The Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1852-1872, 1853-06-18
THE SHASTA COURIER.
SATURDAY MORNING. JUNE IS. 1853.
TE..aHLE CONFLAGRATsONH
shasta in Ashes---LOss estimated AZ Hail
n Million of Dollars.

n Million of Dollars.
On Tuesday afternoon last al about four
o'clock in the afternoon, flre broke out III
Shasta which consumed almost the whole town
before il was checked. 1t was discerned hrst
issuing from an unoccupied building, known as
the Parker House; but The alarm was not gwen
until the whole interior Of the upper story, and
d portion Of the lower story. were III flames.
| AS soon as the position OF the fire, aud the
Roadway which it had obtained, were ascer-
tained the conclusion became universal that the
destruction OF the sntre business portion OF the
town would be inevi able But lutte resistance
was therefore attempted, az THAT little was
futile, until the fire had almost entirely Spent It's
force. and had reached Il section sparsely built
The Parker House was situated III the eastern
| portion of the town, on the south side The
| fire extended rapidly east burning saddlers
shop, beer house, Daigh's building, occupied
for law offices, milner's shop, and jewelry
establishment where a number OF vacant lots
checked It's progress.
Towards the west the conhagration spread
with equal rapidity, burning Adams & Co.'s
|
iinson's store and the Globe Hotel.
In the meantime the buildings on the north
side of the street caught fire, and Talbot and
Seatons store, Glson's Shasta Hotel, Goodwin
K lork's bowling saloon, the Moodcock, (va-
cant), the ST. Louis Ii use, John Mols Kossuh
House the Beehive bakery, the billiard saloon,
a vacant house, Willis Oak Tree House, and
| Walsli's store were soon in flames
From this point The fire proceeded towards
the west eAl of town. consuming the buildings
on both sides of the street i'll its course. On The
.outh side the following places of business were
burned, so rapidly that but little properly was
rescued from destruction: Shurtletf's Drug
Store, Bull, Baker & Co.'S General Grocery Store,
Cigar Store, Clothing Store, Barber Shop, 81.
Charles Hotel, kept by Grotetend & Coil,
Jacobson's Clothing Store Riders Meat Mark
ct, Hollub and lsaacs Clothing Store, Norton 5
Tin and Stove Shopstwo Clothing Stores, Har-
rington & Dolls General Grocery Store. Roman 5
Book Store, Stevenson Provision Store, Roeihe' $
! Drug Store, Mayer & Conveys Market, Plum
mer & Michel's Grocery and Provision store
| Downers Grocery and Provision Store, two Va
cant Nuses, Madam Gavand's Restaurant She
riff IS office, Trinity House. james House, Gala
| hahs dwelling house, and log house.
On the north side of the street, after burning
Walsh's Store House, the following places of
business were consumed: one blncksmith's
shop, Coneys Clothing Store, Carmaps Carpen-
ter Shop, Chapman & Co.'s Grocery & Provision
Store. Todd & Jones Grocery and Provision
Store, two clothing stores, one kept by Svme
| Callahan's Grocery and Provision Store, one
clothing store, Macombers blacksmith shop aud
dwelling house, Ell Dorado Hotel. kept by
keene & Tourney. Bouchers Restaurant Gil
bert's dwelling house, Rhodes & Lusk $ Express
Office, Smiths vacant house. Post Office Cot.r-
Ter Office. Spraeues Law Office Morses Den
list Office, Masonic Lodge, Empire Hotel owned
by Olendorf & Rand, and Longs two buildings.
Seventy buildings We're consumed, intending
every Hotel, Store, and Saloon in the town
About forty buildings remain in our town, con-
sisting mostly of small cottage dwelling houses,
1 anu Il few business houses at either enc, of town
The value Of the buildings burned is generally
estimated at about Sl00 600 the value of per-
| SVHii fibpSity Gu is eu al S4HU,-
o00-makng the total loss one half million of
dollars Many contend that this estimate is
copsiderably below the mark
| The sufferers by the fire have neglected 10
furnish MS with their own estimate of individual
losses In this place, therefore. will only
name few of the heaviest losers. with aur'own
estimate as TO the amount, and at the same time
express the hope that all viii hand their
names and the amount of their loss:
! Bail, Baker & Co, Harrington 81 Doll, and
! Tomlinson, each $4,000; Hollub & Isaacs,
| Plnmmer & Mitchell, A. L. Downer & Co.,
Chapman & Co. $4,000; Todd & Jones, SO coo;
Callahan. sla 900 R. J. Walsh, So, 00o; Benz
| pre Hotel. SO 900; Globe Hotel, SIS, 5000; Tai
bot & Seaion, $4,000; Estate of Josiah Roop.
! 81 900; James Loag. So. 900; Adams & Co., So
600: Rhodes & Lusk, $4,000 Dr. Benz Shurlleff,,
$1,000; Jacobson & Co.. $4,000; Mr.. Syme,
5000 Gibson & Quick $1,000 Goodwin & York,
s., 900; john Mo, $4,000; Mr.. Willis Liquor
Store, Sc, 600; Keene & Furmey, $4,000; A. J.
Stevenson, $4,000; Hall g. Crandall $500;
John Cox So .OOO D. Corsaut $2,400 Cram,
Rogers s. Co. : 900 Olendorff 4 Rand $40 009;
D. Casey $1,000 Norton's tin shop. $4,000;
J. Follansbee. $500; L. H. Tower. $1,000 4.
Roman, 81, 600.
| Notwithstanding the gloom which took pos
session of every one after the disaster, we are
| glad to state that many have already made ar
rangements for rebuildidg. And we have TO
commend warmly the spirit in which these i'm
| provemenfs are about TO be made. The citizens
held meeting Wednesday. and have
taken the military step towards widening the
main street of our town, and making it's breadth