrs
strong patrol of citizens are guarding the city.
The safes Of all the banking houses preserved with
out injury, also the county records