The Nevada Democrat., 1856-09-10
Total Destruction of CO,usn by Fire.
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Yesterday morIing, S pt. 9th, the towa OF Co
lusa was, w.th the exc ptIon of lew houses,
entirely destroyed by life, TAe particulars We
have obtained from Mr.. Browh, ole OF the dr.
vers of the Cal for1 IA Stage Co, who was present
daring the co atlagrat o. a.d drove TO tbs city,
arriving early in the Afternoon yestDldAy
The lire broke out at about haf-past U clock
in large stable or bari, near tle Amur CAL
Hoe. A. the time the wind was blowing per-
feet Eu'r caae, aid almost InstaltadcOusly the
ttlbl.. VIII ch was hlled with hay. AID 1--we stock
OF iJus d scr,pt.oLS, was ehvvlOp- d IN fam1s.
The surrou ding bn Id lgs were all very cUmbls-
ii lie, aid tht gale seem to pour lne hames
against thtm whiting rather thai slowly coL'
sum NJ them.
Tie sc4ne is represented to have been one OF
the widest coafusion. The hot air was hiicd
with dast the wlAd howl~d, women raj iraLt c.
ally from the fam.s the cr.,s OF p,rishl1g beasts
were distinctly heard, and all presehted scene
of the widest coLtun.o
Tn. flames were carried in all directions,
tpread ng alohg the street both up aid dOwd aid
extending back to the wood the inlih part
of the tow there were but four houses saved.
The Colu Hotel, Americal Hotel, Jos. Patch $
store, and one - I hO1s,. A two story b lizard
saloon was dt stroy,d-the OIly artcl. saved
being one bllar table. Besides these four
houses, some scattering teremtnt- Oh the out
WV
10 vest fl gure tn number of HOUSES destroy d
coull not b. less taa oIe hu idr. d, aAd in add
tOI to these were IL great may stack OF hay III
different localities VIII ch serve materially TO
sw II the loss.
The preservation of tn, American Hotel was
owing to the ind fiat gable eXertlols OF the t. am
s,ers who w4rJ stopping there at the time. The
gale carried the volum of tlam1s clear of Ole
corner of the hotel, aud by covering the s.d1s Of
oFt Al bo., l-,tc al Lronl, in nm 90
staat supply of water, the house was say, d. The
Colusa Hotel was saved by means Of force
pump, VIII ch Messrs. Burky ~ Vincent had pre-
Viously fixed up, aid by covering the house with
wet bia kcts.
The greater portion of the freight in the ware
houses was also saved by the steamboat hald:,
who rolled ald carried it out, a.d d positt d it
Oil the ba * of the river. The amount of losses
or SUI 'erers owing to the great co Itus on which
pr valid it was imposs bic to aclrtan before
Mr.. Brown left.
After tn stable in which the fire or 'ginatcd
had been consumed, Mr.. Br0wl counted the
spots VIII r, seventeen hor es had been burned,
in adlitOl to cows, p IS Il ID 9th beasts. The
hOrs $ We're the prop rty of tn amSters who
r. stopp ng tn re. and in add Oh to the a1I-
mails, tn also lot Their wagO s. TIL re were
thre' or four am o le of them was siX-h0rse
b team. c0mpOs of an mails Of great valu :.
III most d str ssng event however, is the prob
able loss OF f.. VIII le the fir, was raging at
its hight. MAJ sta ID Ag by Mr. Browl or, d
out, "See. tn re is a MAJ goug down." and
tu- / " ron ID, Mr.. Brown saw some one in the
m dbl Of VI lin tr1ct cast his hald' up in the
air ID fall a the ne vt instant all vi W of b m
was cIt Off by the smoka a"d fNm :, which ap-
peared to coil rou d h m. When the stage left it
was not a.ctrian VIII thor he had p rsh,d or
not, Lor was il k own who the ma was.