The Trinity journal., 1856-07-26
Destructive Fire in Nevada -13 Lives Lost.

The following account we take from the Sacra-
mento Union:
NEVADA, July 20 p. NJ
On yesterday at about o'clock p. N. a fire
broke out in Hughes blacksmith shop on Pine
street, between Broad and Spring Streets which
destroyed the entire town in the incredibly short
space oftwo hours. The wind was blowing from
the westward at the time, rendering it impossible
to stay the destructive element by any human
means The United States Hotel soon caught,
scattering fire brands over half the city. Every
church, hotel, livery stable, printing Office, and
business house, with but few exceptions, was
swept away. Out of twenty-siX fire-proof brick
buildings but six escaped. The court house, re-
Gently completed at an expense of over $4,000,
was destroyed, with all the county records. The
prisoners from the Jail, in its basement are all
safe.
1t is estimated that over eight hundred build
ings have been consumed
The Journd and Democrat printing Offices have
not a vestigc left At least ten persons are known
to have perished in the hames besides those un-
known and unheard from. The following are
some of the names known up to the present time
to have been burned to death:
! p. IIendric&son, from Albany, n. Y; A. J. Ha-
gan, Louisville, Ky; Jay johnson, from Buffalo,
/ n. y; S. W. Fletcher from Mass; VIM. Pierson,
/ (of the Democrat oflce,) Boston, Mass; Henry
Yates from Wisconsin; VIM. Wilson, and j. B.
Thomas, from Rochester, N. Y.;-burned, since
dead. The bones of others have been discovered.
Wm. f. Anderson, Editor of the Democrat, and
his brother-n-law, George A. Young, are badly
burned
1t is impossible to give a correct estimate of the
entire loss at present, but it cannot fall much, if
any short of So 600. A list of individual
losses but just commenced exhibits the destruc-
tion of S75O,000 worth of property, not to men
tion four churches court house &c.
NEVADA, July 21-9P.M.
The foundations of forty new buildings have
already been laid, some of them nearly completed
Brick walls are being torn down, and workmen
are engaged all over the burnt district. Com
mercial, Main aud Broad streets are full ofumber
and every team that can be pressed into the ser
vice is hauling more. The want of a hotel is felt
more than anything else.
The bodies of 5. W. Fletcher, formerly District
Attorney, A. j. Hajan, formerly banker. j. John
son. formerly County Surveyor and VIM. Pierson
part owner of the Democrat Office, have been found
in the rooms of the brick building known as one
F built by Henry Davis, the first brick erected il
Nevada John Yates before reported, and Hen
ry Yates of the firm of Yates d Tallman, tin anC
hardware merchants, were found in the ruins o
their brick store and buried,
NEVADA, July 22-10 P. NJ
The funeral of S. W. Fletcher took place to-day
at 10 o'clock The remains of Peter Hendricksor
vert found at o'clock to-day in the ruins ofhi
supposed ire-proof building, and recognized A
watch on his person was uninjured, which stopped
one quarter past seven. The bones of another
person were found in Ed. Kelsey's brick building
f which are not identified. Nearly one-half of the
) buildings destroyed are being rebuilt, or con
trscted for