The Nevada Democrat., 1856-08-20
rhe cOnflaglatlon Of the 1oth Of July.

Inc time WnRh has elapsed since the Almost
total destruction of our fourishing city, renders
it out Of place for us to give detailed account
of the conhagraion.
The fire broktout in Hughes blacksmith shop
on Pine street, between three and four O'Clock
in the afternoon Of July 10th, and was purely
the result of anccident The alarm was imiAe
diately raised and hundreds of our citizens
rushed to the SPIT; but before water could be
obtained the flames had communicated with a
Brewery Immediately adjoining, and from
thence across Pae street. to the large stable of
Kidd & Knox, aid the U. S. Hotel The wind
was blowing had from the West at the time,
and as soon as ae flames crossed the street, all
hopes of extingdshing the fire was at an end,
and the efforts Gthe people were then directed
to save their prperty. But the flames travel
ed with such feTful rapdity, that very little
property of anykind was saved. IRabeat halS
an hour from tie time the alarm was given, all
the wooden buildings in the business part of the
town, and mos of the private residences were
destroyed Thee were twenty-eight brick build
ings in che city which were supposed to be fire
proof, all bnt tx of which were burned The
Court House. vhch had recently been built, at
an expense tothe county, of about fifty thous-
and dollars, Us also destroyed, together with
all the Count recods.
The total lss of property has been variously
estimated at rom one to twomillons of dollars.
1t cannot be less than one million, and will
probably rech million and half. A great
many lost poperty in small amounts, of which
no record Snade.
The destuction of the property, however,
is not to be compared TO the loss of the
lives of sevral Of our best citizens Ten per-
sons are kDwn to have perished in the flames,
and it is nd improbable, that others may have
shared thcnfate. A. j. Hagan, VIM B. Pear
son, S. W. 'letcher, and Jay Johnson, while
closing theron shutters of Kidd d Knox's brick
building Q. Broad street, remained in too long,
and beforehey were aware of their danger, the
house was urroundedby the flames. The build
ing in whid they were enclosed, was one of the
best Of theknd in the city, but was surrounded
+ on three sles by large wooden buildings and
the famesrom the United States Hotel, on the
opposite sle Of Broad street, completely envel-
oped 1t iol fifteen or twenty minutes. When
the fameswound had subsided, smoke was seen
issuing trm the roof, but il was not certainly
known, tint any one was inside until about six
O'Clock. Preparations were then commenced
by the frinds of the unfortunate men, to enter
} the building, and rescue them if alive But
some twcIy Kegs OF powder Which vas in the
building exploded about this time, leveling the
walls will the ground, and eXtnguishing all
hopes ofi rescue. They had undoubtedly, suf-
focated long before the explosion Their re-
mains wen found on the Monday following in
the cellar, where they had evidently gone to es-
cape the Tie heat above.
Peter Hndrickson an enterprising and veal
thy merchant was burned in his brick store on
Broad street. 1t is generally believed that he
deliberately closed himself up in the building,
believing It to be thoroughly fire-proof.
John Yates, of the firm of Yates & Tallman
persisted ina brick building on Commercial ST.,
where he had been doing business
Mr. Thomas, who kept a saloon on Broad
street, and VIM. Wilson, plasterer, were SO
badly burned that they died the next day.
In addition to these, the remains of two un-
known persons were found, one in Kelsey's
brick building on Commercial street, the other
among the ruins of wooden building, two
doors above Adams brick, on Broad street
Geo. A. Young, and his brother-in-law, VIM.
F. Anderson, in making their escape from the
brick building ofthe former, down Broad street.
had their faces and hands shockingly burned
from the heat of the buildings which were on
fire on both sdas of the street. They are both
rapidlyrecuering from the effects Of their burns.
Below, we give the list Of losses sustained by
the fire. We have endeavored in this list, to
give as near as possible the destruction of prop
ertv. without reference to losses which indvid-
uals may have sustained by being broken up in
their business, and the loss of papers and ac-
counts. A portion of this list is copied from
the Jouraal of the 9Th.
LIST OF LOSSES.
Abbott & Edwards, $4,000
p Hendrickson, brick store and goods. 10000
Rogers, Hamilton & Co., 10000
S. Rosenthal, q Bro, building and goods 10000
L. p. Frsbe, $4,000
A. Block Co., clothing 25,OO0
Edward Kelsey brick buildings, 25,OOO
Nevada County Court House, 10000
Rosenheim q Bro, Jewtlry and clothing, 10000
Four Churches, 10000
I. H. Caswell, 10000
]. NJ. Flurshutz, brick building, &c. $4,000
C. Josephson, clothing, $4,000
J. S. Wall Bro 1900
w. J. Knox buildings, furniture &C., 10000 |
Sanford and Son, building and goods, $4,000
Hirshman BrO cigar store $4,000
2. p Davis brick building, $4,000
G. w. Keeney, $4,000
Yates & Tallman, $4,000
A. B. Gregory, goods and building, $4,000
G. W. Kidd, buildings, $4,000
D. Lachman Il Bro, $4,000
Geo. A. Young, 10000
j. Ramos buildings, 10000
L. Samuels, building and cigars 10000